END OF OVER:20 | 4 Runs | IRE: 120/9 (40 runs required, RR: 6.00)
- Boyd Rankin5 (5b)
- Kyle McCallan2 (6b)
- Mohammad Amir4-0-19-1
- Umar Gul4-0-19-2
In the end, a very comfortable win for Pakistan. Now, if Shoaib Malik can find his form with the bat, they would get even more threatening. Afridi spent some time in the middle and looked good for his 24. The puzzles are slowly falling in place.
Salim: "Shades of '92 - Crap to start with but great winners in the END.." Several Pakistan fans have written in with similar sentiment. Time will tell.
Porterfield: "We are going to take a lot out of this World Cup. Yes, the Irish cricket is going from strength to strength."
Younis Khan: "I still believe that we were short by 15 runs. But they did bowl well in the end. Today, the fielding was good, we had some partnerships and we had our spinners and Umer Gul."
Man of the match Akmal : "I love this pitch, which is good for batting.:" Asked whether Pakistan can win the Cup, Akmal says, "Definitely, Inshallah."
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Warren: "Or the strong winds could be the Gayle coming from the West Indies."
Irfan: "It may have been the storm of Irish wickets falling that has knocked Rudi's hat off."
Waseem: "It's not the wind, it's the strom from Gul!"
END OF OVER:19 | 6 Runs 2 Wkts | IRE: 116/9 (44 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.10, RRR: 44.00)
- Boyd Rankin3 (3b)
- Kyle McCallan1 (2b)
- Umar Gul4-0-19-2
- Saeed Ajmal4-0-19-4
Strong wind blowing now and it has knocked out Rudi's hat off. Really windy now.
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RM West run out 1 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
AR White b Umar Gul 5 (4m 7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 71.42
END OF OVER:18 | 5 Runs 2 Wkts | IRE: 110/7 (50 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.11, RRR: 25.00)
- Andrew White5 (6b)
- Saeed Ajmal4-0-19-4
- Umar Gul3-0-13-1
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AR Cusack st †Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 2 (1m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
KJ O'Brien st †Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 26 (42m 30b 1x4 0x6) SR: 86.66
END OF OVER:17 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | IRE: 105/5 (55 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.17, RRR: 18.33)
- Andrew White3 (4b)
- Kevin O'Brien25 (28b)
- Umar Gul3-0-13-1
- Saeed Ajmal3-0-14-2
Yassar: "Shoaib Malik is a vital player for Pakistan. One of the few thinking cricketer Pakistan have, Everybody suffers a dip in form. Give him a break."
Adeel: "Here we come Semis. Here we are once again :D"