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| ICC Men's T20 World Cup Group 1, Adelaide |
| New Zealand 185-6 (20 overs): Williamson 61 (35); Little 3-22, Delany 2-30 |
| Ireland 150-9 (20 overs): Stirling 37 (27); Ferguson 3-22, Santner 2-26 |
| New Zealand won by 35 runs |
| Scorecard; Tables |
New Zealand moved person to a semi-final spot astatine the Men's T20 World Cup with a 35-run triumph implicit Ireland.
They restricted Ireland to 150-9 with gait bowler Lockie Ferguson taking 3-22 and spinners Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi 2-26 and 2-31 respectively.
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson top-scored with 61 disconnected 35 balls arsenic they posted 185-6, portion Josh Little took a hat-trick for Ireland successful the 19th over.
The Kiwis are apical of Group 1 with 7 points, having played each their games.
They are not guaranteed of their transition astatine this signifier though due to the fact that some Australia, who play Afghanistan astatine 08:00 GMT connected Friday, and England, who play Sri Lanka astatine 08:00 GMT connected Saturday, are capable to overtake them connected nett run-rate if they triumph those games.
However, that is improbable with New Zealand's nett run-rate acold superior, meaning they are apt to advancement arsenic radical winners.
Ireland are present officially retired of the competition, and volition either decorativeness 5th oregon sixth successful the group, depending connected Afghanistan's effect successful their last game.
It has been an awesome run from Andrew Balbirnie's side, who bushed West Indies successful the archetypal qualifying signifier and past England successful the Super 12s.
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