All of New Zealand’s success at this World Cup has come from batting first and defending totals. Against Australia, they smacked 66 in the last six overs and then folded the hosts up for 111. Against Sri Lanka, they hammered 65 in the final five before reducing their opposition to 8 for 4.

The first time they had to go against that template, against England, their bowlers struggled early and their batters appeared to succumb to the pressure of the required rate.

New Zealand will want to rectify errors from the England game before a bigger platform, and a tougher opponent comes calling. But pushing Ireland aside will be no mean task. They’ve already upset England in a rain-shortened game, not long after thumping West Indies by nine wickets and hunting down 177 against Scotland from a position of 61 for 4.

Barring Lorcan Tucker’s attacking, unbeaten 71 against Australia, however, Ireland’s batters have struggled in the Super 12s. Against New Zealand, they will be tested once more. However, there’s nothing quite like pulling off another landmark win, even if their chances of making the semis are negligible.

“I suppose there was naturally a lot of pressure on them, the home team, with a bit of rain around in the previous games,” Balbirnie said. “They probably have to win two games by a certain amount. I’m not too sure. I’m terrible at math, so the run rate has kind of fried my head over the last couple of weeks.

“But, yeah, I think we knew it was an amazing opportunity. It was a great atmosphere here, an amazing crowd, and one we enjoyed. It kind of does feel like a missed opportunity because the wicket was pretty good, and there were two or three dismissals, including myself up top, that could have maybe not happened. But, as I said, that’s the game, and you can’t dwell too much on it.”
Ireland has already achieved more at this T20 World Cup than they did in the last 13 years, having gone past the first round for the first time since 2009. On the way, they sent two-time winners West Indies packing and then went on to achieve a famous win against England in the Super 12. And while they may have lost to Australia, they could still take heart from the fight shown towards the end. But that wasn’t enough to satisfy Balbirnie who wanted more.

“No, I’ll not be sitting here satisfied because we’ve done that to Australia. I think we came here to win, and we’re disappointed we didn’t win. We haven’t kept too much of an eye on that run rate because if we do, we had to go out and win the game, and we didn’t do that. Certainly a 25 for 5, I’ve been in dugouts where you are seriously struggling to think how we’re going to get to a score here.

“But certainly the way Lorcan played when his back was against the wall, he came out throwing punches, and that’s the kind of message we’ve given to the guys all summer and coming into this tournament.” On the other hand, this was a crucial win for Australia who is jostling to climb out of the group of death after a stunning defeat in their opening game. One of the chief protagonists with the ball, Mitchell Starc lauded the bowlers on what he felt was a good chasing pitch. Tucker’s late onslaught might have hurt Australia’s NRR, but Starc said it was more important to get the win first.

“I think we bowled quite well, and generally here at the Gabba in night games when it gets dry, it’s generally a good chasing wicket. I mean, our powerplay was excellent, and we certainly put them on the back foot. I think they tried to stay aggressive and batted quite well throughout the innings.

“He (Tucker) played quite well. Made the use of the short boundary straight. Struck it quite nicely. He moved around the crease a bit and kept coming at us. He is someone that plays that lap. Didn’t get it in the right area enough for him. We also dropped him on about 30, so not sure if it is a drop if you don’t get a hand on it.

“No, look, it’s T20 cricket, isn’t it? We’ll take that catch, and we could be sitting here talking about how we snuck back in the net run rate or whatever, but that’s the nature of T20 cricket. It’s pretty frantic, and some go your way and some you don’t.” Starc also spoke about having to adjust to a new role. He didn’t get the new ball against Sri Lanka and was brought on as second-change against Ireland, but still got the ball to swing in his first over where he ripped out the stumps twice.

“Yeah, it’s a new role. It’s something that began in that game against England in Canberra, and it’s sort of a role that Finchy and Ronnie want me to play through the middle there with Zampa. “We’ve got Josh and Pat who were fantastic across formats with the new ball as well. I think that’s a positive that we’ve got plenty of options that it may not be my only role, and it may not be Josh and Pat’s only role. We could change, as I said before, with different conditions, different opponents, and whatever the matchups may be.

“So, yeah, that seems to be my role at the moment, and I’ll just keep developing that and hopefully keep playing that role throughout the tournament,” Starc said.

Then Rohit missed the opportunity to run out Markram. Markram became one of the heroes of South Africa’s victory.

In the 12th over of South Africa’s innings, Kohli was caught by Ravichandran Ashwin. That was the easiest catch of the day. “Honestly, if the catch had not been dropped, the result might have been different. In T20 cricket, a catch can determine the outcome. That catch made the difference. Not only the catch, but we also wasted the chance of a run-out. The defeat-win depends on these mistakes in a short-run match. ‘

India captain Rohit did not avoid the responsibility of losing the match. He also admitted to missing out on the easiest chance of a run-out from near the stumps. Bhuvneshwar is not blaming the team’s batsmen even though he is blaming the fielding. According to him, it was not easy to bat on the Perth wicket. “It’s not easy to bat on this wicket. In this World Cup, there has been an average of close to 140 runs in Perth. So we knew we could fight even if we scored fewer runs. ‘

It will be just the second time the two sides have met in T20 after a World Cup clash in 2012 where Australia came out winners by seven wickets. Although it was 10 years ago, Australia will likely have five players from that game. Despite the England result, Australia will start as comfortable favorites at the Gabba but there remains enough uncertainty around their form that nothing can be taken for granted. Marcus Stoinis hauled them over the line against Sri Lanka, but the washout against England left unanswered questions.

