- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.1 French cut and he might be gone!! This was back of a length, Head goes for an extravagant drive. Under-edge dribbles behind him to backward square leg, who runs in for a throw at the non-striker's end. The batters scramble for an ill-advised single. Bowler breaks the stumps, and guess what - after a quick umpire's review, the first Australia wicket falls. 7/16.5 Stirling takes a stunner at cover! Inglis chases this length ball away from his body. Thrashes this with a lofted cover but cannot time it well enough to get it over Stirling, who flies in the air and pouches a great catch 69/34.6 Adair drags it a little shorter and he's used his brains to pick up a vital wicket! Green makes his intent clear, he wants a similar result with a similar shot across the line. The shorter length means the pace drops off just a little more and comes to him too late. Dockrell at mid-wicket puts in a dive to ensure the wicket's confirmed this time 56/216.5 Bowled 'im! Absolute ripper. Quicker and right on top of the stumps. Renshaw goes for a swipe but misses the line of the ball completely. Middle stump rooted out of the ground 149/59.3 Brilliant catch from Tucker behind the stumps! Fired in flat and on a length, spinning away from Maxwell. He tried to cut it but just took an edge. The keeper was standing right behind but he catches the deviation quick and gobbles the ball up. Supreme effort, that 88/417.5 And now he's finally gone! Low full toss. Should have been put away. But he hits this straight to Calitz at deep mid-wicket. Stoinis is annoyed, he hits the bat into his pads, he'll know he's left a few death over runs out there 159/6Extras5 (lb 1, w 4)TOTAL182/6 (20 Overs, RR: 9.1)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Travis Head, 1.1 ov), 2-56 (Cameron Green, 4.6 ov), 3-69 (Josh Inglis, 6.5 ov), 4-88 (Glenn Maxwell, 9.3 ov), 5-149 (Matt Renshaw, 16.5 ov), 6-159 (Marcus Stoinis, 17.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MJ Humphreys 4 0 33 1 8.25 9 4 0 1 0 MR Adair 4 0 44 2 11 9 2 4 1 0 BJ McCarthy 3 0 37 0 12.33 3 3 1 1 0 GJ Delany 2 0 12 0 6 4 1 0 0 0 GH Dockrell 4 0 31 1 7.75 7 3 0 0 0 HT Tector 3 0 24 1 8 3 2 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.1 Right in the blockhole. Stirling gets under it and flicks it towards mid-wicket. Oh no, he's limping to the other end. Gets there in the end but he's struggling on his feet. And he's walking off now... Huge blow to Ireland's hopes. 12.1 What has happened there!? Ellis bowls this back of a length, pace off, right on the stumps. It just skids through and stays soooo low. The batter is done all ends up as he tries to reach down and get his bat on it. The middle stump is ripped out. Ellis with a big smile on his face. Adair, sportingly, has a smile on his too 13/21.6 Tector goes for a big hit, but Cameron Green makes no mistake with this catch! The ball was quite slow through the air, on the stumps and hit high up. He is at deep extra cover, well inside the field for just a mishit like this, and collects it with ease 13/113.4 Hits it against the wind and pays for it! Zampa floats this one up, slow, and tempts Tucker into the swipe across the line. It's a googly and hit towards the leg-side, where Connolly sits waiting at cow corner 89/62.3 Boom, boom, bam. Another wicket falls. Slow again, back of a length and rising at Campher. Helped on by his earlier shot coming off well, he stands in his crease and just swipes at it, but gets no speed off the bat. Mid-wicket accepts the catch gleefully. 17/34.1 Ellis is just too good on this pitch. Back of a length with a lot of pace on it this time, rising right at the left-hander's chest. He tries to hit it away from his body, but misreads the line one way or another. Takes the underedge and bashed straight into his stumps 27/46.5 Great catch! Zampa slowssss this down, floats this well outside off. The ball spins away just enough and the batter is on his knees for a big swing through the line. The keeper does well to react to that lightning quick. Ireland effectively lose their sixth wicket 43/515.2 Tried too much. Zampa knows Dockrell is feeling a rush of blood now. Just fires this in wide, right on the marker line, and drops it short too. Dockrell jumps down hoping for another hit down the ground. Misses it completely, and his bails are flicked ott 110/715.4 Zampa's just too good. Second time in this over he's gone for the set-up. He pitches this back of a length, spins this into the batter, and takes off