Summary

  • England cruise to victory despite late loss of wickets

  • Salt, reprieved by no-ball on 51 off 22, clobbers 89 off 46

  • Buttler crashes 28 off 10 as England get off to flier

  • Ireland's 196-3 their highest T20 score against England

  • Tector and Tucker (55) share 123-run stand for third wicket

  • England go 1-0 up in three-game series; next match on Friday

Live Reporting

by Matthew Henry, Jonty Colman, Sam Drury & Esha Nayar

  1. Ed Joyce
    Ex-Ireland and England batter

    It does look like it's touched the ground.

  2. Hume got his hands there but he may have lost it out of his hands as he took the catch.

  3. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket reporter in Malahide

    Phil Salt just held his hand up and told Rehan Ahmed to wait.

  4. The quality of the cameras are not going to help us here. The ball is a blur of white as Graham Hume leaps forward.

  5. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket reporter in Malahide

    Rehan Ahmed is just stood there, he doesn't think that's carried.

  6. Umpire review

    Rehan Ahmed slices to short third. Has this carried?

    Ireland are celebrating. Kind-of.

  7. How's stat?!

    Kieran Parmley
    CricViz analyst

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    The quickest successful chase of 190+ in a T20I between full member nations is 16.0 overs by Pakistan vs New Zealand in Auckland earlier this year, chasing down 205.

  8. Eng 130-2

    Salt 67, Ahmed 8

    It just keeps coming. Curtis Campher drops short again and Phil Salt swings away a pull this time.

    Is Phil Salt fully appreciated as a T20 cricketer in this country? Only Rohit Sharma and Glenn Maxwell have more hundreds. He could yet equal them today.

  9. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket reporter in Malahide

    Wonderful shot, Rehan Ahmed with no effort at all has just helped it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum.

  10. 6 runs

    Eng 123-2

    A six on the pull! Rehan Ahmed is into his work already.

  11. Eng 117-2

    Need 80 more runs to win from 66 balls

    That brings in Rehan Ahmed, who is back in an England team for the first time since November. His first scoring shot is a swinging reverse sweep, of course.

  12. Peter O'Reilly
    Former Ireland cricketer on Test Match Special

    Just when you thought Jacob Bethell was getting into third or fourth gear, he just smacks it up. A reward for Harry Tector, he's juts bringing that variety that Ireland need.

  13. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket reporter in Malahide

    Jacob Bethell was flying in that over from Harry Tector. He just mishits it, right into the air. It's a rather tame ending in the end.

  14. wicket

    WICKET

    Bethell c Stirling b Tector 24 (Eng 116-2)

    BethellPA Media

    Out next ball!

    Did the wait for a new ball to be found break Bethell's rhythm? He has hit the ball straight to extra cover.

  15. Peter O'Reilly
    Former Ireland cricketer on Test Match Special

    That was really ferocious from Jacob Bethell. He can look really calm and elegant, then all of a sudden this wrath comes out of him.

  16. 6 runs

    Eng 116-1

    One of the biggest sixes of the day! This has bounced up and over the temporary stand and down towards the sea.

  17. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket reporter in Malahide

    Harry Tector too slow, too short. Jacob Bethell is into his stride now as he plays a beautiful shot.

  18. Eng 110-1

    BethellGetty Images

    One classy cut. One heaving, clubbing whack. Jacob Bethell is finding his groove too.

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    Just the 200 odd runs from the last 86 balls he’s faced without getting out for Phil Salt…

    Ben Hansford in Clent

  20. Eng 102-1

    Target 197

    Phil Salt swings hard at another and the sprawling Curtis Campher cannot stop it despite a goalkeeper dive in the deep. The next ball is cracked back at bowler Craig Young, almost sending Young for a visit to the plastic surgeon, and brings up England's 100 in 52 deliveries.