Watch the highlights of Australia vs Ireland 14th Match ICC T20 World Cup 2026 - ICC T20 World Cup International tournament of the 14th T20I match played between Australia and Ireland at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on 11th February 2026.
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| Adam Zampa and Co celebrate the wicket of Gareth Delany © Associated Press |
Josh Inglis, Matt Renshaw and Marcus Stoinis' contributions before Nathan Ellis and Adam Zampa's four-fors gives Australia's record 67-run victory over Ireland in the 14th match of a T20 World Cup.
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- Australia's 67-run win was their largest victory by terms of runs in T20 international, previous biggest win by 42-runs at Brisbane in the 2022 T20 World Cup and It is their second biggest win in T20 World Cups after their 81-run against Sri Lanka win at Bridgetown in the 2010 World Twenty20.
- Australia's 64 for 2 was their highest powerplay total against Ireland in T20 internationals, previous highest powerplay-total against Ireland was 53 for 0 at Colombo (RPS) in the 2012 World Twenty20.
- 61 : Matt Renshaw and Marcus Stoinis set up the record fifth-wicket partnership for Australia against Ireland in T20Is, previously held by the 6-run stand between Marcus Stoinis and Tim David at Brisbane in the 2022 T20 World Cup.
- Australia's 182 was their highest score against Ireland in T20 International, previous highest was 179 at Brisbane in the 2022 T20 World Cup and It is their seventh highest total in T20 World Cups.
- Ireland's 40 for 4 was their second lowest powerplay total against Australia in T20 internationals after their 29 for 3 at Colombo (RPS) in the 2012 World Twenty20.
- Ireland's 115 was their lowest score against Australia in T20 international, previous lowest was 123 at Colombo (RPS) in the 2012 World Twenty20 and It is their joint fifth highest total in T20 World Cups.
- Adam Zampa's 4 for 23 was his fourth best bowling performance for Australia in T20 international, It is the second best-bowling-figures by an Australian bowler against Ireland in T20Is and his third best-bowling-figures in T20 World Cups after his 5 for 19 against Bangladesh at Dubai (DICS) in the 2021 T20 World Cup and his 4 for 12 against Namibia at North Sound in the 2024 T20 World Cup.
- Nathan Ellis' 4 for 12 was the joint eighth best bowling figures for Australia in T20 international and the best-bowling-figures by an Australian bowler against Ireland in T20Is, before this match previous record of 3 for 26 held by Shane Watson at Colombo (RPS) in the 2012 World Twenty20 and the joint third best-bowling-figures in T20 World Cups.
- Adam Zampa's 4 for 23 was his fifth 4-wicket haul or more wickets for Australia in T20 international, It is the most four-wicket haul or more wickets by an Australian bowler in T20Is, beating Josh Hazlewood's record of 4 four-fors and the joint eighth in the list of most four-wicket haul or more wickets by any bowler in T20Is.
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Australia scored 182-6 in 20 overs with top scorer by Marcus Stoinis struck 45 off 29-balls including 2-fours & a six with strike rate of 155.17.
Josh Inglis hammered a 37 off 17-balls including 6-fours & a six with strike rate of 217.64, Matt Renshaw cracked a 37 off 33-balls included two boundaries and Cameron Green blasted a 21 off 11-balls contained 2-sixes & a four with strike rate of 190.90.
Ireland best bowler by Mark Adair captured two-wickets, Harry Tector, George Dockrell and Matthew Humphreys each took one-wickets.
Ireland bundled out for 115 in 16.5 overs with top scorer by George Dockrell blasted a 41 off 29-balls including 3-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 141.37.
Lorcan Tucker hit 24 off 27-balls including one-six & a four, Mark Adair and Ross Adair each scored 12-runs.
Australia best bowler by Nathan Ellis claimed a 4-wickets, Adam Zampa captured 4-wickets for 23-runs in 4-overs and Matthew Kuhnemann took one-wicket.
Nathan Ellis named Player of the match for his brilliant bowling performance to claimed a career-best 4-wickets for 12-runs in 3.5-overs.