The main one remains whether Steven Smith will find a spot to return to the side having been pushed out heading into this tournament. Australia has gone with a power-heavy line-up – captain Aaron Finch said on Sunday that the team had batters who can be adaptable – but in a tournament where the ball is holding sway, there is an argument for the skills that Smith brings.

Ireland will probably feel more frustrated by the double-header washout at the MCG because, on a high after beating England, they would have been confident of pushing hard for another two points against Afghanistan. Captain Andy Balbirnie thought they may have been one ball away from defeat the way Moeen Ali was playing, but they were full value for the win. However, they will want to improve the middle-order batting after they lost 9 for 54.

Given Australia close their group matches with games against Ireland and Afghanistan there has been a lot of talk about the net run rate which could yet decide qualification, but Finch followed Glenn Maxwell’s comments from the previous day by saying such a focus can be dangerous and a position of strength has to be earned before taking advantage of it. In a group of narrow margins, though, it could be vital.

Both teams got one point each as the match was abandoned. Two of Afghanistan’s three matches in the ongoing World Cup have been abandoned due to rain. Afghanistan lost to England by 5 wickets in their first match. After that, he did not take the field against New Zealand due to rain. Today, with the same result, Mohammad Nabira shared points against the Irish.

The total points of the Irish, who defeated England in the previous match, are now three. They have moved up to second place in the points table in Group One. New Zealand is also at the top with three points. However, the Kiwis are ahead of the Irish in the net run rate.

England scored 105 runs for 5 wickets in 14.3 overs in the target of 158 runs given by. It was not possible to resume the match, so the Irish won by 5 runs in the Darkworth-Lewis method of rain law.

England was under pressure to chase the runs. Captain Jos Buttler returned to zero runs. Another opener Alex Hales (7) could not take advantage. England lost 3 wickets for 29 runs when Ben Stokes returned for 6 runs. Dawid Malan and Harry Brooke tried to save the team from disaster with a 38-run partnership for the fourth wicket.

Brooke, who scored 18 runs in 21 balls, was dismissed for 67 runs. Malan also returned after a while, he managed to score 35 runs in 37 balls. After reaching 105 runs for 5 wickets in 14.3 overs, the rain came in the name. Moeen Ali was unbeaten on 24 off 12 balls and Liam Livingstone was unbeaten on 1 off 2 balls.

Joshua Little took two wickets for 16 runs in 3 overs for the Irish. Barry McCarthy, Fion Hand, and George Dockrell took one victim each. Earlier, Ireland was all out for 157 runs. Captain Andre Balbirnie played an innings of 62 runs off 47 balls. 34 runs came from the bat of Lorcan Tucker.

As a result of this victory, Ireland is fourth in the points table of Group 1′ of the Super Twelve. The English are in three with equal points. However, New Zealand is at the top with 2 points as they are ahead of everyone in the net run rate. There are two sri lankas.

Dasun Shanaka’s team defeated the Irish by a huge margin of 9 wickets with 30 balls remaining. Irish captain Andrew Balbirnie won the toss and elected to bat in the third match of the Super Twelve at Bellerive Oval today. Ireland collected 128 runs after losing 8 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs in the whirlwind of Hasaranga and Thiksana.

And in 15 overs Sri Lanka accumulated 133 runs by defeating the opener, Dhananjaya de Silva. Delaney broke the opening pair of 63 runs by sending Dhananjaya back to Sajghar on the second ball of the 8th over. Dhananjaya got out after scoring 31 runs off 25 balls. Then opener Kushal Mendis accompanied Asalanka the rest of the way.

Mendis played an innings of 68 runs off 43 balls with 5 boundaries and 3 sixes. Charith Asalanka scored 31 runs off 22 balls after one down. Before this, the Lankan bowlers bowled with the ball in hand. Thiksana gave the least runs. He took two wickets with 19 runs in 4 overs. Hasaranga, the team’s best spinner, got two wickets despite giving 25 runs.

However, pacer Lahiru Kumara caught the first break in the Irish camp. He bowled opener Andy Balbirnie (1 run) when he came to bowl the first ball in the team’s second over. Ireland lost their first wicket by 3 runs. In the 5th over, Thiksana sent Lorcan Tucker home for 10 runs off 11 balls. Irish star Paul Sterling scored 16 runs in the next over. The great performer of the last match scored 16 runs in that over of Karunaratne.

As a result, Ireland lost 2 wickets and scored 40 runs in the power play. Stirling made great progress with Harry Tector. But he could not go far. Sterling took a catch at deep extra cover on the 4th delivery of Dhananjaya de Silva in the ninth over. The Irish star stopped at 34 runs off 25 balls when Bhanuka Rajapaksha took it.

After Sterling’s return to the dressing room, Ireland continued to take wickets at regular intervals. Karunaratne sent the middle-order batter Camper back to the crease with the last ball of the 10th over. He scored just 2 runs before being caught by Asalanka at the point.
After that Tector touched the team collection of 100 by losing 4 wickets in 15 overs without causing any danger. In the 17th over, the pair broke the 50-run stand when Dockrell got out to Thikhsana. Dockrell returned with 14 runs off 16 balls after being bowled directly by Thikhsana.

Harry Tector also returned to the dressing room with the last ball of the 18th over. His 45 from 42 balls came from his bat, the highest for the team, before being palmed by Shanaka off Fernando. Spinner Hasaranga took two wickets in the 19th over. At this time, Ireland’s score stood at 120 for 8 wickets. Tail end Simi Singh can score 8 runs in the last over.