Ireland Vs Pakistan
2-Innings Match Played At Malahide, 11-May-2018, Test
Pakistan Win Outright by 5 wkts
   
     | Round | 
     943 | 
   
   
     | Toss won by | 
     Ireland | 
   
   
     | Umpires | 
     RK Illingworth (Eng) - NJ Llong (Eng) - A Neill (Ire) | 
   
   
     | Scorers | 
     Helen Caird - S Downes - Andrew J Mooney | 
   
   
     | Umpire notes | 
     Match referee: Chris Broad. TV Umpire: Mark Hawthorne | 
   
   
     | Home Side | 
     Ireland | 
   
   
     | Player of Match | 
     KJ O'Brien | 
   
   
     | Comment | 
     943/12  5-Day match: 11-15 May 2018  - Test no 2303  Close Day 1 - Fri 11 May - No play Day 2 - Sat 12 May - Pakistan 268-6 (76ov. Shadab Khan 52*, Faheem  Ashraf  61*) Day 3 - Sun 13 May -  Ireland 2nd inns 64-0 f/o (26 ov. EC Joyce 39*, WTS Porterfield 23*) Day 4 - Mon 14 May - Ireland 2nd inns 319-7 f/o (122 ov. K O'Brien 118*, T Kane 8*) Day 5 - Tue 15 May - Pakistan 2nd inns 160-5 (45 ov. Imam ul-Haq  74* Shadab Khan 4*) - end of match | 
   
   
     | Match Report | 
     here | 
   
Pakistan 1st Innings 310/9 Declared (Overs 96)
   
      | Batsman | 
      Fieldsman | 
      Bowler | 
      Runs | 
      Min | 
      Bls | 
      4s | 
      6s | 
   
   
     | Azhar Ali | 
     c WTS Porterfield | 
     b WB Rankin | 
     4 | 
     35 | 
     23 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | Imam ul-Haq | 
     lbw | 
     b TJ Murtagh | 
     7 | 
     37 | 
     26 | 
     1 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | Haris Sohail | 
     c WTS Porterfield | 
     b SR Thompson | 
     31 | 
     91 | 
     66 | 
     2 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | Asad Shafiq | 
     c A Balbirnie | 
     b WB Rankin | 
     62 | 
     171 | 
     121 | 
     8 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | Babar Azam | 
     c PR Stirling | 
     b TJ Murtagh | 
     14 | 
     34 | 
     25 | 
     3 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | Sarfraz Ahmed*+ | 
     c PR Stirling | 
     b SR Thompson | 
     20 | 
     60 | 
     40 | 
     2 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | Shadab Khan | 
     lbw | 
     b TJ Murtagh | 
     55 | 
     132 | 
     105 | 
     7 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | Faheem Ashraf | 
     c NJ O'Brien | 
     b SR Thompson | 
     83 | 
     164 | 
     115 | 
     9 | 
     1 | 
   
   
     | Mohammad Amir | 
     c NJ O'Brien | 
     b TJ Murtagh | 
     13 | 
     50 | 
     41 | 
     1 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | Mohammad Abbas | 
     not out | 
       | 
     4 | 
     17 | 
     13 | 
     1 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | Rahat Ali | 
     not out | 
       | 
     0 | 
     11 | 
     6 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | extras | 
       | 
     (b1 lb10 w2 nb4) | 
     17 | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
     | TOTAL | 
       | 
     9 wickets for | 
     310 | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
      | FOW | 
   
   
     | 1-13(Azhar Ali) 2-13(Imam ul-Haq) 3-71(Haris Sohail) 4-104(Babar Azam) | 
   
   
     | 5-153(Asad Shafiq) 6-159(Sarfraz Ahmed) 7-276(Shadab Khan) 8-304(Faheem Ashraf) | 
   
   
     | 9-306(Mohammad Amir) | 
   
 | 
Ireland 1st Innings 130/10 All Out (Overs 47.2)
   
      | Batsman | 
      Fieldsman | 
      Bowler | 
      Runs | 
      Min | 
      Bls | 
      4s | 
      6s | 
   
   
     | EC Joyce | 
     lbw | 
     b Mohammad Abbas | 
     4 | 
     8 | 
     4 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | WTS Porterfield* | 
       | 
     b Mohammad Amir | 
     1 | 
     28 | 
     20 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | A Balbirnie | 
     lbw | 
     b Mohammad Abbas | 
     0 | 
     14 | 
     8 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | NJ O'Brien+ | 
     lbw | 
     b Mohammad Abbas | 
     0 | 
     10 | 
     10 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | PR Stirling | 
     c Babar Azam | 
     b Faheem Ashraf | 
     17 | 
     35 | 
     20 | 
     2 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | KJ O'Brien | 
     c Imam ul-Haq | 
     b Mohammad Amir | 
     40 | 
     95 | 
     68 | 
     5 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | SR Thompson | 
       | 
     b Shadab Khan | 
     3 | 
     39 | 
     21 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | TE Kane | 
     c Babar Azam | 
     b Shadab Khan | 
     0 | 
     1 | 
     2 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | GC Wilson | 
     not out | 
       | 
     33 | 
     96 | 
     74 | 
     6 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | WB Rankin | 
     c Sarfraz Ahmed | 
     b Mohammad Abbas | 
     17 | 
     52 | 
     50 | 
     2 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | TJ Murtagh | 
     c Imam ul-Haq | 
     b Shadab Khan | 
     5 | 
     17 | 
     7 | 
     1 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | extras | 
       | 
     (b8 lb1 w1 nb0) | 
     10 | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
     | TOTAL | 
       | 
     10 wickets for | 
     130 | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
      | FOW | 
   
