Big picture: A new dawn for Ireland, AfghanistanJonathan Trott spent more than three years trying to make Afghanistan a better ODI team. Afghanistan won their last ODI series against Ireland 2-0 in Sharjah in 2024 and have increasingly looked the more accomplished side in this format. Ireland have not had a great deal of ODI cricket to develop players in recent times, so opportunities like this are particularly valuable. Left-arm seamerhas broken into the Ireland ODI squad for the first time after his Player-of-the-Series performance in the India T20Is. Ireland have not had a great deal of ODI cricket to develop players in recent times, so opportunities like this are particularly valuable.