Australia Vs Ireland
1-Innings T20 Match Played At R Premadasa, Colombo, 11-Feb-2026, Twenty20 International
Australia Win by 67 runs
Round 1154
Toss won by Australia
Umpires RK Illingworth (Eng) - CB Gaffaney (New Zealand - Kumar Dharmasena (SL)
Umpire notes Match referee: R Richardson. Res ump Raveendra Wimalasiri
Home Side (neutral)
Player of Match N Ellis
Comment 1154/19 Group B: Australia, Ireland, Oman, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe
Match 2 of 4.
Points Awarded Australia 2, Ireland 0
Australia 1st Innings 182/6 Closed (Overs 20)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
TM Head run out BF Calitz/MR Adair   6 5 7 1 0
J Inglis+ c PR Stirling b GH Dockrell 37 35 17 6 1
C Green c GH Dockrell b MR Adair 21 18 11 1 2
M Renshaw   b MJ Humphreys 37 60 33 2 0
GJ Maxwell c LJ Tucker b HT Tector 9 12 9 1 0
M Stoinis c BF Calitz b MR Adair 45 44 29 2 1
C Connolly not out   11 19 8 0 1
X Bartlett not out   11 12 6 2 0
N Ellis dnb            
A Zampa dnb            
M Kuhnemann dnb            
extras   (b0 lb1 w4 nb0) 5        
TOTAL   6 wickets for 182        
FOW
1-7(TM Head) 2-56(C Green) 3-69(J Inglis) 4-88(GJ Maxwell) 5-149(M Renshaw)
6-159(M Stoinis)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
MJ Humphreys 4 0 33 1 1 -
MR Adair 4 0 44 2 1 -
BJ McCarthy 3 0 37 0 1 -
GJ Delany 2 0 12 0 - -
GH Dockrell 4 0 31 1 - -
HT Tector 3 0 24 1 - -
Ireland 1st Innings 115/9 Closed (Overs 16.5)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
PR Stirling* retired hurt   1 1 1 0 0
GR Adair   b N Ellis 12 11 9 1 1
HT Tector c C Green b M Kuhnemann 0 7 3 0 0
LJ Tucker+ c C Connolly b A Zampa 24 56 27 1 1
C Campher c C Green b N Ellis 4 2 2 1 0
BF Calitz   b N Ellis 2 8 4 0 0
GJ Delany c J Inglis b A Zampa 11 16 12 1 1
GH Dockrell st J Inglis b A Zampa 41 37 29 3 2
MR Adair c C Connolly b A Zampa 12 9 6 2 0
BJ McCarthy c C Green b N Ellis 2 9 4 0 0
MJ Humphreys not out   3 7 4 0 0
extras   (b0 lb3 w0 nb0) 3        
TOTAL   9 wickets for 115        
FOW
1-13(HT Tector) 2-13(GR Adair) 3-17(C Campher) 4-27(BF Calitz) 5-43(BJ McCarthy)
6-89(LJ Tucker) 7-110(GH Dockrell) 8-111(MR Adair) 9-115(BJ McCarthy)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
X Bartlett 2 0 22 0 - -
M Kuhnemann 4 0 29 1 - -
N Ellis 3.45 1 12 4 - -
A Zampa 4 0 23 4 - -
C Connolly 3 0 26 0 - -