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Afghanistan 229 for 7 (Rashid 60, Nabi 50, McBrine 2-29) beat Ireland 150 (Kevin OBrien 34, Rashid 4-21) by 79 runs Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Seventeen-year-old Rashid Khan produced his career-best batting and bowling performance in ODIs to give Afghanistan a 2-1 lead against Ireland in Belfast. Rashid, who had played in the Under-19 World Cup as well as the World T20 this year, first belted 60 off 44 balls to rescue Afghanistan from 109 for 6 to 229, and then returned 4 for 21 in eight overs to dismiss Ireland for 150.Afghanistans victory, however, was marred by Ireland opener Ed Joyces controversial run-out. After driving the ball over extra cover in the sixth over, Joyce stopped running mid-pitch, assuming the ball had reached the boundary. Mohammad Nabi chased the ball down and flicked it back to Rashid, who then threw to the non-strikers end where Yamin Ahmadzai, the bowler, took the bails off with Joyce mid-pitch, having assumed the ball was dead.The on-field umpires - Alan Neill and C Shamshuddin - asked Afghanistan captain Asghar Stanikzai to withdraw the appeal, but he refused to do so. There was no TV umpire for the game, and the wicket led to an exchange between Ireland captain William Porterfield - who was also batting at the time - and the Afghanistan players.Speaking after the match, Porterfield confirmed that Joyce had thought the ball crossed the rope. We ran past each other, he [Joyce] said he pretty much saw him [Nabi] pass the rope, flick it back, Porterfield said. The fielder comes back and says he didnt. I dont know what footage is out there of [this]. The umpires said they are going on his word, and this is as far as it goes for me.Four overs after Joyces dismissal for 12 off 21 balls, Porterfield was run out as well, for 16 off 27 balls. Rahmat Shah, who had earlier laid the foundation for Afghanistan with 48 off 70 balls, then removed Sean Terry and Stuart Poynter to reduce the hosts to 67 for 4 by the 18th over. Kevin OBrien and Paul Stirling threatened a recovery with thirty-something each, but Rashid, the legspinning allrounder, sliced through the middle and lower order. Wicketkeeper Mohammad Shahzad was involved in three of those dismissals. Ireland lost their last six wickets for only 20 runs.They had started well with seamer Peter Chase having Noor Ali Zadran, who had replaced Javed Ahmadi, nicking behind for 10. Shahzad, coming off three successive half-centuries, flickered only briefly on Sunday, holing out to deep square leg off Stirling for 22.When Samiullah Shenwari and Stanikzai exited in successive overs, Afghanistan had slipped to 84 for 4 in the 21st over. Irelands bowlers tightened the screws by delivering 53 boundary-less balls, a sequence broken by Nabi flat-batting a four off seamer Tim Murtagh. Najibullah Zadran had fallen in the dry spell, and Rahmat edged behind soon after it ended, leaving Afghanistan teetering on 109 for 6.Nabi and Rashid then came together to add 54 for the seventh wicket and revive their side. That was followed by an unbroken partnership of 66 between Rashid and Mirwais Ashraf at over eight to the over, lifting Afghanistan to 229 for 7 on a pitch that Porterfield later admitted was difficult to score on.Rashid, who was dropped on 17 and 34, got to his maiden international fifty, which included five fours and two sixes. Terry spilled the first chance of his, parrying the ball to the cover boundary, while Murtagh fluffed the second.Porterfield said the fielding lapses cost Ireland on a surface that assisted spin. Just under 200 on that pitch would have been about par, he said. I think that, putting those couple of chances down… youre probably looking at 175-180 [if those catches were taken], which I think is pretty chaseable regardless of the [pitch]. Weve done it [drop catches] a couple of times now in game where weve been just a wicket or two behind. Difficult to claw back from there.With the first ODI of the series being washed out, Afghanistan cannot lose this series now. The final ODI will be played on July 19, at the same venue. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . Meanwhile, there were huge victories for Sunderland and West Ham over fellow relegation rivals, leaving the battle to avoid the drop up for grabs with the bottom 11 teams separated by just six points. Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres scored second-half goals to seal a fourth straight victory for Chelsea, which climbed above Arsenal and Manchester City in the standings ahead of their games on Monday and Sunday respectively. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . -- Al Jefferson found a groove just in time for the Charlotte Bobcats. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . The Dane followed up his first European Tour title last weekend with eight birdies and just a single dropped shot on Thursday for a one-stroke advantage over South Africas Allan Versfeld and Portugals Ricardo Santos. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . Carey Price didnt, but he still came out on top against one of his rivals for the No. 1 job at the Sochi Games. The Anahim Lake, B.C., native was stellar in making 39 saves in his home province and Lars Eller got credit for a bizarre short-handed winner as the Canadiens defeated the Canucks 4-1. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . This should be celebrated because it will not always be this way. With the amount of money given to players by their clubs these days, it is a wonder that so many of those teams allow the sport to continue to take away many of their assets so they can play for a different team in the middle of their season. Last year, a group of 12 Elsas on the softball diamond went viral with an incredible photo. This year, its the Thunderburg, and theyre the champion all-star team thats behind the photo that Redditers and internet commenters are calling A Little League of Their Own.Theyre a group of 7- and 8-year-old softball players for Edwardsburg (Michigan) Little League in a machine-pitched league. They went undefeated and won their district championship 13-3. And in addition to earning trophies and some post-championship ice cream, they have the best team photo imaginable.The girls, they are strong, fierce little females, says Katie Huff, one of the team moms and the photographer of the viral shot. They field the ball great, every single girl can hit the ball with so much power, they have so much enthusiasm, they have so much support for one another.Huff channeled her love for the movie A League of Their Own, and it shows. But more than the old-school feel, everything about the photo is fantastic.The dresses? Huff coordinated it with each parent and made sure their daughters wore a dress they were comfortable in.The fiery socks? Those are what the Thunderburg wore with their uniforms.The eye black? Its part of the unifoorm.dddddddddddd Part of an intimidation factor, I think, for your opponent, Huff says. If you played them, you know theyre serious and down and ready and want to win.The girl blowing the bubble? Huff actually has a couple of photos with the bubble popped.Theyre sassy little girls but theyre so sweethearted and tough little chicks, Huff says. So what better way to display it when you can combine sports and attitude and girliness all in one?Huffs daughter, Morgan, is front and center, holding a softball out in her left hand while balancing a bat against her right shoulder. The parents loved it, and so did the girls.You could just see a little spark with them, Huff says.?The girls are third- and fourth-graders, and most of them will be moving onto the minors next season, where they will face live pitching for the first time instead of a machine that fires pitches between 38 and 40 mph.Some of the girls have asked what a lot of other people thought about the photo, Huff says, and we tell them they think its awesome that theres empowerment and it should be something to be proud of. ' ' '