IRE vs PAK Cricket Scorecard, 42nd Match, Pool B at Adelaide, March 15, 2015 (original) (raw)

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Ireland vs Pakistan, 42nd Match, Pool B at Adelaide, , Mar 15 2015 - Full Scorecard

(46.1/50 ov, T:238) 241/3

Pakistan won by 7 wickets (with 23 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match

101* (124)

sarfaraz-ahmed

Batting R B M 4s 6s SR
William Porterfield (c) c Shahid Afridi b Sohail Khan 107 131 161 11 1 81.67
Paul Stirling lbw b Ehsan Adil 3 8 15 0 0 37.50
Ed Joyce c Umar Akmal b Wahab Riaz 11 18 41 1 0 61.11
Niall O'Brien c Umar Akmal b Rahat Ali 12 10 20 2 0 120.00
Andy Balbirnie c Shahid Afridi b Haris Sohail 18 36 44 0 0 50.00
Gary Wilson † c Wahab Riaz b Sohail Khan 29 38 46 2 0 76.31
Kevin O'Brien c Sohaib Maqsood b Wahab Riaz 8 16 40 1 0 50.00
Stuart Thompson c Umar Akmal b Rahat Ali 12 15 14 1 0 80.00
John Mooney c Umar Akmal b Wahab Riaz 13 19 27 1 0 68.42
George Dockrell run out (†Sarfaraz Ahmed/Wahab Riaz) 11 8 13 0 1 137.50
Alex Cusack not out 1 1 3 0 0 100.00
Extras (lb 2, w 10) 12
Total 50 Ov (RR: 4.74, 216 Mins) 237
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Paul Stirling, 3.3 ov), 2-56 (Ed Joyce, 12.3 ov), 3-86 (Niall O'Brien, 16.4 ov), 4-134 (Andy Balbirnie, 29.4 ov), 5-182 (William Porterfield, 38.5 ov), 6-189 (Gary Wilson, 40.3 ov), 7-204 (Stuart Thompson, 43.5 ov), 8-216 (Kevin O'Brien, 47.1 ov), 9-230 (John Mooney, 49.2 ov), 10-237 (George Dockrell, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W ECON 0s 4s 6s WD NB
Sohail Khan 10 0 44 2 4.40 34 3 1 2 0
38.5 to WTS Porterfield, this could just be his last game, but Afridi is doing his best to make sure he isn't. Porterfield looks to drive over mid-on but mistimes. The length ball just gets a little big on him, and lobs off the high part of the bat. Afridi rushes in from the edge of the circle and takes a low diving catch to his left. Porterifeld out for 107. His seventh score between 100 and 112. 182/5 40.3 to GC Wilson, bouncer, he looks to upper-cut it, Wilson is off his feet in trying to do so, still can't reach it, and gets a soft top edge on it. The third man boundary from this end is the longest part of Adelaide Oval. Wahab takes a confident catch. This could have been a wide had he not hit, but is only the second bouncer of the over so it can't be called a no-ball. 189/6
Ehsan Adil 7 0 31 1 4.42 28 3 0 2 0
3.3 to PR Stirling, he has played across the line. What a big mistake. Loses patience. Given. He is on the middle-and-off line, Adil stays on that length and within the stumps, Stirling goes across the line, presenting only half the bat, and is beaten. Hit in front. Even if the ball goes on with the angle, it will clip leg. They think of it, but don't review the decision. 11/1
Rahat Ali 10 0 48 2 4.80 34 5 0 2 0
16.4 to NJ O'Brien, a wicket against the run of play. This ball has stopped at him. Short of a length, wide, he looks to punch but the ball doesn't quite come on. So instead of going square, he ends up hitting this to short cover where Umar Akmal takes a smart catch to his right. 86/3 43.5 to SR Thompson, good bowling. Pakistan are bowling to bowl Ireland out and not restrict them. This is a mean bouncer, cramping him and getting it chin high. Thompson looks to pull but ends up slicing it off the top edge to short cover. 204/7
Wahab Riaz 10 0 54 3 5.40 30 4 1 3 0
12.3 to EC Joyce, Wahab produces the breakthrough for Pakistan. He just has the knack. Joyce looks to pull from outside off, the ball gets a touch big on him, and he is late into the shot. The top edge lobs up towards short square cover, and Umar Akmal doesn't drop it. Wahab's deceptive pace does it. 56/2 47.1 to KJ O'Brien, that drop doesn't cost Adil at all. He will be very relieved. A proper mean bouncer at 147ks from Wahab. And it has followed him as he backs away. No room to hook. Gets a top edge to midwicket. 216/8 49.2 to JF Mooney, Wahab has another wicket. Umar Akmal gets his fourth catch. On a length, Mooney finally gets one that he can get under and hit. He hits but doesn't quite get the elevation. Akmal pouches it at short midwicket. This is bowled at 150ks. 230/9
Shahid Afridi 10 0 38 0 3.80 32 3 0 0 0
Haris Sohail 3 0 20 1 6.66 5 1 0 1 0
29.4 to A Balbirnie, oh what a soft dismissal, and against the run of play. That misfield has proved to be a work for genius. Balbirnie stays on strike thanks to that misfield and plays this poor sweep. He hasn't really gone down on this length ball outside off, gets a massive top edge that Afridi takes at short fine leg. He also has to fetch this from well outside off. Premeditated. 134/4

Pakistan (T: 238 runs from 50 ovs)

Batting R B M 4s 6s SR
Ahmed Shehzad c Joyce b Thompson 63 71 94 7 0 88.73
Sarfaraz Ahmed † not out 101 124 200 6 0 81.45
Haris Sohail run out (Balbirnie/Dockrell) 3 7 9 0 0 42.85
Misbah-ul-Haq (c) hit wicket b Cusack 39 46 59 3 2 84.78
Umar Akmal not out 20 29 36 4 0 68.96
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 13) 15
Total 46.1 Ov (RR: 5.22, 200 Mins) 241/3
Did not bat: Sohaib Maqsood, Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Khan, Rahat Ali, Ehsan Adil
Fall of wickets: 1-120 (Ahmed Shehzad, 22.4 ov), 2-126 (Haris Sohail, 24.3 ov), 3-208 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 38.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W ECON 0s 4s 6s WD NB
Alex Cusack 10 1 43 1 4.30 33 3 0 3 0
38.2 to Misbah-ul-Haq, bowled'im. Some consolation for Ireland. Looks to run this shortish ball to third man, but his bat is neither vertical nor horizontal. The back foot goes back and across, too close to the stumps, and he treats onto the base of the stumps. 208/3
John Mooney 9 1 40 0 4.44 38 2 0 3 0
Stuart Thompson 10 0 59 1 5.90 29 4 0 3 0
22.4 to Ahmed Shehzad, and Shehzad has thrown it away. Seems like he has made his mind beforehand that this ball has to go. Thompson bowls short, he pulls from outside off, gets a top edge, and mid-on catches it. He is disappointed that he has not gone on to score a hundred, and so he should be. 120/1
George Dockrell 6 0 43 0 7.16 17 6 1 0 0
Kevin O'Brien 10 0 49 0 4.90 35 4 1 1 0
Paul Stirling 1.1 0 5 0 4.28 5 1 0 0 0

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ICC Cricket World Cup

Team M W L PT NRR
IND 6 6 0 12 1.827
SA 6 4 2 8 1.707
PAK 6 4 2 8 -0.085
WI 6 3 3 6 -0.053
IRE 6 3 3 6 -0.933
ZIM 6 1 5 2 -0.527
UAE 6 0 6 0 -2.032