Pakistan declared their first innings on 310-9 and then bowled Ireland out for 130, but Ireland did much better in their second innings after following on, scoring 339. O’Brien played the lead in that, hitting 118, and Pakistan were then reduced to 14-3 to raise hopes of an Ireland win, till Imam-ul-Haq (74*) and Babar Azam (59) did the job with the bat for their team.

“I’m sure in the next week or two there’s going to be hundreds of kids aspiring to be Kevin O’Brien in backstreet cricket. We’ve got to inspire the next generation like we got inspired growing up by the likes of Dekker Curry where I’m from. I looked up to him when I was growing up and I’m sure there’s a lot of young cricketers doing the same to ourselves. The more we can spread the game, the more bums on seats there’s going to be here, the more depth we’re going to have. This Test match has gone a long way to providing the next generation of cricketers I’m sure.”