- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.2 widish ball and he plays at it but only finds an edge and Akmal takes a good diving catch 4/20.5 big early wicket for Pakistan as the centurion on Thursday goes for a pull but mistimes it and he's caught by Shafiq in the midwicket region 2/121 tries to defend this one on the back foot but the outside edge is found and Akmal takes the easy catch 69/325 poor attempt at a sweep and he's easily caught at first slip 84/440.4 tries a slog sweep but he's caught right on the deep midwicket rope 178/543.3 tries to hack him through the off side but he gets it all wrong and he's cleaned up 186/644.2 tries to flick it towards square leg but he's struck on the pads, looked plum. 189/745 another one goes as Cusack simply chips it to the man at midwicket who takes the chance gratefully 189/849.3 connects this time but it's in the air and caught at cover by the Captain 222/9Extras26 (lb 7, nb 2, w 17)TOTAL229/9 (50 Overs, RR: 4.58)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Paul Stirling, 0.5 ov), 2-4 (William Porterfield, 3.2 ov), 3-69 (Niall O'Brien, 20.6 ov), 4-84 (Gary Wilson, 24.6 ov), 5-178 (Kevin O'Brien, 40.4 ov), 6-186 (James Shannon, 43.3 ov), 7-189 (Trent Johnston, 44.2 ov), 8-189 (Alex Cusack, 44.6 ov), 9-222 (Tim Murtagh, 49.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Junaid Khan 9 0 59 2 6.55 2 1 Asad Ali 10 4 22 1 2.20 0 0 Wahab Riaz 7 0 45 1 6.42 5 1 Mohammad Hafeez 10 0 33 1 3.30 2 0 Abdur Rehman 10 1 48 4 4.80 1 0 Shoaib Malik 4 1 15 0 3.75 2 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR5.2 prods at that one outside the off stump and the edge goes into the hands of Kevin O'Brien at second slip. Good low catch. 8/16.3 tries to turn into the leg side but he's caught on the pads and while he takes a minute the umpire does raise the finger 10/27 another gone here, Pakistan in trouble as the batsman tried to defend on the back foot but the edge is found once again and Wilson hauls it in 13/39.2 and it's taken this time, a drive outside off finds the edge and O'Brien shows steady hands for the second time today 17/420.5 and the captain goes, gets a drive all wrong and he chips it to Cusack who takes a handy low catch 60/533.1 and he's caught back on his crease on the pads, big appeal and it's given. Malik is not happy but he has to walk 112/647.2 tries to end it here and now but he skies it into the cover region and Porterfield is under it 226/837 hit really hard to Kevin O'Brien at cover who takes an absolutely stunning catch. His third of the innings 133/7Extras15 (b 1, lb 5, w 9)TOTAL230/8 (48.4 Overs, RR: 4.72)Did not bat: Asad AliFall of wickets: 1-8 (Imran Farhat, 5.2 ov), 2-10 (Nasir Jamshed, 6.3 ov), 3-13 (Mohammad Hafeez, 6.6 ov), 4-17 (Asad Shafiq, 9.2 ov), 5-60 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 20.5 ov), 6-112 (Shoaib Malik, 33.1 ov), 7-133 (Abdur Rehman, 36.6 ov), 8-226 (Kamran Akmal, 47.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TJ Murtagh 10 2 54 2 5.40 1 0 DT Johnston 9.4 0 35 2 3.62 0 0 KJ O'Brien 8 0 39 1 4.87 4 0 AR Cusack 9 0 48 2 5.33 3 0 GH Dockrell 10 1 32 1 3.20 1 0 PR Stirling 2 0 16 0 8.00 0 0
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- EC Joyce 50 off 74 balls, 5x4
- EC Joyce 100 off 120 balls, 10x4, 1x6
- Kamran Akmal 50 off 71 balls, 7x4
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