On Wednesday, October 26, Ireland prevailed over England by five runs thanks to DLS in a rain-shortened Group 1 Super 12 match at the MCG in Melbourne. England was chasing 157 and was 105/5 in 14.3 overs when the skies opened to disrupt the MCG game. The start of the game had already been slowed down by a wet outfield, and several more rain interruptions had followed.
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After some early setbacks, Moon Ali's late resurgence of 24 off 12 seemed to have brought England back into the game, but it was all in vain as the Irish were declared the eventual winners. Josh Little performed admirably for Ireland with the bat, taking crucial wickets of openers Jos Buttler and Alex Hales to earn figures of 2/16 after three overs. Before that, Mark Wood (3/34) and Liam Livingstone (3/17) took six wickets each to keep Ireland at 157 for 19.2 overs. Andy Balbirnie, the Irish skipper, took the batting lead with a 62 off 47 balls, and Lorcan Tucker, the batter for the wicketkeeper, provided solid support with a 34-of-27 score.
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Ireland was on track for a score of around 200 when the pair found the boundaries with ease, but England's bowlers fought back well late to limit the damage.
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While all-rounders Liam Livingstone (3/17) and Sam Curran (2/30) bowled well throughout, pace bowler Mark Wood (3/34) was reckless in the beginning, consistently hitting speeds greater than 150 km/h.
According to the International Cricket Council (ICC), Ireland made one change to the team that lost to Sri Lanka by nine wickets on Sunday, while England used the same lineup that beat Afghanistan by five wickets on Saturday. After their ODI victories in Bengaluru 2011 (at the World Cup) and Southampton 2020, as well as their first victory in T20Is, Wednesday's victory also marks Ireland's third victory over England in men's international cricket.
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