just a little bit of the pace. Batter throws his hands at it but the shot is never on. Hit to the biggest side of the ground, to the fielder at deep midwicket. And Australia are just one wicket away from victory now 111/816.5 And that's that! McCarthy takes on this ball that is rising at him off a length. But he didn't have the elevation he needed, so it gets to Cameron Green at deep mid-wicket. Australia seal a huge 67-run win 115/9Extras3 (lb 3)TOTAL115 all out (16.5 Overs, RR: 6.83)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Harry Tector, 1.6 ov), 2-13 (Ross Adair, 2.1 ov), 3-17 (Curtis Campher, 2.3 ov), 4-27 (Ben Calitz, 4.1 ov), 5-43 (Gareth Delany, 6.5 ov), 6-89 (Lorcan Tucker, 13.4 ov), 7-110 (George Dockrell, 15.2 ov), 8-111 (Mark Adair, 15.4 ov), 9-115 (Barry McCarthy, 16.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB XC Bartlett 2 0 22 0 11 4 2 1 0 0 MP Kuhnemann 4 0 29 1 7.25 14 1 3 0 0 NT Ellis 3.5 1 12 4 3.13 15 1 0 0 0 A Zampa 4 0 23 4 5.75 13 2 1 0 0 CPL Connolly 3 0 26 0 8.66 4 3 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
15.00 start, First Session 15.00-16.30, Interval 16.30-16.50, Second Session 16.50-18.20
Match days
11 February 2026 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Australia 2, Ireland 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 64 runs, 2 wickets)
- Australia: 50 runs in 4.4 overs (28 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Australia - 64/2 in 6.0 overs (JP Inglis 33, MT Renshaw 2)
- Australia: 100 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Australia - 120/4 in 14.0 overs (MT Renshaw 24, MP Stoinis 19)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (MT Renshaw 18, MP Stoinis 30, Ex 2)
- Australia: 150 runs in 17.2 overs (104 balls), Extras 4
- Innings Break: Australia - 182/6 in 20.0 overs (C Connolly 11, XC Bartlett 11)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 4 wickets)
- PR Stirling retired hurt at 1/0 (1, 0.1 overs)
- Drinks: Ireland - 40/4 in 6.0 overs (LJ Tucker 9, GJ Delany 11)
- Over 6.1: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batter - LJ Tucker (Struck down)
- Ireland: 50 runs in 8.1 overs (49 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: Ireland - 89/6 in 13.4 overs (GH Dockrell 32)
- Ireland: 100 runs in 14.5 overs (89 balls), Extras 3
- Over 15.5: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - MJ Humphreys (Struck down)
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ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| Super Eights, Group 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.259 |
| IND | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.106 |
| WI | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.993 |
| ZIM | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3.415 |
| Super Eights, Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ENG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.096 |
| NZ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.39 |
| PAK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -0.123 |
| SL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.95 |
| Group A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2.5 |
| PAK | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.976 |
| USA | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.788 |
| NED | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.217 |
| NAM | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3.108 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ZIM | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1.506 |
| SL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.741 |
| AUS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.523 |
| IRE | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.15 |
| OMA | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -4.845 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| WI | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.874 |
| ENG | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.201 |
| SCOT | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.184 |
| ITA | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.02 |
| NEP | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.349 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.943 |
| NZ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.227 |
| AFG | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.889 |
| UAE | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.364 |
| CAN | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2.426 |






