Rashid Khan bags 5 as Afghanistan tighten in on lass Test win

Chasing 147 for victory, Afghanistan were 29 for one with Ihsanullah Janat batting on 16 and Rahmat Shah dominant on 11 during a tighten of play

Rashid Khan bags 5 as Afghanistan tighten in on lass Test win

Spinner Rashid Khan’s five-wicket transport helped Afghanistan play out Ireland for 288 and put a group in steer of a lass Test win on a Day Three of a one-off Test yesterday.

Chasing 147 for victory, Afghanistan were 29 for one with Ihsanullah Janat batting on 16 and Rahmat Shah dominant on 11 during a tighten of play. Afghanistan mislaid one wicket in a form of Mohammad Shahzad, though Janat and Shah, who done 98 in Afghanistan’s initial innings sum of 314, ensured there was no some-more repairs when a stumps were drawn.

Earlier in a day, Andy Balbirnie (82) and Kevin O’Brien (56) scored half-centuries each, though Khan came adult with career-best total of 5 for 82 to gold out Ireland in a final event of play. Khan accounted for a wickets of James McCollum, O’Brien, Stuart Thompson, George Dockrell and Andrew McBrine to put Afghanistan in a autocratic position.

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