T20 World Cup 2022 – Match No 20 – England Vs Ireland at Melbourne on 26 Oct 2022
This game was decided by DLS Method providing the eleventh occasion of a match decided by DL Method and DLS Method. All such occasions are tabulated below. DLS Method came into force from Nov 2014. The matches played in the T20 World Cup post Nov 2014 are three matches decided on DLS Method. Prior to Nov 2014, rain affected matches were decided on DL Method. There are eight mathes decided on DL Method prior to Nov 2014.
| 1 | 22nd Match, Group E: England West Indies at The Oval – Jun 15, 2009 |
| England 161/6 (20/20 ov; West Indies 82/5 (8.2/9 ov, target: 80 | |
| West Indies won by 5 wkts (with 4 balls remaining (D/L method) | |
| 2 | 7th Match, Group B: Sri Lanka Zimbabwe at Providence – May 3, 2010 |
| Sri Lanka 173/7 (20/20 ov; Zimbabwe 29/1 (5/5 ov, target: 44 | |
| Sri Lanka won by 14 runs (D/L method) | |
| 3 | 8th Match, Group D: West Indies England at Providence – May 3, 2010 |
| England 191/5 (20/20 ov; West Indies 60/2 (5.5/6 ov, target: 60 | |
| West Indies won by 8 wkts (with 1 ball remaining (D/L method) | |
| 4 | 9th Match, Group B: New Zealand Zimbabwe at Providence – May 4, 2010 |
| Zimbabwe 84 (15.1/20 ov; New Zealand 36/1 (8.1/8.1 ov, target: 30 | |
| New Zealand won by 7 runs (D/L method) | |
| 5 | 8th Match, Group B: Australia West Indies at Col-RPS – Sep 22, 2012 |
| West Indies 191/8 (20/20 ov; Australia 100/1 (9.1/9.1 ov, target: 84 | |
| Australia won by 17 runs (D/L method) | |
| 6 | 8th Match, First Round Group B: Ireland UAE at Sylhet – Mar 19, 2014 |
| UAE 123/6 (20/20 ov; Ireland 103/3 (14.2/14.2 ov, target: 83 | |
| Ireland won by 21 runs (D/L method) | |
| 7 | 15th Match, Group 1: England New Zealand at Chattogram – Mar 22, 2014 |
| England 172/6 (20/20 ov; New Zealand 52/1 (5.2/5.2 ov, target: 44 | |
| New Zealand won by 9 runs (D/L method) | |
| 8 | 1st Semi-Final: Sri Lanka West Indies at Dhaka – Apr 3, 2014 |
| Sri Lanka 160/6 (20/20 ov; West Indies 80/4 (13.5/13.5 ov, target: 108 | |
| Sri Lanka won by 27 runs (D/L method) | |
| 9 | 10th Match, First Round Group B, (N at Nagpur, Mar 12 2016 |
| Hong Kong 127/7 : Scotland 78/2 (8/10 ov, target 76 | |
| Scotland won by 8 wkts (with 12 balls remaining (DLS method) | |
| 10 | 12th Match, First Round Group A, (N at Dharamsala, Mar 13 2016 |
| Bangladesh 180/2 : Oman 65/9 (12/12 ov, target 120 | |
| Bangladesh won by 54 runs (DLS method) | |
| 11 | 20th match, Super 12 Group 1, (DN at Melbourne, Oct 26, 2022 |
| Ireland 15710 : Englnad 105/5 (14.3/14.3 ov, target 111 | |
| Ireland won by 5 runs (DLS method) |
A Balbrine of Ireland scored 62 in this game to provide the 138th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the third occasion of an Ireland opening batsman scoring a fifty in the T20 World Cup.
A Balbrine of Ireland scored 62 in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of a captain opening batsman scoring a fifty in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of an Ireland captain opening batsman scoring a fifty in the T20 World Cup.
A Balbrine of Ireland scored 62 in this game to provide the 34th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of an Ireland captain scoring a fifty in the T20 World Cup.
LJ Tucker of Ireland was dismissed run out for 34 in this game to provide the 21st occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of an Ireland wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in an innings in the T20 World Cup.
GH Dockrell and JB Little collected first ball ducks in this game to provide the 153rd and 154th occasion of batsmen collecting the first ball ducks in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the tenth and eleventh occasion of Ireland batsmen collecting the first ball ducks in the T20 World Cup.
