Afghanistan continued their winning ways in white-ball cricket as they defeated Ireland by 29 runs in the first one-day international in Belfast.

The hosts, beaten 2-0 in the recent T20I series, were chasing a target of 228 to win but were bowled out for 198.

Having slipped to 93-4, Ireland were relying on Andy Balbirnie, but when he fell for a gritty 55 their hopes evaporated.

Star leg-spinner Rashid Khan picked up two wickets (2-41) while all-rounder Mohammad Nabi also snared two (2-42) as they secured victory.

Earlier, Afghanistan had to dig deep to post a total of 227-9.

Gulbadin Naib top-scored with 64 and shared a fourth-wicket partnership of 77 with Hashmatullah Shahidi, who hit 54. Tim Murtagh took 4-31 and Boyd Rankin finished with 3-44.