Afghanistan’s Rashid takes six wickets in ODI thrashing of Ireland

Rashid Khan forces collapse as Afghanistan beat Ireland by 92 runs in second game of five-match ODI series.Published On 8 Aug 20268 Aug 2026Rashid Khan took six wickets as Afghanistan hammered Ireland by 92 runs in the second one-day international.Victory saw Afghanistan take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series after the first ODI was washed out.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Argentina and Mexico back Infantino, deepening FIFA divide: What to knowlist 2 of 4Infantino, FIFA try to move beyond botched World Cup sell-off: What we knowlist 3 of 4UEFA’s threatened legal action against Infantino and FIFA: What we knowlist 4 of 4UEFA confirms legal letter served to FIFA after Infantino’s World Cup planend of listIreland lost seven wickets for 63 runs on Friday as they were bowled out for 207 chasing a target of 300 at Bready Cricket Club in the Northern Irish village of Magheramason.Khan, one of the outstanding leg-spinners of his generation, took four of the last seven wickets to fall as he finished with impressive figures of 6-34 – his third “six for” in ODI cricket. His best bowling in the format remains 7-18 against the West Indies in 2017.Rashid struck two early blows,...