Sri Lanka won the match against Ireland by 9 wickets.
The 20 Over Cricket World Cup is being held in Australia. At the end of the first round, Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Zimbabwe and Ireland qualified for the Super 12 round. Two-time champions West Indies, Scotland, Namibia and United Arab Emirates were eliminated. The 12 nations playing in the Super 12 round are divided into 2 groups. Australia, England, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Ireland are in Group-1 and India, Pakistan, South Africa, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Netherlands are in Group-2. Each team will play the other teams in their division once each. At the end of this, the top two countries in both divisions will advance to the semi-finals.
In this case, as the Super 12 round started yesterday, the Sri Lanka-Ireland teams in the Group-1 category clashed today. Ireland won the toss and elected to bat. Accordingly, the team was given a joint start by Paul Stirling and Paul Breen. Paul Stirling added 34 runs before skipper Paul Breen was out for 1 run. While the successive players did not perform to a great extent, Harry Taktor was the only one who showed a responsible performance by adding 45 runs from 42 balls. After this, at the end of the stipulated 20 overs, the Irish team lost 8 wickets and added 128 runs.
Kushal Mendes and Thanajaya de Silva started the Sri Lankan team with the target of winning if they score 129 runs. Both performed well. Gareth Delaney dismissed a consistent Silva for 31 runs. After that, Charit Asalanga joined hands with Kushal Mendes and scattered the balls of the Irish players. Sri Lanka then achieved the target in 15 overs with the loss of 1 wicket and won. Kushal Mendis is in the field with 68 runs and Asalanga with 31 runs. Gareth Delaney took one wicket for Ireland.