The Ireland cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates in December 2017 to play three One Day Internationals (ODIs) against the Afghanistan cricket team. The matches were used as a warm-up for the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, which took place in Zimbabwe in March 2018. Ireland won the series 2–1.
Squads Asghar Stanikzai (c) Javed Ahmadi Amir Hamza Ihsanullah Nasir Jamal Rashid Khan Zahir Khan Mohammad Nabi Gulbadin Naib Shafiqullah Rahmat Shah Dawlat Zadran Mujeeb Zadran Najibullah Zadran Noor Ali Zadran Shapoor Zadran William Porterfield (c) John Anderson Andrew Balbirnie Peter Chase George Dockrell Ed Joyce Barry McCarthy Jacob Mulder Tim Murtagh Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien Stuart Poynter Boyd Rankin Simi Singh Paul Stirling Gary Wilson
Ahead of the series, Ed Joyce was ruled out of Ireland's squad with a knee injury, with John Anderson replacing him. Niall O'Brien initially returned home to Ireland for personal reasons and was replaced by Stuart Poynter, but he re-joined the squad prior to the series.
ODI series 1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo