Pakistan lost the first match to Ireland by 5 wickets. The Irish won by chasing Babar Azam's 182 runs. But Paul Sterling's team saw the real form of Pakistan in the second match. They could not even score 193 runs. On the contrary, Pakistan won with 19 balls and 7 wickets in hand.
Pakistan won the toss and sent Ireland to bat first at Castle Avenue in Dublin. After losing the toss and batting, Ireland collected 193 runs after losing 7 wickets. In reply, Babar Azam's team reached the target after losing 3 wickets in 16.5 overs.
After losing the toss, Andy Balbirani was dismissed for 16 runs and Paul Stirling was dismissed for 11 runs. Then Lorcan Tucker made 51 off 34 balls and Harry Tucker made 32 off 28 balls to lay the foundations for a big score for the Irish.
Curtis Camper 13 balls 22, George Dockrell 8 balls 15, Gareth Delaney 10 balls unbeaten 28, Ireland's score was 193 runs for 7 wickets.
Shaheen Shah Afridi took 3 wickets. Abbas Afridi took 2 wickets. Mohammad Amir and Naseem Shah took 1 wicket each.
In response, Pakistan lost 2 wickets for 13 runs. Saim Ayub scored 6 runs off 3 balls and Babar Azam was dismissed without a run off 4 balls. Then Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhr Zaman made a pair of 140 runs.
Fakhr Zaman got out after scoring 78 runs off 40 balls. He hit 6 boundaries and sixes. Mohammad Rizwan remains unbeaten with 75 runs off 46 balls. He hit 6 boundaries and 4 sixes. Azam Khan left the field after scoring 30 runs off 10 balls. He hit 4 sixes. There was 1 boundary with it.
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