LAUDERHILL: Pakistan have smashed Ireland’s top order as the Men in Green took early wickets in the first two overs in the T20 World Cup 2024 match being played at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium in Lauderhill, Florida.
Star pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi struck and took two wickets, Andrew Balbirnie and Lorcan Tucker, both in the first over for just two runs.
Third over saw fast bowler Muhammad Amir sending Irish opener Paul Stirling in a caught and bowled dismissal.
It is a dead-rubber match as it will have no bearing on the ultimate results as both sides are out of the mega-tournament, while India and the US have checked into the next stage.
Pakistan made one change in their playing XI from the previous match against Canada with Abbas Afridi replacing Naseem Shah. Meanwhile, Ireland brought in Ben White for Craig Young.
Playing XIs
Pakistan: 1 Mohammad Rizwan (wk) 2 Saim Ayub 3 Babar Azam (capt) 4 Fakhar Zaman 5 Usman Khan 6 Shadab Khan 7 Imad Wasim 8 Shaheen Afridi 9 Abbas Afridi 10 Haris Rauf 11 Mohammad Amir
Ireland: 1 Andy Balbirnie 2 Paul Stirling (capt) 3 Lorcan Tucker (wk) 4 Harry Tector 5 Curtis Campher 6 George Dockrell 7 Gareth Delany 8 Mark Adair 9 Barry McCarthy 10 Josh Little 11 Ben White