GH Dockrell’s first ball duck in this game provides his second first ball duck in T20 World Cup. He became the second Ireland batsman to collect the first ball duck on two occasions after WTS Porterfield.
| No | Player | Runs | BF | I | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | WTS Porterfield | 0 | 1 | 1 | v Australia | Col-RPS | 19 Sep 2012 |
| 2 | WTS Porterfield | 0 | 1 | 1 | v West Indies | Col-RPS | 24 Sep 2012 |
| 1 | GH Dockrell | 0 | 1 | 2 | v Netherlands | Dharamsala | 13 Mar 2016 |
| 2 | GH Dockrell | 0 | 1 | 1 | v England | Melbourne | 26 Oct 2022 |
JB Little collected first ball duck in this game to provide the tenth occasion of a number eleven batsmen collecting the first ball ducks in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of a number eleven Ireland batsmen collecting the first ball duck in the T20 World Cup.
Ireland was dismissed all out for 157 in this game to provide the 79th occasion of a team dismissed all out in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the fourth occasion of Ireland dismissed all out in the T20 World Cup.
Ireland was dismissed all out for 157 in this game to provide the 32nd occasion of a team dismissed all out in the first innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of Ireland dismissed all out in the first innings in the T20 World Cup.
JC Buttler of England scored zero in this game to provide the 95th occasion of an opening batsman scoring zero in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the ninth occasion of an England opening batsman scoring zer0 in the T20 World Cup.
JC Buttler of England scored zero in this game to provide the seventh occasion of a captain opening batsman scoring a fifty in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of an England captain opening batsman scoring zero in the T20 World Cup.
JC Buttler of England scored zero in this game to provide the 28th occasion of a captain scoring zero in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the fifth occasion of an England captain scoring Zero in the T20 World Cup.
A Balbrine of Ireland scored 62 and JC Buttler of England scored zero in this game to provide the third occasion of rival captains scoring fifty and zero in the T20 World Cup.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | RT Ponting | 0 | 1 | Aus | Win | The Oval | 06 Jun 2009 |
| 2 | CH Gayle | 88 | 2 | Win | Aus | The Oval | 06 Jun 2009 |
| 1 | KC Sangakkara | 0 | 1 | Srl | Win | The Oval | 19 Jun 2009 |
| 2 | CH Gayle | 63* | 2 | Win | Srl | The Oval | 19 Jun 2009 |
| 1 | A Balbirnie | 62 | 1 | Ire | Eng | Melbourne | 26 Oct 2022 |
| 2 | JC Buttler | 0 | 2 | Eng | Ire | Melbourne | 26 Oct 2022 |
A Balbrine of Ireland scored 62 and JC Buttler of England scored zero in this game to provide the first occasion of rival captain openers scoring fifty and zero in the T20 World Cup.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | A Balbirnie | 62 | 1 | Ire | Eng | Melbourne | 26 Oct 2022 |
| 2 | JC Buttler | 0 | 2 | Eng | Ire | Melbourne | 26 Oct 2022 |
A Balbrine of Ireland and JC Buttler of England opened their respective team’s innings in this game to provide the 12th occasion of rival captain opening the innings for their respective teams in the T20 World Cup.
