Summary

  • Pakistan v Ireland, Group A, Lauderhill

  • Pakistan chase down 107 to win by three wickets with seven balls to spare

  • Nervy Pakistan slip from 52-2 to 62-6 then 95-7

  • Ireland slump to 32-6 but manage to post 106-9: Delany 31 (19); Imad 3-8, Afridi 3-22

  • Both sides had already been eliminated from Super 8s contention

  • Scroll back through live text to watch highlights

Live Reporting

by Tim Oscroft & Alvin McCaig

  1. Umpire review

    Pak 92-6

    Abbas Afridi drives and it goes through to the keeper standing up - has he edged it off the inside edge?

  2. NOT OUT

    Pak 90-6

    He inside-edged it into the floor, onto his boot and up to the bowler. Pakistan breathe a big sigh of relief.

  3. Umpire review

    Abbas Afridi chips it back to the bowler, and the Irish are convinced it's a caught and bowled.

    They go upstairs...

  4. Pak 90-6

    Target: 107

    Babar Azam chips the ball tantalisingly, just short of mid-off. Suddenly, 17 runs off four overs looks doable.

    Gareth Delany will be the sixth bowler - how will he fare?

  5. Pak 89-6

    Abbas Afridi climbs into a short one from Curtis Campher, pulling it over square leg for six.

  6. Tector clings on

  7. Pak 82-6

    Target: 107

    Abbas Afridi top edges a pull off Curtis Campher, but it just eludes Lorcan Tucker as the Ireland keeper runs to his left.

  8. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Sounds

    Pakistan are so fragile, so brittle and haven't performed at this World Cup.

  9. Pak 81-6

    Target: 107

    Little gives Babar a bit of room outside off, and the Pakistan skipper caresses it to the boundary past cover.

    Leggie Ben White's one over went for nine, if they don't bring him back then who bowls?

  10. Andrew Leonard
    Irish cricket commentator on BBC Sounds

    Are Ireland going to rue their decision to leave Craig Young out and bring in Ben White?

  11. Pak 75-6

    Target: 107

    Josh Little is back into the attack but he doesn't look too mobile, grimacing as he walks back to his mark.

  12. Pak 75-6

    Target: 107

    Babar nicks a single off the first, and Abbas Afridi struggles to get Curtis Campher away until the fifth ball, which he hoicks away past mid-wicket for a vital boundary.

  13. Peter Della Penna
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    Pakistan are not out of danger yet - there's a weird atmosphere in the ground.

  14. WinViz gives Pakistan a 79% chance of winning, Ireland 21%CricViz

  15. Pak 70-6

    Target: 107

    Ireland were 32-6, so those partnerships that got them to 106 look even better in context now.

    Mark Adair's return yields five runs and Babar Azam will be on strike. Paul Stirling needs to find a sixth bowler with Josh Little off injured.

  16. Andrew Leonard
    Irish cricket commentator on BBC Sounds

    Stirling is going for the jugular and calls Adair back into the attack.

  17. Pak 65-6

    Barry McCarthy's four overs have yielded 3-15, great stuff from the right-arm seamer.

  18. Ireland on top

  19. Pak 64-6

    Target: 107

    It's all happening in Lauderhill!

    While Babar Azam is there, Pakistan are very much in the hunt, and Ireland will have to turn to one of their other bowlers when Barry McCarthy is done after this over.

  20. Andrew Leonard
    Irish cricket commentator on BBC Sounds

    What a catch from Harry Tector! A stunner!