Australia vs Ireland Prediction & Betting Tips - ICC Men's T20 World Cup
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by Devesh Jaganath | in ICC T20 World Cup Predictions
Group B action at the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup resumes on Wednesday with Australia taking on Ireland at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The Green and Whites have no points after their first game, while this is the Baggy Greens' first match of the competition. Let’s get into the match prediction.
Australia will be looking to kick off their World Cup campaign positively, as they enter the tournament carrying inconsistent recent form, most recently losing 3-0 to Pakistan a couple of weeks ago.
The Aussies are forced to make do without a few key players in this year’s competition, including Mitchell Starc and the injured Pat Cummins. Josh Hazlewood is expected to miss the first half of the tournament.
The Baggy Greens also lost two of their three T20 matches against India in November and are now on a five-match winless run in the shortest format.
Meanwhile, Ireland made a bright start to their opening match against Sri Lanka last week, but the Lions put in a disciplined bowling performance defending 163/6 and secured victory by 20 runs.
George Dockrell was impressive with the ball and finished with 2/17 from his four overs. Harry Tector was the pick of the Green and Whites’ batters, scoring 40 runs off 34 deliveries at a strike rate of 117.65.
Ireland have split their last 10 T20I matches, five wins and five defeats. They faced this opponent at the 2022 T20 World Cup and lost by 42 runs.
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Australia - Ireland Key Points
- Adam Zampa is ranked ninth in the T20 world rankings.
- Adam Zampa has 31 wickets in 17 T20 World Cup matches (average 1.82).
- Adam Zampa has a bowling average of 21.0 in T20Is.
- Adam Zampa is the only Australian bowler to take a five-wicket haul in T20 World Cups.
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Our Australia vs Ireland Prediction
Ireland made a good start to their opening match against Sri Lanka, but a lack of firepower with the bat at the death ultimately cost them the match, which is something they need to address if they are to challenge for a spot in the knockouts.
Australia are massive favourites in this match, but they are missing several big names, especially in the bowling department. As a result, Adam Zampa will have a huge role to play in this tournament, and we fancy him to get off to a good start in this one. Our Australia vs Ireland prediction is Adam Zampa over 1.5 wickets.
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