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WICKET! Jos Buttler c Campher b McCarthy 0 (England 10-1)<\/h2>\n

Barry McCarthy bustles in from the other end and shapes his first ball back into Buttler. WHAT A CATCH!<\/strong> Curtis Campher has just plucked a diving catch a millimetre above the turf at cover from a Jos Buttler exocet drive. That is a remarkable grab. Buttler has to go, and he can\u2019t quite believe it.<\/p>\n

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1st over: England 10-0 (Salt 10, Buttler 0)<\/strong> Sharp turn for Humphreys! He gets one to grip off the pitch and then slides one on straight to Phil Salt. After three dots Salt has had enough and launches a full ball over cover for SIX. Salt then clips for two into the leg side and cracks off the back foot for two more into the off. Ten from the first over for England.<\/p>\n

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Here come the players!<\/strong> Phil Salt and Jos Buttler stride out to the middle under sunny skies. Slow left armer Matthew Humphreys is going to start with the ball for Ireland. Play!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is all so sad:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Right, the latest shower has passed and I\u2019m hearing we\u2019ll be underway at 4.10pm*.<\/strong><\/p>\n

*Don\u2019t hold me to that.<\/p>\n

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Bad news!<\/strong> As soon as posted that the rain started again. Silliness.<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a010.51 EDT<\/p>\n

Good news!<\/strong> The sun is back out in Malahide and the covers are being hauled off as we speak. The official restart time is 3.50pm \u2013 just under ten minutes time.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a bit of rain around in Malahide<\/strong>, hopefully just a passing shower but the covers are on at moment. You\u2019ve time to make a cuppa I should think. We have an update on Jordan Cox too, good news, he\u2019ll be fit to bat, having jarred something whilst taking a catch in the deep.<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a010.28 EDT<\/p>\n

Ireland make 154-8<\/h2>\n

Sonny Baker is given the last over by Bethell. Can the bowler turn his day around? Not really. Delany gives Ireland something to defend as he boshes down the ground for four and then carves over point for a second boundary off the over. He finishes on 48* and Sonny Baker has another chastening day, finishing with 0-52 off his four overs. He\u2019ll be better for the experience, but it will still hurt.<\/p>\n

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19th over: Ireland 144-8 (Delany 38, Young 0)<\/strong>Jamie Overton replaces the beleaguered Baker. Four dot balls in a row are not what Ireland ordered. Delany chips for two and then keeps strike for the last over with a single off the last<\/p>\n

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18th over: Ireland 141-8 (Delany 35, Young 0) <\/strong>Craig Young comes to the crease and passes Jordan Cox on the way off, the Essex man seems to have done himself a mischief of sorts in taking that catch. He\u2019s had rotten luck with injuries stifling his international prospects, let\u2019s hope it isn\u2019t anything serious. One to keep an eye on.<\/p>\n

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WICKET! Matthew Humphreys c Cox b Rashid 7 (Ireland 141-8)<\/h2>\n

Rashid returns and misses out on his hat-trick but does apply the brakes for England\u2026 until Humphreys pulls off a reverse-sweep for four to pick up his first boundary. The batter tries a slog sweep next ball but finds Cox on the fence who has safe hands once more.<\/p>\n

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17th over: Ireland 132-7 (Delany 31, Humphreys 2) <\/strong>My days. Poor Sonny Baker. The young seamer is once again carted around an international cricket ground. Delany pings him through the covers for four and then launches CONSECUTIVE SIXES over the leg side! Gareth Delany is keeping Ireland in the contest! Baker responds with a decent yorker, he has 0-42 from his three overs.<\/p>\n

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16th over: Ireland 114-7 (Delany 14, Humphreys 1)<\/strong> Gareth Delany gets hold of Luke Wood! A short ball is larrupped over cow corner for SIX and then late, soft hands from the batter sees four more run down past backward point. Twelve off the over, a sting in the tale for the Irish?<\/p>\n

