Ireland has set Pakistan a difficult aim of 179 runs for the pivotal match that will take place in Dublin.
The choice sets up a high-stakes match in which both teams compete to be the best.
After being placed into bat first by Pakistan, Ireland suffered an early blow when Ross Adair went for just 7 runs in the third over, thanks to a delivery from Shaheen Afridi. But then Lorcan Tucker and Andy Balbirnie hit it off, forming a fearsome partnership that quickly increased the scoring rate.
After only 10.4 overs, the home team had reached 100 runs, but Abbas Afridi’s bowling caused Balbirnie to go for 35 runs, halting their momentum.
Even after Balbirnie was lost, Tucker persisted with his strategy and attacked the Pakistani
