{"id":471503,"date":"2026-02-10T22:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T22:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/471503\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T22:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T22:20:08","slug":"how-to-watch-australia-vs-ireland-time-live-stream-tv-channel-details-for-t20-world-cup-group-b-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/471503\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch Australia vs. Ireland: Time, live stream, TV channel details for T20 World Cup Group B match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 is underway with 20 teams currently playing group matches across Sri Lanka and India.<\/p>\n<p>Led by captain Mitchell Marsh, Australia begins its quest for a second T20 World Cup trophy on Wednesday night (Australian time) against Group B opponents Ireland in Colombo, Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>The Aussies will start strong favourites but in T20 cricket no team can be taken lightly.<\/p>\n<p>The Sporting News provides all the details to follow Australia\u2019s all-important opening match.<\/p>\n<p>Australia vs. Ireland venue, start time<\/p>\n<p>Australia faces Ireland at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka on\u00a0Wednesday, February 11. <\/p>\n<p>The first ball is set to be bowled at 3:00 p.m. local time.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how that time translates across Australia:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0DateStart timeAEDTWeds. Feb 118:30 PMAESTWeds. Feb 117:30 PMACDTWeds. Feb 118:00 PMAWSTWeds. Feb 115:30 PMAustralia vs Ireland live stream, TV channel in Australia<\/p>\n<p>The ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 is not available for live free-to-air broadcast in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>All matches including Australia vs. Ireland will be shown live in Australia on the\u00a0Amazon Prime Video app and website.<\/p>\n<p>New users of\u00a0Amazon Prime Video\u00a0can currently sign up for a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.primevideo.com\/offers\/nonprimehomepage\/ref=dv_web_force_root\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FREE 30-day trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Australia match schedule for ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026<\/p>\n<p>Australia has been drawn in Group B and will face co-hosts Sri Lanka together with Ireland, Zimbabwe and Oman in the group stages of the tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All four of Australia\u2019s group matches will be played in Sri Lanka.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Date<\/p>\n<p>Opponent<\/p>\n<p>Venue<\/p>\n<p>Time (AEDT)<\/p>\n<p>Result<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, 11 February<\/p>\n<p>Ireland<\/p>\n<p>R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>8.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Friday, 13 February<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe<\/p>\n<p>R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>4.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, 17 February<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>12.30am<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, 21 February<\/p>\n<p>Oman<\/p>\n<p>Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>12.30am<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Super 8\u00a0round begins on February 22 with the Semi Finals to be played on 5 and 6 March.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 T20 World Cup Final will be played on Sunday 9 March with Ahmedabad in India set to be the host city, although Colombo has been listed as an alternative venue if required.<\/p>\n<p>Australian squad for ICC Men\u2019 s T20 World Cup 2026Mitchell Marsh (c)Xavier BartlettCooper ConnollyPat CumminsTim DavidBen DwarshuisCameron GreenNathan EllisJosh HazlewoodTravis HeadJosh Inglis (wk)Matthew KuhnemannGlenn MaxwellMatthew RenshawMatthew ShortMarcus StoinisAdam ZampaSean Abbott<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 is underway with 20 teams currently playing group matches across Sri&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-471503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}