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15th over: Ireland 102-7 (Delany 1, Humphreys 0)<\/strong> Rashid will be on a hat-trick with the first ball of his next over, the home side in danger of capitulating here. Matt Humphreys is the new batter, Luke Wood is going to bowl the next.<\/p>\n

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WICKET! Barry McCarthy lbw b Rashid 0 (Ireland 102-7)<\/h2>\n

Rashid gets two in two! Slides one onto McCarthy\u2019s pad and the wicket is upheld on review!<\/p>\n

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WICKET! Ben Calitz c Bethell b Rashid 22 (Ireland 102-6)<\/h2>\n

Debutant Ben Calitz slog sweeps Adil Rashid over the temporary stands at Malahide, a big hit sails away on the breeze. Calitz enjoyed that one\u2026 so much so that he tries it again and is caught by captain Bethell in the deep.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Adil Rashid celebrates dismissing Ben Calitz. England are well on top.<\/span> Photograph: Gareth Copley\/Getty ImagesShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a009.56 EDT<\/p>\n

14th over: Ireland 93-5 (Calitz 15, Delany 1)<\/strong>Gareth Delany is the new batter, he\u2019s off the mark with a glide to point. You\u2019d think Ireland need at least another fifty runs to make a game of this.<\/p>\n

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WICKET! Harry Tector c Rashid b Dawson 28 (Ireland 90-5)<\/h2>\n

Tector falls! The reverse-sweep to Dawson results in a top edge and a simple catch to Rashid in the ring. Trouble for the home side\u2026<\/p>\n

<\/span>Adil Rashid takes the catch to dismiss Harry Tector.<\/span> Photograph: Seb Daly\/Sportsfile\/Getty ImagesShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a009.41 EDT<\/p>\n

13th over: Ireland 89-4 (Tector 28, Calitz 13) <\/strong>Overton returns and pins Tector on the shoulder with a short ball, slight tennis ball bounce on that one as Overton rolls his fingers over the seam. The batters then complete a harum scarum single as Tector calls Calitz through for a very tight run, Overton\u2019s throw missed the stumps as he collected in his follow through. Would\u2019ve been a close one!<\/p>\n

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12th over: Ireland 84-4 (Tector 26, Calitz 11) <\/strong>Harry Tector comes to life against Rehan Ahmed! Rocking back to pierce the off side boundary and then hitting the googly long over the leg side for SIX!<\/p>\n

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11th over: Ireland 70-4 (Tector 14, Calitz 9) <\/strong>Ben Calitz picks up his first boundary in international cricket by flogging Rashid through the leg side. Eight off the over as Ireland look to re-build.<\/p>\n

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10th over: Ireland 62-4 (Tector 13, Calitz 2) <\/strong>Ireland in all sorts in Malahide. Debutant Ben Calitz is the new man, he swishes to midwicket to get off the mark. Rehan Ahmed skips through his over in no time and only goes for four singles.<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a009.21 EDT<\/p>\n

WICKET! Curtis Campher c Banton b Overton 2 (Ireland 58-4)<\/h2>\n

Curtis Campher is the new batter, he\u2019ll be looking to give it some humpty\u2026 gah he hacks Overton to Tom Banton at long on! Another one gone, another one bites the dust!<\/p>\n

<\/span>Curtis Campher leaves the field after losing his wicket for just 2 runs.<\/span> Photograph: Brian Lawless\/PAShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a009.22 EDT<\/p>\n

WICKET! Lorcan Tucker c Wood b Overton 1 (Ireland 56-3)<\/h2>\n

Tucker slaps Overton straight to Luke Wood on the square leg fence, the seamer unleashes the full wattage of his smile after juggling the catch and clinging on at the third attempt. Ireland losing a little momentum at the moment.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Luke Wood just hangs on to dismiss Lorcan Tucker.<\/span> Photograph: Seb Daly\/Sportsfile\/Getty ImagesShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a009.20 EDT<\/p>\n

