England and Ireland are ready to face each other in the T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12 Group 1 fixture at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday (Oct 26, 9:30 AM IST). England started their World Cup campaign with a win through a hard-fought one against Afghanistan in their opening match. On the other hand, Ireland suffered a huge nine-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka after impressive displays in the first Round.
England is being deemed as one of the favourites to win the ongoing tournament after dominating performances against Pakistan and Australia prior to the World Cup. They started well against Afghanistan by restricting them to just 112 runs while bowling first. The in-form pacer Sam Curran took five and Ben Stokes and Mark Wood grabbed two wickets each for England in the Afghanistan game.
Ireland raised expectations for fans after their well-deserved wins against the West Indies and Scotland in the First Round fixtures but struggled against Sri Lanka in their first Super 12 game. Paul Stirling smashed 34 runs off 25 balls and Harry Tector scored 45 runs off 42 balls but Ireland managed to score only 128/8 while batting first.
England are likely to bag a big win against Ireland after an average performance against Afghanistan. They are already lacking a healthy net run rate and face strong opponents in the form of Australia, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka in their last three games. But Ireland will take some positives from their last and only T20I clash against England in 2010, where they restricted their opponents to just 120 runs before the rain took a win from their hands.
Pitch:
The pitch at Melbourne Cricket Ground has a balanced surface that could help both batters and bowlers in white-ball cricket. In the last match here, the surface was hard and there was a little amount of grass, which clearly helped the pacers with the new ball. So the fans can witness another riveting clash between bat and ball on Wednesday.
England Probable Playing XI: Jos Buttler (c & wk), Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Adil Rashid.
Ireland Probable Playing XI: Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie (c), Lorcan Tucker (wk), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Simi Singh, Barry McCarthy, Josh Little.
ENG vs IRE Head-to-Head:
Played- 01
ENG- 00
IRE-00
NR- 01
Match Timings: 09:30 AM IST
TV: Star Sports
Streaming: Disney+ Hotstar
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