Gloucestershire v Ireland, C&G Trophy, Bristol
Ireland spin their way to upset
Cricinfo staff
April 30, 2006
Ireland 193 for 9 (Gillespie 41, Averis 4-17) beat Gloucestershire 146 (Afridi 3-4, McCallan 3-5) by 47 runs
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Ireland showed they aren’t to be taken lightly in the C&G Trophy as they pulled off the first upset of this year’s new-style tournament, downing Gloucestershire by 47 runs at Bristol. They were led to victory by an outstanding performance from two of their spinners - the well-known Shahid Afridi and not-so-famous Kyle McCallan.
The pair bowled 12 overs between, with nine maidens, conceded just 11 runs and took six wickets. They induced a Gloucestershire collapse from 124 for 4, proving almost unplayable. Afridi, who earlier contributed an unusually sedate 36 to the Ireland innings, was playing his first match of the season after arriving late due to family illness. What a way to start.
His figures were exemplary - of the type rarely seen in one-day cricket - but McCallan’s performance was equally impressive. He claimed two wickets in his first over, the vital strike of Chris Taylor then Mark Hardinges first ball, before nailing the final scalp of James Averis - fittingly caught by Afridi.
Ireland had struggled for serious momentum after being put into bat but Eoin Morgan confirmed his enormous potential with a gutsy 40, adding 72 with Afridi. However, at 118 for 7, the innings was on the verge of a premature end before Peter Gillespie and Dave Langford-Smith played very sensibly in an eighth-wicket stand of 61.
A Pakistani Test player may have led the way, however it was also a day for your everyday bloke to be a hero. But Ireland can’t celebrate too hard - they play Glamorgan at Cardiff tomorrow, that’s the world of professional cricket.
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Re: Afridi Leads Upset
I saw the thread title and thought that he has decided to retire again.........which would explain the "leads upset" phrase.
Re: Afridi Leads Upset
it`s a very fine start by shahid afridi:clap: . hope he can do more wonders there. his bowling form is going quite good, but batting form:hmmm: … lost some where.
still more to come from his side, waiting for a ‘bang’:soldier: from his side , before eng-pak series start.
Re: Afridi Leads Upset
Apart from the two recent ‘bangs’, yes?
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Interesting to note:
Saqlain Mushtaq 6 0 32 0 (2nb, 2w)
Shahid Afridi 8 6 4 3 (2w
Saqlain Mushtaq got thrashed for 32 runs in 6 overs and went wicketless while Afridi bowled 8 overs out of which 6 were maiden, gave only 4 runs and got 3 wickets!
Shahid is leg spinner and Saqlain is off spinner so the results may be "slightly" off, but then there was another off spinner in their team:
McCallan 4 3 5 3
Re: Afridi Leads Upset
NOTE to Afridi786: There is a dedicated thread to keep track of our players in counties, so any more such "findings" should go into that thread :)
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ofcourse yes, i was reffering to somewhat ‘sensi ble’
& ‘irreversible’ 
bang. a bang through bat or bowl.
Re: Afridi Leads Upset
if he continues like this then england should be even more scared then they already are