Ireland defeated Pakistan for the first time in a T20 match

Web Desk: In the first match of the T20 series between Pakistan and Ireland, Ireland defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets.
In the first match of the T20 series played in Dublin, Ireland achieved the target of 183 for the loss of 5 wickets in the 20th over.
Andy Balberney scored 77 runs for Ireland.
Harry Tector 36, George Dockrell 24, skipper Paul Stirling 8 and Lorcan Tucker 4 were all out.
Curtis Kaempfer scored 15 and Gareth Delaney returned to the not-out pavilion with 10 runs.
On behalf of Pakistan, Abbas Afridi took 2 wickets while Shaheen Shah Afridi, Imad Wasim and Naseem Shah took 1 wicket each.
Earlier, batting first at the invitation of Ireland, Pakistan scored 182 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
On behalf of Pakistan, captain Babar Azam 57, Saim Ayub 45, Fakhar Zaman 20, Muhammad Rizwan 1 while Azam Khan and Shadab Khan got out with 0 runs.
Iftikhar Ahmed scored 37 runs and Shaheen Shah Afridi returned to the pavilion unbeaten by scoring 14 runs.
Craig Young took 2 wickets while Gareth Delaney and Mark Adair took 1 wicket each for Ireland.