Twitter Reacts As Ireland Pull Off A Huge Upset By Defeating England At MCG In Super 12 Stage Of ICC T20 World Cup 2022

The Andy Balbirnie-led Ireland National Cricket Team pulled off an all-time World Cup upset by defeating the Jos Buttler-led England National Cricket Team in the 20th match of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday, October 26.

England National Cricket Team won the toss in the match and they opted to field first. England express pacer Mark Wood did a good job by dismissing opener Paul Stirling for 14 in the third over itself, but a brilliant 82-run partnership in 57 balls between Andy Balbirnie and Lorcan Tucker helped Ireland reach the score of 92/1 after 10 overs on a non-friendly batting surface.

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In the 12th over, Ireland lost the wicket of Tucker and after that, they kept losing wickets at regular intervals and got bowled out for 157.

Chasing the target, England lost the wickets of Jos Buttler, Alex Hales and Ben Stokes inside powerplay overs. Also, Harry Brook scored 21-ball 18 before getting out in the 11th over and Dawid Malan scored 37-ball 35 before getting out in the 14th over.

After losing 5 wickets, Moeen Ali brought in the fireworks and played a counterattack knock. He scored 24 runs at a strike rate of 200 before rain interrupted the game. England were at 105/5 in 14.3 overs and there wasn’t enough time to get the game restarted as there were already a couple of delays at the start.

England were 5 runs behind as per DLS as the par score was 110 and the Andy Balbirnie-led side were declared as the winners by 5 runs as per the DLS method. Notably, this was Ireland’s second famous win over the Three Lions as they had also defeated England in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2011 in Bengaluru.

With the win of Team Ireland, who failed to qualify for the main tournament in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, a virtual quarter-final has been set up between England and Australia.

Here’s How Twitter Reacted To Ireland’s Win Over England:

With some help fro mm rain off course but Ireland beating England by 5 runs. #ENGvIRE pic.twitter.com/rLWFZavf4W

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) October 26, 2022

Ireland beat England. Another shock result at this very interesting tournament #T20WorldCup #ENGvIRE

— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) October 26, 2022

Congrats Ireland. Better team on the day #T20WC2022

— Isa Guha (@isaguha) October 26, 2022

Group 1's elite toples over to the luck of the three leaf clover! #irevseng #T20worldcup22

— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg) October 26, 2022

Congratulations @cricketireland on a massive victory. Hope England doesn’t say winning through DLS isn’t in the spirit of the game. ? #EngvsIRE pic.twitter.com/0S4L5f1ZTi

— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit) October 26, 2022

England vs Aus Knockout, lesgo

— Dweplea (@dweplea) October 26, 2022

England vs Australia was always a huge game. It has just become bigger!

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 26, 2022

The DLS method doesn't make sense – if the game had been interrupted at any point during IND v PAK, PAK would have won. It takes into account how teams have done till then, not the uncertainties that come with the sport.

But then, what's the alternative?

— Sarah Waris (@swaris16) October 26, 2022

I hope Ireland are now bored of dropping catches.

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) October 26, 2022

Amazing result. Ireland brilliant, particularly with the ball, and England looked…really off, all day. Tucker, Balbirnie, Little all superb.

??????? chance of progressing to the semi-finals has now dropped to 31% and things are getting pretty damn tasty in Group 1. #T20WorldCup

— Ben Jones (@benjonescricket) October 26, 2022

England haven’t been good enough today .. No excuses at all .. Ireland far superior with the Ball .. #ICCT20WorldCup2022

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) October 26, 2022

Ireland now adds England to their win list…#ENGvIRE #IrevsEng #T20WorldCup2022 #T20WC2022 https://t.co/b1ftbo8B2Y

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) October 26, 2022

Dramatic afternoon in Melbourne and a result which throws this #T20WorldCup group right open

Ireland’s third win over England in a full men’s international

☘️Chinnaswamy 2011
☘️Ageas Bowl 2020
☘️MCG 2022

— Matt Roller (@mroller98) October 26, 2022

Ireland have now hammered the West Indies & now beaten England .. Throughly deserved .. #ICCT20WorldCup2022

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) October 26, 2022

Match summary: Ireland vs England#IREvENG #Ireland win with (DLS) #T20WorldCup #rain pic.twitter.com/KdkG1XkLk2

— Deepanshu (@DEEPANSHUBUSWA7) October 26, 2022

Upsets in World Cups Continues…#IREvsENG #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/c3RnW79iKe

— ???? || ??✨ (@ASAD_56_) October 26, 2022

Ireland team players Celebrations after a epic win against England in this T20 World Cup. pic.twitter.com/AFYxcMengX

— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) October 26, 2022

England fans rn –

DLS is against the spirit of the game. ?? pic.twitter.com/jIR3hu240y

— Chirag ? (@imchirag_gautam) October 26, 2022

A famous victory for @cricketireland over @englandcricket in Melbourne! @balbo90 well played Skipper! This @T20WorldCup keeps providing upsets! #T20WorldCup

— Alan Wilkins (@alanwilkins22) October 26, 2022

Rain upset ENGLAND#ENGvsIRE #ENGvIRE pic.twitter.com/mJsstMDQaw

— Ali Hamxa (@AliHamxaShah) October 26, 2022

Meanwhile Indradev to England :- #EngvsIre #ireland #england #ICCT20WorldCup2022 pic.twitter.com/b9IoZ8a9dJ

— Vocal Fremitus (@GagKarna) October 26, 2022

England continues to have poor record vs European teams in the #T20WorldCup

Ireland have won the match against England?#IREvENG pic.twitter.com/YIOStw7dUe

— The Cricket Followers (@cricfollowers_1) October 26, 2022

Oreo magic works for #Ireland ☺️ pic.twitter.com/uNHxeBzz9I

— ＫＲＮ (@HeyYouNottYou) October 26, 2022

Ireland With A Historic Win Over England By 5 Runs ?
As Per DLS Score England Are Behind 5 Runs
Huge Disappointment For England Team #ENGvsIRE #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/UfLcposWG5

— என்றும் தலைவர் ரசிகன் 19:29 (@Rajini12Dhoni7) October 26, 2022

Good win for Ireland – made better use of conditions with the ball in the first 10 overs and cashed in when England's bowlers didn't. A lot of sides would've looked to bat deep rather than try to win the game with the bat in the first 10 overs, pretty fearless cricket.

— Kieran (@kieran_cricket) October 26, 2022

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