IRE vs NZ Dream11 Team Prediction
IRE vs NZ Dream11: The second T20I of the three-match series between Ireland and New Zealand will be played on July 20 (Wednesday) at Civil Service Cricket Club in Belfast. The visitors registered a 31-run comfortable win in the series opener thanks to impressive performances from Glenn Phillips and Lockie Ferguson. Having put up a brilliant show in the ODI series, Ireland will be hoping to pull one back on the Kiwis in the must-win encounter.
Ireland vs New Zealand 2nd T20I Match
20 July, 8:30 PM IST
Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast
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The venue hosted a T20I between Ireland and New Zealand on July 18 after a year and it turned out to be a decent pitch for batting. Out of 21 T20Is played here, 12 matches have been won by the team batting second while on 7 occasions, a team has defended totals with two games ending in no result. The average first innings score is 174 if the last three matches are taken into consideration.
Last result at the venue
The last T20I at this venue was played between Ireland and New Zealand on July 18, 2022. New Zealand won the match by 31 runs.
Form Guide
Ireland: LLLLW
New Zealand: WLLLL
(Last 5 T20I matches)
Paul Stirling
Andrew Balbirnie (C)
Gareth Delany
Harry Tector
Curtis Campher
Lorcan Tucker (WK)
George Dockrell
Mark Adair
Barry McCarthy
Craig Young
Joshua Little
Harry Tector stats in T20Is
Harry Tector currently is in the form of his life. He batted well in T20Is against India and the ODI series against New Zealand as well. He provides the much-needed momentum to the innings in the middle-order for Ireland. Tector scored only five runs in the first T20I but will be keen on making amends in the must-win game on Wednesday.
| Matches Played | Runs | Last 5 performances | Last 5 performances against NZ | Batting Average |
| 35 | 648 | 5, 39, 64*, 50, 35 | 5 | 25.92 |
Mark Adair stats in T20Is
Mark Adair is a good player to have in any T20 team. He has good pace and can hurry any batter with it to pick wickets. Adair is no mug with the bat as well and recently scored an unbeaten 23 in a crunch situation against India as well. He picked up two wickets and scored 25 runs in the previous game against New Zealand.
| Matches Played | Runs/Wickets | Last 5 performances | Last 5 performances against NZ | Batting/Bowling Average |
| 42 | 304/64 | 2/49;25, 3/24;23, 0/14;DNB, 0/13;20, 1/17;DNB | 2/49; 25 | 13.81/17.20 |
Martin Guptill
Finn Allen
Dane Cleaver (WK)
Glenn Phillips
Daryl Mitchell
James Neesham
Michael Bracewell
Mitchell Santner (C)
Ish Sodhi
Lockie Ferguson
Jacob Duffy
Martin Guptill stats in T20Is
Martin Guptill is one of the most dangerous batters in the shortest format of the game. He tends to give quickfire starts to New Zealand at the top of the order and his T20I strike rate of 137.03 is a testament to his aggressive batting. Even in the first T20I, Guptill smashed 24 off just 12 balls and will be looking to score a big one in this game.
| Matches Played | Runs/Wickets | Last 5 performances | Last 5 performances against NZ | Batting/Bowling Average |
| 113 | 3323 | 24, 51, 31, 70, 28 | 24, 45* | 32.57 |
Lockie Ferguson stats in T20Is
Lockie Ferguson is known for his extreme pace with the ball. He clocks in excess of 150 kmph consistently and had also set the stage on fire in the IPL this season. He returned with the figures of 4/14 in the first T20I against Ireland.
| Matches Played | Runs/Wickets | Last 5 performances | Last 5 performances against NZ | Batting/Bowling Average |
| 42 | 304/64 | 2/49;25, 3/24;23, 0/14;DNB, 0/13;20, 1/17;DNB | 2/49; 25 | 13.81/17.20 |
It has been a case of so near yet so far for Ireland in their last few white-ball games. They drew India close chasing down 226 and fell short of the target by only four runs and then stunned New Zealand with their performance in the recently concluded three-match ODI series. Literally, every match went down the wire and Ireland came close in the final game losing by just one run while chasing 361.
New Zealand, on the other hand, are playing T20Is for the first time in 2022 and have some of their first-choice players rested. They played decently in the series opener under Mitchell Santner’s captaincy to win by 31 runs. They lost their last T20I series against India by 3-0 which was played soon after the T20 World Cup 2021.
Ireland and New Zealand have faced each other only twice in the shortest format at the international level. New Zealand have won both matches.
New Zealand seem to be the strongest side among the two teams and starts as favorites to win this match and seal the series.
Wicket-keeper: Dane Cleaver
Batsmen: Martin Guptill, Paul Stirling, Glenn Phillips, Harry Tector
All-Rounders: James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Curtis Campher
Bowlers: Mark Adair, Lockie Ferguson, Joshua Little
Captain, Vice-Captain for small leagues, head to head contests: Martin Guptill, Lockie Ferguson
Captain, Vice-Captain for Grand League: Curtis Campher, Harry Tector