   
     | 1-5(WTS Porterfield) 2-5(A Balbirnie) 3-5(WTS Porterfield) 4-7(NJ O'Brien) | 
   
   
     | 5-36(PR Stirling) 6-61(SR Thompson) 7-61(TE Kane) 8-73(KJ O'Brien) 9-107(WB Rankin) | 
   
   
     | 10-130(TJ Murtagh) | 
   
 | 
   
      | Bowler | 
      Overs | 
      Maid | 
      Runs | 
      Wkts | 
      wd | 
      nb | 
   
   
     | Mohammad Amir | 
     10 | 
     5 | 
     9 | 
     2 | 
     1 | 
     - | 
   
   
     | Mohammad Abbas | 
     11 | 
     4 | 
     44 | 
     4 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | Rahat Ali | 
     7 | 
     0 | 
     18 | 
     0 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | Faheem Ashraf | 
     5 | 
     2 | 
     18 | 
     1 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | Shadab Khan | 
     13.2 | 
     3 | 
     31 | 
     3 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | Haris Sohail | 
     1 | 
     0 | 
     1 | 
     0 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
Ireland 2nd Innings (Follow-on Enforced) 339/10 All Out (Overs 129.3)
   
      | Batsman | 
      Fieldsman | 
      Bowler | 
      Runs | 
      Min | 
      Bls | 
      4s | 
      6s | 
   
   
     | EC Joyce | 
     run out Faheem Ashraf | 
       | 
     43 | 
     126 | 
     98 | 
     5 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | WTS Porterfield* | 
     c Sarfraz Ahmed | 
     b Mohammad Amir | 
     32 | 
     195 | 
     120 | 
     3 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | A Balbirnie | 
     lbw | 
     b Mohammad Abbas | 
     0 | 
     4 | 
     4 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | NJ O'Brien+ | 
       | 
     b Mohammad Amir | 
     18 | 
     54 | 
     45 | 
     2 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | PR Stirling | 
     lbw | 
     b Mohammad Abbas | 
     11 | 
     58 | 
     33 | 
     2 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | KJ O'Brien | 
     c Haris Sohail | 
     b Mohammad Abbas | 
     118 | 
     342 | 
     217 | 
     12 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | GC Wilson | 
     c Haris Sohail | 
     b Mohammad Amir | 
     12 | 
     45 | 
     34 | 
     1 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | SR Thompson | 
       | 
     b Shadab Khan | 
     53 | 
     149 | 
     116 | 
     6 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | TE Kane | 
       | 
     b Mohammad Abbas | 
     14 | 
     127 | 
     96 | 
     1 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | WB Rankin | 
       | 
     b Mohammad Abbas | 
     6 | 
     21 | 
     13 | 
     1 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | TJ Murtagh | 
     not out | 
       | 
     5 | 
     8 | 
     3 | 
     1 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | extras | 
       | 
     (b1 lb20 w4 nb2) | 
     27 | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
     | TOTAL | 
       | 
     10 wickets for | 
     339 | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
      | FOW | 
   
   
     | 1-69(EC Joyce) 2-69(A Balbirnie) 3-94(NJ O'Brien) 4-95(WTS Porterfield) | 
   
   
     | 5-127(PR Stirling) 6-157(GC Wilson) 7-271(SR Thompson) 8-321(KJ O'Brien) | 
   
   
     | 9-332(WB Rankin) 10-339(TE Kane) | 
   
 | 
   
      | Bowler | 
      Overs | 
      Maid | 
      Runs | 
      Wkts | 
      wd | 
      nb | 
   
   
     | Mohammad Amir | 
     29.2 | 
     9 | 
     63 | 
     3 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | Mohammad Abbas | 
     28.3 | 
     10 | 
     66 | 
     5 | 
     - | 
     1 | 
   
   
     | Rahat Ali | 
     23 | 
     3 | 
     75 | 
     0 | 
     2 | 
     - | 
   
   
     | Faheem Ashraf | 
     18 | 
     3 | 
     51 | 
     0 | 
     1 | 
     1 | 
   
   
     | Shadab Khan | 
     30.4 | 
     7 | 
     63 | 
     1 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
Pakistan 2nd Innings 160/5 Closed (Overs 45)
   
      | Batsman | 
      Fieldsman | 
      Bowler | 
      Runs | 
      Min | 
      Bls | 
      4s | 
      6s | 
   
   
     | Azhar Ali | 
     c PR Stirling | 
     b TJ Murtagh | 
     2 | 
     3 | 
     4 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | Imam ul-Haq | 
     not out | 
       | 
     74 | 
     199 | 
     121 | 
     8 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | Haris Sohail | 
     c EC Joyce | 
     b WB Rankin | 
     7 | 
     13 | 
     8 | 
     1 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | Asad Shafiq | 
       | 
     b TJ Murtagh | 
     1 | 
     6 | 
     5 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | Babar Azam | 
     run out A Balbirnie/SR Thompson | 
       | 
     59 | 
     142 | 
     114 | 
     8 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | Sarfraz Ahmed*+ | 
     lbw | 
     b SR Thompson | 
     8 | 
     19 | 
     12 | 
     2 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | Shadab Khan | 
     not out | 
       | 
     4 | 
     15 | 
     11 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | Faheem Ashraf | 
     dnb | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
     | Mohammad Amir | 
     dnb | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
     | Mohammad Abbas | 
     dnb | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
     | Rahat Ali | 
     dnb | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
     | extras | 
       | 
     (b0 lb0 w0 nb5) | 
     5 | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
     | TOTAL | 
       | 
     5 wickets for | 
     160 | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
      | FOW | 
   
   
     | 1-2(Azhar Ali) 2-13(Haris Sohail) 3-14(Haris Sohail) 4-140(Babar Azam) | 
   
   
     | 5-152(Sarfraz Ahmed) | 
   
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