| No | No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 1 | GC Smith | 38 | 1 | RSA | Sco | The Oval | 07 Jun 2009 |
| 2 | GM Hamilton | 5 | 2 | Sco | RSA | The Oval | 07 Jun 2009 | |
| 2 | 1 | GC Smith | 33 | 1 | RSA | NZl | Lord’s | 09 Jun 2009 |
| 2 | BB McCullum | 57 | 2 | NZl | RSA | Lord’s | 09 Jun 2009 | |
| 3 | 1 | BB McCullum | 10 | 1 | NZl | Ire | Nottingham | 11 Jun 2009 |
| 2 | WTS Porterfield | 1 | 2 | Ire | NZl | Nottingham | 11 Jun 2009 | |
| 4 | 1 | GC Smith | 31 | 1 | RSA | Win | The Oval | 13 Jun 2009 |
| 2 | CH Gayle | 5 | 2 | Win | RSA | The Oval | 13 Jun 2009 | |
| 5 | 1 | M Jayawardene | 42 | 1 | Srl | Pak | Col-RPS | 04 Oct 2012 |
| 2 | Mohd Hafeez | 42 | 2 | Pak | Srl | Col-RPS | 04 Oct 2012 | |
| 6 | 1 | WTS Porterfield | 47 | 1 | Ire | Net | Sylhet | 21 Mar 2014 |
| 2 | PW Borren | 31 | 2 | Net | Ire | Sylhet | 21 Mar 2014 | |
| 7 | 1 | T Bavuma | 12 | 1 | RSA | Aus | Abu Dhabi | 23 Oct 2021 |
| 2 | AJ Finch | 0 | 2 | Aus | RSA | Abu Dhabi | 23 Oct 2021 | |
| 8 | 1 | Babar Azam | 66 | 1 | Pak | Sco | Sharjah | 07 Nov 2021 |
| 2 | KJ Coetzer | 9 | 2 | Sco | Pak | Sharjah | 07 Nov 2021 | |
| 9 | 1 | Babar Azam | 39 | 1 | Pak | Aus | Dub-DSC | 11 Nov 2021 |
| 2 | AJ Finch | 0 | 2 | Aus | Pak | Dub-DSC | 11 Nov 2021 | |
| 10 | 1 | CR Ervine | 9 | 1 | Zim | Ire | Hobart | 17 Oct 2022 |
| 2 | A Balbirnie | 3 | 2 | Ire | Zim | Hobart | 17 Oct 2022 | |
| 11 | 1 | Babar Azam | 0 | 1 | Pak | Ind | Melbourne | 23 Oct 2022 |
| 2 | RG Sharma | 4 | 2 | Ind | Pak | Melbourne | 23 Oct 2022 | |
| 12 | 1 | A Balbirnie | 62 | 1 | Ire | Eng | Melbourne | 26 Oct 2022 |
| 2 | JC Buttler | 0 | 2 | Eng | Ire | Melbourne | 26 Oct 2022 |
This game was decided by DLS Method by runs margin due to rain interference to provide the eighth occasion of a game decided by runs margin under DLM or DLS Method in the T20 World Cup
| 1 | 7th Match, Group B: Sri Lanka Zimbabwe at Providence – May 3, 2010 |
| Sri Lanka 173/7 (20/20 ov; Zimbabwe 29/1 (5/5 ov, target: 44 | |
| Sri Lanka won by 14 runs (D/L method) | |
| 2 | 9th Match, Group B: New Zealand Zimbabwe at Providence – May 4, 2010 |
| Zimbabwe 84 (15.1/20 ov; New Zealand 36/1 (8.1/8.1 ov, target: 30 | |
| New Zealand won by 7 runs (D/L method) | |
| 3 | 8th Match, Group B: Australia West Indies at Col-RPS – Sep 22, 2012 |
| West Indies 191/8 (20/20 ov; Australia 100/1 (9.1/9.1 ov, target: 84 | |
| Australia won by 17 runs (D/L method) | |
| 4 | 8th Match, First Round Group B: Ireland UAE at Sylhet – Mar 19, 2014 |
| UAE 123/6 (20/20 ov; Ireland 103/3 (14.2/14.2 ov, target: 83 | |
| Ireland won by 21 runs (D/L method) | |
| 5 | 15th Match, Group 1: England New Zealand at Chattogram – Mar 22, 2014 |
| England 172/6 (20/20 ov; New Zealand 52/1 (5.2/5.2 ov, target: 44 | |
| New Zealand won by 9 runs (D/L method) | |
| 6 | 1st Semi-Final: Sri Lanka West Indies at Dhaka – Apr 3, 2014 |
| Sri Lanka 160/6 (20/20 ov; West Indies 80/4 (13.5/13.5 ov, target: 108 | |
| Sri Lanka won by 27 runs (D/L method) | |
| 7 | 12th Match, First Round Group A, (N at Dharamsala, Mar 13 2016 |
| Bangladesh 180/2 : Oman 65/9 (12/12 ov, target 120 | |
| Bangladesh won by 54 runs (DLS method) | |
| 8 | 20th match, Super 12 Group 1, (DN at Melbourne, Oct 26, 2022 |
| Ireland 15710 : Englnad 105/5 (14.3/14.3 ov, target 111 | |
| Ireland won by 5 runs (DLS method) |