Former champions Pakistan restored a semblance of respectability by beating Eire by three wickets of their inconsequential closing match of the T20 World Cup on Sunday. The 2009 champions, who have been knocked out after losses to India and USA in earlier group matches, restricted Eire to 106 for 9 after opting to bowl first with Shaheen Shah Afridi (3/22) main the way in which. Regardless of chasing a really powerful goal, Pakistan's frail batting was uncovered as soon as once more and so they slumped to 62 for six in 11 overs, elevating the spectre of one other collapse. However skipper Babar Azam (32 not out) and Abbas Afridi (17) placed on 33 runs to take them residence at 111 for 7 in 18.5 overs.
Shaheen Afridi scored the successful runs by hitting two enormous sixes in his unbeaten innings of 13 runs off 5 balls.
Quick bowlers Barry McCarthy (3/15), Curtis Campher (2/24) and Mark Adair (1/24) bowled their hearts out however Pakistan held on until the top and Eire's marketing campaign ended with out a win.
Chasing the goal, Pakistan opener Sam Ayub appeared in good type and hit a six and two fours earlier than the ball went into the palms of wicketkeeper Lorcan Tucker off Adair. Mohammad Rizwan hit three fours however was despatched again by McCarthy when Pakistan have been all the way down to 39 for two.
Within the subsequent three overs, Pakistan misplaced 4 fast wickets – Fakhar Zaman (5), Usman Khan (2), Shadab Khan (0) and Imad Wasim (4) – and located themselves in serious trouble.
Babar stood agency on the different finish whereas Abbas scored 17 runs off 21 balls after which Shaheen completed the sport with two large blows.
Earlier, Eire had a poor begin as Afridi and Amir diminished their rating to 4/3 within the second over.
Left-arm pacer Afridi took two wickets in three balls, dismissing Andrew Balbirnie (0) and Tucker (2) within the first over. Amir then had Eire captain Paul Stirling (1) caught behind to unleash a top-order collapse.
Harry Tector survived a caught-behind enchantment however was caught by Afridi off the following ball, which hit him on his again foot, leaving Eire at 4 for 15 with three overs to go.
George Dockrell eased the strain a bit with a few boundaries however was caught by Amir, who deceived him with a slower supply, leaving half of the Irish aspect again within the pavilion inside the powerplay.
Rauf then joined in and dismissed Campher, who went for the pull however obtained the highest fringe of the ball into the secure palms of Ayub.
Delany hit the primary six of Eire's innings off Rauf within the ninth over, then hit a six over long-on off spinner Shadab Khan to carry up his workforce's fifty. Delany ended the over with a 4 after Rauf missed an overhead catch on the boundary.
After Delaney, Abbas hit his second six by hitting the quick bowler's rising supply over deep sq. leg for a six.
Imad was then introduced into the assault and he dismissed the damaging Delaney, breaking their 44-run partnership to go away Eire at 76 for seven.
After this, quantity 10 Joshua Little (22 not out) picked up the bat and took Eire previous 100 runs. However by then it was too late.
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