(UTV|COLOMBO) – Afghanistan beat Ireland by 29 runs at Stormont in the first match of the one-day series.
Gulbadin Naib made 64 and Hashmatullah Shahidi 54 but the tourists slipped from 155-3 to post 227-9 as Tim Murtagh took 4-31.
Ireland were bowled out for 198 despite Andrew Balbirnie’s 55 and 38 from Gary Wilson.
The second match of the three-game series takes place in Belfast on Wednesday.
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