Pakistan salvage some pride in their final T20 World Cup match by holding on to earn a three-wicket victory over Ireland in Lauderhill on Sunday. (Highlights | Full Coverage | More Cricket News)
Both sides were already out of the competition before the match, but Pakistan cꦚlearly wanted to go out on a high as they came out of the blocks quickly.
Ireland got off to a nightmare start, slumping to 4-3 in just the second over. Shaheen Afridi💯 (3-22) and Imad Wasim (3-8) impressed as Pakistan smothered their opponents, though Gareth Delany ma🎐naged to gain some momentum with 31 off 19 balls.
Ireland eventually stumbled to 106-9 and looked out of sorts while bowling as w🌠ell as Pakistan raced to 52-2 by the end of the eighth over.
Barry McCarthy (3-15) set up a nervy finis꧟h though as his intervention saw Pakistan lose four wickets during the next three overs.
Ireland could not hold onto th❀eir dominance though as Afridi scored two sixes in the 19th over to reach 111-7 and ensure a Pakistan win with seven balls remaining.
Pakistan are leftꦏ to rue ൩their slow start to the tournament, while Ireland finish their T20 World Cup campaign without registering a single win, with both sides now heading home.
Data Debrief: Too little, too late?
It is the sec🍸ond time in the tournament that Pakistan have had t꧋wo bowlers take three wickets each after Naseem Shah (3-21) and Haris Rauf (3-21) in their defeat to India.
Overall, this is the lowest match aggr🀅egate (217) inv🐷olving Pakistan and Ireland in T20Is.
