Pakistan avenged its shock opening defeat to beat Eire by seven wickets within the second Twenty20 match in Dublin on Sunday and arrange a collection decider.
Eire surprised Pakistan by 5 wickets within the T20 opener on Friday. It was Eire’s first T20 win over Pakistan.
Eire made a quick begin Sunday after being put into bat, scoring 29 runs within the first three overs earlier than Shaheen Afridi dismissed opening pair Paul Stirling and Andrew Balbirnie within the fourth.
Lorcan Tucker and Harry Tector (32) placed on 62 for the third wicket, with Tucker scoring 51 in 34 deliveries.
Curtis Campher (22) and George Dockrell (15) boosted the rating earlier than Gareth Delany’s 10-ball 28 not out helped the hosts publish 193-7.
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Pakistan wobbled in the beginning of its chase as Saim Ayub was caught within the first over and captain Babar Azam nicked Graham Hume behind to depart for a duck within the second.
However Eire’s hopes of sealing a well-known collection win with a recreation to spare have been dashed as Mohammed Rizwan (75 not out off 46 balls) and Fakhar Zaman (78 off 40) placed on a surprising 140-run partnership.
Azam Khan then added 30 not out from 10 balls to take Pakistan residence with 19 balls to spare and stage the collection at 1-1.
The third T20 is on Tuesday.