26/10Result
20th Match, Group 1 (D/N), ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Melbourne, Oct 26 2022
Ireland won by 5 runs (DLS)
Player of the Match
Andy Balbirnie
Andy BalbirnieIreland
26/10Result
20th Match, Group 1 (D/N), ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Melbourne, Oct 26 2022
Ireland won by 5 runs (DLS)
Player of the Match
Andy Balbirnie
Andy BalbirnieIreland

5.15pm Ireland started their innings with a bang, but ended with a whimper. "I don't think I bowled well, but it was wet and greasy. I was a bit flat and Liam Livingstone did really well," Mark Wood says. "Big stadium and quite empty and we didn't have the intensity. I still don't feel I hit good speeds and bowled well." Having said that, Wood did bowl an explosive spell, regularly hitting speeds north of 150kph. He and Livingstone shared six wickets between them to restrict Ireland to 157. Ekanth will be back with you for England's chase. Take care and cheers

Salari: "Poor batting from Ireland. From 102 for 1 in 12 overs to 157 all out"

19.2
W
Stokes to Little, OUT, Guided into the gloves of Buttler. Such a soft dismissal. On a length and nipping away a bit outside off, Little opens the face and tickles it straight to Buttler

JB Little c †Buttler b Stokes 0 (3m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

19.1
1
Stokes to Delany, 1 run, acceptable wide yorker, squeezed out to sweeper cover

Stokes to bowl the last over of the innings

END OF OVER:
19 | 6 Runs 2 Wkts | IRE: 156/9 | RR: 8.21

  • Gareth Delany11 (9b)
  • Sam Curran3-0-31-2
  • Liam Livingstone3-0-17-3
18.6
W
Curran to Hand, OUT, Curran knocks over Hand. He goes wide of the crease, on-pace length ball on middle. Hand backs away, aims to smear it over extra-cover, but misses the line. Castled

F Hand b Curran 1 (4m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

18.5
3
Curran to Delany, 3 runs, fumble at short third. Sloppy from Wood. Delany backs away and guides a short ball more or less straight to him, but he lets it through
18.4
0
Curran to Delany, no run, short and sails over the stumps with the angle from round the wicket. He has a roundhouse swipe at it and misses
18.3
1
Curran to Hand, 1 run, Hand steps out to Cuuran, cutter into the pitch. Hand adjusts and jams it out to cover
18.2
W
Curran to McCarthy, OUT, McCarthy uses his feet and gets yorked by Curran. On-pace yorker, thuds into the base of middle stump. McCarthy steps out, gives himself some room, but can't touch this ball from Curran

BJ McCarthy b Curran 3 (4m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

18.1
2
Curran to McCarthy, 2 runs, fullish and on the pads, worked away through midwicket for a double. A better throw from Livingstone could've been tight

END OF OVER:
18 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | IRE: 150/7 | RR: 8.33

  • Barry McCarthy1 (1b)
  • Gareth Delany8 (7b)
  • Liam Livingstone3-0-17-3
  • Mark Wood4-0-34-3
17.6
1
Livingstone to McCarthy, 1 run, sliced to point with an open face. 150 up for Ireland
17.5
W
Livingstone to Adair, OUT, Caught by Curran at deep midwicket. Pushed through and sliding into the leg stump, attempted legbreak, the batter splices a slog-sweep and holes out to Curran. Good day out with the ball for Livingstone

MR Adair c Curran b Livingstone 4 (8m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

17.4
2
Livingstone to Adair, 2 runs, uses his feet and jabs through midwicket. They scamper back for the second
17.3
1
Livingstone to Delany, 1 run, pushed through on leg stump, driven down to long-on

sudesh: "run a ball from now would take Ireland past 160 runs which i feel is satisfactory."

17.2
1
Livingstone to Adair, 1 run, drills a full length ball on leg stump down to long-on
17.1
1
Livingstone to Delany, 1 run, blocks the good length ball towards extra cover

END OF OVER:
17 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | IRE: 144/6 | RR: 8.47

  • Gareth Delany6 (5b)
  • Mark Adair1 (1b)
  • Mark Wood4-0-34-3
  • Liam Livingstone2-0-11-2

Tayyab: "Ireland falling apart having made 97 in the first 10 with just 1 wicket down. They will be kicking themselves having lost two middle order batters to Livingstone, nevertheless a masterstroke by buttler to bring him on when the premier bowlers were getting bashed."

16.6
1lb
Wood to Delany, 1 leg bye, gets knocked right on the helmet. He ducks into a short ball that doesn't bounce as much as he thinks. But he's immediately up and gets a leg bye too as the ball bounces away to fine leg. Delany is now getting some medical help. He looks fairly okay
16.5
4
Wood to Delany, FOUR, opens the face and slices the full ball on and around off stump, and he's placed it to perfection to the left of sweeper cover and teh right of deep third
16.4
1
Wood to Adair, 1 run, falls just short of Woakes at deep third, Adair backs away to carve a 152 kph full ball outside off stump away behind point. Almost carries to the man
16.3
W
Wood to Campher, OUT, caught behind down the leg side! Wood goes bouncer. It comes up to chest high, Campher has already moved across to the off stump, he wants to pull the ball over fine leg, its a decent plan but he's got himself too far away from the ball and as a result only makes faint enough contact to be caught behind

C Campher c †Buttler b Wood 18 (22m 11b 3x4 0x6) SR: 163.63

16.2
4
Wood to Campher, FOUR, very brave! Shuffles across to a 148 kph length ball outside off stump and scoops it over fine leg. The fielde is in the deep but he's got it to the man's right
16.1
1
Wood to Delany, 1 run, wide of the crease for a back of a length ball at 149 kph, he squeezes it out to long leg

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England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0AD HalesJC Buttler
2nd14DJ MalanAD Hales
3rd15DJ MalanBA Stokes
4th38DJ MalanHC Brook
5th19MM AliDJ Malan
6th19MM AliLS Livingstone

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