Ireland continued their giant-killing run in the T20 World Cup and pulled off another upset win, beating England by five runs via the Duckworth-Louis method to throw open Group 1 of the T20 World Cup on Wednesday.
After eliminating two-time champions West Indies to reach the Super 12s, Ireland scored 62 off 47 balls from captain Andy Balburnie and were looking for a total of 180 before England bowled them out in 19.2 overs. I pulled back to be dismissed for 157 runs.
Leg-spinner Liam Livingstone caused havoc before paceman Mark Wood took the initiative as the duo returned with three wickets each to deny Ireland 15-20 runs extra.
Chasing a tough target, the 2010 champions were at 105/5 in 14.3 overs, five runs short of DLS’s target of 110 as play could not start at the cut-off time due to rain and Ireland Completed his second World Cup win against England.
AN HISTORIC WIN FOR IRELAND 🙌#T20WorldCup | #IREvENG pic.twitter.com/1M0QFY3Frq
— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 26, 2022
Eleven years ago at the ODI World Cup in India, Kevin O’Brien inspired a stunning win against England at Chinnaswamy. Overall, this was Ireland’s third win against England with two coming in the ODI format.
Ireland’s win now opens the door for Australia as five of the six teams in the group now have two points each.
Left-arm fast bowler Josh Little swung the new ball from both sides and dismissed two English openers Jos Buttler (0) and Alex Hales (7) in the space of nine balls.
62 runs
— Cricket Ireland (@cricketireland) October 26, 2022
47 balls
5 fours
2 sixes
Andrew Balbirnie is Player of the Match in a famous win. Batted skipper 👏#IREvENG #BackingGreen #T20WorldCup ☘️🏏 pic.twitter.com/SHlz8Yfnf6
VICTORY!
— Cricket Ireland (@cricketireland) October 26, 2022
What. A. Performance 👏
SCORE: https://t.co/LUtLhuvQAq#IREvENG #BackingGreen #T20WorldCup ☘️🏏 pic.twitter.com/EXRTaIRlS9
