Shaheen Afridi shines with ball and bat as Pakistan beat spirited Ireland

Batters make heavy weather of run-chase

Little and White had given themselves something to bowl at, but Mohammad Rizwan and Saim Ayub began the response brightly – both ultimately falling for 17, Ayub caught by Tucker off Adair, and Rizwan caught by Adair off McCarthy.

And it was McCarthy who did the damage to the middle order, removing both Usman Khan and Shadab Khan in the space of three balls, after Fakhar Zaman had been caught by the substitute fielder off Curtis Campher.

It meant that after being 52/2 from their first eight overs, they had now fallen to 57/5, and it was 62/6 when Abbas Afridi went for 17, again caught by the sub off White.

Babar Azam steered the ship home with an unbeaten 32, and it was ultimately Shaheen who got the winnings runs, with 13 off just five deliveries.