Shortish and just outside off, he shuffles across his stumps and carts it way over deep backward square for a six. Didn't bounce much and he loves to pull
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Touch fuller and attacks the stumps, Babar lost it for a second but got than edges it away to deep backward point
Touqir: "This leg side shot will be end of Saim Ayub's career! His foolish fascination with this shot is hurting him and eventually PAK. He hasn't been able to make an impact in his role because he got out trying to play the blind shot 9 out of 10 times." The bounce might be troubling him, just not able to time that shot well this series
Back of a length, shaping it back into the right-hander from outside off, Rizwan is happy to steers it away to point
Over the wicket, shortish and wider again, sliced away to point
Good length and wide of off, chops it away and beats the keeper for a four, 6, 4, 4, got an under-edge and it races away to the fence, gave too much width
Deft touch, flicked away with finesse past short fine for a four, smart batting! Not just all about power. Bit short and too straight, picked the gap perfectly and beat the fielder who made a despairing dive
lifted it high into the heavens for an extraordinary SIX over long-on! Gave him a charge and blasted it away and that's gone out of the park. That's Rizwan 2.0. We saw a change in his approach in the last game and he attacks early again, refreshing. Hume didn't expect that, it was a decent delivery
Comes over the wicket, shortish and scudding through the deck quickly towards middle, nudged to the on side
Hume to continue
Back of a length, veering back from outside off, a picturesque back-foot punch to cover, he will keep the strike
Touch short and a tight line outside off, blocks it back to Adair, balance looks perfect while defending that shot, middled it
That's a terrific delivery. Gets steepling bounce and it's swaying away across off, tempting him to cut and he didn't went hard at it, there is a slip in place, Babar will take his time before cutting loose
Fires the ball on a shorter length and it swerves away just outside leg stump, wide signalled
Dockrell has taken a gem! On a length at middle, tries to pump it over deep square and ends up getting a top-edge that flies away towards point, another early demise for Saim Ayub, he was in a good position to flick that way, that's his go-to shot but the ball bounced more than he expected, it wasn't that short, likes to attack and the risk didn't pay off on this occasion. Adair strikes, a window is open, Ireland will need to pick wickets at regular intervals because Pakistan bat deep
Prances down the track and crunches a pull but it's a fabulous save at mid-on, I think it was Craig Young with that tumbling save at mid-on, it was Young indeed
Inadvertently guides it to cover-point, wanted to flick that full-delivery to the leg side
Hume into the attack
The sun is out and the conditions have got better for batting.
Too short and wide, he stepped away to the on side and played a lovely inside-out drive over extra cover for a four. Poise and class personified
Magnificent delivery, back of a length on a nettlesome off-stump zone and he can't do anything about it, got in a tangle
Hammers a back of a length delivery angling away from middle, stabbed out to deep extra cover, stops near the rope but a beautiful shot nonetheless
Smartush: "It's sad to see that Pakistan team hasn't give a single chance to Usman Khan in this series to prove himself, he already have fewer chances to prove his selection for the worldcup team, he doesn't have sources like many other players who after getting failed every time, comes back in the team."
Gift on the pads from a short length, that's his area, pulls it away gleefully behind square leg for a four, that was a freebie served on a plate and he feasted on it
Castle Avenue, Dublin | |
Toss | Pakistan, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2024 |
Match number | T20I no. 2610 |
Hours of play (local time) | 15.00 start, First Session 15.00-16.30, Interval 16.30-16.50, Second Session 16.50-18.20 |
Match days | 14 May 2024 - day (20-over match) |
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Current Over 5 • PAK 46/1
PAK needed 133 runs from 93 balls