Joyce 160* lifts Ireland to series-levelling win

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Ireland 265 for 5 (Joyce 160*, Wilson 58) beat Afghanistan 253 for 9 (Najibullah 54, Rashid 40, O’Brien 3-57) by 12 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details

Ed Joyce hammered a career-best 148-ball 160* in an innings that featured 19 fours and three sixes to propel Ireland to a series-levelling win against Afghanistan in Belfast. Joyce’s knock, the second-best score by an Ireland batsman in ODIs and third highest by a player from an Associate team, helped the side post 265 for 5, a total they defended by 12 runs. The five-match series was tied 2-2.

Ireland, who were batting first for the first time in the series, lost captain William Porterfield in the fifth over when he edged to second slip for 8. Sean Terry, playing his third ODI, was dismissed in the 10th over when Yamin Ahmadzai completed a …

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