T20 World Cup 2026 LIVE: Australia vs Ireland, ICC Men’s T20 World Cup cricket scores, results, start time, wickets, teams, how to watch, Colombo
Australia vs Ireland LIVE: Australia dominating Ireland in Colombo
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Updated February 11, 2026 — 11.29pmfirst published at 7.45pm
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11.29pm
Ireland find a rearguard, Maxwell leaves the field
Australia now have to contend with a stand between Dockrell and Tucker, who are playing a little smarter than their top order counterparts.
They are stretching Australia’s fielders, and after stretching to save one boundary, Maxwell signals he needs to go off the field. Possible injury niggle for the allrounder?
11.04pm
Zampa on to bowl and into the wickets
Wicket!
Adam Zampa often comes on at the end of the Powerplay and Head brings him on as scheduled here.
He reviews an lbw shout first ball as Tucker misses a sweep, but the ball has hit outside the line of the off stump.
But four bal later there’s another sweep, this time from Delany, and a thin edge behind is well held by Inglis.
Connolly’s next over is tidy with some evidence of spin.
10.53pm
Ellis is routing Ireland
Wicket!
If Australia are to compete at this World Cup they will lean heavily on Ellis, and tonight he is showing why, splintering Ireland.
Ben Calitz is bowled.Credit: AP
The Irish have had no answer to Ellis’ dizzying array of slower balls, cutter and pace-on deliveries, losing three wickets in seven balls.
After bowling Calitz with his first ball of the over, he concedes just a leg bye off the rest, and has figures of 3-5 from two overs.
10.37pm
Kuhnemann, Ellis have Ireland in trouble
Wicket! Wicket! Wicket!
Matt Kuhnemann bowls the second over and his second ball is cut in the air to Renshaw, who drops a very simple chance.
Still, it’s a very tight over from Kuhnemann, and last ball he coaxes a big drive from Tector, who skies it high enough for Green to run back from mid-off and take the chance.
Nathan Ellis come on for the third over and his first ball is a trademark slower ball that completely befuddles Adair and knocks out middle stump.
Two balls later and Campher completely miscues Ellis to midwicket. Australia all over Ireland.
10.31pm
Ireland suffer injury first ball
Bartlett takes the new ball for Australia and first ball of the innings it appears that Ireland skipper Paul Stirling has done a hamstring.
After lingering at the crease for a few minutes, Stirling decides to retire hurt.
Paul Stirling does a hamstring.Credit: AP
Bartlett’s medium paced outswing is pretty friendly by comparison to the absent Cummins, Hazlewood and the retired Starc, and Adair tucks in with a four then a six over cover. Twelve from the first over.
10.17pm
Ireland miss a trick in final two overs, Australia post 182
Apparently unaware of how much Australia’s tail struggled against spin in Pakistan, Ireland go with pace for the last two overs of the innings and pay the price.
Connolly and Xavier Bartlett both find the boundary, allowing Australia to wriggle up to 6-182 with 23 run from the final two overs. The last ball of the innings is a slower ball and Connolly has no idea what to do with it. Spin might have been a better option for Ireland there.
10.02pm
Stoinis reprieved by dropped catch, but not for long
Wicket!
Ireland have dropped multiple chances so far in this tournament and here’s another.
Stoinis carves one to cover and shouts “no” as he realises his error, but Delany puts the chance down.
As if to make Ireland pay, Stoinis then absolutely destroys a shorter ball that disappears for six well over midwicket. But then two balls later he swivels a ball straight to deep square leg. Good innings of 45 but not much batting to go for Australia now.
9.55pm
Australia start to accelerate then lose Renshaw
Wicket!
Four overs to go. Renshaw and Stoinis are dialling in now. Renshaw finds the boundary again with a straight pull shot to take advantage of mid-off being up.
Renshaw shanks a reverse sweep but the skier falls out of reach of the fielders. Next ball, though, Humphreys gets an arm ball clean through. Connolly’s first ball very nearly hits off stump too.
Matt Renshaw is bowled.Credit: Getty Images
9.36pm
Renshaw, Stoinis play it safe
Australia needed a steadying union and Renshaw and Stoinis are providing one.
They’re not doing anything fancy, but with the odd boundary and plenty of singles they’re building a platform. Nevertheless, with little batting left it is a platform they will need to be around to take advantage of.
Renshaw breaks a sequence of 18 balls without a boundary by crashing Dockrell’s last ball to the cover rope.
9.20pm
Maxwell gone for nine
Wicket!
Glenn Maxwell doesn’t hang around long, trying to cut a ball too close to him and edging Tector behind where Tucker takes a brilliant catch up to the stumps.
Marcus Stoinis comes in and there’s not much batting to come for Australia after him: next man Cooper Connolly has shown very little to suggest he knows how to handle these conditions.
Glenn Maxwell made just nine.Credit: AP
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