Ireland registered a famous win in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2022 as they defeated England by 5 runs via the DLS method at the MCG on October 26, 2022. The match ended early after the rain started pouring with England behind on DLS calculations.
Jos Buttler had won the toss and chose that England would bowl first. Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie led from the front with 62 in 47 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes. Also, thanks to 34 from Lorcan Tucker, and contributions from Curtis Campher and Paul Stirling, Ireland managed 157 on the board.
Mark Wood with 3/34 and Liam Livingstone with 3/17 were the pick of England bowlers.
In reply, England knew rain might come back and Ireland bowlers took full advantage of the bounce and swing on offer as Jos Buttler fell for a duck and Alex Hales fell for 7 runs, both to Josh Little. Fionn Hand then got the big wicket of Ben Stokes for 6 runs.
Dawid Malan (35) and Harry Brook (18) consolidated a bit and then Moeen Ali smashed 24* in 12 balls as the rain began drizzling down and England was 5 runs behind the DLS calculated score. And in the end, the umpires had to call off the game as the rain got stronger with only 5 minutes remaining on the clock.
England finished on 105/5 in 14.3 overs and lost by 5 runs via the DLS method. Josh Little picked 2/16 for Ireland who got two important points.
The cricket fraternity was all praises on Twitter for the Irish side, who batted and bowled amazingly well against England players.
Here are the tweets:
