Ireland vs Pakistan, Only Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Pakistan tour of Ireland, 2018 Venue: The Village, Dublin Date & Time: May 11-May 15, 11:00 AM LOCAL
William Porterfield 32(120)
44.4
Amir to Porterfield, out Caught by Sarfraz!! There's the edge and Sarfraz holds onto it. Amir deserved this wicket. Kept probing Porterfield in that channel outside off and the Irish opener has nicked one. A good length ball that was angled in from over the wicket. Seams away off the pitch, Porterfield plays for the line in an attempt to block. Catches the outside edge and the keeper leaps to his left to snaffle it in front of first slip. Ireland lose their fourth wicket; still 85 runs behind. Porterfield c Sarfraz b Amir 32(120) [4s-3]
44.3
Amir to Porterfield, no run, beaten again! Amir is bolwing beautifully here. Another one that shapes away late from a good length and goes past the Ireland captain's outside edge
44.2
Amir to Porterfield, no run, back of a length on middle, defended to cover
44.1
Amir to Porterfield, no run, ah! Just missed the outside nick. Short of a good length ball angled in from over the wicket that deviates a bit off the deck. Porterfield stuck his bat out in an attempt to block
43.6
Shadab Khan to Stirling, no run, tossed up, in-drifter, pushed all along the carpet to mid-off
43.4
Shadab Khan to Porterfield, no run, pitches on the rough outside off and turns in, Porterfield walks across and stonewalls off the inside part
43.3
Shadab Khan to Porterfield, no run, leg-break that pitches on middle and spins well down the leg-side. Porterfield lets it be
43.2
Shadab Khan to Porterfield, no run, forward block. Too slow from Shadab Khan
43.1
Shadab Khan to Porterfield, no run, defends off the inside half of the bat
42.6
Amir to Stirling, no run, short of length angled across, watchful leave from Stirling
40.5
Amir to Porterfield, no run, in-nipper from a short of length, defended from the crease
40.4
Amir to Porterfield, no run, full ball on the pads, raps Porterfield's front pad as he misses the glance. Going down
40.3
Amir to Porterfield, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, left alone
40.2
Amir to Porterfield, no run, another lbw query. Shorter in length and the ball decked in sharply. Porterfield is beaten on his flick on the inside edge. The impact was above the kneeroll. Too high
40.1
Amir to Porterfield, no run, Porterfield misses the flick against an in-angler and gets rapped on the front pad. An appeal for lbw, that was sliding down
39.6
Shadab Khan to Niall O Brien, no run, overpitches and Niall O'Brien watchfully pushes it towards cover
38.5
Amir to Porterfield, no run, fuller in length and at the off-stump, Porterfield was forced to play at this ball he got his bat down on time and blocks it to point
38.4
Amir to Niall O Brien, 1 run, goes on the back foot and pushes the ball to cover for a single
37.5
Shadab Khan to Porterfield, no run, ball held its line after pitching and Porterfield blocks it without any difficulty
37.4
Shadab Khan to Porterfield, no run, goes on the back foot and pushes it to the leg-side
37.3
Shadab Khan to Porterfield, no run, straight bat and blocks it back to the bowler
37.2
Shadab Khan to Porterfield, no run, lot of air and full at the stumps, Porterfield digs it out and turns it to the left of the bowler
37.1
Shadab Khan to Niall O Brien, 1 run, fligted ball at the pads, Niall O Brien nudges it behind square and takes a single
36.5
Amir to Porterfield, no run, brilliant delivery again, in that outside off channel again and past the outside edge again. Whatta over this has been from Amir
36.4
Amir to Porterfield, no run, sees the line outside off and shoulders arms
36.3
Amir to Porterfield, no run, defended from the crease
36.2
Amir to Porterfield, no run, good length delivery outside off, past the outside edge again
36.1
Amir to Porterfield, no run, An absolute gem of a ball! Amir special. He goes wide of the crease, angles the ball in and manages to move the ball away from the left-hander who played down the wrong line.
