14th Match, Group B, Australia vs Ireland ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Australia vs Ireland

14th Match, Group B, Australia vs Ireland ICC Men’s T20 World Cup

Ireland needs 115 runs to win

Australia won by 67 runs

Batsman	How Out	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Travis Head (c)	run out (Calitz/MR Adair)	6	7	5	1	0	85.71
Josh Inglis †	c Stirling b Dockrell	37	17	3	5	6	217.64
Cameron Green	c Dockrell b MR Adair	21	11	1	1	8	190.90
Matt Renshaw	b Humphreys	37	33	6	0	2	112.12
Glenn Maxwell	c †Tucker b Tector	9	9	1	2	1	100.00
Marcus Stoinis	c Calitz b MR Adair	45	29	4	2	4	155.17
Cooper Connolly	not out	11	8	1	9	1	137.50
Xavier Bartlett	not out	11	6	1	2	0	183.33
Extras (lb 1, w 4)		5
Total (20 Ov, RR: 9.10)		182/6

Batsman	How Out	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Paul Stirling (c)	retired hurt	1	1	0	0	0	100.00
Ross Adair	b Ellis	12	9	1	1	1	133.33
Harry Tector	c Green b Kuhnemann	0	3	7	0	0	0.00
Lorcan Tucker †	c Connolly b Zampa	24	27	5	6	1	88.88
Curtis Campher	c Green b Ellis	4	2	1	2	1	200.00
Ben Calitz	b Ellis	2	4	8	0	0	50.00
Gareth Delany	c †Inglis b Zampa	11	12	1	2	1	91.66
George Dockrell	st †Inglis b Zampa	41	29	3	7	3	141.37
Mark Adair	c Connolly b Zampa	12	6	9	2	0	200.00
Barry McCarthy	c Green b Ellis	2	4	9	0	0	50.00
Matthew Humphreys	not out	3	4	7	0	0	75.00
Extras (lb 3)		3
Total (16.5 Ov, RR: 6.83)		115

Fall of wickets DRS 1-7 (Travis Head, 1.1 ov), 2-56 (Cameron Green, 4.6 ov), 3-69 (Josh Inglis, 6.5 ov), 4-88 (Glenn Maxwell, 9.3 ov), 5-149 (Matt Renshaw, 16.5 ov), 6-159 (Marcus Stoinis, 17.5 ov)

Fall of wickets DRS 0-1* (Paul Stirling, retired not out), 1-13 (Harry Tector, 1.6 ov), 2-13 (Ross Adair, 2.1 ov), 3-17 (Curtis Campher, 2.3 ov), 4-27 (Ben Calitz, 4.1 ov), 5-43 (Gareth Delany, 6.5 ov), 6-89 (Lorcan Tucker, 13.4 ov), 7-110 (George Dockrell, 15.2 ov), 8-111 (Mark Adair, 15.4 ov), 9-115 (Barry McCarthy, 16.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	0s
Xavier Bartlett	2	0	22	0	11.00	4
Matthew Kuhnemann	4	0	29	1	7.25	14
Nathan Ellis	3.5	1	12	4	3.13	15
Adam Zampa	4	0	23	4	5.75	13
Cooper Connolly	3	0	26	0	8.66	4

Bowler	O	R	W	ECO	0s	WD
Matthew Humphreys	4	33	1	8.25	9	1
Mark Adair	4	44	2	11.00	9	1
Barry McCarthy	3	37	0	12.33	3	1
Gareth Delany	2	12	0	6.00	4	0
George Dockrell	4	31	1	7.75	7	0
Harry Tector	3	24	0	8.00	3	0

Runs Per Over(Australia)

Over	Cumulative Score	Wickets	Wicket(s) + Batter Out
1	7/1	1	Head † – 6 (run out) [1.1]
2	~14/1	1	—
3	~25/1	1	—
4	56/2	2	Green – 21 [4.6]
5	~63/2	2	—
6	69/3	3	Inglis – 37 [6.5]
7	~80/3	3	—
8	~90/3	3	—
9	88/4	4	Maxwell – 9 [9.3]
10	~100/4	4	—
11	~110/4	4	—
12	~120/4	4	—
13	~130/4	4	—
14	~140/4	4	—
15	~150/5	5	Renshaw – 37 [16.5]
16	~155/5	5	—
17	~159/6	6	Stoinis – 45 [17.5]
18	~167/6	6	—
19	~175/6	6	—
20	182/6	6	—

Runs Per Over(Ireland)

Over	Cumulative Score	Wickets	Wicket(s) + Batter Out
1	1/1	0	Paul Stirling (c) retired hurt on first ball (retired)
2	~8/2	2	Harry Tector – 0 (b Kuhnemann)
3	~15/3	3	Ross Adair – 12 (b Ellis)
4	~20/4	4	Curtis Campher – 4 (c)
5	~27/5	5	Ben Calitz – 2 (b Ellis)
6	~35/6	6	Gareth Delany – 11 (c)
7	~45/6	6	—
8	~51/7	7	George Dockrell – 41 (st)
9	~61/8	8	Mark Adair – 12 (c)
10	115/10	10	Barry McCarthy – 2 (c)

Category	Details
Ground	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
Season	2025/26
Player Of The Match	Nathan Ellis (Australia)
Match number	T20I no. 3698
Hours of play (local time)	15.00 start, First Session 15.00-16.30, Interval 16.30-16.50, Second Session 16.50-18.20
Match days	11 February 2026 – daynight (20-over match)
Umpires	Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) Richard Illingworth (England)
DRS	TV Umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire	Raveendra Wimalasiri (Sri Lanka)
Match Referee	Richie Richardson (West Indies)
Points	Australia 2, Ireland 0