Zampa, Boland dismiss Ireland for 198

Ireland 198 (Anderson 39, Zampa 3-37) v Australia Live Scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Ireland squandered the chance to show their ability against the best with a mid-innings collapse that took them from 121 for 2 to 146 for 6 before they were bundled out for 198. Although they managed 50 more runs than they scored against South Africa, their last eight wickets fell for 77 runs and none of their batsmen managed to touch 40.

Adam Zampa was the pick of the Australian attack, spinning webs around Ireland’s batsmen with his variations, but overall, the No.1 side may have been disappointed with their performance. Their seamers, particularly Mitchell Marsh lacked venom, especially in the first half of their performance. Having watched South Africa’s line-up tear into the short ball on the same surface two days ago, Australia’s attack should have known better than to replicate that length, and it was only when the ball started reversing slightly later on that they regained control.

William Porterfield and Paul Stirling showed none of the nerves they had against Kagiso Rabada when facing up to debutant Daniel Worrall, and his opening partner John Hastings. They gave themselves some time to settle and then each found the boundary off the short ball. Stirling’s six came first – …

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