Mohammad AyyazKhaliq: Not sure which team I want Pakistan to play against in the quarter-finals, Australia or NZ, either way Pakistan have to be at their very best!

The winner of this game will finish third and play Australia. If the match is tied and both teams qualify, Pakistan will be third and play Australia, while Ireland will be fourth and play New Zealand.

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Sarfraz gets a slice of luck with an edge from a full Mooney delivery that flies between Wilson and a man at first slip for two runs. Sarfraz compounds the Irish woe by then punching down the ground for three more runs.

Shakeel Rabani: Where's the luck of the Irish when they need it? Pakistan looking good for qualification now.

Porterfield turns to his spin option in the shape of Dockrell but it does not go according to plan as Sarfraz turns down the chance of a sighter by sweeping for four first ball before then pulling a long hop for another boundary, cutting a wide one for another and then using his wrists to flick one through mid-wicket for a third. This will get away from Ireland very quickly if they are not careful.

Jon Rhodes: Whatever happens here, the Irish can be proud - unlike other teams I could mention. Did I tell you my grandma's half Irish?!

Ramiz Raja
Ex-Pakistan captain on BBC Test Match Special

"It's now looking a lot easier for this pair. The ball is old and they're making the most of no lateral movement. Ireland's only way out of this is to bowl with great discipline."

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Mooney replaces Cusack and gets one to rise on Shehzad, who miscues it down to third man, where Balbirnie comes round to slide and keep the damage to two runs. It is one of three two-run shots Shehzad plunders from the over as Pakistan continue to progress with ease.

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Ramiz Raja
Ex-Pakistan captain on BBC Test Match Special

"Pakistan have been circumspect but Ahmed Shehzad has opened up in the last two or three overs and is looking good now. I think it's important for Pakistan to go out there thinking they can be aggressive."

Stuart Thompson replaces Mooney but his second ball may as well be on a silver platter with an apple in its mouth; short, wide and appropriately hammered to the off-side boundary by Shehzad. Thompson's second course comes later in the over with another wide ball to Sarfraz which the batsman drives to the rope. Ireland simply cannot afford to be so generous. Pakistan have raced to 42.

Ireland's total means they have absolutely no room for error. Cusack bowls five spot on deliveries to keep the Pakistan batsmen in check but goes just a fraction full with his last ball, which is punched down the ground by Shehzad for four.

Tim Nielsen
Former Australia coach on BBC Test Match Special

"Pakistan haven't really turned it on as a batting unit in this tournament. Ireland just need to keep chipping away, because Pakistan can get emotional and implode."

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Ilyas Najib: A tentative start by the Pakistani batsman, good pressure being asserted by the Irish bowlers.

Mooney gets one to nip back in and beat the drive of Sarfraz. It also surprises Wilson, who allows the ball to elude him for a bye. It is the first false stroke from the Pakistan and will give a glimmer of hope to the Ireland attack. Sarfraz ends the over with a push down the ground for two runs. Slow and steady wins the race - which, to be honest, could apply to either the Ireland bowling or the Pakistan batting at the moment.

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Tim Nielsen
Former Australia coach on BBC Test Match Special

"A nice start from Ireland, they've bowled a good length and the fielding's been good - it's fielding which will help them defend a target like this, as they're probably about 30 runs short. If you can make it feel as though it's 11 against two in the middle, it can make a real difference, especially if you can take wickets in clumps. But Pakistan will think if they bat 50 overs, they'll win."

After seeing off the first few overs, Pakistan's openers are starting to open up a bit now. A single apiece if followed by a strong push through cover for three runs by Shehzad. He and Sarfraz look unruffled.

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

"Ireland have won 19 and lost 25 of the 50 ODIs that they have batted first in (tied 2, no result 4), a win/loss ratio of 0.76. They have won 25 and lost 18 of the 45 times they have batted second (T 1, NR 1), a win/loss ratio of 1.38.

"On the other hand, in this World Cup in matches in Australia the team batting first has won 14 and lost five. Only one of the five losses by a team batting first has been a Test team (WI v Ind)."

Ireland's fielding is crisp as Wilson claims a wide ball down leg from Moody and whips off the bails (Sarfraz was in his ground) before mid-on scampers round to collect and through the down the stumps at the non-striker's end (Shehzad was in his ground). Moody's final ball is cracked through cover for the first boundary of the innings by Shehzad. It was lose, wide, ugly and got what it deserved.

Tim Nielsen
Former Australia coach on BBC Test Match Special

"We had 52,000 people here for one of the Adelaide Strikers' Big Bash matches. I'm not sure what the capacity is for the World Cup but I'd think we'll have a crowd in the high 40,000s for Australia's quarter-final."

Sarfraz is back in his crease for Cusack, with Wilson stood up at the stumps. He pokes into leg fro another single before Shehzad finally gets off the mark from his 12th ball faced with a push to mid-off. Ireland have started well. Not that there is a lot of pressure on Pakistan to make a flying start. They will be fine with a low early run rate as long as they don't lose wickets.

John Kenny
BBC Test Match Special

"A lot of Ireland fans are wearing green headbands in support of John Mooney, who was the subject of a rather scurrilous article in a Zimbabwean newspaper highlighting the problems he's had with depression."