14/05Result
3rd T20I, Pakistan tour of Ireland at Dublin, May 14 2024
Pakistan won by 6 wkts (18b rem)
Player of the Match
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Shaheen Shah AfridiPakistan
14/05Result
3rd T20I, Pakistan tour of Ireland at Dublin, May 14 2024
Pakistan won by 6 wkts (18b rem)
Player of the Match
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Shaheen Shah AfridiPakistan

END OF OVER:
20 | 11 Runs | IRE: 178/7 | RR: 8.90

  • Graham Hume10 (6b)
  • Harry Tector30 (20b)
  • Mohammad Amir4-0-32-1
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi4-0-14-3

Players are back on the field, we are almost ready for Pakistan's reply. Will they open with Rizwan and Saim again?

It's drizzling at the moment, so we'll have a delayed start. It's not that murky, so the delay shouldn't be very long

FB: "Excellent final over by Amir. I will pick Amir over Hassan any day "

Hussain: "Can i please request to add number with every drop catch in a match - i.e. Fakhar dropped (4th of the inning). This will allow the viewers to understand the match position matter. "

Affaan: "Pakistan are missing a key here. Where is Abrar? He has been so good in pakistan against new zealand it would be very sad if he doesn't play regularly in the world cup"

Rashid Hussain : "Pakistan lost both of the previous world cups all because of the Hassan Ali he didn't perform in all 3, bowling, fielding and batting. Selectors needs to think and given chance to Muhammad Ali who is much better then Hassan ali"

Abbas: "@Sherry, Do you really have some job to do or criticising BABAR for everything is your day-to-day job? If he does not give over to Saim, Babar is wrong. If he gave over to Saim and Saim goes for plenty, it is Babar's mistake. Come on man"

Sagor: "I don't understand why Pakistani people blame Babar about the team selection? Seven people are responsible to select team and all have equal power. But people don't talk about them. They try to ruin their biggest star or their team."

Ireland will rue missing out on an opportunity to post 200 after a blazing start and a perfect platform to sping from. They had wickets in hand, but perhaps players like Harry Tector and Lorcan Tucker could have stayed longer to do more damage, which wasn't the case. Losing wickets in clusters cost them as Shaheen Afridi looked class apart and picked up regular wickets. He mixed his deliveries superbly, offering a whole buffet of yorkers, bumpers, and change-ups, which bodes well for Pakistan ahead of the England series and World Cup. Ireland will need wickets upfront to make it spicy

19.6
2
Mohammad Amir to Hume, 2 runs, Last delivery. Heat-seeking inswinging yorker towards middle, slammed away to deep midwicket, rushing back for the second, Azam collects the ball but to be fair wasn't quick enough in whipping off the bails and Ireland finish on 178/7. After 10 overs, they looked on song for a 200 total but Pakistan managed to apply the squeeze towards the end and stymied the run-flow, Shaheen Afridi was outstanding today, picked 3/14 and Amir went wicketless while Imad was economical as well
19.5
1
Mohammad Amir to Tector, 1 run, Touch short on leg, launched it in the air and it lands short of the man at deep midwicket
19.4
1
Mohammad Amir to Hume, 1 run, Goes for the yorker option, not quite in the blockhole but still good enough to keep them down to one, driven to long-on and the fielder intercepts it quickly and cleanly
19.4
1w
Mohammad Amir to Hume, 1 wide, Short and whooshing away wide of off, could have snuck a leg bye
19.3
4
Mohammad Amir to Hume, FOUR, Lashes it down the ground and bisects long-on and long-off, shifted his weight back and hits it aplomb, no chance for long-on to cut that off, hit it very straight, Amir went too full and he seized on the opportunity
19.2
1lb
Mohammad Amir to Tector, 1 leg bye, Saw him shimming down leg and stayed put with a fuller ball on his pads, manages to flick it away to fine leg
19.1
1
Mohammad Amir to Hume, 1 run, Over the wicket, slowish inswinging length ball wide of off, slapped to cover-point

Amir to bowl the last over

END OF OVER:
19 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | IRE: 167/7 | RR: 8.78

  • Graham Hume2 (2b)
  • Harry Tector29 (18b)
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi4-0-14-3
  • Abbas Afridi4-0-43-2
18.6
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Hume, 1 run, What an exceptional spell when everybody else got hammered for plenty. Over the wicket, good length delivery shaping it into the left-hander who swings hard but doesn't connect well enough as the ball holds up towards short of deep midwicket
18.5
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Tector, 1 run, Round the wicket, hard length delivery veering away from off, knocked down to deep point and looks at the heavens, wanted more out of that shot
18.4
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Hume, 1 run, Over the wicket, almost demolishes him with a searing yorker, just barely manages to shield his stumps with a flick through the leg side
18.3
W
Shaheen Shah Afridi to MR Adair, OUT, Throws it away! A thunderbolt climbing insanely off the deck in the channel, he tries to smash that through the off side and ends up edging it to Mohammad Amir at short third. Shaheen Afridi picks up his third, that's what Pakistan expects from him, the ace pacer, the leader of the pace attack. This has been a quality performance.

