Afghanistan vs Ireland Only Test Live Cricket Score And Updates

Afghanistan vs Ireland Only Test Live Cricket Score And Updates: Afghanistan face Ireland in an one-off Test in Abu Dhabi. The Test match is part of a long tour that also includes six white-ball matches - 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is. Both teams have not played a lot of games in the longest format of the sport with just 15 Test matches between them. While Ireland have never won a Test match, Afghanistan have two victories to their name with one coming against Ireland around five years back. (Live Scorecard)

Ireland (PLAYING XI) - Peter Moor, Andy Balbirnie, Curtis Campher, Harry Tector, Paul Stirling (C), Lorcan Tucker (WK), Mark Adair, Andy McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Theo van Woerkom, Craig Young.

Afghanistan (PLAYING XI) - Ibrahim Zadran, Noor Ali Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Nasir Jamal, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Karim Janat, Zia ur Rehman, Nijat Masood, Naveed Zadran, Zahir Khan.

TOSS - Afghanistan have won the toss and will BAT.

Ireland might be underdogs but they have a quality squad as well. A lot of familiar faces will be seen along with a couple of debutants. Andy Balbirnie will lead his side and the likes of Paul Stirling, Harry Tector and Mark Adair will bring their experience to it. Barry McCarthy or Matthew Foster could be in contention to make their debut for Ireland. Afghanistan might be favourites but do not sleep on Ireland who with this group can cause a lot of damage. Toss and team sheets next.

Hello and welcome to the action of Day 1 between Afghanistan and Ireland at Tolerance Oval. Afghanistan recently played a Test match against their Asian rivals, Sri Lanka but were beaten comprehensively by them. There were lots of positive though from the match. Ibrahim Zadran at the top, Shahidi's form but