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Ireland vs Scotland 5th T20I: Fresh off victories, Ireland and Scotland to take on each other

Thursday, 23-May-2024, 06:04 AM
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In the 5th T20I match of the ongoing Netherlands T20I Sri-Series, Ireland and Scotland will be coming against each other on Thursday at Sportpark Westvliet in The Hague. They both were also scheduled to take on each other in the 3rd T20I match of the series but that match was called off due to persistent rainfall.

Nonetheless, going into this match both teams will look to outplay each other. Meanwhile, they have recorded one victory each in the series, having beaten Netherlands in their previous encounters. 

Scotland’s previous encounter was against Netherlands where they recorded a big victory, beating them by (71) runs. Scotland bowled out Netherlands for (87) in their chase of (158) posted by Scotland after being put into bat. While, Ireland clinched a thrilling one-run victory against Netherlands. Fresh off victories, both teams will hope to fight hard to create their dominance in the series. 

Head to Head

Matches - 16

Ireland Won - 8

Scotland Won - 4

NR - 3

Tie - 1

Scotland Probable XI: George Munsey, Ollie Hairs, Charlie Tear, Richie Berrington (c), Matthew Cross (wk), Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Christopher Sole, Gavin Main, Bradley Currie

Ireland Probable XI: Paul Stirling (c), Andrew Balbirnie, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Fionn Hand, Benjamin White

 

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