Ireland earn one of their greatest results ‘Amazing and emotional’

Eoin Morgan said Ireland upsetting England at the T20 World Cup is one of their greatest results considering the strength of the opposition, with winning captain Andrew Balbirnie reflecting on a “special” victory at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Ireland secured a five-run win over Jos Buttler’s side on DLS after their rivals were left stuck on 105-5 from 14.3 overs – five runs behind the par score of 110 – when rain ended their chase of 158.

Andrew Balbirnie’s men were ruthless with the ball as they reduced England to 29-3 in the powerplay and 86-5 in the 14th over, bouncing back from losing their last nine wickets for 54 runs to slip from 103-1 to 157 all out after being asked to bat first.

Josh Little (2-16) dismissed openers Buttler (0) and Alex Hales (7), while fellow seamer Fionn Hand (1-17) bowled Ben Stokes (6) with a wonderful delivery en route to helping Ireland to a first T20 win over England and third in all white-ball cricket – 11 years after their famous three-wicket victory in the 50-over World Cup in India.

Former England captain and Ireland batter Morgan told Sky Sports:”You take a look back at the upsets in Ireland’s cricketing history and this is right up there. They will be extremely proud of what they have achieved and will look back on this for years to come.