ENG vs IRE, 20th Match Preview

Match 20 of the 2022 T20 World Cup sees England take on Ireland in Group 1 on Wednesday afternoon at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. England began their campaign with a five-wicket win over Afghanistan on Saturday. Ireland finished second in Pool B to reach the second round but were well beaten by Sri Lanka on Sunday. England are on an excellent run of form and look even stronger with the bat now Liam Livingstone is back in the side. They will be very confident of beating Ireland in this match. Ireland lost their last game by nine wickets against Sri Lanka but beat West Indies by the same margin in their previous fixture. This will be a very tough game against England for the Irish.

ENG vs IRE, 20th Match Details

England vs Ireland – 20th Match

Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Date & Time: 26th October at 9:30 AM IST 

Live Streaming: Star Sports Network

ENG vs IRE, 20th Match Pitch Report

A par score on this wicket will be no higher than 165. We expect to see the pace bowlers on both sides enjoying bowling on this surface. Cloudy conditions are forecast throughout this game with a high chance of light rain falling during the match. The temperature will be no lower than 19 degrees.

Injury News

No Injury. It will be added when there is an update

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ENG vs IRE, 20th Match Probable Playing XIs:

Ireland Probable Playing XIs

Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Simi Singh, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Josh Little

England Probable Playing XIs

Jos Buttler (c) (wk), Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

Topmost Picks for ENG vs IRE Dream11 Prediction, 20th Match:

Top Picks – Ireland

• Gareth Delany– The 25 year old leg-spinner has taken 33 wickets across his IT20 career. He got the only wicket, Dhananjaya de Silva, in Sunday’s defeat.

• Paul Stirling- The opener is certainly back to his attacking best at the top of the order for Ireland. He hit four fours and one six in his 25 ball innings against Sri Lanka.

Top Picks – England

• Jos Butler– The keeper-batter has made scores of 68, 17, 65 not out and 18 since arriving in Australia earlier this month. He has a strike-rate of 143.75 in this format.

• Sam Curran– The small left-arm medium fast bowler has been in excellent form over the last couple of months. He has picked up at least one wicket in each of his last seven IT20s.

Suggested Playing XI N0.1 for ENG vs IRE Dream11 Team:

Jos Buttler(C), Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie, Lorcan Tucker, Harry Tector, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Sam Curran(VC), Josh Little, Mark Wood

Suggested Playing XI N0.2 for ENG vs IRE Dream11 Team:

Jos Buttler, Paul Stirling, Lorcan Tucker, Harry Tector, Alex Hales, Ben Stokes(C), Curtis Campher(VC), Chris Woakes, Sam Curran, Josh Little, Mark Wood

Captain and Vice-Captain Options:

Captain – Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler

Vice-captain – Sam Curran, Curtis Campher

Wicketkeeper – Jos Buttler

ENG vs IRE 20th Match Probable winners:

England look like they are operating not far away from their top level over recent months and both their bowling and batting attack should be too strong for Ireland. Whenever England take on Ireland in a cricket game, there is always plenty of interest with any neutrals firmly supporting Ireland. The underdogs beat England in an ODI World Cup fixture in 2011 in India but their batting line-up is not as strong nowadays. We are predicting an entertaining game with England getting the win. Considering the team combination, England is expected to win this match.