O'Brien leads Irish fightback with century on debut
O'Brien frustrated Pakistan's hopes of an early finish.
Sarfraz Ahmed became the first Pakistan captain to enforce the follow-on in a Test in 16 years when he sent Ireland back in again on Sunday, a move that may have seen the tourists victorious by now had Ireland openers Ed Joyce and William Porterfield not both been dropped in single figures off Mohammad Amir on the third day.
That it hasn't happened is nearly single-handedly thanks to O'Brien, who first became the first man to register a 50 for Ireland - with pleasing symmetry it took him 100 balls, exactly twice as many as his extraordinary 2011 century.
He finished the day undefeated on 118, having spent more than five and a half hours at the crease, about as different an innings as possible to the one in Bangalore all those years ago but just as momentously unbelievable.
Resuming their second innings on 64 without loss after being asked to follow on and still needing 116 more runs to make Pakistan bat again, Ireland slumped to 123-4 by lunch.
At that stage, Amir had taken two wickets for no runs in six balls.
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The men arrived in the country on May 10 as part of a 22-player team tour with Durham City Rugby Football Club. They had played a friendly rugby match on Saturday and thereafter they had dinner at the same place.
"To get there, it's a great honour".
That experience came into play as Kevin led a counter-attack along with Stuart Thompson (53) with the two adding 114 runs to not only take Ireland to safety but turn the tables on Pakistan.
The centurion looked to be visibly tiring at the tail end of the day and almost chopped Abbas on shortly after edging Amir wide of the only slip and probably should have been out leg before in the final over of the day but he and Tyrone Kane (8*) would end the day still out there on 319 for 7 having added an unbroken stand of 48 for the seventh wicket to take Ireland to a lead of 139. Let's bask in and review Ireland's, and particularly O'Brien's, greatest day - I believe better than the World Cup win, because this was unknown territory for the Irish.
O'Brien and Thompson then began to drain the urgency from the fielding side, or maybe the visitors just fancied enjoying the local hospitality for another night, because taking the second new ball with only one or two slips in place and very little aggression all but ensured a fifth day - and what a thriller it could be.
The other wicket after lunch was Paul Stirling, trapped lbw by Mohammad Abbas for 11. Ireland has a lead of 139 runs and its three wickers are remaining.
Kevin O'Brien is hoping his latest global ton will lead to an Ireland victory - just as his century against England did at the World Cup seven years ago.
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