Pakistan completed their T20 World Cup marketing campaign with a win after edging Eire by three wickets.
With neither aspect capable of qualify for the Tremendous 8 stage from Group A, Pakistan began nicely to cut back Eire to 32-6 however knocks from Gareth Delany and Josh Little helped the crew get better to complete 106-9.
A Pakistan batting collapse then gave Eire a glimmer of hope, however two massive sixes from Shaheen Shah Afridi within the penultimate over sealed victory.
Afridi earlier took 3-22 and bought Pakistan off to the proper begin, taking his three wickets in his first two overs as he started by clipping the highest of Andy Balbirnie’s off stump with the third ball of the sport.
The paceman took his second two balls later when Lorcan Tucker edged behind and trapped Harry Tector lbw in his subsequent over, with Paul Stirling falling to Mohammad Amir in between occasions.
George Dockrell confirmed promise with some aggressive photographs however gave his wicket away cheaply to Amir earlier than Delany struck 31 from 19 balls.
Two massive sixes from Shaheen Shah Afridi within the penultimate over sealed victory. (AP Picture/Lynne Sladky)
His quickfire cameo was ended by Imad Wasim (3-8), however Pakistan had been unable to interrupt the Tenth-wicket partnership as Little added a priceless 22 to tug Eire into triple figures.
Mark Adair made the breakthrough for Eire as Saim Ayub fell and the all-rounder was within the thick of the motion once more, making a superb catch on the boundary to dismiss Mohammad Rizwan for 17 off McCarthy.
Pakistan stored the scoreboard ticking, however they had been instantly plunged into bother after shedding three wickets within the house of 9 balls as Curtis Campher eliminated Fakhar Zaman and McCarthy claimed the scalps of Usman Khan and Shadab Khan.
Captain Babar Azam underpinned his aspect’s innings with an unbeaten 32 earlier than Afridi sealed victory in model with seven balls to spare.
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