The buzz of WT20 2022 is pulling in cricket fans rapidly. The tournament is set to enter into the zone where a cut throat competition for a semi final spot would be on offer. In match 8 of the Super 12 stage, England, who are one of the top contenders to lift the trophy, would be up against Ireland, who have been able to trouble big sides in white ball cricket lately. Let's get into the preview of the European derby, set to be played at the 'G'.
Overview:
England:
The English must be relishing the schedule for them. First Afghanistan and now Ireland, they found two games against comparatively weaker sides that should help them fine tune themselves ahead of the all important clash against Australia on 28th.
England have a tentative bowling unit, and they mostly bank on their batting firepower to see them through. But, what must be worrying English fans is that their batsmen could only manage to hit only one six and took 18.1 overs to chase a paltry total of 112 against Afghanistan in their first match.
Ireland:
Ireland came across Sri Lanka on one of those days for the latter where they will shock any team in the world, otherwise Ireland has been one of the most improved sides in white ball cricket off late. Coming to the super 12 stage on the back of a couple of strong performances, Ireland can't be taken lightly as they have some potent players for every trade of the game.
Ireland would be worried about their bowling where they have been extremely bad so far, and a certain English team can capitalise big time against a flawed bowling unit.
Probable Playing XIs:
England:
Jos Buttler (C & WK), Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingston, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
Ireland:
Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie(C), Lorcan Tucker(wk), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gerath Delany, Mark Adair, Simi Singh, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little
Weather and Pitch Report:
The temperature will range between 15°C and 20°C, with some amount of rain predicted in the afternoon. MCG usually offers a good batting pitch, but it does help pace bowlers at the start. So it will be a good contest between bat and ball.
Match Details:
Venue- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Date- Wednesday, 26 Oct 2022
Time- 3 PM Local Time, 9:30 AM IST
Live Streaming - Star Sports & Disney+Hotstar
Interesting facts and Milestones:-
1. England and Ireland will be playing a T20 game against each other only for the second time. First instance was way back in WT20 2010, where rain did not allow the match to get to any result.
2. Just 5 more runs and Moeen Ali will become 8th English batsmen to score 1000 runs in T20Is.
3. Joshua Little needs 2 wickets to complete 100 wickets in T20 cricket.
Dream 11 team:
