The 20th match of the T20 World Cup between England and Ireland was played in Melbourne. Ireland won the rain-affected match by 5 runs on the basis of the Duckworth-Lewis rule. On Wednesday (October 26), England won the toss and elected to bowl first. Ireland scored 157 runs in 19.2 overs. In reply, England was batting on 105 for 5 in 14.3 overs when the rain came. England fell short by 5 runs on the basis of the Duckworth-Lewis rule. Ireland has done miracles for the second time in this tournament. Earlier, they had knocked out two-time champions West Indies in the first leg.
England's batsmen did not run in this match. Captain Jos Buttler (0) and Alex Hales (7) lost their wickets. Joshua Little defeated both. Fion Hand clean-bowled Ben Stokes (6). Harry Brooke became the victim of George Dockrell by scoring 18 runs off 21 balls. Dawid Malan lost his wicket after scoring 35 runs off 37 balls. He was caught by Fion Hand off McCarthy's over. Moeen Ali remained unbeaten on 24 off 12 balls. Liam Livingstone remained unbeaten.
At the same time, Ireland's team had scored 103 runs for two wickets in 12 overs. After that, the remaining eight batsmen of the team returned to the pavilion after adding 55 runs. Captain Andrew Balbirnie top-scored for Ireland with 62 runs. For England, spinner Liam Livingstone and fast bowler Mark Wood wreaked havoc. Both took 3-3 wickets.
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