DUBLIN: Ireland collapsed to 36 for five shortly after lunch on the thirdday of their inaugural men´s Test at Malahide on Sunday in reply toPakistan´s first innings 310 for nine declared.

Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed´s well-timed declaration left Ireland with atricky 30 minutes to bat before lunch and that was long enough for thehosts to lose a trio of top-order batsmen in 6.1 overs.

Veteran opener Ed Joyce was lbw to Mohammad Abbas for four before fellowopener Andrew Balbirnie, who might have been run out for a duck, was lbw tothe paceman for nought.

Former England one-day international Joyce, arguably Ireland´s greatestbatsman and at 39 the oldest Test debutant since Australia´s Bryce McGainmade his bow aged 36 in 2009, appeared to be a victim of the fact theDecision Review System was not being used in this match because CricketIreland had decided they could not afford the cost for a one-off game.

But while replays suggested the ball that did for left-hander Joyce mayhave pitched outside the line, there was little doubt about the deliverythat dismissed Balbirnie, who had previously had to scramble back to avoidbeing run out by Asad Shafiq´s direct hit from short leg.

Then, with what became the last ball before lunch, Ireland captain WilliamPorterfield fell for one when left-arm quick Mohammad Amir uprooted hisoff-stump.

Abbas then had NJ O’Brien lbwed on duck, and Faheem Ashraf removed Stirlingfor 17.

Following Friday´s first-day washout, Ireland needed to make a total of 161– within 150 runs rather than the standard 200 of their opponents´ firstinnings — to deny Pakistan the chance to enforce the follow-on.

Earlier, Test debutant Faheem Ashraf top-scored for Pakistan with 83 andtogether with Shadab Khan (55) put on 117 for the seventh wicket.