Ireland vs Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka vs Ireland T20 World Cup 2022 Live Cricket Score: Both the teams reached the Super 12 stage after qualifying through the preliminary round.

The two wins came in the year 2009 and 2021. Ireland too boast of some powerful hitters in their XI. The action will get underway shortly. However, the ball takes his gloves and knocks the stump on it's way. Sri Lanka vs Ireland, T20 World Cup 2022: Lahiru Kumara struck in his first ball to give Sri Lanka a perfect start in the Super 12 clash against Ireland at the T20 World Cup in Hobart on Sunday. Catch the LIVE updates of SL vs IRE:

SL v IRE, T20 World Cup 2022 Live Score Updates: Sri Lanka to face Ireland.

Live Updates SL vs IRE, Bellerive Oval, Hobart: Two teams who began their ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 campaign on losing notes before bouncing back to ...

Full and straight on leg stump and the batter missed it completely. At one stage, it looked Ireland will make the most of this over, but failed to do so. First ball was gone for a boundary, but then the bowler Binura Fernando improvised. That was the flicker and the batter has failed miserably as he looked to sweep the ball. Slow ball and he just drove it through the on side. The bowler had bowled this short and wide and he smashed that one over the covers. Meanwhile, that ball hung in the air forever, and Lahiru Kumara made a mess of it. WICKET–And off the very next ball, he finds the fielder. Advances down the track and hits that one through the off side. Hasaranga bowled it short and Tector used the depth of the crease to launch it through the leg side. That’s bizarre release point, but this is working well for Sri Lanka as they give away just four runs to Ireland. Sri Lanka continue to tighten the noose around Ireland.

Harry Tector and Paul Stirling battled hard to rebuild the Ireland innings and set Sri Lanka a tricky total to chase in their opening Super 12 clash.

Harry Tector (45) and Paul Stirling (34) rebuilt the Ireland innings after Sri Lanka claimed two wickets in the Powerplay, but the middle order failed to add significantly to their contributions. A steady flow of wickets for Sri Lanka has helped restrict Ireland to 128/8 in the opening Super 12 match for each team. Harry Tector and Paul Stirling battled hard to rebuild the Ireland innings and set Sri Lanka a tricky total to chase in their opening Super 12 clash.

Ireland have posted 8-128 after winning the toss and batting against Sri Lanka in their Twenty20 World Cup clash at Hobart's Bellerive Oval.

Mendis shared a 63-run opening partnership with Dhananjaya de Silva (31 from 25) to iron out a fair chunk of the chase. After losing the toss at Bellerive Oval on Sunday, Sri Lanka's spinners came to the fore, with Maheesh Theekshana (2-19) and Wanindu Hasaranga (2-25) the pick of the bowlers. The Sri Lankans chased down their target of 129 with five overs to spare on the back of an unbeaten 43-ball 68 from opener Kusal Mendis.

The attack remains unchanged, however, with Lahiru Kumara, Binura Fernando, and Chamika Karunaratne making up the main pace options, while Wanindu Hasaranga, ...

They are unchanged from the XI [Ashen Bandara](http://www.espncricinfo.com/player/ashen-bandara-958691)comes in to replace him, and with Danushka Gunathilaka also out, Sri Lanka may be forced to shuffle their top order. Ireland are unchanged from the XI that thumped West Indies on Friday