Stumps Afghanistan 155 and 134 for 3 (Shahidi 53*, Noor 32, Adair 2-23) lead Eire 263 (Stirling 52 Campher 49, Zia-ur-Rehman 5-64, Naveed 3-59) by 26 runs
Hashmatullah Shahidi’s unbeaten 53 led Afghanistan’s batting and left the Abu Dhabi Take a look at delicately poised at stumps on the second day. After conceding a 108-run first-innings lead, Afghanistan fought again to finish the day at 134 for 3 of their second innings, with a lead of 26 runs.
Shahidi will resume his stand with debutant Rahmanullah Gurbaz on Friday whereas Eire will hope that their spinners could make an even bigger impression on day three.
For Eire, Paul Stirling made 52 and 4 different batters scored between 30 and 50 to raise them to 263. Left-arm spinner Zia-ur-Rehman’s management and Naveed Zadran’s tempo did not enable Eire’s batters to construct on their begins.
Zia wheeled away for 30 overs, returning 5 for 64 – his maiden five-wicket haul in Take a look at cricket – whereas Naveed picked up 3 for 59.
Naveed had discovered variable bounce within the first over of the day underneath cloudy skies whereas Zia, on the different finish, drifted the ball in in direction of the stumps earlier than ripping it previous the sting constantly.
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