BELFAST: Pakistan beat Ireland in the first of the two ODI series in Belfast on Saturday.Pakistan played a clinical innings as they chased down a pitiful total of 96 set by Ireland in its allotted 36 overs, after rain delayed play. buy amaryl online
Pakistan win 1st ODI match against Ireland
Junaid Khan took four wickets for 12 runs and spinner Saeed Ajmal had figures of 3-6 as the visitors skittled out the Irish for 96 in only 20 overs.
Mohammad Hafeez’s 52 helped Pakistan ease to victory after he and Taufeeq Umar put on 73 for the opening wicket.
The sides meet again at the Belfast venue on Monday.
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Junaid had only claimed three wickets in his five previous one-day internationals but he ripped through a disappointing Irish top order as the home side registered their lowest total since their 91 all-out against Australia at the 2007 World Cup.
Score summary:
Ireland:
96 in 36 overs (D/L method) (Junaid Khan 4-12, Saeed Ajmal 3-7)
Pakistan:
97-3 in 27.3 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 52; A Cusack 3-12)
Pakistan play its second match on May 31, Monday.
Earlier in the day, Pakistan won the toss and decided to field in the first one-day international with Ireland at Stormont here on Saturday.
Rain had delayed the start of the first of a two-match series in what is also Ireland’s first game since the World Cup, where they beat England and Pakistan reached the semi-finals. buy flagyl online
The match has been shortened to 38 overs a side because of the rain.
But after Stirling became Junaid’s first victim, the wickets fell at regular intervals to leave Ireland vulnerable in a match reduced to 36 overs-a-side. Hafeez, with 52, and Taufeeq Umar (23) ensured there would be no upset
Pakistan squad
Misbah-ul-Haq*, Asad Shafiq, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Salman†, Saeed Ajmal, Tanvir Ahmed, Taufeeq Umar, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Younis Khan, Abdur Rehman, Azhar Ali, Wahab Riaz, Hammad Azam
Ireland squad
PR Stirling, AR Cusack, DT Johnston, NG Jones, EC Joyce, JF Mooney, KJ O’Brien, WB Rankin, WTS Porterfield*, AR White, GC Wilson†, A van der Merwe, NJ McDonnell, AD Poynter
