Australia win the toss and bat first
Australia without the injured Mitchell Marsh
Australia reach 182-6 from their innings
Ireland lose captain Paul Stirling to injury in first ball of reply
Nathan Ellis and Adam Zampa take four wickets apiece
George Dockrell contributes 41 but Ireland attack falls apart
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Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
Another back of the length ball from Nathan Ellis. This time he goes pace on and it's a thick inside edge that gets dragged onto the stumps.
Ellis is having a wonderful day out there!
Calitz b Ellis 2 (Ire 27-4)
Image source, Getty ImagesThree wickets now for Nathan Ellis as Ben Calitz plays on to the stumps.
This could be over quite soon.
Lorcan Tucker hits it high and is lucky not to find a fielder but then whacks the next ball for a maximum.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
It was there to be pulled but Curtis Campher played it straight to Cameron Green at short mid-wicket.
Australia are well and truly on top of Ireland and we are not even halfway through the powerplay.
Three wickets in the first three overs - plus Paul Stirling retiring hurt.
Not good for the Irish.
Campher c Green b Ellis 4 (Ire 17-3)
Image source, Getty ImagesIt's falling apart for Ireland as Curtis Campher fails to get a solid connection and directs it straight to Cameron Green, who takes his second catch.
Aatif Nawaz
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Ireland are in a bit of trouble now with two batters out and one retired hurt.
They have two batters now in the middle who have not face a ball between them.
R Adair b Ellis 12 (Ire 13-2)
Image source, Getty ImagesTwo wickets in two balls - this time Ross Adair fails to connect with a Nathan Ellis delivery and ball hits the stumps.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
Harry Tector was trying to go up and over mid-off to release some pressure for Ireland.
But Cameron Green rarely drops catches.
Tector c Green b Kuhnemann 0 (Ire 13-1)
Cameron Green shows how to catch as he collects from a mistimed Harry Tector shot.
Aatif Nawaz
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
That's a regulation catch really and Matt Renshaw has dropped it.
Ross Adair has been given a gift here. Not a great effort that from Australia.
Ire 12-0
Ross Adair hits it down the throat of Matt Renshaw but he somehow fumbles it and the ball drops to the turf.
Good over in terms of runs but marred by the loss of Paul Stirling to injury.
Ross Adair hits Xavier Bartlett for a four and then launches one for a maximum.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
Image source, Getty ImagesPaul Stirling is not going to be able to run between the wickets and rotate the strike.
The Ireland captain can come back later in the innings if needed but this is a huge, huge blow for them.
Paul Stirling hobbles to the other end - is Ireland's skipper injured?
The gloves are off now and a dejected Stirling walks off in what is a massive blow for Ireland.
Harry Tector comes in.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
You feel like the target will be a little too many runs for Ireland to chase.
But if they can stay up and around that asking run-rate and take advantage of the powerplay, that will give them the best opportunity against this Australia side.
Here come Irish openers Paul Stirling and Ross Adair.
Stirling made just six against Sri Lanka and he is key to Ireland's hopes of pulling off another giant-killing act.
Australia batter Matt Renshaw: "It was nice to get a score on the board and be an important partnership with Marcus Stoinis. We didn't speak about a target and knew we were the last pair to build a partnership.
"We had some good conversations in the dressing room knowing what each other's plans. My game is to run hard for the twos and hit the gaps. The spit was about 90-90 and it feels like a nice total."
Daniel Norcross
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Ireland will have hoped to keep it below 180 and Australia haven't gone much over that. Even if they lose this game they are not out of it.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Head,run out Calitz Head, run out Calitz | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 85.71 |
Inglis,caught Stirling, bowled Dockrell Inglis, caught Stirling, bowled Dockrell | 37 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 217.65 |
Green,caught Dockrell, bowled M Adair Green, caught Dockrell, bowled M Adair | 21 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 190.91 |
Renshaw,bowled Humphreys Renshaw, bowled Humphreys | 37 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 112.12 |
Maxwell,caught Tucker, bowled H Tector Maxwell, caught Tucker, bowled H Tector | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 100.00 |
Stoinis,caught Calitz, bowled M Adair Stoinis, caught Calitz, bowled M Adair | 45 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 155.17 |
Connolly,not out Connolly, not out | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 137.50 |
Bartlett,not out Bartlett, not out | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 183.33 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 4, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 5 Extras, no balls 0, wides 4, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 5 | |||||||
Total,182 for 6 20.0 overs Total,182 for 6 20.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Humphreys | 4.0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8.25 |
M Adair | 4.0 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11.00 |
McCarthy | 3.0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12.33 |
Delany | 2.0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 |
Dockrell | 4.0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.75 |
H Tector | 3.0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
7 for 1 (1.1 overs) | Head |
56 for 2 (4.6 overs) | Green |
69 for 3 (6.5 overs) | Inglis |
88 for 4 (9.3 overs) | Maxwell |
149 for 5 (16.5 overs) | Renshaw |
159 for 6 (17.5 overs) | Stoinis |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stirling,retired hurt Stirling, retired hurt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 |
R Adair,bowled Ellis R Adair, bowled Ellis | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 133.33 |
H Tector,caught Green, bowled Kuhnemann H Tector, caught Green, bowled Kuhnemann | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.00 |
Tucker,caught Connolly, bowled Zampa Tucker, caught Connolly, bowled Zampa | 24 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 88.89 |
Campher,caught Green, bowled Ellis Campher, caught Green, bowled Ellis | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 200.00 |
Calitz,bowled Ellis Calitz, bowled Ellis | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 50.00 |
Delany,caught Inglis, bowled Zampa Delany, caught Inglis, bowled Zampa | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 91.67 |
Dockrell,stumped Inglis, bowled Zampa Dockrell, stumped Inglis, bowled Zampa | 41 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 141.38 |
M Adair,caught Connolly, bowled Zampa M Adair, caught Connolly, bowled Zampa | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 200.00 |
McCarthy,caught Green, bowled Ellis McCarthy, caught Green, bowled Ellis | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 50.00 |
Humphreys,not out Humphreys, not out | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 75.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 3, total 3 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 3, total 3 | |||||||
Total,115 all out 16.5 overs Total,115 all out 16.5 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bartlett | 2.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11.00 |
Kuhnemann | 4.0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7.25 |
Ellis | 3.5 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.13 |
Zampa | 4.0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5.75 |
Connolly | 3.0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8.66 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
13 for 1 (1.6 overs) | H Tector |
13 for 2 (2.1 overs) | R Adair |
17 for 3 (2.3 overs) | Campher |
27 for 4 (4.1 overs) | Calitz |
43 for 5 (6.5 overs) | Delany |
89 for 6 (13.4 overs) | Tucker |
110 for 7 (15.2 overs) | Dockrell |
111 for 8 (15.4 overs) | M Adair |
115 for 9 (16.5 overs) | McCarthy |