Pakistan vs Ireland Scorecard and Highlights: Babar Azam gritty knock takes Pakistan over the line in a low scoring thriller against Ireland

Pakistan vs Ireland Scorecard and Highlights: Post-Match Comments

Babar Azam - Pakistan captain: We finished well, we took early wickets in the bowling. In the batting we did not do well but we took it home with the tailenders. Bowling was good as conditions suit our fast bowlers. Batting we made a few mistakes, we had chances to win against USA and India. If the team needs me to open, I will and if they need me to bat 3, I will. Whatever the team situation suits I will do it. We have a good bunch of players, a few days rest and then there is a series. We will sit and assess where we went wrong. As a team we are not good in this tournament.

Paul Stirling - Ireland captain: They put pressure on us and they blew away our top-order away and that was the difference. Proud of our fight we showed today, we were 30-5 and managed to get to that score in the end which wasn't too far away. Thought we will lose by 8 wickets but we fought and that shows we want to play good cricket. It's about getting the balance right, in T20 cricket you need that tempo, we haven't got that quite right, we needed to go hard at certain times but couldn't. I would rather see us batting like the way we did today than against Canada. It's been a difficult couple of weeks, we will regroup in the next couple of months and years to come.

Shaheen Afridi - Player of the Match: Wicket was supporting for the new ball, we just tried to hit our good areas and strike early. Our plans were a success. My idea is to bowl fuller, we were trying to hit our areas. We didn't play good cricket which our country demands. There are few areas we need to improve quickly, Champions Trophy is coming. We have to improve and we'll have to grow as a team. Crowd - they always come and support us, thank you everyone for the support. It's tough times but they always come and support us, that's what we need as a team. That's my job, I come late (to bat) in the innings, I just hit. The team needed it. Always trying to hit sixes.

Pakistan vs Ireland Scorecard and Highlights: Babar Azam gritty knock takes Pakistan over the line in a low scoring thriller against Ireland

Babar's composure takes his team over the line, Pakistan win the match against Ireland by 3 wickets! Ireland found hard in the end but fell short, they will be disappointed with the result.

Pakistan vs Ireland Live Score, Updates: Babar Azam steers things forward for Pakistan, 6 down with 83 runs on the board

Babar Azam is leading from the front and have done the damage so far. Pakistan are just 20 od runs away from victory and this should be a stroll in the park. 

Pakistan vs Ireland Live Score, Updates: Barry McCarthy strikes for Ireland, Pakistan are in a bot of trouble with 4 wickets down

Pakistan is in a bit of trouble here after having lost 4 wickets, Babar Azam is still on the crease and looking solid at one end.

Pakistan vs Ireland Live Score, Updates: Saim Ayub and Mohammad Rizwan take Pakistan off to a brilliant start in the powerplay

Saim Ayub and Mohammad Rizwan take on the attack early on and release all the pressure from this fairly small chase! Pakistan are cruising and Ireland needs something dramatic from here to turn the game around.

Pakistan vs Ireland Live Score, Updates: Gareth Delaney and the tail gets Ireland to 106/9 in 20 overs

Excellent effort from the Pakistan bowler to restrict Ireland to just 106! Credit much be given to Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Aamir who did the damage early on. Ireland never looked settled from their first over.

Pakistan vs Ireland Live Score, Updates: Gareth Delaney gets dismissed after a brilliant know, Ireland look to go past the 100 run mark

Gareth Delaney and Mark Adair put on a much-needed partnership and take Ireland to a respectable total. Pakistan are a wicket here from exposing the Irish tail.

Pakistan vs Ireland Live Score, Updates: Shaheen Afridi and Mohammed Amir create havoc for Ireland who are 33/6 in 7 overs

Ireland in deep deep trouble, they have lost direction and will be happy to get to anything above 80 at this point!! 

Pakistan bolwers on the other hand will look to wrap this up early!

Pakistan vs Ireland Live Score, Updates: Shaheen Afridi and Mohammed Amir strike early for Pakistan in the powerplay, Ireland lose 3 early wickets

 Shaheen Afridi and Mohammed Amir have put Ireland under deep trouble, they have picked up 3 wickets in under 3 over!! Ireland need a partnership from here to steady things.

Pakistan vs Ireland Live Score, Updates: Comments at toss

Ireland Captian - Paul Stirling: That's what we would have done (bowl first). Under the covers for a while, there'll be a little bit up top. Hopefully we can through that and put a score on the board. We put one on the board, got 1-0 up in the series (against Pakistan) and then didn't manage to go on and win it. World Cup brings a different scenario, another great game hopefully. Young misses out today, Ben White is in.

