12/05Result
2nd T20I, Pakistan tour of Ireland at Dublin, May 12 2024
Pakistan won by 7 wkts (19b rem)
Player of the Match
Mohammad Rizwan
Mohammad RizwanPakistan
12/05Result
2nd T20I, Pakistan tour of Ireland at Dublin, May 12 2024
Pakistan won by 7 wkts (19b rem)
Player of the Match
Mohammad Rizwan
Mohammad RizwanPakistan

END OF OVER:
20 | 17 Runs | IRE: 193/7 | RR: 9.65

  • Gareth Delany28 (10b)
  • Graham Hume2 (2b)
  • Mohammad Amir4-0-44-1
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi4-0-49-3

Ireland batters thrived at Castle Avenue and racked up an imposing total. They'll be pretty happy with the total. Tucker slammed a quickfire fifty and the entire middle order made an impact. Delany's 10-ball 28 gave them the impetus as Pakistan pacers, in particular, missed their targets quite a lot. Mohammad Amir's cutters weren't that effective, and once again, too many balls went down the leg side. The last over went for 17. Does Ireland have enough on the board? Possibly a winning score. Back in a few minutes.

19.6
4
Mohammad Amir to Delany, FOUR, Imperious, in the slot for Delany and he doesn't miss out, goes deep in his crease and pounded hard away from the bowler towards long-off for a four and they finish the innings in style, 17 runs off the last over, it's a big one. 193/7, certainly defendable

Faraz: "PCB shouldn't have appointed Babar as Captain again. And if they did, Babar should not have accepted it. He is not a good captain and not a leader at all. He needs to admit it. Sachin was not a good captain. There's no shame in not being a good captain."

19.5
6
Mohammad Amir to Delany, SIX, Strays in his line, that's a duff short ball outside leg stump, he gets in a perfection position to lift it up and over fine leg for six, very loose delivery and duly dispatched!
19.4
2
Mohammad Amir to Delany, 2 runs, Gets it right into the blockhole, clonked it away into the leg side and the fielder slips, they'll wind up getting another run
19.3
4
Mohammad Amir to Delany, FOUR, Pace-off short cutter around the line off, gets right behind the line and lashes it downtown, fumbled at long-on means Ireland get another four and it's 181 on the board, already a pretty respectable total
19.2
0
Mohammad Amir to Delany, no run, Thumped hard into the surface, a slow rising ball wide of off, can't connect on this occasion as he looked to slash it away
19.1
1
Mohammad Amir to Hume, 1 run, Dicey call for a run, Amir pings a throw at non-striker's end and misses the target. It was a short of a length ball on fourth stump line, he nudged it towards Amir at short mid-on and scurries through a run

END OF OVER:
19 | 12 Runs 1 Wkt | IRE: 176/7 | RR: 9.26

  • Gareth Delany12 (5b)
  • Graham Hume1 (1b)
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi4-0-49-3
  • Abbas Afridi4-0-33-2
18.6
6
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Delany, SIX, Ends the over with an exclamation mark! Touch too full not getting the yorker in the blockhole, gosh that was struck really well, ravishing inside out square cut that sped away for four, fielder at deep cover is only a spectator
18.5
4
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Delany, FOUR, Gives himself some room, walks away to the leg side, rides the bouncer and flays an upper-cut over short third for a four, marvelous striking, clean hitting
18.4
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Hume, 1 run, On a length and shaping into the left-hander at middle, leans forward and watchfully clips it away off his pads to the left of midwicket
18.3
W
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Adair, OUT, Snuffs out a feisty yorker dipping in and he has no answers to that, too good for thee, got it to reverse as well and I think it deflected off the pads onto the stumps, Shaheen liked the sight of bails flying everywhere, excellent execution of a yorker

MR Adair b Shaheen Shah Afridi 9 (6m 5b 2x4 0x6) SR: 180.00

18.2
0
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Adair, no run, Hurls down another sharp rising delivery, whooshing away outside off and beats him

Usman Bin Shaki: "Man, what happened to Shaheen , Naseem and especially Amir. Ireland batsman are not looking scared when facing them."

