Pak v Ire highlights today – Only test day five from The Village, Malahide, Dublin (Ireland) Tuesday 15th May 2018. Ireland faced 129.3 overs in their second innings and scored 339 runs. So Pakistan needs 160 runs to win this test. KJ O’Brien a brilliant player from Ireland cricket team. He faced 217 deliveries and scored his century (118 runs) with the help of 12 boundaries. SR Thompson scored his fifty (53 runs). Mohammad Abbas took five wickets, Mohammad Amir took three and Shadab Khan took one wicket.
Imam-ul-Haq scored 74 runs off 121 balls not out in his second innings and Babar Azam scored 59 runs off 114 balls. Pakistan were 3 down at 14, then Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq batted very sensibly and took Pakistan to victory. Pakistan lost a total of five wickets and won by five wickets. TJ Murtagh took two wickets, WB Rankin and SR Thompson these two took one wicket each of them.
Pakistan team/playing XI
1 Imam-ul-Haq, 2 Azhar Ali, 3 Haris Sohail, 4 Asad Shafiq, 5 Babar Azam, 6 Sarfraz Ahmed (capt, wk), 7 Shadab Khan, 8 Faheem Ashraf, 9 Mohammad Amir, 10 Rahat Ali, 11 Mohammad Abbas.
Ireland team/playing XI
WTS Porterfield (c), PR Stirling, EC Joyce, NJ O’Brien †, A Balbirnie, GC Wilson, KJ O’Brien, SR Thompson, TE Kane, WB Rankin, TJ Murtagh.
Only Test, Pakistan tour of Ireland, England and Scotland Highlights
Ireland win the toss and chose to bowl.
Match Timings: 11:00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Umpires – Richard Illingworth, Nigel Llong
TV Umpires – Mark Hawthorne
Match Referee – Chris Broad
Reserve Umpire – Alan Neill
Match number – Test no. 2303
