Toss Ireland bowl vs New Zealand
Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie received the toss and determined to bowl first on the Adelaide Oval. A recent floor is getting used, with the brief sq. boundaries useful for batters.
Ireland fielded an unchanged XI from the aspect that misplaced to Australia on the Gabba, which meant Stephen Doheny, Graham Hume and Conor Olphert stay unused all through the match.
Kane Williamson’s aspect are additionally getting in with the identical staff that performed England three days again. In what’s technically a should-win match in opposition to Ireland, two factors for New Zealand will all however affirm a spot within the semi-last, particularly with their web run price being the best amongst all groups of their group.
However, a loss will open up a window for each England and Australia, who stay alive mathematically. Ireland although, must win by round 105 runs in opposition to New Zealand, aside from hoping that Australia lose to Afghanistan since one in every of England or Sri Lanka would certainly progress with greater than 5 factors.
New Zealand: 1 Finn Allen, 2 Devon Conway (wk), 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Glenn Phillips, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 James Neesham, 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Tim Southee, 9 Ish Sodhi, 10 Trent Boult, 11 Lockie Ferguson
Ireland: 1 Paul Stirling, 2 Andy Balbirnie (capt), 3 Lorcan Tucker(wk), 4 Harry Tector, 5 Curtis Campher, 6 George Dockrell, 7 Gareth Delany, 8 Mark Adair, 9 Fionn Hand, 10 Barry McCarthy, 11 Josh Little
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