In the 37th match in the T20 World Cup 2022 New Zealand will square off against Ireland on Friday.
In the 37th match in the T20 World Cup 2022 New Zealand will square off against Ireland on Friday. New Zealand is in a good position, having won two of their first three games. They easily defeated Australia and Sri Lanka, however, their game against Afghanistan was cancelled owing to rain. They are coming into this game on the back of a defeat against England. Glenn Phillips had a scorching inning of 104 off 64 balls at the Sydney ground, but everyone else on both teams failed to score runs. Besides Kane Williamson, the New Zealand batters appear to be in good form. Devon Conway, Finn Allen, and Jimmy Neesham have made valuable contributions so far.
On the other hand, Ireland have had a fantastic tournament, they won against England at the MCG in a rain-affected game, their game against Afghanistan was a wash out and both teams needed up sharing points. However, Ireland lost to a hungry Australian team by 42 runs, but there were lots of positives to take from the game. Lorcan Tucker stood up and performed brilliantly with an unbeaten 71, their batting looks sorted but it’s the bowling which has looked out of sorts. They will need some of their senior players to lead from front in this encounter.
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Wicket-keeper: Devon Conway (C)
Batters: Glenn Phillips, Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie, Kane Williamson
All-rounders: Curtis Campher (VC), Mitchell Santner
Bowlers: Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy
New Zealand: Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult
Ireland: Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie (c), Lorcan Tucker, Harry Tector, George Dockrell, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Simi Singh, Barry McCarthy, Josh Little
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