Pakistani cricket team in Ireland in 2011

Pakistan cricket team in Ireland in 2011
Date 27–30 May 2011 Location Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Belfast Result Pakistan won the 2-match series 2–0
Teams
Ireland	Pakistan
Captains
William Porterfield	Misbah-ul-Haq
Most runs
Paul Stirling (148)	Younis Khan (70)
Most wickets
Alex Cusack (4)	Saeed Ajmal (7)

The Pakistan national cricket team visited Ireland in May 2011 to play two One Day Internationals. The series was played from 27 to 30 May, 2011. Misbah-ul-Haq was the captain of the Pakistanti team while William Porterfield was the captain of the Irish team. Both the matches were won by Pakistan. Paul Stirling of the Irish team scored the maximum number of runs in the series while Saeed Ajmal of Pakistan took 7 wickets in the series.

Squads

Pakistan	Ireland
Misbah-ul-Haq (c) Abdur Rehman Asad Shafiq Azhar Ali Hammad Azam Junaid Khan Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Salman Saeed Ajmal Shahid Afridi Tanvir Ahmed Taufeeq Umar Umar Akmal Umar Gul Wahab Riaz Younis Khan	William Porterfield (c) Alex Cusack Trent Johnston Nigel Jones Ed Joyce Niall McDonnell John Mooney Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien Boyd Rankin Albert van der Merwe Andrew White Gary Wilson

ODI series

1st ODI

28 May 2011 Scorecard

Ireland  96 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 97/3 (27.3 overs)
Paul Stirling 39 (22) Junaid Khan 4/12 (5 overs)		Mohammad Hafeez 52 (84) Alex Cusack 3/13 (5 overs)

Pakistan won by 7 wickets (D/L)[1] Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Stormont, Belfast Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Mark Hawthorne (NI) Player of the match: Junaid Khan (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Match reduced to 38 overs per side due to rain. Further rain in Ireland's innings reduced match to 36 overs per side, and adjusted Pakistan's target to 95 runs from 36 overs.

2nd ODI

30 May 2011 Scorecard

Ireland  238/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 242/5 (48.4 overs)
Paul Stirling 109 (107) Saeed Ajmal 4/35 (10 overs)		Younis Khan 64 (74) Boyd Rankin 1/29 (9 overs)

Pakistan won by 5 wickets[2] Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Belfast Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) & Mark Hawthorne Player of the match: Paul Stirling (Ire)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "1st ODI: Ireland v Pakistan at Belfast, May 28, 2011 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
2. "2nd ODI: Ireland v Pakistan at Belfast, May 30, 2011 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2014-04-09.