Jul 20, 2022
20:30 IST / 15:00 GMT
Civil Service Cricket Club - Belfast, Ireland
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New Zealand are favorites to win
The first IT20 of this series saw New Zealand beat Ireland by 31 runs at an extremely hot and humid Stormont on Monday. The games continue to come thick and fast and the second IT20 takes place at the same venue on Wednesday afternoon. Read on as we preview this second game of the three match series. The match begins at 16:00 local time.
Ireland were very much in the box seat when they had New Zealand at 38-3 and 54-4 on Monday. However, as has been the case throughout these games, Ireland did not have enough quality to sustain a full match performance.
New Zealand continue to give Ireland a sniff in these games but, as with the ODI series, they found a match winner in the opening IT20 when it really mattered.
TV channels: This match will be shown live on BT Sports in the UK and on Spark Sports in New Zealand.
Live Streaming: Fans can stream the match on Fancode in India.
Ireland won the toss and chose to field first on Monday. With humidity levels due to increase as this IT20 goes on, we predict that both captains will choose to field first in this game.
Pace bowlers were the most successful on this wicket in the first IT20. It is a good batting surface though and whoever bats first will want to post a total of at least 190.
Although conditions will be cooler than in the opening game of the series, this game will be very humid throughout.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Ireland vs New Zealand 2nd T20 Match 2022
The hosts were very impressive with the ball in the opening game of the series and if it had not been for Glenn Phillips strong innings, they may well have been going into this game 1-0 up. We expect to see Ireland put out an unchanged XI for this game.
Ireland have now lost four successive games in this format. They have been beaten by New Zealand, India and UAE in this run.
Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie (c), Gareth Delany, Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, Lorcan Tucker (wk), George Dockrell, Mark Adair, Craig Young, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy
The Black Caps gave IT20 debuts to wicket-keeper Dane Cleaver and all-rounder Michael Bracewell in the opening game of the series. Lockie Ferguson tends to be rested quite often and with the T20 World Cup under three months away, we expect him to not play in this fixture.
On Monday, the Black Caps got their first victory in IT20 cricket since beating England in the semi-final of the T20 World Cup back in November 2021. The win ended a run of four successive IT20 defeats.
Finn Allen, Martin Guptill, Dane Cleaver (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell Santner (c), Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner, Jacob Duffy
New Zealand have beaten Ireland in every contest across all formats they have played. There has not been a Test Match between the sides but New Zealand have won two out of two in IT20s.
| Matches Played | IRE Won | NZ Won | Draw | Tie | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Last 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
It is no surprise to see New Zealand favourites with the bookies ahead of this game. They have won each match on this tour after being favourites.
Glenn Phillips was the pick of the batters from both sides in Monday’s match but we expect some of the more experienced batters to put in strong performances in this game.
Our batting tips for Ireland are Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie and Harry Tector. Balbirnie has scored six half-centuries in IT20 cricket.
We are backing Martin Guptill, Finn Allen and Glenn Phillips as our recommendations with the bat for New Zealand. Allen has hit 14 T20 half-centuries and struck 60 against Ireland in a recent ODI.
With the ball, Josh Little, Mark Adair and Craig Young are our picks for Ireland. Adair picked up the wickets of Martin Guptill and Ish Sodhi on Monday.
Blair Tickner, Mitchell Santner and Jimmy Neesham are our bowling tips for New Zealand. Tickner has domestic T20 best figures of 5-19.
Ireland certainly have a very talented group of players, however, they never seem to be able to put a performance together where four or five of their top players are at their best. Again, we expect them to be competitive in this fixture but we are backing New Zealand to get the win.
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