Pakistan declares first innings at 310-9 against Ireland

DUBLIN: Pakistan declared their first innings on 310 for nine on third day after being sent into bat by Ireland in the hosts’ inaugural men´s Test at Dublin´s Malahide ground.

Test debutant Faheem Ashraf top-scored with 83 and together with Shadab Khan (55) put on 117 runs for the seventh wicket.

Middlesex paceman Tim Murtagh led Ireland´s attack with four wickets for 55 runs from 25 overs.

But hopes he might take a five-wicket haul on Test debut were scuppered when Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed declared 30 minutes before Sunday´s scheduled lunch break in a stand-alone match where the whole of Friday´s scheduled first day was washed out.