8th over: Ireland 55-2 (Tector 10, Tucker 1) <\/strong>Rashid defeats Tector with dip and rip. Drop! Dawson shells a diving catch at backward point as Tector looks to flash away on the back foot. Decent attempt by Dawson, would\u2019ve been a stonking catch. Alas. Rashid\u2019s first over is indeed a masterclass, just three off it.<\/p>\n

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7th over: Ireland 52-2 (Tector 8, Tucker 0) <\/strong>Lorcan Tucker is the new man. Rehan joins the dots with the last three balls of the over. Bethell is turning to spin at both ends, Adil Rashid is going to unleash his genius at the other end.<\/p>\n

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WICKET! Ross Adair c Cox b Rehan Ahmed 33 (Ireland 52-2)<\/h2>\n

Rehan strikes! Tector launches the leggie\u2019s first ball back past hime for a scudding four but Ahmed has the last laugh by removing the danger man! A slog sweep didn\u2019t clear Jordan Cox in the deep and there\u2019s an English sigh of relief in Malahide, Adair is on his way after an enterprising cameo.<\/p>\n

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6th over: Ireland 46-1 (Adair 33, Tector 3) <\/strong>Jamie Overton into the attack, Adair reaches a wide-ish first ball and the top edge flies over point and away for four. A wide and two singles follow as England peg Ireland back a little. Rehan Ahmed is going to have a bowl next\u2026<\/p>\n

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5th over: Ireland 39-1 (Adair 28, Tector 2) <\/strong>Luke Wood changes ends and bustles through a tidy over, just three singles off it.<\/p>\n

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4th over: Ireland 36-1 (Adair 26, Tector 1) <\/strong>Harry Tector is in at first drop for Ireland. Name straight out of a Le Carre novel, he is a very decent player. He\u2019s off the mark with a prod into the off side\u2026 Adair carries on regardless and clubs Dawson over cover for another boundary. England need to get Adair out, he\u2019s in the mood and is extremely dangerous with it.<\/p>\n

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WICKET! Paul Stirling c \u2020Buttler b Dawson 7 (Ireland 30-1)<\/h2>\n

Liam Dawson enters the attack and he strikes with his second ball! Stirling rocks back to flay through the off-side and gets a thin feather through to Joss Buttler behind the stumps. The umpire said not out but England were convinced and the DRS proved why.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Liam Dawson successfully appeals for the wicket of Paul Stirling.<\/span> Photograph: Gareth Copley\/Getty ImagesShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a008.54 EDT<\/p>\n

3rd over: Ireland 30-0 (Striling 7, Adair 21) <\/strong>The outfield is very slow but there\u2019s one way to deal with it, take it out of the equation altogether! Adair slams high and long down the ground for SIX and then drives a full ball from Baker back past him with a whipcrack of the bat. Four more! Baker is getting some tap again in and England shirt \u2013 Adair backs to leg and lofts him away for a one bounce four over cover. Sixteen off the over, blistering start for Ireland!<\/p>\n

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2nd over: Ireland 14-0 (Striling 7, Adair 5) <\/strong>Luke Wood opening up from t\u2019other end, his first ball gives Stirling too much width and he doesn\u2019t miss out, flaying over cover for four! Wood decks a few in and sends down a sharp short ball, there\u2019s just a leg bye and a tucked to leg single to Adair off it.<\/p>\n

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1st over: Ireland 8-0 (Striling 3, Adair 4) <\/strong>Baker tempts Stirling to play and miss with his first ball and hoops one into his middle with the next, that\u2019ll settle the nerves a little, though he follows up with a leg-side wide. Stirling then opens the shoulders and slaps into the off side but the outfield is lush and a bit sluggish, they pick up three with Phil Salt doing fine work on the boundary. Baker darts one back that misses the off stump by a gnat\u2019s eyebrow but the final ball is clubbed away for four by Adair. Eventful first over and the packed crowd loving it.<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a008.42 EDT<\/p>\n

