Pakistani cricket team in Ireland in 2024

The Pakistan men's cricket team toured Ireland in May 2024 to play three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches against Ireland.[1][2] The series formed part of both teams' preparation ahead of the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[3] It was the first bilateral T20I series between the two teams.[4] In July 2023, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the bilateral series as a part of Pakistan's revised 2023–2025 Future Tours Programme.[5] In March 2024, the Cricket Ireland confirmed the schedule for the tour.[6] Pakistan had last toured Ireland in 2018.[7]

Pakistani men's cricket team in Ireland in 2024
 
  Ireland Pakistan
Dates 10 – 14 May 2024
Captains Paul Stirling[n 1] Babar Azam
Twenty20 International series
Results Pakistan won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Andrew Balbirnie (128)
Lorcan Tucker (128)
Babar Azam (132)
Mohammad Rizwan (132)
Most wickets Mark Adair (4) Shaheen Afridi (7)

Ireland won the opening match by 5 wickets.[8] Pakistan levelled the series by winning the second match by 7 wickets.[9] The tourists went on to win the third match by 6 wickets,[10] and took the series 2–1.[11]

Squads

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  Ireland[12]   Pakistan[13]

T20I series

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1st T20I

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10 May 2024
15:00
Scorecard
Pakistan  
182/6 (20 overs)
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  Ireland
183/5 (19.5 overs)
Babar Azam 57 (43)
Craig Young 2/27 (4 overs)
Andrew Balbirnie 77 (55)
Abbas Afridi 2/36 (3.5 overs)
Ireland won by 5 wickets
Castle Avenue, Dublin
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Jonathan Kennedy (Ire)
Player of the match: Andrew Balbirnie (Ire)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
  • This was Ireland's first win against Pakistan in T20Is.[14]

2nd T20I

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12 May 2024
15:00
Scorecard
Ireland  
193/7 (20 overs)
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  Pakistan
195/3 (16.5 overs)
Lorcan Tucker 51 (34)
Shaheen Afridi 3/49 (4 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 78 (40)
Graham Hume 1/32 (3 overs)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets
Castle Avenue, Dublin
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Aidan Seaver (Ire)
Player of the match: Mohammad Rizwan (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

3rd T20I

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14 May 2024
15:00
Scorecard
Ireland  
178/7 (20 overs)
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  Pakistan
181/4 (17 overs)
Lorcan Tucker 73 (41)
Shaheen Afridi 3/14 (4 overs)
Babar Azam 75 (42)
Mark Adair 3/28 (4 overs)
Pakistan won by 6 wickets
Castle Avenue, Dublin
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Mark Hawthorne (Ire)
Player of the match: Shaheen Afridi (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field

Notes

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  1. ^ Lorcan Tucker captained Ireland in the 3rd T20I.

References

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  1. ^ "Pakistan's T20I tour to Netherlands postponed". Cricbuzz. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Pakistan cricket schedule for 2024 including T20 World Cup in USA and Caribbean". The National. 24 December 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Pakistan's tour of Netherlands in 2024 postponed indefinitely at PCB's request". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Pakistan Cricket Schedule In 2024: Full List Of PAK Tests, ODIs And T20I Fixtures In 2024". Wisden. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  5. ^ "PCB Reveals Revised Future Tours Programme 2023-2025". BOL News. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Schedule for Pakistan T20I tour to Ireland confirmed". Geo Super. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Pakistan to tour Ireland for three T20Is in May in teams' first meeting since 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Ireland stun Pakistan with victory in Clontarf opener". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Pakistan beat Ireland to level T20 series in Dublin". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Pakistan defeat Ireland to secure T20 series victory". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Ireland short with the bat and in the field as Pakistan seal another dominant victory". The Irish Times. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Ireland Men's squads announced for T20 World Cup, Pakistan and Tri-Series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Pakistan boosted by return of star pacer in T20I squad to face Ireland and England". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Balbirnie's 77 leads the way as Ireland beat Pakistan for the first time in T20Is". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
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