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Ireland vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, Match 6, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Feb 08 2026, Sun - 07:00 PM (IST)
SRI LANKA163/6
IRELAND143
Sri Lanka won by 20 runs
CRR:7.21
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Feb 08 2026, Sun - 07:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| City: | Colombo |
| Venue: | R. Premadasa Stadium |
| Toss: | Ireland won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Kamindu Mendis, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Dushmantha Chameera, Pavan Rathnayake, Matheesha Pathirana |
| Ireland Playing XI: | Paul Stirling (c), Ross Adair, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Curtis Campher, Ben Calitz, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Matthew Humphreys |
- Sri Lanka have won all three of their men’s T20Is against Ireland; it’s the second most matches they’ve played against any opposition in the history of the format without losing (W4 vs Netherlands).
- Ireland have won four of their last five men’s T20Is (L1), including each of their last two; the last time they recorded a longer winning run in the format was a three-match span in May 2024.
- Sri Lanka (W99) are one away from recording their 100th victory in men’s T20I history; if they achieve the milestone in this match, they’d be the eighth team to reach it in the history of the format.
- Ireland have lost their last five ICC Men’s T20 World Cup matches; a sixth consecutive defeat in this game would equal their longest losing run in the history of the tournament (L6 from June 2009 to September 2012).
- Sri Lanka conceded 1.80 runs per scoring shot when they bowled at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, the second-best average of any team in the tournament (Nepal – 1.70).
- Ireland recorded a collective batting average of 53 during the death overs (17th-20th) at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, the best of any team in the tournament and 20 runs more than the next best side during this period (Scotland – 33).
- Batters left 13.3% of Matheesha Pathirana’s (Sri Lanka) 60 balls bowled at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, the highest rate of any player in the tournament (min. 3 overs bowled).
- Gareth Delany (Ireland) has taken eight wickets at a strike rate of 14.2 across his last five T20I bowling innings, recording at least two wickets in each of the last two matches in that span; he’ll be aiming for multiple wickets in three consecutive innings for the first time in his career in the format.
- Pathum Nissanka (5) is one away from equaling Tillakaratne Dilshan (6) for the second most 50+ scores for Sri Lanka in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup history (Mahela Jayawardene – 7); although, he was dismissed for zero runs in his most recent innings in the tournament (16 June 2024 vs Netherlands).
- Paul Stirling has lost all three of his ICC Men’s T20 World Cup matches as captain of Ireland; only four players have made more appearances as captain in the history of the tournament without recording a victory (Assad Vala – 7 for Papua New Guinea, Aaron Jones – 4 for USA, Aqib Ilyas – 4 for Oman, Nawroz Mangal – 4 for Afghanistan).
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