http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 – Pakistan v Ireland
Pakistan’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 tour, the youngster annihilated the Irish batting line-up by taking four wickets in a rain affected
match.
The 21-year-old, Swabi born Junaid, took full advantage of the overcast conditions at Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast, as he managed to swing the ball both ways.
The youngster was just too good for the Irish batting line-up, which was still basking in their World Cup 2011 glory, against rivals England.
Before the first ball had even been bowled, the match was reduced to a 38-over event and later a 36-over game, which meant that the batsmen had to score some quick runs against their opposition.
However, Khan wreaked Irish plans as he took his first and second wickets in the sixth over.
He first removed the dangerous looking http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-Robert-Stirling-c81193, after the batsman had scored 39 runs off 22 deliveries. Stirling was caught by Mohammad Hafeez as the fielder took a diving catch.
Then it was Alex Cusack’s turn to face Khan’s wrath, as the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 bowler, shattered the stumps of the Irish batsman after he had played an innings of five runs.
It was then, in the 12th over, when Khan struck twice by uprooting the stumps of Kevin O’Brien, who had scored 15 runs and then sent http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-John-White-c44463 packing by getting an edge off him which was cleanly picked by the Pakistan wicketkeeper, Mohammad
Salman. White couldn’t add any run in the total tally.
Things went awry for the home side right from the start, however, a commendable knock by Stirling could have helped them if the batsmen in the lower-order capitalized on his innings.
Meanwhile for Pakistan it was a delightful moment to see http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Young-c41367 bowler showing his worth in the national team.
According to sources both Khan and Mohammad Amir were equally talented while playing in domestic cricket, however, Amir got called-up for the national team before Junaid and it is now because of the ouster of Amir from International cricket, that paved way
for Junaid to make a place in the national team.
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