Third T20, Dublin
England chase 155 to win by six wickets with 17 balls to spare
Tourists win three-match series 2-0
England 155-4 (17.1 overs): Cox 55 (35), Banton 37* (26)
Ireland 154-8 (20 overrs): Delaney 48 (29); Rashid 3-29
Fours for both Tom Banton and Jordan Cox.
Banton edges Ben White's first ball through third, then Cox smashes his third over the ropes at mid-wicket.
My colleague Matthew Henry informs me that Cox has scored more runs today than in his five previous five international innings combined.
A decent final over for Matthew Humphreys, just two singles from it.
He sees Tom Banton strike aerially just past a scrambling cover fielder, then draws an edge from Jordan Cox with his final delivery, with the ball dropping safe.
The spinner finishes with figures of 0-25.
Eng 109-3
No, the ball has flicked the pad.
Ireland lose a review, but do see a wide knocked off England's total.
Has Jordan Cox been caught down the leg side?
Matthew Humphreys takes an age and then decides at the last minute to review, having got nothing from the umpire.
Up comes England's hundred as Tom Banton cuts Ben White to the boundary.
Banton adds four more from the final ball of the over, easing the delivery fine.
Barry McCarthy gives chase, can't retrieve the ball and his momentum sees him needing to leap over the advertising hoardings.
England very much favourites for victory after 10 overs of the chase...
Image source, CricVizTarget 155
Tom Banton comes to his crease and immediately hammers his first ball through long-off for four.
Jordan Cox closes Curtis Campher's over by firing a shot that Ross Adair can't block at point - that's four more.
We reach the half way stage and England are almost two thirds of the way to their target.
Greg Molins
Former Ireland spinner
That was interesting by Paul Stirling, there was definitely some theatrics there, moving people around, taking his time talking. Curtis Campher, he's a man that gets things done.
Michael McNamee
BBC Test Match Special
That's how it's done, Phil Salt is gone!
Salt c Tucker b Campher 29 (Eng 90-3)
Nicked behind!
Phil Salt throws his hands at a Curtis Campher delivery that shapes away a little and offers an edge for Lorcan Tucker to snaffle.
29 runs off 23 balls for the England opener today, not his most dramatic innings.
Greg Molins
Former Ireland spinner
Ireland are going to have to try something different because it's not working at the moment.
Target 155
Curtis Campher pulled off a stunning catch to remove Jos Buttler, but that's a horrible bit of fielding.
He lets Phil Salt's drive off Matthew Humphreys break through his fingers and pass over the long-off ropes for four.
Greg Molins
Former Ireland spinner
We've been talking about Phil Salt over the past few days so it's good to see Jordan Cox out there clearing the boundary. He's been pretty awesome so far. Disappointing from an Ireland point of view looking at Ben White.
I'm not sure we'll see Ben White again.
He delivers another drag down, which Phil Salt fires over the backward square boundary for four.
It's an over-step too, with the extra run one of 19 from the over.
Kyle McCallan
Ex-Ireland all-rounder
Very strong hitting from Jordan Cox. He didn't miss out on this one and just helped it over the boundary.
Lanky spinner Ben White comes into the attack and his first ball is absurdly short.
Jordan Cox flails at it but doesn't make contact, with the ball passing keeper Lorcan Tucker and heading off for four byes.
Cox has no issue connecting with another short delivery two balls later, he dispatches that over mid-wicket for his third six.
Jordan Cox takes a single to deep mid-wicket before Phil Salt faces a dot ball.
Salt has been relatively quiet today, by his standards at least.
He's on 17 from 15 balls, Cox has 25 from 14.
Kyle McCallan
Ex-Ireland all-rounder
Beautiful piece of bowling from Matthew Humphries. Regardless of that outcome, it's positive signs for the Irish bowlers.
Eng 59-2
No, there's a touch of bat on that - Jordan Cox survives.
He was trying to nudge Humphreys into the leg side.
Michael McNamee
BBC Test Match Special
Jordan Cox is convinced he's not out.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stirling,caught Buttler, bowled Dawson Stirling, caught Buttler, bowled Dawson | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 77.78 |
Adair,caught Cox, bowled Ahmed Adair, caught Cox, bowled Ahmed | 33 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 143.48 |
Tector,caught Rashid, bowled Dawson Tector, caught Rashid, bowled Dawson | 28 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 103.70 |
Tucker,caught Wood, bowled Overton Tucker, caught Wood, bowled Overton | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20.00 |
Campher,caught Banton, bowled Overton Campher, caught Banton, bowled Overton | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66.67 |
Calitz,caught Bethell, bowled Rashid Calitz, caught Bethell, bowled Rashid | 22 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 122.22 |
Delany,not out Delany, not out | 48 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 165.52 |
McCarthy,leg before wicket, bowled Rashid McCarthy, leg before wicket, bowled Rashid | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Humphreys,caught Cox, bowled Rashid Humphreys, caught Cox, bowled Rashid | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 140.00 |
Young,not out Young, not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 3, byes 0, leg byes 3, total 6 Extras, no balls 0, wides 3, byes 0, leg byes 3, total 6 | |||||||
Total,154 for 8 20.0 overs Total,154 for 8 20.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baker | 4.0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13.00 |
Wood | 3.0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.66 |
Dawson | 2.0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
Overton | 4.0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.25 |
Ahmed | 3.0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8.00 |
Rashid | 4.0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7.25 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
30 for 1 (3.2 overs) | Stirling |
52 for 2 (6.3 overs) | Adair |
56 for 3 (8.3 overs) | Tucker |
58 for 4 (8.6 overs) | Campher |
90 for 5 (13.3 overs) | Tector |
102 for 6 (14.5 overs) | Calitz |
102 for 7 (14.6 overs) | McCarthy |
141 for 8 (17.6 overs) | Humphreys |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Salt,caught Tucker, bowled Campher Salt, caught Tucker, bowled Campher | 29 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 126.09 |
Buttler,caught Campher, bowled McCarthy Buttler, caught Campher, bowled McCarthy | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 |
Bethell,caught Delany, bowled Young Bethell, caught Delany, bowled Young | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 136.36 |
Cox,bowled White Cox, bowled White | 55 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 157.14 |
Banton,not out Banton, not out | 37 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 142.31 |
Ahmed,not out Ahmed, not out | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 128.57 |
Extras, no balls 1, wides 4, byes 4, leg byes 1, total 10 Extras, no balls 1, wides 4, byes 4, leg byes 1, total 10 | |||||||
Total,155 for 4 17.1 overs Total,155 for 4 17.1 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Humphreys | 4.0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.25 |
McCarthy | 3.0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7.33 |
Young | 2.1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9.69 |
Campher | 2.0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12.00 |
White | 4.0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10.00 |
Delany | 2.0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
10 for 1 (1.2 overs) | Buttler |
33 for 2 (4.1 overs) | Bethell |
90 for 3 (9.2 overs) | Salt |
139 for 4 (15.1 overs) | Cox |
