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    "excerpt": "May 12 (CRICKETNMORE) - Ireland captain William Porterfield won the toss and have opted to field against Pakistan in their first-ever men's Test at The Village in Dublin. Rain washed out the whole of Friday's scheduled first day  Playing XI Pakistan: Azhar",
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    "editor1": "<p>May 12 (CRICKETNMORE) - Ireland captain William Porterfield won the toss and have opted to field against Pakistan in their&nbsp;first-ever men&#39;s Test at&nbsp;The Village in Dublin. Rain washed out the whole of Friday&#39;s scheduled first day&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Playing XI<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pakistan: Azhar Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Haris Sohail, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Sarfraz Ahmed(w\/c), Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Abbas, Rahat Ali<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ireland: William Porterfield(c), Ed Joyce, Andrew Balbirnie, Niall O Brien(w), Paul Stirling, Gary Wilson, Kevin O Brien, Stuart Thompson, Tyrone Kane, Tim Murtagh, Boyd Rankin<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Presenting the XI that will represent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Irelandcricket?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Irelandcricket<\/a> in their very first men&#39;s Test match! Congratulations to them all! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IREvPAK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IREvPAK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gVJ2FYc6df\">pic.twitter.com\/gVJ2FYc6df<\/a><\/p>\r\n&mdash; ICC (@ICC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICC\/status\/995237816845131776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n",
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