United Arab Emirates vs Ireland, 1st T20I, Ireland tour of United Arab Emirates 2026 - Player Highlights

Muhammad Arfan to Delany, 1 run, slower delivery angled in on the pads, Delany makes room and pulls it down to long-on. End of a good spell from Arfan that reads 4-0-20-1

Muhammad Arfan to Delany, no run, cutter on middle, Delany defends it back to Arfan

Muhammad Arfan to Delany, FOUR, too straight from Arfan and pays the penalty. Delany flicks it uppishly between deep square leg and mid-wicket for a boundary

Muhammad Arfan to Benjamin Calitz, 1 run, another slower delivery from Arfan. Calitz waits and pulls it along the ground to mid-wicket

Muhammad Arfan to Delany, 1 run, slower short delivery in the pitch. Delany drags the pull wide of long-on

Muhammad Arfan to Delany, no run, back of a length delivery on off, Delany bunts it back to Arfan

Muhammad Arfan to Curtis Campher, 1 run, very full on middle,  Campher clears his front foot and drills it over the bowler. Long-on fielder gets across and tidies up

Muhammad Arfan to Tucker, 1 run, short on middle, pulled to deep mid-wicket

Muhammad Arfan to Curtis Campher, leg byes, 1 run, angled in on the pads, Campher misses the whip. The ball rolls to the off-side

Muhammad Arfan to Curtis Campher, 2 runs, Campher gets a leading edge as he looks to swing across the line. Falls in no man's land and the batters get back for a brace

Muhammad Arfan to Tucker, 1 run, slower delivery on off, Tucker comes down the track and chips it to long-off. Bounces a few times before getting to the fielder

Muhammad Arfan to Curtis Campher, 1 run, slower bouncer from Arfan. Campher gets on top of the bounce and pulls it along the ground to deep mid-wicket

Muhammad Arfan to Curtis Campher, no run, Campher shimmies down the track and misses. He stayed on leg-side which made it hard to get bat to ball

Muhammad Arfan to Curtis Campher, no run, slower short delivery from Arfan. Campher was way early on the pull and misses. Checks for the umpire if that went over his head. Umpire signals first bouncer for the over

Muhammad Arfan to Curtis Campher, 2 runs, width on offer outside off, Campher cuts it wide of sweeper cover and gets off the mark with a brace

Muhammad Arfan to Curtis Campher, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, pushed to the off-side

Muhammad Arfan to Ross Adair, out Bowled!! The ball skidded through much quicker than he expected, stayed low and crashed straight into the off-stump. Adair was late to get his bat down, and he can only look back to see his stumps shattered. A huge blow for Ireland! Ross Adair b Muhammad Arfan 39(29) [4s-5 6s-1]

Muhammad Arfan to Ross Adair, no run, Adair knocks it to cover and looks for a single that wasn't there. Adair sends his partner back in time

Muhammad Arfan to Ross Adair, 1 run, short and wide outside off, Adair chops the cut to the right of cover. Keeps strike with a single

Muhammad Arfan to Ross Adair, 2 runs, too straight from Arfan. Adair tucks it wide of mid-on and gets back for a brace

Muhammad Arfan to Ross Adair, no run, Adair gives himself some room and throws the kitchen sick at the wide ball outside off. Beaten by a long way

Muhammad Arfan to Ross Adair, no run, peach of a delivery! Swings in a mile and splits Adair in half as the ball goes through bat-pad. Just missed the stumps! Keeper does well to stop that

Muhammad Arfan to Tucker, 1 run, Tucker drops it in front of cover-point and scampers for a quick single. A shy at the non-striker's end. Misses the stumps and Tucker gets home

Muhammad Arfan to Tucker, no run, swings into the right hander on a good length. Tucker covers the line with bat-pad together as he defends it to the left of Arfan

Muhammad Arfan to Tucker, wide, Arfan starts with a poor delivery well outside the tramline. Wide called