Oct 26, 2022
09:30 IST / 4:00 GMT
Melbourne Cricket Ground - Melbourne, Australia
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England are favourites to win
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. Read on as we preview this game. The Super 12 stage game begins at 15:00 local time in Melbourne.
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.
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The last six IT20 games at the MCG have seen the team batting second win the match. We predict that both captains will choose to field first if they win the toss.
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.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for England vs Ireland, T20 World Cup 2022
With Chris Woakes passing a late fitness test and him offering useful batting down the order, England were able to include an additional batter in their side against Afghanistan. Although not a perfect display, England were impressive and we expect to see the same team for this match.
England have not lost any of their last six IT20s and have won five of those games.
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Jos Buttler (c) (wk), Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
Once again, Ireland were unchanged ahead of Sunday’s match against Sri Lanka and we expect them to put out the same XI in this match. Strike-bowler Josh Little and spinner Simi Singh were both expensive in the last game but we do not anticipate they will be dropped for this clash.
Although Ireland were well beaten by Sri Lanka on Sunday, they have won three of their last five.
Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Simi Singh, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Josh Little
The two sides have only played each other in one IT20 previously. During the 2010 World Cup, the game was abandoned after 3.3 overs of Ireland’s chase of 121.
| Matches Played | ENG Won | IRE Won | Tie | No Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Last 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
England are overwhelming favourites with the bookmakers to beat Ireland in this game. Ireland also have a poor record when underdogs in this format in recent years.
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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.
We are backing Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan and Alex Hales with the bat for England. Malan averages 38.86 from 51 IT20 innings.
Andy Balbirnie, Paul Stirling and Lorcan Tucker are our batting tips for Ireland. Balbirnie has hit seven half-centuries across his IT20 career.
Mark Wood, Sam Curran and Chris Woakes are our bowling picks for England. Wood has picked up 11 wickets from his last four innings with the ball in this format.
We recommend Josh Little, Mark Adair and Gareth Delany with the ball for Ireland. Little has best figures of 3-24 in this tournament.
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.
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