Under-19 Cricket World Cup; Pakistan defeated Ireland by 3 wickets.

By Nawaz Gohar

Pakistan defeated Ireland by 3 wickets in the Super 6 stage of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup.

In the Super 6 stage match played in Pochstrom, South Africa, Pakistan won the toss and invited Ireland to bat first. Thanks to the excellent bowling of Pakistan, the entire team of Ireland was bowled out for 181 runs in the 49th over. John McNally 53 and Harry stood out by scoring 31 runs.

On behalf of Green Shirts, Obaid Shah took 3, Amir Hasan, Ali Raza and Ahmed Hasan took 2 and 2 wickets. Pakistan achieved the target of 182 runs in the 44th over with the loss of 7 wickets, Ahmed Hasan scored 57 runs. Saad Baig and Haroon Arshad scored 25 and 25 runs while Azan Owais scored 21 runs, Shahzeb Khan scored 11 runs and Ali Asfand scored 9 runs.