Series Name: | Afghanistan cricket team against Ireland in 2012 |
Team1 Image: | Cricket Ireland flag.svg |
Team1 Name: | Ireland |
Team2 Image: | Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg |
Team2 Name: | Afghanistan |
From Date: | 3 July |
To Date: | 12 July |
Team1 Captain: | Kevin O'Brien (first-class) William Porterfield (ODI) |
Team2 Captain: | Karim Sadiq |
No Of Odis: | 2 |
Team1 Odis Won: | 1 |
Team2 Odis Won: | 0 |
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.[1] 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.