Betting on Cricket: Ireland vs Afghanistan 2nd T20I Odds

Ireland are: Paul Stirling, Andrew Balirnie, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Gareth Delany, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Andy McBrine and Joshua Little.

Afghanistan and Ireland are playing a five-match series. Ireland won the most recent match on the last ball to take a 1-0 lead. Afghanistan will look to level the series on Thursday.  Usman Ghani scored 59 runs for Afghanistan, Ibrahim Zadran 29 runs, Barry McCarthy 3 for 35, George Dockrell 2 for 7, Paul Stirling 31 not out, Andy Balbirnie 51, Lorcan Tucker 50.

Both Ireland and Afghanistan are at full strength for this series. Ireland's batting unit comprises Stirling, Balbirnie, Tectot, Dockrell and Lorcan Tucker. Afghanistan's bowling attack is Rashid, Nabi, Mujeeb, and Naveen-ul-Haq.

Usman Ghani is one of Afghanistan's promising young batsmen. He has scored 660 runs from 27 international matches at an average of 26 and has four half centuries. Ghana has been consistent in his last eight T20 innings.

Lorcan Tucker has had a middling record in T20 cricket, averaging less than 20 and striking at 133. He has recently moved to no. 3 position and has scored three fifties in his last three innings.