Twenty20 international tri-series: Ireland fall short as Pakistan win reduced-overs match

Jane Maguire took two wickets for Ireland

Pakistan defeated Ireland by 13 runs after their rain-interrupted Twenty20 international tri-series match in Bready was reduced to 14 overs.

After the tourists opened with 92-5, the hosts fell just short of chasing down their target as they finished on 83-6, with Gaby Lewis hitting 47.

Muneeba Ali registered 29 runs for Pakistan and Nida Dar 26.

Irish captain Laura Delany and Jane Maguire took two wickets each in the hosts' second match of the series.

Ireland lost by nine wickets to Australia in their opening game at the same venue on Sunday, and take on the Australians in their next match on Thursday.

Led by Lewis, the home side made a strong start with the bat and were 25-0 after the first two overs.

They needed 18 runs for victory going into the final over, but Lewis was run out just two balls later and they fell 13 runs short in the end.

The start of the match was delayed by an hour due to rain in Bready, with the players having to come off again for an hour due to the weather with Pakistan on 32-1.

Having opted to bat, the visitors lost opener Iram Javed to Ava Canning's first legal delivery, but Muneeba Ali and skipper Bismah Maroof had steered them to that 32-1 from six overs by the time the weather intervened once again.

Muneeba fell for 29 and Maroof followed for 13 as Laura Delany made her mark to reduce Pakistan to 48-3 after 9.2 overs and, although Ayesha Naseem and Nida Dar put on 40 for the fourth wicket, Dar's departure for 26 saw her side restricted to 92-5. .

Openers Lewis and Rebecca Stokell got Ireland's response off to the perfect start as they plundered 25 from the first two overs, but after Stokell was bowled by Tuba Hassan for 19, the momentum was lost.

Needing 18 from the final over, Lewis was run out - one of three dismissals in that fashion - for 47 as three wickets fell in the final five balls.