England A showed just how settled Steve Borthwick’s international set up is with a 52-14 destruction of Ireland.

Sri Lanka vs Ireland Live Cricket Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Dasun Shanaka-led Sri Lanka and Paul Stirling's Ireland are squaring off in their first game of the 2026 T20 World Cup. While Sri Lanka are favourites to win,

Sri Lanka Matha - Yes, that time of the game when every country's individual's hair stands on end. The national anthem. The match officials - that's the four umpires and the match referee - make their way out to the middle. They are followed by the two teams. It will be Ireland's anthem first, followed by that of the Lankans.

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Ireland player ratings: Andy Farrell’s men flew to Paris with few giving them a chance of securing a rare Six Nations’ Test win on French soil and so it ultimately played out in what was a largely one-sided 36-14 beatdown in Saint-Denis.

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Indeed, even on a day where the Springboks dismantled their scru m and caused questions about the very fabric of the game in November, there was a point in the final few minutes where it felt like Ireland could snatch it.