Mueed: "I was looking for ShahSafeer's Babar criticism comment. Yes am suprised with Imad not bowling his 4th but all the pacers are experienced in front of Irish batsmen, i believe fast bowlers need to bowl well, any captain can't control that."

Thabal: "Why not utilizing Iftikhar bowling at all - Why not giving more overs to Saim - Babar needs to learn utilizing resources effectively - It seems he already made his mind at beginning to give 4 overs to each pacer and he is stuck on same without any rethinking."

18.1
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Delany, 1 run, Over the wicket, bouncer dug in and growing but not that intimidating, cleared his front leg and crunches a pull square of midwicket

END OF OVER:
18 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | IRE: 164/6 | RR: 9.11

  • Gareth Delany1 (2b)
  • Mark Adair9 (3b)
  • Abbas Afridi4-0-33-2
  • Naseem Shah4-0-36-1
17.6
1
Abbas Afridi to Delany, 1 run, Uses the depth of the crease, stands tall to get on top of the bounce and shanks it away towards cow corner, 10 off the over
17.5
0
Abbas Afridi to Delany, no run, Short and hurries towards him as he shimmies to the leg side, can only pat it back to the bowler
17.4
1
Abbas Afridi to Adair, 1 run, Naseem Shah with a brilliant acrobatic display of fielding at deep midwicket region, skewed away into the leg side, not quite timed it well
17.3
4
Abbas Afridi to Adair, FOUR, Knocks it away for another four, terrific response from Ireland, they have made their mind to attack and it's reaping rewards most of the time, gave himself room and swatted at it, away from the fielder at deep cover
17.2
4
Abbas Afridi to Adair, FOUR, Fortuitous but they all count! He wanted to tonk that over square leg and got a thick edge that skewed away towards fine of deep third, valuable runs. Ireland won't mind that at all
17.1
W
Abbas Afridi to Tucker, OUT, Back-to-back wickets! Another prized scalp for Pakistan. He thumps it into the pitch and gets plenty of purchase, he slices it in the air and picks out extra cover, Fakhar making no mistake, he has got a very safe pair of hands.

LJ Tucker c Fakhar Zaman b Abbas Afridi 51 (66m 34b 5x4 2x6) SR: 150.00

END OF OVER:
17 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | IRE: 154/5 | RR: 9.05

  • Lorcan Tucker51 (33b)
  • Naseem Shah4-0-36-1
  • Mohammad Amir3-0-27-1
16.6
W
Naseem Shah to Dockrell, OUT, Spiteful bumper on an attacking off-stump line, backs away for an upper-cut and ends up feathering it to the keeper, idea was right but Naseem did well to bowl a well-directed bumper, it was a slow ball bouncer and he got troubled by that, can Pakistan get a few more and keep a lid on the score?

GH Dockrell c †Azam Khan b Naseem Shah 15 (7m 8b 3x4 0x6) SR: 187.50

16.5
1
Naseem Shah to Tucker, 1 run, Drags his length back, gets some sideways movement in the channel, hammered away into the covers
16.4
1
Naseem Shah to Dockrell, 1 run, Once again giving himself room and cracks it away uppishly into the covers for a run, finds the fielder on this occasion who was perched at the rope
16.3
4
Naseem Shah to Dockrell, FOUR, Searching for the yorker, ends up with a low full-toss, he backs away and nurdles it down to deep third for a four, mind-boggling batting
16.2
1
Naseem Shah to Tucker, 1 run, Touch short and rising steeply off the deck on fifth stump line, goes back and smashes it down to long-off, brings up a crucial half-century, held the innings together and will look to finish it off on a high, time to tee off
16.1
1
Naseem Shah to Dockrell, 1 run, Fraction short wide of off, tucked away around the corner, fumble in the deep

Pakistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st6Mohammad RizwanSaim Ayub
2nd7Mohammad RizwanBabar Azam
3rd140Mohammad RizwanFakhar Zaman
4th42Mohammad RizwanAzam Khan