Pakistan beat Ireland by 7 Wickets to face Australia in ICC World Cup quarters

Pakistan's Sarfraz celebrates his first century - and Pakistan's first century in the on going tournament too (Photo: BBC)

In a sensational and crucial Pool B match, Pakistan knocked out Ireland of the race to the quarterfinals of the ongoing ICC World Cup cricket today.

Ireland batting first were all out for 237, thanks to a century by Ireland's captain William Porterfield (107).

Respondiong to the target of 238, Pakistan's wicket keeper Sarfraz's first ever century, and Pakistan's first too in the ongoing tournament, made Pakistan win by seven wickets. His ton was supported by Shehzad's impressive 63.

Pakistan now plays Australia on Friday, 20 March at Adelaide.

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Historical handshake: Queens meets Martin McGuinness

The British Queen performed an astonishing act of forgiveness today in the name of peace when she shook hands with Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness - twice.

The historical handshake: British Queen shakes hand with Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein [Photo: PA / Daily Mail]

Her Majesty somehow even found it within her to smile as she met the man who once headed the terror network responsible for killing Lord Mountbatten - the treasured cousin she knew as 'Uncle Dickie'.

Mountbatten was murdered by the IRA in 1979 along with his young grandson in a bomb blast during a boating trip off Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo. It was an atrocity that sent shockwaves through the Royal Family.

Yet today, in a Jubilee year full of surprises, the Queen spent five minutes with Mr McGuinness behind closed doors in a room within the city's Lyric Theatre, and then the pair shook hands again publicly outside in full view of the world's cameras.

Read more / see more photos and details of Queen's visit to Ireland: Daily Mail

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