35.6
Mohammad Abbas to Niall O Brien, no run, back of a length delivery at the body, Niall O Brien stays in the crease and blocks to the leg-side
34.5
Amir to Niall O Brien, 1 run, goes on the back foot and guides the ball to third man, some of the Pakistan fielders had their hands on their heads, but Niall O Brien was in control of that shot
34.3
Amir to Porterfield, no run, too wide outside off, Porterfield leaves it alone
34.2
Amir to Porterfield, no run, back of a length delivery at the stumps, Porterfield tucks it to the leg-side
34.1
Amir to Porterfield, no run, good away shape from Amir on that ball and there was some extra bounce too, line was outside off and Porterfield leaves it alone
33.6
Mohammad Abbas to Niall O Brien, no run, comes on the front foot and defends to the off-side
32.5
Rahat Ali to Niall O Brien, 1 run, opens the face of the ball and guides the ball to third man for a single
31.5
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, good length outside off, left alone
31.4
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, 2 runs, comes on the front foot and drives it handsomely through cover, timing wasn't as good as he would have liked and ball is pulled back prior reaching to the ropes
31.3
Mohammad Abbas to Niall O Brien, 1 run, taps it to cover and goes for a quick single to get off the mark. Had the fielder hit the stumps directly Niall O Brien would have been out, watch out for Ireland, with your running. There was no direct-hit and Niall O Brien doesn't replicate Balbirnie
30.5
Rahat Ali to Porterfield, no run, back of a length ball outside off, Porterfield blocks it back to the bowler
30.4
Rahat Ali to Porterfield, FOUR, poor delivery on the pads, Porterfield just had to put bat to it, he did that and ball raced to fine leg for a four. Amir was struggling there at fine leg, he moved gingerly and failed to reach the ball
30.3
Rahat Ali to Porterfield, no run, good length ball outside off, Porterfield lets the ball go to the keeper. There is some extra bounce on offer for Rahat Ali
30.2
Rahat Ali to Porterfield, no run, straight bat and then blocks to mid-on
30.1
Rahat Ali to Porterfield, no run, erring in line, Sarfraz collects it down the leg-side
29.6
Mohammad Abbas to Niall O Brien, no run, blocks the good length ball at the stumps back to the bowler
27.5
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, positve stride forward on that good length ball aimed at the stumps and he defends it to mid-off
27.4
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, blocks that good length delivery to mid-off
27.3
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, comes on the front foot and taps to the off-side gently, Ed Joyce wanted a single but Porterfield shouts a loud NO and declines the run
27.2
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, fraction fuller of good length and outside off, Porterfield plants his front foot forward and leaves it alone
27.1
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, good length delivery outside off, left alone
26.6
Faheem Ashraf to Ed Joyce, FOUR, cracking shot! It was touch fuller and outside off, there wasn't much movement of feet from Ed Joyce but hand and eye co-ordination was there as he drives the ball through cover for a four
26.2
Faheem Ashraf to Porterfield, no run, much fuller and at the stumps, Porterfield comes on the front foot and drives it back to the bowler
26.1
Faheem Ashraf to Porterfield, no run, hint of away shape on that good length delivery outside off, Porterfield leaves it alone
25.6
Rahat Ali to Ed Joyce, no run, well done Ed Joyce and Porterfield. They have seen off day 3 without loss. Both were dropped and have gritted it out to ensure Ireland didn't lose a wicket. Pulls the bat inside the line and leaves the final delivery - which is outside off. Goes up to Porterfield and off they go to a chorus of encouragement, claps and pats from the entire Irish contingent. We have a fight on in this game. It is stumps in Malahide
25.4
Rahat Ali to Porterfield, no run, full on off, Porterfield offers the full bat face in defence
25.3
Rahat Ali to Ed Joyce, 1 run, now pats in front of mid-on and takes on Babar to make the quick single, risky but Ed Joyce thinks it is better off staying at the other end rather than facing the rest of the over, hurries as he defends and then rushes to make it
24.5
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, throws in the sucker delivery outside off, Porterfield accepts the bait and drives away from the body, but mistimes it to mid-off
