Cricket
Clontarf Cricket Club will host the contest
Updated On: Tue, 14 May 2024
13:46:35 PKT
DUBLIN (Web Desk) – Pakistan and Ireland cricket teams will be facing each other in the third and final T20I in Dublin today, a series decider.
The match will start at 7pm PST. With both teams claiming victory in one match each, the series stands balanced. Ireland clinched the first match, but Pakistan rallied back to seize the second.
Led by Babar Azam, Pakistan will aim at toppling the hosts and carry winning momentum into their upcoming tour of England. On the other hand Ireland will spare no chance in creating history by winning a series against Pakistan for the first time.
As anticipation builds for this crucial encounter, cricket fans around the world eagerly await the outcome of what promises to be a thrilling game.
Clontarf Cricket Club Ground will host the contest. This cricket pitch traditionally favours fast bowlers. The conditions allow the ball to behave unpredictably posing a significant challenge for batsmen to score freely.
Especially under cloudy skies, these conditions become even more difficult for the batters. In this scenario, winning the coin toss will be considerably important.
Teams usually opt to field first after winning the toss, as chasing will be seen more favourable strategy on such a surface.
The forthcoming Dublin game is anticipated to have a slim chance (20 percent) of rain. The temperature is forecast to stay constant at about 16 degrees Celsius, while humidity levels will expectedly linger around 81 percent.
Furthermore, brisk breeze with speeds reaching up to 19 kmph will be blowing. Fakhar, who smashed 78 off 40 with the help of six fours and as many sixes, said Pakistan were shaken by the defeat in the first match.
“Team needed a wake-up call, the way we lost the first match,” Fakhar said after the match. “That was on everyone’s mind, and it reflected on how we played this match., everyone was fighting a lot.
“I hope that the way we played this match, we will carry this momentum forward to the World Cup.”
However, Azam Khan, who, unlike Usman and Irfan, couldn’t feature in Pakistan’s recent series against New Zealand, is being a full run against Ireland and he repaid the team management’s trust with a blistering finishing knock of 30 off 10 balls.
The burly batter smacked the Ireland bowlers for four sixes and a four to take Pakistan over the line with 19 balls to spare.
Azam’s show, coming in at number five, must have given the national side some hope of solving its issues in the middle order.
Probable Playing XI:
Ireland: Lorcan Tucker (wk), Ross Adair, Andy Balbirnie, Harry Tector, Paul Stirling (c), George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Curtis Campher, Mark Adair, Graham Hume, Craig Young, Benjamin White
Pakistan: Azam Khan, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammed Amir, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Abbas Afridi
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