Knight: Don't think Australia now have enough to win the World Cup
Nick Knight and Varun Aaron on Australia's injury crisis
11/02Result
14th Match, Group B (D/N), ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Colombo, Feb 11 2026
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![Ireland]( "Ireland")
115 (16.5/20 ov)
Player of the Match
11/02Result
14th Match, Group B (D/N), ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Colombo, Feb 11 2026
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![Ireland]( "Ireland")
115 (16.5/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Focus on Australia's bowling combination against Ireland
Yash Jha and Gaurav Sundararaman look ahead to Australia taking on Ireland in their tournament opener
T20 World Cup 2026 - Marsh confident Australia's pace attack wont miss their big three
Mitchell Marsh talks about adapting to conditions in Sri Lanka, learning from the tour of Pakistan and more
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Australia win the toss and bat against Ireland, Inglis to open
Mitchell Marsh was ruled out moments before the game having suffered a blow to the the groin in training earlier in the week
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 |