4.50pm Australia have done deceptively well to get to this score, especially thanks to their big start in the powerplay courtesy Josh Inglis’ 17-ball 37. The pitch is a slow and worn one, with the spinners getting the ball to grip and turn just enough to make batting a challenge on this surface. At the same time, hitting across the line isn’t impossible either. Can Ireland give this a proper go in the chase? Join us in ten minutes or so to find out.
Matt Renshaw: “Nice to get a high score on the board. Really important partnership between Stoinis and I. We didn’t speak about a ‘target’, but we needed a partnership there. Stoinis was really calm, kept me calm. We had conversations in the dressing room to make sure what each other’s plans are. Mine is different to the other boys: to hit the ball into the gaps and get the quick twos. Managed to get a total on the board and hopefully we can defend it. [Pitch] got harder and harder as we batted.”
MR Adair to Connolly, 1 run, Slower one, gets stuck into the pitch, and has a lot of hangtime in the air! This was full and at the stumps. The ball takes the edge and flies away, but lands in the vacant mid-on region. Australia finish on a healthy 182 for 6
