Sri Lanka vs Ireland, 6th Match, Group B, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

McCarthy to Hasaranga, no run, full and wide, pace off perhaps, and Hasaranga is beaten as he throws his bat at it

McCarthy to Hasaranga, wide, very wide outside off, left alone

McCarthy to Shanaka, out Caught by Mark Adair!! Shanaka gone first ball. Umpires want to check the height of it, but it looked fine in real time. Let's see what the replay says. Yes, ball-tracking confirms that it's 16 cms below the waist, and Shanaka now has the most ducks in T20Is. Full toss angling away outside off from round the wicket, he swings hard and gets a thick top-edge. Adair grabs it safely at short third. Shanaka c Mark Adair b McCarthy 0(1)

McCarthy to Kamindu Mendis, out Caught by Dockrell!! Finally the procession of drop catches comes to an end. Dockrell hangs onto a sitter and Kamindu's belligerent knock is over. Again he backs away and again McCarthy does well to follow him, not giving him the room to free the arms. It's a low full toss on the pads and Kamindu chips it in the air to mid-off where Dockrell takes it with the reverse-cup. Kamindu Mendis c Dockrell b McCarthy 44(19) [4s-4 6s-2]

McCarthy to Kamindu Mendis, 2 runs, just over the infield! Backs away to the leg-side, McCarthy follows him with a full one and he somehow chips it over mid-off

McCarthy to Kamindu Mendis, wide, slower bouncer angled in, Kamindu goes hard on the pull, misses, and it's called a wide for height

McCarthy to Kamindu Mendis, 2 runs, full and straight, Kamindu can't get under it as he drills it down to long-on. Fielder has some ground to cover and he's back for two

McCarthy to Kamindu Mendis, SIX, smoked over midwicket! Slower one on off, short of length, it sits up for Kamindu who nails the pull shot over the long boundary there. Jayasuriya and Malinga are clapping hard from the sidelines. This has been some turnaround from the hosts! The last 11 balls have gone for 45!

McCarthy to Kamindu Mendis, wide, another wide down the leg-side

McCarthy to Kamindu Mendis, wide, nails the yorker but it's down leg, free hit to carry over

McCarthy to Kamindu Mendis, no ball, FOUR, oh dear, this delivery sums up the last few minutes for Ireland. Everything's going wrong. Very high full toss above the shoulder, Kamindu swings and gets a little deflection past the keeper

McCarthy to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, three boundaries from the 6th over! This was fraction short outside off and Kusal Mendis played it late, steering away to the deep point boundary. Sri Lanka - 50/1 (6 overs)

McCarthy to Kusal Mendis, no run, banged in short by McCarthy, Kusal Mendis goes for an upper cut, gets beaten though. The keeper can't gather it cleanly

McCarthy to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, second boundary of the over! Back of a length delivery around middle and leg, tad slower, Kusal Mendis drags it towards wide mid-on and manages to beat the fielder's dive who was moving across. The fielder in the deep couldn't get there across either

McCarthy to Kusal Mendis, no run, back of a length around middle and leg, Kusal Mendis whips it towards wide mid-on

McCarthy to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, nicely done! Back of a length delivery around middle and leg, Kusal Mendis whips it through square leg for his first boundary of the innings. McCarthy looks surprised, but it wasn't a great delivery either

McCarthy to Kusal Mendis, no run, back of a length around off, punched towards cover by Kusal Mendis

McCarthy to Nissanka, 1 run, slower one to end the over, Nissanka clips it towards backward square leg for one

McCarthy to Nissanka, 2 runs, McCarthy goes short on middle and leg, Nissanka drags it through the on-side for a couple of runs

McCarthy to Kamil Mishara, 1 run, dropped at mid-wicket! That should have been taken. Kamil Mishara flicks this length delivery towards mid-wicket and Ross Adair stationed there dives to his left to grab it. Puts down a regulation chance and the opener gets another life. Ireland would hope that dropped catch doesn't cost much

McCarthy to Kamil Mishara, no run, slight width on offer outside off, Kamil Mishara goes for a cut and miscues it towards the off-side. Is disappointed as he failed to middle that

McCarthy to Kamil Mishara, no run, cramped for room this time. Short of a length around leg, hurries up the batter as Kamil Mishara looks to swipe this away. Gets hit on the thigh pad

McCarthy to Kamil Mishara, wide, full and wide outside off, misses the tramline. Called a wide by the umpire

McCarthy to Kamil Mishara, FOUR, Kamil Mishara is off to a positive start. Pitched up by the bowler as Kamil Mishara drills it right past McCarthy powerfully. Was in the air, but the bowler had no time to react, hence he couldn't get his hands to it