-Vinay Kumar
Just 3 days before today, in Melbourne’s ground where Team India had defeated Pakistan on the last ball in the Great War, Ireland stunned the world with its performance in the IRE vs ENG match on Wednesday, 26 October. Ireland defeated England by 5 runs according to the Duckworth-Lewis rule in the Super-12 round match.
Batting first in this match played today, Ireland scored 157 runs and set a target of 158 runs for England to win. The England team, who came to the ground to chase this target, scored 105 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 14.3 overs. However, due to heavy rain, further play could not be played and England lost the match by 5 runs as per Duckworth Lewis rule.
Significantly, this is the second time in the history of the T20 World Cup, when Ireland has defeated England. In the ICC ODI World Cup, 2011 held in India, Ireland defeated England by 3 wickets with 5 balls to spare. Remind you that in that match, Ireland’s (IRE vs ENG ODI World Cup, 2011) win over England had to score 328 runs in 50 overs. In that match, Ireland defeated England while chasing runs. Kevin O’Brien played a brilliant innings of 113 runs in 63 balls and led Ireland to a historic victory.
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At that time, Brian had scored the fastest century in the history of the ICC ODI World Cup. And, today’s ICC T20 World Cup, 2022 ENG vs IRE match, Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie (Captain). Today 62 runs came off his bat in 47 balls. Josh Little did a lethal bowling in the bowling for Ireland. He took 2 wickets for 16 runs in 3 overs. Josh Little returned England captain Jos Butler to the pavilion for zero. Opener Alex Hales also fell victim to him.
England had a poor start in today’s match. In the powerplay itself, 3 important England batsmen were dismissed. However, the innings recovered later. Moeen Ali hit 1 four and a six in the first 3 balls of the 15th over. But, fate had something else in mind. It started raining heavily and the match had to be called off. According to the Duckworth-Lewis rule, England lost by 5 runs in this match.