24.4
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, a tired looking delivery down leg, Sarfraz dives to collect
24.3
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, goes full, Porterfield though shows the full face of the bat in his front foot block
24.2
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, short of length on the stumps, defended off the back foot
24.1
Mohammad Abbas to Ed Joyce, 1 run, Ed Joyce takes one hand off the bat handle as it is headed towards his hips, glanced deftly to fine leg
23.5
Rahat Ali to Porterfield, no run, that's a good delivery, full and a hint of shape back in, Porterfield gets an inside edge onto the pad, rolls to the off-side
23.4
Rahat Ali to Ed Joyce, 1 run, down leg, full as well, clipped to deep backward square leg
23.1
Rahat Ali to Ed Joyce, 1 run, hits a good length around off, Ed Joyce opens the face of the bat and guides it through the backward point region
22.5
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, the ball tails into Sarfraz's gloves but that's after Porterfield had left it alone
22.4
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, back of a length and straight, Porterfield stonewalls
22.3
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, fullish on off, Porterfield defends to cover
22.2
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, fullish outside off, Porterfield shoulders arms
22.1
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, starts from round the wicket, short of length on off and middle, Porterfield defends off the back foot
21.6
Rahat Ali to Ed Joyce, no run, fullish and brings Ed Joyce on the front foot, a solid forward block to the point region
20.6
Shadab Khan to Porterfield, 1 run, shortish googly, Porterfield nudges it wide of short leg
20.5
Shadab Khan to Porterfield, no run, Porterfield opens his stance and then defends the off-stump delivery
20.4
Shadab Khan to Porterfield, no run, tossed up on middle, Porterfield gets forward to block
20.3
Shadab Khan to Ed Joyce, 1 run, defended with an open face in front of backward point and Faheem Ashraf is caught napping. Sarfraz again shows his displeasure by asking him what was he doing
19.5
Faheem Ashraf to Porterfield, no run, digs in the short delivery, Porterfield sways away and watches that pass to Sarfraz
19.4
Faheem Ashraf to Porterfield, no run, short of length outside off, easy leave
19.3
Faheem Ashraf to Porterfield, no run, lifts off a fullish length, well left by Porterfield and Sarfraz takes it over his head - it was still climbing when it reached Sarfraz
19.2
Faheem Ashraf to Porterfield, no run, pulls the length back does Faheem Ashraf and gets it to angle it in, but Porterfield shoulders arms
19.1
Faheem Ashraf to Porterfield, no run, firm off-drive to a full delivery outside off, but straight to the fielder at mid-off
18.6
Shadab Khan to Ed Joyce, no run, tossed up and Ed Joyce drives to mid-off
17.6
Faheem Ashraf to Ed Joyce, no run, pitched up outside off, driven to cover now
16.1
Shadab Khan to Porterfield, no run, tossed up on middle, turned to mid-wicket
15.6
Faheem Ashraf to Ed Joyce, FOUR, wide of second slip and four. Angled in on a good length, Ed Joyce defended that with an open face, ensured it didn't go to hand and with no third man still, gets a boundary
14.5
Shadab Khan to Porterfield, no run, wisely sent back by Porterfield. Defended in front of him and Ed Joyce wanted a quick single but both Sarfraz and Shadab Khan were pouncing on the ball
14.4
Shadab Khan to Porterfield, no run, too full and lots of flight, on the pads, Porterfield misses the flick
14.3
Shadab Khan to Ed Joyce, 1 run, tossed up outside off, Ed Joyce stretches forward to push a single to the cover region
13.6
Faheem Ashraf to Ed Joyce, no run, Faheem Ashraf is causing problems. Is quite nippy and this spices off the pitch, from a short of length and takes the inside edge of Ed Joyce who was fending at it, luckily for him, the ball narrowly misses the leg stump. For a moment, Ed Joyce didn't know where the ball went
13.1
Faheem Ashraf to Porterfield, no run, short of length on the stumps, defended solidly off the back foot
12.6
Shadab Khan to Ed Joyce, no run, floats it full, pushed to his left and he fields
11.5
Faheem Ashraf to Ed Joyce, 1 run, bit too full that time and pushed to mid-off's left, easy single
10.5
Rahat Ali to Porterfield, no run, full and outside off, shapes away, left alone
10.4
Rahat Ali to Porterfield, no run, pitched up looking for swing, too full, driven to mid-off