Pakistan Captain - Babar Azam: We'll have a bowl first. Last three days, the pitch has been covered, little bit moisture on it. As a professional, you need to prepare for every match. We'll look to play our best today. We have one change. Naseem isn't playing, Abbas is playing.

Pakistan vs Ireland Live Score, Updates: Playing XIs

Ireland (Playing XI): Paul Stirling(c), Andrew Balbirnie, Lorcan Tucker(w), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little, Benjamin White.

Pakistan (Playing XI): Mohammad Rizwan(w), Saim Ayub, Babar Azam(c), Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Abbas Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Amir.

Pakistan vs Ireland Live Score, Updates: Toss

Pakistan win the toss and opt to bowl

Pakistan vs Ireland Live Score Updates: Ireland player comments ahead of the match

Mark Adair, Ireland pacer: "You arrive here and you're thinking, oh, we're in New York, we're in Florida, it's going to be sunshine, it's going to be amazing. But Newark was pretty tough. I think the travel and stuff wasn't ideal. Obviously where we were staying in relation to the city was good for us if you want to go exploring or be a bit of a tourist. But obviously not ideal not seeing the ground in New York before the first game. Not ideal but again we move, we're used to sort of doing things on the fly and just getting on with it really. Unfortunately, the results didn't go our way, but I feel like we're better poised to put in two strong performances here in Florida."

Pakistan vs Ireland Live Score Updates: Pakistan player comments ahead of the match

Haris Rauf, Pakistan pacer: "Obviously, you make mistakes and see those mistakes and then obviously we try to reduce the mistakes that we have made. We have T20 players, and we believe in ourselves. We will try to play good cricket in the future. Looking forward to Ireland game"

Pakistan vs Ireland Live Score Updates: Ireland (Team News)

Ireland may not have been the favorites to qualify for the next round in this World Cup anyway, but after having lost to Canada and missed out on an opportunity to beat the USA, they stare at the possibility of ending their World Cup campaign on a winless note.

Match Day. Our final game of the tournament 🏏

🏟️ Central Broward Regional Park Stadium, Lauderhill
🆚 Ireland
⏰ 07:30 PM PKT#T20WorldCup | #PAKvIRE pic.twitter.com/Qup2uokM3I

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) June 16, 2024

Pakistan vs Ireland Live Score Updates: Pakistan (Team News)

For Pakistan, a shock defeat to the USA and a loss to India, not to mention from a winning position, was disappointing enough.

The eventual early exit from the tournament has made it worse, and if there's anything that can pull them any lower, it would be another loss to Ireland on their way out. If there was any mathematical possibility of them qualifying for the Super 8s, it was washed away with the rain on Friday morning at the same venue.

THE BATTLE FOR THE WOODEN SPOON SPOT.

- The losing team of Pakistan Vs Ireland match will finish bottom in Group A. pic.twitter.com/36db6vbWfj

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 16, 2024

Pakistan vs Ireland Live Score Updates: Pitch Report - Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida

The wicket here has been a mystery, in this World Cup has been kinder to pacers and the sinner. All three games here have been won by chasing sides. Add to that a slight chance of rainfall before the official start time, and the captain winning the toss should have no hesitation in opting to field first to make the most of the conditions.

Pakistan vs Ireland Live Score Updates: Head-to-Head stats (T20 World Cups)

Pakistan vs Ireland in T20 World Cups

Total matches – 4

Pakistan – 3

Ireland– 1

Tie - 0

It's 'Bloomsday'! A day to celebrate the works of James Joyce.

Ireland International, Barry McCarthy, chatted with journalist @Siggo about Joyce's love of our sport and how he wrote about it in his literature....

Have a look: https://t.co/lC0ib3ZaAS #HappyBloomsday pic.twitter.com/nyU643MCbp

— Cricket Ireland (@cricketireland) June 16, 2024

Pakistan vs Ireland Live Score Updates: Probable Playing XIs

Probable Playing XI Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmad/Usman Khan, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah/Haris Rauf, Mohammad Amir, Abrar Ahmad

Probable Playing XI Ireland: Andrew Balbirnie, Paul Stirling, Lorcan Tucker, Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little, Ben White

Pakistan vs Ireland Live Score Updates: Squads

Pakistan vs Ireland Squads

Ireland Squad: Andrew Balbirnie, Paul Stirling(c), Lorcan Tucker(w), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little, Craig Young, Benjamin White, Graham Hume, Neil Rock, Ross Adair

Pakistan Squad: Mohammad Rizwan(w), Saim Ayub, Babar Azam(c), Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Amir, Iftikhar Ahmed, Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Abbas Afridi

Pakistan vs Ireland Live Score Updates: ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Match 36

Hello and welcome to Cricket Addictor's live blog of the 36th match of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024, played between Pakistan and Ireland.