Sri Lanka and Ireland are set to face each other in Match no. 7 of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 warm up contests on Thursday, October 13. The Junction Oval in Melbourne will host the contest.
Sri Lanka, captained by Dasun Shanaka, made an impressive start to their warm-up campaign. On Tuesday, October 11, they defeated Craig Ervine’s Zimbabwe by 33 runs at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Opening batter Kusal Mendis top-scored for them with a 29-ball 54. Wanindu Hasaranga also played a handy cameo of 37 off 14 balls. Later, Chamika Karunaratne and Maheesh Theekshana picked up two wickets apiece.
Ireland, led by Andrew Balbirnie, will go into the match after losing to Namibia by 11 runs in their first warm-up match. Their bowlers did an excellent job by restricting Namibia to 138/4. Barry McCarthy, Simi Singh, and Gareth Delany got one wicket apiece.
However, Ireland were bowled out for 127 in 19.5 overs to lose the match. Paul Stirling and Lorcan Tucker scored 37 and 34 respectively, but their efforts went in vain. Harry Tector, who has been in great form of late, failed to open his account.
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