Ireland name strong squads for Afghanistan Series

Dublin: Gary Wilson will lead the team in the Twenty20 Internationals, while William Porterfield will be in charge of the one-day international team.

Afghanistan will travel to Ireland for back-to-back series of three T20Is and ODIs apiece this month, to be played between 20 and 31 August.

The T20I squad is a relatively inexperienced one, with David Delany, the 20-year-old right-arm medium pacer, and Josh Little, the teenaged left-arm fast bowler, included.

Some of the more experienced members of the squad – Andrew Balbirnie, Simi Singh and Peter Chase and James Shannon – also have limited T20I experience, making for exciting times.

Ireland ODI squad: William Porterfield (capt), Andy Balbirnie, Peter Chase, David Delany, George Dockrell, Andy McBrine, Tim Murtagh, Kevin O'Brien, Niall O'Brien, Boyd Rankin, James Shannon, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Gary Wilson

Ireland T20I squad: Gary Wilson (capt), Andy Balbirnie, Peter Chase, David Delany, George Dockrell, Josh Little, Andy McBrine, Kevin O'Brien, William Porterfield, Boyd Rankin, James Shannon, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson