The Afghanistan national cricket team played the Ireland cricket team in Ireland in July 2012. The teams will play a four-day first-class match as part of the 2011-13 ICC Intercontinental Cup and two One Day Internationals (ODIs) as part of the 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship. The Intercontinental Cup match will be played at Observatory Lane in Rathmines, while the two ODIs will be played at the Clontarf Cricket Club Ground in Dublin. Heading into the matches, Ireland led both the Intercontinental Cup and the World Cricket League Championship, while Afghanistan were second in the Intercontinental Cup and fifth in the World Cricket League Championship.
Squads Intercontinental CupODIs Kevin O'Brien (c) John Anderson Andrew Balbirnie Alex Cusack Trent Johnston Rory McCann (wk) John Mooney Paul Stirling Max Sorensen Stuart Thompson Albert van der Merwe Andrew White Gary Wilson (wk) Ben WylieKarim Sadiq (c) Amir Mangal Asghar Stanikzai Dawlat Zadran Gulbudeen Naib Amir Hamza Izatullah Dawlatzai Javed Ahmadi Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Shahzad (wk) Najibullah Zadran Shabir Noori Samiullah Shenwari Shapoor ZadranWilliam Porterfield (c) Alex Cusack George Dockrell Trent Johnston Ed Joyce John Mooney Tim Murtagh Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien (wk) Paul Stirling Max Sorensen Stuart Thompson Andrew White Gary Wilson (wk)Karim Sadiq (c) Afsar Zazai Asghar Stanikzai Dawlat Zadran Gulbudeen Naib Amir Hamza Izatullah Dawlatzai Javed Ahmadi Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Shahzad (wk) Noor-ul-Haq Shabir Noori Samiullah Shenwari Shapoor Zadran
World Cricket League Championship 1st ODI
2nd ODI
Intercontinental Cup Match
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