Righto, Sonny Baker has the new ball in his hand.<\/strong> Deep breaths son. The splendidly ursine Paul Stirling is on strike, Ross Adair is his opening partner. Let\u2019s play!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Anyone here able to help Troy in Indiana out?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cDear Jim: Do you mind asking the following?<\/p>\n

Does anyone know where this streaming in the U.S.? It is not on Willow or ESPN (usual places)\u2026 Also: is BBC sports carrying this and is it available for overseas listeners?\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s frozen oranges in the trees, in Indiana. In Indiana.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Get to know Jordan Cox:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The sun is indeed beating down in Malahide<\/strong>, the word is they will use the same pitch from the first game so a slightly worn surface for the batters and potentially something for the bowlers to work with. The players are assembling \u2013 we\u2019ll be underway in about seven minutes.<\/p>\n

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Those teams in full:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ireland:<\/strong> 1 Paul Stirling (c), 2 Ross Adair, 3 Harry Tector, 4 Lorcan Tucker (wk), 5 Curtis Campher, 6 Ben Calitz, 7 Gareth Delany, 8 Barry McCarthy, 9 Matthew Humphreys, 10 Craig Young, 11 Ben White<\/p>\n

England:<\/strong> 1 Phil Salt, 2 Jos Buttler (wk), 3 Jacob Bethell (c), 4 Jordan Cox, 5 Rehan Ahmed, 6 Tom Banton, 7 Jamie Overton, 8 Liam Dawson, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Luke Wood, 11 Sonny Baker<\/p>\n

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England to bowl first!<\/h2>\n

Jacob Bethell calls the coin correctly and England are going to have a bowl first in Malahide. Sonny Baker is indeed given his T20I debut<\/strong> so we\u2019ll see him in action very soon. Jordan Cox comes in for Sam Curran who has headed home for an undisclosed personal reason, we wish him well.<\/p>\n

For Ireland \u2013 all rounder Ben Calitz is also handed a bayboo and leggie Ben White is given the nod too, George Dockrell and Graham Hume miss out.<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a009.00 EDT<\/p>\n

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James Wallace<\/span><\/p>\n

Hello and welcome to the third and final T20 International between Ireland and England from Malahide.<\/strong> Good news \u2013 the sun is shining! A glorious day in Ireland should see us get a full match in after Friday\u2019s washout.<\/p>\n

The word is we should be seeing Sonny Baker given his T20I debut, he seems to be a thoroughly well rounded young man and there\u2019s no doubt he is incredibly talented, but, I\u2019m sure he and everyone else in the England set up are hoping it goes a darn sight better than his ODI debut against South Africa a week or so ago when he chalked up the most expensive bowling figures for and England ODI debutant.<\/p>\n

Taha Hashim spoke to young Sonny about it all the other day:<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of the guys after were like: \u2018Mate, defending 130, come on: unless we got five [wickets] in the powerplay, we were never really in it,\u2019\u201d says Baker. \u201cUp the hill at Headingley can be tough sometimes. Markram fancied a piece and got a few away and he\u2019s a very, very good player.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had to have really aggressive fields and then anytime the ball beats anyone inside the ring in the off-side, it\u2019s four. From a figures point of view, it was not exactly how I\u2019d planned my debut going, but not all good experiences are enjoyable experiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the time, I was thinking: \u2018Fifteen an over for my first three or four overs is not what I had in mind.\u2019 But in the long run, it\u2019ll be a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baker is an upbeat character and likes to keep notes on his bowling plans, listing down ground dimensions, different grips, analysis on batters. \u201cI try to be objective when I\u2019m doing reviews and I don\u2019t mind being detail-oriented,\u201d he says. \u201c[Harry Brook] was chatting to me after that and said: \u2018What did you write down in your notebook after that game?\u2019 I just said: \u2018Shit happens.\u2019<\/p>\n

The game starts at 13:30pm,<\/strong> I\u2019ll be back with the teams and the result of the toss very shortly.<\/p>\n

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