Mark Adair starred in Ireland’s thrilling one-goal victory over the Netherlands in The Hague in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup.
8:10, UK, Monday 20 May 2024
Mark Adair swung the bat and almost broke the ice with the ball during Ireland’s thrilling one-goal win over the Netherlands in The Hague.
In the second match of the T20 Tri-Nations series against Scotland, Ireland stumbled to 83-6 in 14 overs, but Adair hit 49 off just 24 balls, hitting seven fours and two sixes.
Tim Pringle, who was the linchpin of the hosts’ attack with 3 for 32 in the final over, lost weight, but his efforts and Lorcan Tucker’s 40 off 30 balls were the backbone of Ireland’s 150-8 run. Formed.
The Netherlands were 69-2 at half-time, but they regained their composure in the middle, and there was no time from the end of the 9th over to the end of the 14th over.
Adair, who took the wicket of Dutch captain Scott Edwards, was forced to defend 20 in the final over, with Fionn Hand scoring an impressive 3-18, while Curtis Campfer chipped in with 2-33. did.
Paul van Meekeren holed out before Pringle’s six consecutive hits left him with the three RBIs needed for the final run, but Adair’s yorker meant he conceded just one run.
The tri-series resumes on Monday with Ireland and Scotland taking on each other.
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