T20 World Cup 2022

"Well played DLS!" - Twitter celebrates as Ireland cause another upset in 20-20 World Cup by beating England

In the 20th match of the 20-20 World Cup the world witnessed another upset as Ireland beat England by five runs by DLS method.

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The engaging action continued in the 20-20 World Cup as England and Ireland locked horns at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday. England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and invited Ireland to bat first. Irish Openers Andrew Balbirnie and Paul Stirling walked out to the crease to give their team a fiery start. Stirling looked in good touch as he took the attack on England right from the word go. However, his stay didn’t last long as he was dismissed by Mark Wood.

Lorcan Tucker arrived at the crease following the loss of the first wicket at the score of 21. Tucker and Balbirnie got involved in a magnificent partnership of 82 runs off 57 balls and had their eyes set on a daunting total. However, following Tucker’s wicket on 103, Ireland lost another wicket in the form of Harry Tector on the same score.

At the other end, Balbirnie continued with his good knock as he brought up his half-century in 40 balls. Curtis Campher also gave support to Balbirnie by smashing three boundaries in his short cameo of 18 off 11 balls. Balbirnie was finally dismissed on the score of 132 after 15.3 overs having scored 62 off 47 balls. Ireland completely lost their way and suffered a dramatic collapse which saw them getting all out for 157 without playing their full quota of 20 overs.

England's chase got off to the worst possible start as they lost their captain Buttler on just the second ball of their innings. Joshua Little further picked up another wicket as he removed Alex Hales giving England their second blow on 14.

England’s biggest hope Ben Stokes also couldn’t do anything to take his team out of misery as he was cleaned up by Fionn Hand. Dawid Malan tried to stabilise the innings with his gritty knock but couldn’t keep up with the required run rate. Youngster Harry Brook also perished under pressure leaving England in all sorts of trouble at 67/4 in 11 overs.

England lost the well-set Dawid Malan on the score of 86 after 13.1 overs as Ireland smelled a famous win. Moeen Ali tried his best to keep his side in the hunt with his knock of 24 off 12 balls before the heavens opened their doors and rain came pouring down to make matters worse for England.

At 105/5 after 14.3 overs, England were five runs behind the DLS par score as the rain got heavier. The rain was relentless and showed no signs of subsiding with the cut-off time drawing near. Finally, the umpires made the call that no further play could be possible and declared Ireland the winner of the match as per DLS. Here’s how Twitter reacted to Ireland’s emphatic win:

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