Pakistan salvage pride with consolation three-wicket win over Ireland in their final T20 WC game

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Lauderhill , Former champions Pakistan restored a semblance of pride with a toiling three-wicket win over Ireland in their inconsequential final game of the T20 World Cup here on Sunday.me..

The 2009 champions, who were eliminated following their loss to India and the USA in the earlier group matches, restricted Ireland to 106 for 9 after opting to bowl with Shaheen Shah Afridi leading the show..

Pacers Barry McCarthy , Curtis Campher and Mark Adair bowled their hearts out but Pakistan stood tall in the end as Ireland ended their campaign winless..

Harry Tector survived a caught-behind appeal but was trapped by Afridi in the next ball with a fuller delivery that hit his back leg to reduce Ireland to 15 for 4 in three overs..

Delany clobbered the first six of Ireland innings off Rauf in the 9th over, before hammering spinner Shadab Khan for a six over long-on to bring up the team fifty..