Ireland vs New Zealand, T20 2 of 3, 20th July 2022- Fantasy Prediction

July 20, 2022

Match: Ireland vs New Zealand, T20 2 of 3.

Date: 20^th July 2022

Time: 08:30 PM IST

Venue: Civil Service Cricket Club in Belfast

Pitch Condition: The pitch at Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast is a well-balanced one for batters and bowlers. The toss winners may choose to bat first. The average 1^st innings score at Belfast will be near 166 runs. The teams batting first have won 5 of 6 T20 matches here.

Ireland vs New Zealand – Squad

Ireland: Andrew Balbirnie(c), Harry Tector, Paul Stirling, Andy McBrine, Curtis Campher, Fionn Hand, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Lorcan Tucker, Stephen Doheny, Barry McCarthy, Craig Young, Joshua Little, Mark Adair.

New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, Finn Allen, Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner(c), Jacob Duffy, Dane Cleaver(w), Michael Rippon, Lockie Ferguson, Michael Bracewell, Ben Sears, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner.

Ireland vs New Zealand – Team Performance in the Past Matches

New Zealand beat Ireland in the 1^st T20 by 31 runs on Monday, 18^th July at Belfast. New Zealand bat first and scored 173 runs with a brilliant unbeaten 69-run knock from all-rounder Glenn Phillips. Ireland suffered some early dismissals but Curtis Campher and Mark Adair performed well. The pacer Josh Little took four wickets for Ireland.

Ireland vs New Zealand – Face to Face

New Zealand beat Ireland by 83 runs at Trent Bridge in Nottingham in ICC World T20 2009 on 11 June 2009 and that is the only T20I game they played so far. New Zealand and Ireland have faced each other in 7 ODI matches. New Zealand has won those 7 matches.