T20 World Cup 2026: Ireland registered its first win by defeating Oman, made these records

Updated: 14-02-2026, 09.10 AM

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In the 22nd match of the T-20 World Cup 2026, the Ireland cricket team performed brilliantly and defeated the Oman cricket team by 96 runs. This is Ireland’s first win in this World Cup, while Oman has suffered its third consecutive defeat. Batting first, Ireland scored a record score of 235/5. In reply, Oman’s team was bundled out for 139 runs in 18 overs. Let’s look at the records made in the match.

Statement of account

Ireland registered victory like this

Ireland suffered 2 setbacks for 25 runs while batting after losing the toss. After that, captain Lorcan Tucker (94*), Gareth Delaney (56) and George Dockrell (35*) played excellent innings and took the score to 235/5. Shakeel Ahmed took maximum 3 wickets for Oman. In reply, Oman’s team returned to the pavilion after scoring 139 runs in 18 overs despite half-centuries of Aamir Kaleem (50) and innings of Hamman Mirza (46).

Kaleem scored his third half century

Kaleem batted stormily and completed his half-century in just 28 balls. This was the third half-century of his T20 international career and the first against the Ireland team. Similarly, this is also the first half-century of his T20 World Cup career. He was out after scoring 50 runs in 29 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes. He has now scored 779 runs in 49 innings of 57 matches at a strike rate of 114.72.

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Tucker scored his first half-century against Oman

Tucker batted stormily and played an unbeaten half-century of 94 runs. This was the 11th half-century of his T20 International career and the first against Oman, which he completed in 35 balls. This has been his third half-century in the T20 World Cup. He remained unbeaten after scoring 94 runs in 51 balls with the help of 10 fours and 4 sixes. He made an important partnership of 101 runs for the 5th wicket with Gareth Delany (56).

Tucker played the highest individual innings for Ireland

Tucker has now become the batsman with the highest individual innings scorer for Ireland in T20 World Cup history. He has left behind Curtis Campher (72* vs Scotland, 2022) in this matter. Similarly, he has also become the player who has played the second highest individual innings as a captain in the World Cup. He has left behind former Indian captain Rohit Sharma (92 vs Australia, 2024). The record for the highest innings is in the name of Chris Gayle (98 vs India, 2010).

Delaney scored his fourth half-century

Delaney batted stormily and completed his half-century in just 28 balls. This was his fourth half-century of T20 international career and second against Oman team. Similarly, this was the first half-century of his T20 World Cup career. He was out after scoring 56 runs in 30 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes. He has now scored 1,245 runs in 77 innings of 91 matches at a strike rate of 133.87.

Ireland made the second highest score in T20 World Cup history

Ireland’s score of 235/5 in the match is the second highest score by any team in T20 World Cup history. The record for the highest score in the T-20 World Cup is held by the Sri Lankan cricket team (260/6 vs Kenya, 2007). In this matter, it has left behind the England cricket team, which had scored 230 runs at the loss of 8 wickets against the South Africa cricket team in the T-20 World Cup 2016.

Ireland made its highest score in T-20 International

Ireland’s score of 235/5 is its highest score in T20 Internationals. Earlier, his highest score was 226/4, which he made against Austria cricket team in the year 2023.

Ireland scored third most runs in death overs

Ireland scored a total of 93 runs in the death overs (16-20), taking the score to 235/5. This is the third highest number of runs scored in death overs in T20 World Cup history. The record for scoring the most runs in the death overs is held by the Zimbabwe cricket team, which scored 116 runs in the match against the Gambia cricket team in 2024. The Indian cricket team is at second place in this list, which had scored 103 runs against Afghanistan in 2024.

Joshua Little took 3 wickets

Joshua Little bowled brilliantly for Ireland and took maximum 3 wickets. He spent 16 runs in 4 overs with an economy of just 4.00. Apart from him, Matthew Humphries took 2 wickets while spending 27 runs in 4 overs. Similarly, Barry McCarthy also showed the way to the pavilion to 2 players while spending 32 runs in 3 overs. Dockrell scored a success giving 6 runs in 1 over.