Pakistan make a steady start to their inning with a score of 32 off 5 overs with Lara dropping a catch of Shahid Afridi off Collymore's bowling. 10 overs bowled, Pakistan are 74 for 0. Afridi 40 off 39 and Imran Nazir 31 off 24. Second power play comes into play. Pakistan need another 96 off 40 oves at a rate of 2.4 an over. Collymore strikes. Imran Nazir gone for 33 off 27, caught by Taylor. Fawad Alam comes in next. Ian Bradshaw replaces Jerome Taylor. And Bradshaw strikes to get rid of Fawad Alam. Fawad goes for nott of 1. Younis Khan comes in next. Afridi gets to his 50 off 48 balls.Bradshaw strikes again and gets the wicket of Shahid Afridi. Afridi gone for 57 off 53, caught by Smith. Next in is Inzamam-ul-Haq. Smith replaces Collymore. Bradshaw strikes yet again and gets rid of Younis Khan. Younis goes for 19 off 23. Next in is Mohammed Yousuf. 20 overs and the third power play comes to an end. Pakistan 121 for 4 and require another 49 at a rate of 1.6 an over. Bravo strikes and gets Inzamam-ul-Haq for 31 off 53. 32 overs up and Pakistan need 4 more to win. Kamran Akmal comes in next. Taylor strikes and gets the wicket of Mohammed Yousuf for 21 off 44, caught by Smith, bowled by Taylor. Next in is Naved-ul-Hassan. 2 more needed to win. Naved-ul-Hasan finishes it off and Pakistan win by 4 wickets.
The Man of the Match award was given to Shahid Afridi for his inning of 57 and bowling figures if 4 for 30.
Youngster Alam didn't do very good with the bat but he will learn with experience. Afridi played very well as captain and in the game. Also I must say Rameez bhai that this Presentation is superb. Great win for Pakistan to open up their World Cup campiagn. Let's see if they can carry this on. Great works Rameez. Reps for you!
Great captaincy debut from Afridi splendid performance in batting as well as bowling the two spinners Kaneria and Afridi did the main damage . Debutant Alam was not impressive, thought it was his first match. Great win to start this campaign by pakistan team great story and excellent presentaion Ramzz .
Ravi Shastri: Welcome. With me Down here are the two captains of pakistan and Ireland for the coin toss. Afridi to call.
Afridi: Tails...
Ravi Shastri: Tails is the call...and tails it is! What would you like to do Afridi?
Afridi: We would like to have a bat first.
Ravi Shastri: Thats it from down here, Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat first.
Pakistan playing XI Shahid Afridi
Imran Nazir
Younis Khan
Inzamam-Ul-Haq
Mohammed Yousuf
Fawad Alam
Kamran Akmal
Naved-ul-Hassan
Shoaib Akhtar
Danish Kaneria
Mohammed Asif
Ireland playing XI J.Bray A.White N O'brien P.Gillespie A.Botha W.Porterfield E.Morgan W.McCallan D.Johnston P.Mooney D.L'd-Smith
Younis Khan and Mohammed Yousuf get Pakistan to a good score.
Afridi and Imran Nazir open the innings for Pakistan and make a good start getting 43 off just 5 overs. A few appeals of LBW against Shahid Afridi, but all were given not out. 10 overs and the first Power Play comes to an end with Pakistan on 74 for no loss going at a rate of 7.4 an over. Johnston strikes in the 11th over to get rid of the inform, Afridi for 43 off 32. Next man in is Fawad Alam. Another blow for Pakistan when Imran Nazir was caught by Gillespie off Monney for 29 off 33. Next man in is Younis Khan. The second Power Play comes to an end with Pakistan 2 down for 101. Fawad Alam 11 off 16 and Younis Khan 11 off 12. McCallan replaces Johnston and Smith replaces Mooney. McCallan strikes in his second over gets rid of Fawad Alam. Fawad Alam goes for 25 off 39. Next in is Inzamam-ul-Haq. Another breakthrough for Ireland! McCallan gets rid of the danger man. Its Inzamam-ul-Haq lbw for 1 off 5. Next in is Mohammed Yousuf. Mooney drops an important catch of Younis Khan off Smith! Pakistan are 152 for 4 off 24 overs.Younis gets to a very well deserved 50. Botha replaces McCallan at the end of the 30 over and Johnston replaces Smith. Johnston finishes off with 1 for 61 and Mooney comes in to bowl his last over. McCallan comes back in, replacing Mooney who finishes off with 1 for 64. Yousuf starts opening up and Younis Khan and Yousuf smash 16 runs off McCallan's 1 over. Yousuf gets to his 50 off 65 balls.Younis Khan gets a great century off just 79 balls. Pakistan are 280 for 4 off 43 overs. Smith replaces McCallan. The partnership really frustrating Ireland now. Pakistan finish off their inning for 338 for 4 with Younis Khan on 126 off 99 and Mohammed Yousuf at 97 off 97.
Afridi was explosive at the top of the order. Superb partnership by Yousuf and Younis. They both played very well. That's going to be a tough task for Ireland to chase down 339. Great works Rameez bhai. I love the presentation.
Yeh i have to agree with all those comments! It is a great read! Ireland have a task on their hands to chase that down but i have faith in Johnston and co!! Luck of the Irish! Great story!
Bray and White open the batting for Ireland and Mohammed Asif and Naved-ul-Hassan open the bowling for Pakistan. First Irish wicket down! Naved-ul-Hassan strikes and gets rid of Bray for 7 off 14. Next in is Niel O'Brien. O'Brien gets of the mark on the first ball with a six. Naved strikes in his 3rd over to remove White! White gone for 15 off 13 bowled Naved-ul-Hassan. Next in is Gillespie. A quick inning comes to an end after Asif bowled Niel O'brien for 24 off 14. Next in is Botha. And another blow for Ireland. Botha gone for 2 off 4, bowled by Naved-ul-Hasan caught by Kamran Akmal. Next in is Porterfield. And the first power play comes to an end with Ireland on 55 for 4. Naved-ul-Hasan, 5 overs 3 for 26 and Asif 5 overs, 1 for 29. Bowling change. Shoaib Akhtar comes in for Asif and Danish Kaneria comes in for Naved-ul-Hassan. And Shoaib Akhtar gets rid of Gillespie for 20 off 32 caught by Younis Khan and Morgan comes in next with Ireland on 85 for 5 after 16.3 overs. Kaneria strikes, getting rid of Morgan for 1 off 4. Ireland in deeeeeeeeep trouble! next in is McCallan. Another blow! Nazir gets the catch of McCallan off Shoaib Akhtar. gone for 4 off 6. Next in is the captain Johnston.And another wicket for Pakistan! Porterfield caught behind off Akhtar. gone for 18 off 31! Next in is Mooney. And Shoaib Akhtar gets his 4 and the ninth Irish wicket and this time its the captina. Johnston bowled by Shoaib Akhtar for 6 off 4. Afridi replaces Danish Kaneria. Kaneria replaces Shoaib Akhtar and strikes on the first bowl getting rid of smith for 7 off 4.Pakistan win the game by a big margin of 206.
The Man of the Match went to Younis Khan for his great 126 off 99.
The Irish run rate was good but they lost wickets. This should not be a problem for Pakistan to chase down. Great works Rameez bhai. Could you please change the text a bit darker next time please as it is a bit bright. Great stuff anyways and superb presentation!
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splendid performance in batting as well as bowling 
the two spinners Kaneria and Afridi did the main damage . Debutant Alam was not impressive, thought it was his first match. Great win to start this campaign by pakistan team 