10.3
Rahat Ali to Ed Joyce, byes, 1 run, down leg, Sarfraz dives to his right but can't glove it cleanly, they steal a bye
9.5
Faheem Ashraf to Porterfield, no run, gets a bit over-ambitious and takes one on the thigh pad. Beaten for pace and he pulls and misses. Too high and going over comfortably
9.4
Faheem Ashraf to Porterfield, no run, tight stump to stump line, length delivery on off, stonewalled
9.3
Faheem Ashraf to Porterfield, FOUR, too short and now the edge flies over the slip cordon. Porterfield didn't hold back on the widish delivery, gets a tad lucky but it was always going over once he decided to go hard. No third man and it's consecutive fours
9.2
Faheem Ashraf to Porterfield, FOUR, now Porterfield cuts and cuts superbly. Short and wide outside off, Porterfield rocked back and powered the cut into the ground and in the gap as well. That should give him confidence
9.1
Faheem Ashraf to Porterfield, no run, starts with a good length delivery that is angled across, left alone
8.6
Rahat Ali to Ed Joyce, FOUR, two men chase it and the ball wins the race. After tantalising the duo. Overpitched swinging delivery, Ed Joyce now cover-drives off the front foot, through the gap and takes four more. Lovely poise and grace in that stroke
7.5
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, full and angled in, wristily flicked to the left of mid-on where it is stopped
7.4
Mohammad Abbas to Ed Joyce, 3 runs, deftly dabbed wide of gully and backward point. Was angled away from Ed Joyce who guided it in the gap and quick running gives the duo three
6.5
Rahat Ali to Porterfield, no run, too wide again, there's shape for him, but needs to bowl it on the stumps
6.4
Rahat Ali to Porterfield, no run, bit wide of off and Porterfield can leave
6.3
Rahat Ali to Porterfield, no run, beautiful comeback. That's the line and length, full and outside off, with a hint of shape away, makes Porterfield play on the front foot and beats him. Good carry to Sarfraz as well
6.2
Rahat Ali to Porterfield, no run, bangs it in short outside off, Porterfield tries to cut that but the extra bounce from a shortish length foils his timing
6.1
Rahat Ali to Porterfield, no run, short and down leg, Porterfield misses the big pull
5.6
Mohammad Abbas to Ed Joyce, no run, back to bowling in that testing zone, length delivery in the corridor of uncertainty, Ed Joyce lets it go
4.5
Amir to Porterfield, no run, now Porterfield is dropped. Yet another catch goes down off Amir's bowling. Someone comes up to him to pat, he is not happy. Lovely delivery, full and on off, curved just away to take the outside edge and Azhar Ali at third slip shells it. Was on his knees and the ball hit his body and went down. Got to take those at this level. So now both openers have been given lives
4.4
Amir to Porterfield, no run, so close to the edge. So so close. Angled in on a short of length outside off, straightens and beats Porterfield on the back foot block
4.3
Amir to Porterfield, no run, that's easy for Porterfield, well wide of off, he leaves
4.2
Amir to Porterfield, no run, short of length and angled in on middle, Porterfield knocks it to mid-wicket
4.1
Amir to Porterfield, no run, full on middle, Porterfield plays a lovely on-drive but straight to the fielder at mid-on
3.6
Mohammad Abbas to Ed Joyce, no run, angled in on a fullish length, Ed Joyce gets across to block, finds an inside edge onto the pad that doesn't go anywhere
3.1
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, stump to stump line, Porterfield defends off the back foot
2.6
Amir to Ed Joyce, no run, pushes this one fuller, a watchful pat back from Ed Joyce and Amir fields in his followthrough. Still no runs after 3 overs - another maiden over
1.5
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, lifting delivery in the corridor of uncertainty, good leave
1.4
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, stump to stump line, once more, almost opens Porterfield up, but he defends off the back foot to cover
1.3
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, fullish on off, Porterfield gets a good stride forward to block
1.2
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, similar delivery to the last one, pushed across Porterfield who lets it go
1.1
Mohammad Abbas to Porterfield, no run, slants this full delivery outside off, Porterfield has a sighter, shoulders arms
0.6
Amir to Ed Joyce, no run, short of length on off, neat back foot block
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