Ireland won the toss and elected to bowl first in the first ODI of this two match series. The captain William Porterfield looked very confident about the decision, he was off the view that the wicket will be wet due to the rain which reduced the match to 47 overs.
On the other hand Pakistani players in the leadership of Azhar Ali are ready to face anything to improve their ODI rankings. They proved the Irish captain William Porterfield’s decision wrong and put a gigantic total of 337 runs on board. Pakistan is ranking 9th at the moment which is shameful for a side like Pakistan. After Inzimam ul haq taking charge as a coach, Umar Gul is back in the team with a new player Hassan Ali.
Saeed Anwar was the first player for Pakistan to score 150+ runs in an ODI game, he scored 194 runs on 21st May 1997 against India at Chennai.
Imran Nazir was the 2nd player for Pakistan to score 150+ runs, he played a wonderful knock of 160 runs against Zimbabwe in world cup 2007 at Jamaica.
Nazir faced 121 balls for his 160 runs hitting 14 fours and 8 superb sixes at the strike rate of 132.23.
Sharjeel khan has enlisted himself as the 3rd Pakistani batsman to score 150+ run in ODIs, he faced only 86 balls for his 152 runs against Ireland today.