MR Adair c Mohammad Amir b Shaheen Shah Afridi 1 (5m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25.00

18.2
0
Shaheen Shah Afridi to MR Adair, no run, Round the wicket, looks like it's on a length and whooshed past the outside edge to the keeper, he has been the pick of the bowlers this evening
18.1
0
Shaheen Shah Afridi to MR Adair, no run, Over the wicket, banged in and it's a little wide of off stump, can't cut it away

END OF OVER:
18 | 12 Runs 1 Wkt | IRE: 164/6 | RR: 9.11

  • Harry Tector28 (17b)
  • Mark Adair1 (1b)
  • Abbas Afridi4-0-43-2
  • Mohammad Amir3-0-22-1
17.6
4
Abbas Afridi to Tector, FOUR, Slow ball bumper on middle and leg, errs slightly in his line and pays the price. Adair goes for a full-blooded pull and gets a tickle which is enough to earn a boundary as the fielder at fine leg runs behind in vain
17.5
2
Abbas Afridi to Tector, 2 runs, Good length, slanting int at middle, whangs it away to deep midwicket, will have to settle for a run as the fielder mops it up quickly
17.4
4
Abbas Afridi to Tector, FOUR, Takes the pace off and drops it short with room on offer, he does well not to hit hard and just timed it to perfection, threads the gap behind square to perfection, beats short third and backward point, sends it bobbling over to the rope
17.3
1
Abbas Afridi to MR Adair, 1 run, Over the wicket again, back of a length and gets a hint of inward seam movement towards middle, backs away and uses his long levers for a smack down the ground, it just lands short of the man at long-on who collects it one bounce
17.2
W
Abbas Afridi to Campher, OUT, Picks out Shaheen at short third! Zinger from Abbas who is growing in confidence and is someone who can be banked on at the death. It was a fullish slower ball just outside off, he changes his stance for a reverse scoop and lobbed it straight to Shaheen who took a regulation catch.

C Campher c Shaheen Shah Afridi b Abbas Afridi 1 (4m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

17.1
1
Abbas Afridi to Tector, 1 run, Fakhar Zaman drops a sitter! Abbas came over the wicket, it was a pace-off shortish ball with plenty of width on offer, he mistimed the cut and didn't get much power behind it, it was straight towards Fakhar and he just lost it in the end, not good at this level

END OF OVER:
17 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | IRE: 152/5 | RR: 8.94

  • Harry Tector17 (13b)
  • Curtis Campher1 (1b)
  • Mohammad Amir3-0-22-1
  • Imad Wasim3-0-23-1
16.6
1
Mohammad Amir to Tector, 1 run, Rams the a little widish yorker to perfection, he can only push it away to cover-point just inside the ring, Pakistan pulling things back at the death with some tight overs, Ireland lost too many in the middle, set batters back in the hut
16.5
0
Mohammad Amir to Tector, no run, Short of a length, slants it across off, under-edge rolling away to third man, scurries through a run

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16.4
1
Mohammad Amir to Campher, 1 run, Attacking the stumps and gets it to rise off a hard length, hurriedly plonked it away to the right of deep midwicket

Sherry: "Babar has been making the same mistake for a very long time.When a bowler is not bowling well,he keeps giving him more and more overs and doesn't use spinners properly.Should bring imad earlier and also use iftikhar.Not using Iftikhar has always been one of his biggest mistakes

16.3
W
Mohammad Amir to Dockrell, OUT, Amir takes a breathtaking running catch off his own bowling! A slower cutter outside off, he crouches in a bid to slice it over cover but the ball looped up at cover-point and Amir ran like a bull who has seen a red rug, got under it in time and gobbled it up

GH Dockrell c & b Mohammad Amir 6 (8m 7b 0x4 1x6) SR: 85.71

Ali Hasni: "To enjoy any game, you need to have balance. Unfortunately, T20 has become more batters game then bowlers. "

16.2
0
Mohammad Amir to Dockrell, no run, Over the wicket, goes for the wide yorker option, it was a low full-toss, tried to batter it through covers and will be livid with himself to miss it

Pakistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st16Mohammad RizwanSaim Ayub
2nd139Mohammad RizwanBabar Azam
3rd3Babar AzamAzam Khan
4th9Iftikhar AhmedAzam Khan
5th14Imad WasimAzam Khan