Rain played spoilsport in England's already shaky chase, helping Ireland defeat the former champions by five runs as per Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method in the Group 1, Super 12 match of the ICC T20 World Cup at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Wednesday.
Rain played spoilsport in England's already shaky chase, helping Ireland defeat the former champions by five runs as per Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method in the Group 1, Super 12 match of the ICC T20 World Cup at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Wednesday
With this win, Ireland has climbed to fourth position in points table with two points and one win in two matches. England sits at third position with two points and one win in two matches
Ibrahim Zadran (32) and Usman Ghani (30) tried their level best to resist brutal pace of English bowling, but Curran (5/10) and Ben Stokes, Mark Wood (2 wickets each) did not even give Afghanistan a chance to develop a big partnership
Just hours after the announcement of England's ICC T20 World Cup 2022 squad, Bairstow was ruled out of the rest of the summer season and the World Cup due to injury