Pakistan vs Ireland Match Stats

Hits the deck hard and bowls it around off, Babar Azam stands tall and wrists the ball away in front of mid-wicket for a run.

Nicely bowled! On a hard length again but outside off and this one seams away after pitching. Abbas Afridi has a poke at it but the ball beats the outside edge.

Just a bit full and outside off again, Abbas Afridi has a go at it but is well beaten again.

The pressure is being built up on Abbas Afridi with these dot balls. Bowled back of a length and around off stump, Afridi presses back and dabs it down to short third.

FOUR! Well, that's one way to release the pressure. Pitched up right in the slot around middle stump, Abbas Afridi clears the front leg and slogs the ball off the inner half of the bat between mid on and mid-wicket for a boundary.

Just short of a good length and in the channel around off, gently moving away as well, Abbas Afridi looks to dab it away but is beaten past the outside edge.

Back of a length and at the body, Babar Azam blocks it with soft hands just on the off side and looks for a quick single but he is sent back.

Back of a length again and around off stump, Babar Azam plays it off the back foot and gets it down towards the cover fielder.

Another dot ball and a hobbling Joshua Little is doing a fine job so far. Puts a bit more effort in this delivery and bangs it in halfway down the pitch but slower too. Babar Azam pulls but without any timing and towards mid-wicket.

FOUR! Trademark cover drive from Babar Azam and that will make him feel a lot better. A shade too full and wide, Babar leans on and creams it square through covers for a boundary.

Good length around middle, trying to slide it into the pads, Babar Azam gets inside the line and flicks it down to fine leg for an easy single.

Back of a length and outside off stump, Abbas Afridi stays back and dabs it away wide of the gully region for a quick single. 26 needed now off 30 balls.

Up in the air but falls in no man's land! A well-directed bumper, right at the batter's face, Abbas Afridi looks to take it on and miscues the pull around backward square leg. The keeper scampers towards it but won't reach it. A single is taken.

Back of a length and around off, punched away off the back foot wide of covers for a single.

Nice and full, almost gets it in the blockhole around off, Abbas Afridi jams the ball out to the man at short cover.

SIX! Oh, that's gone all the way and Ireland cannot believe it. Dug in short again by Curtis Campher but this time Abbas Afridi is ready and pulls it away over the square leg fence for a maximum.

Back of a length and in the channel outside off, Abbas Afridi presses back and opens the bat face to play it towards backward point for a run.

Oh, for a second, Babar's heart would have been in his mouth! Curtis Campher takes some pace off this delivery and bowls it just a smidge fuller on the stumps. Babar Azam looks to get on the front foot but the ball stops on him and he gets a leading edge that falls short of mid off. 

Starts with a leg break and tosses it really full on off and middle. Abbas Afridi jams it back to the bowler and the Irish players will that is caught and bowled. It seemed to be a bump ball but the umpires have sent it upstairs. The replays roll in and it looks like the ball took the inside edge, bounced and then lobbed up off the boot and NOT OUT comes up on the big screen.

Full and at the stumps again, Abbas Afridi pushes it out towards mid on.

Flighted up on the legs, Abbas Afridi gets on the front foot and flicks it away through mid-wicket for a single.

Tossed up on the off stump line, Babar Azam leans ahead and shows the full face of the bat before driving it down to long off for a single.

Beaten! This one is looped up full and around off stump, Abbas Afridi looks to drive but it is too full and gets beaten. The keeper pouches it safely and after a bit of confusion, Paul Stirling sends it upstairs to check if there was a nick or not. The first replay shows that the bat hit the ground and the ball went past the inside edge and then UltraEdge confirms that there was no edge on it. NOT OUT!

Tidy from Gareth Delany and now Pakistan need 14 runs off 18 balls. Tossed up quite full on middle, Abbas Afridi drives it away down to long on and picks up a single.

Floated up full and outside off stump, Abbas Afridi gets a big stride across the off stump looking to pull it fine but misses. He gets struck on the pads and there is a bit of an appeal for LBW which is turned down. Paul Stirling though reviews it in hopes off a miracle. The third umpire is called in and there's no bat involved as confirmed by UltraEdge and Ball Tracking shows the impact as outside the line of off stump. It stays NOT OUT and Ireland have lost both their reviews.

Dug in a bit short but flatter as well around off, Abbas Afridi rocks back to pull but miscues it badly and back over the bowler's head towards mid off for a single.

Fractionally short and outside off, Babar Azam rocks back and cuts it in front of the point region for one more.

OUT! CAUGHT! Spin has done the trick here and Ben White picks up a huge wicket. This is flighted up but on a dragged length on middle stump. Abbas Afridi skips down the track but doesn't quite get to the pitch of the ball and forces the lofted shot very high towards long on. There's not enough power on it and the substitute fielder, Ross Adair settles under it to take a fine catch under pressure. Still, 12 needed and Pakistan have three wickets in hand. Also, Shaheen Afridi walks out to bat now.

Nagging length, bowled on the off stump line, Shaheen Afridi opts to go on the back foot and defends it past first slip.

Pushed through a bit fuller and around off stump, Shaheen Afridi solidly blocks it to the off side.

Tossed up full on the legs, Babar Azam gets on the front foot and pushes it down to long on for a single.

SIX! Finally, that decisive blow comes from Pakistan and it is Shaheen Afridi who has hit it. Tossed up full around off, in the slot and too much air on that one. Shaheen goes down on one knee and whacks it over long on for a biggie.

WIDE! A bit quicker and fuller but pushed well outside the off stump, Shaheen Afridi tries to reach it but fails to do so. Wide called.

DROPPED! A difficult chance but Paul Stirling should have taken it and had he done so, Ireland would have been back in it. Gareth Delany brings out the googly and floats it up outside off stump, Shaheen Afridi swings hard at it but cue ends it and the ball goes quickly over first slip where Paul Stirling gets a hand on it but cannot hang on. Single taken.

This is nicely tossed up full on the stumps, Babar Azam leans on and drives it down to long on for a single.

SIX! BANG! That's it, it's all over! Gareth Delany tosses the ball up again around off stump, quite full as well. Shaheen Afridi stays deep in the crease and gets down on one knee before smashing the ball away a long, long way over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie. PAKISTAN WIN BY 3 WICKETS!