Pakistan ended their World T20 marketing campaign with a win, beating Eire by three wickets.
With neither facet capable of qualify for the Tremendous 8 stage from Pool A, Pakistan began effectively, decreasing Eire to 32-6, however strikes from Gareth Delaney and Josh Little helped the staff get well to complete on 106-9.
Pakistan’s batting collapse then gave Eire a glimmer of hope, however two massive sixes from Shaheen Shah Afridi within the penultimate over sealed victory.
Afridi had earlier taken 3-22 and received Pakistan off to the right begin, taking three wickets in his first two overs as he started by clipping Andy Belbirnie’s prime stump with the third ball of the sport.
The paceman struck his second two balls later when Lorcan Tucker stepped behind to lure Harry Tector lbw in his subsequent over and Paul Stirling fell to Mohammad Amir at break.
George Dockrell promised some aggressive batting however gave away his wicket cheaply to Amir earlier than Delaney hit 31 off 19 balls.
His cameo within the quickfire was ended by Imad Wasim (3-8), however Pakistan couldn’t break the Tenth-wicket partnership as Little added a beneficial 22 to tug Eire into three figures.
Mark Adair made a breakthrough for Eire when Saim Ayub fell and the all-rounder was again on the heart of the motion with a superb catch on the boundary to dismiss Mohammad Rizwan for 17 off McCarthy.
Pakistan stored the scoreboard ticking however they had been abruptly in bother after shedding three wickets in 9 balls as Curtis Kaempfer eliminated Fakhar Zaman and McCarthy claimed the scalps of Usman Khan and Shadab Khan.
Captain Babar Azam bolstered his facet’s innings with an unbeaten 32 earlier than Afridi sealed victory in fashion with seven balls to spare.
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