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Follow UsShaheen Afridi strikes early
The left-arm seamer dismissed Andrew Balbirnie and Lorcan Tucker in the first over to give Pakistan a perfect start.
Shaheen struck one again in the third over, getting rid of Harry Tector. Ireland lost five wickets inside six overs.
Lower order takes Ireland past 100
Ireland were 32/6 at one stage and that’s when Gareth Delany (19-ball 31), Mark Adair (19-ball 15) and Joshua Little (18-ball 22*) came up with handy cameos to take their team to 106/9.
Imad Wasim makes an impact too
Shaheen, Mohammad Amir and Haris Rauf had a great day but Imad too played his part.
The left-arm spinner got rid of Delany and Adair and finished with figures of 2/8 - most economical four-over spell for Pakistan in a T20 World Cup.
Pakistan mess up once again
Mohammad Rizwan (17) and Saim Ayub (17) did enough to say Pakistan got off to a decent start in the run-chase.
The Men in Green were 52/2 at the end of 10 overs but that’s when Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Shadab Khan and Imad perished in the space of 10 runs.
Barry McCarthy got two of those four wickets and eventually finished with figures of 3/15.
Babar finishes the job
Pakistan were 62/6 when Babar Azam (34-ball 32*) and Abbas Afridi (21-ball 17) put on 33 runs for the seventh wicket. Shaheen Afridi then took Pakistan over the line with two maximums.
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