Ireland’s set their highest team total in T20Is:Stand-in captain Lorcan Tucker’s 94-run knock sets 234-run target for Oman

The match between Ireland and Oman in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 is going on at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo on 14th February. Both teams in Group B haven’t won a single match so far and are at the bottom of the points table. Oman won the toss today and opted to bowl first. With Loran Trucker’s anchoring 94*(51) knock, Ireland gave 236 run target to Oman to chase. From 64/4 at one point, IRE lost their next wicket at the score of 165, depicting how Trucker and Gareth Delany, charged at the Oman bowlers in the middle. Loran Trucker takes charge as stand-in captain for Ireland, smashes 94* Loran Trucker came in as the stand-in captain today for Ireland in place of former captain Paul Stirling, who got out due to a tournament-ending injury. After losing both openers, Tim Tector and Ross Adair in the first three overs, Ireland lost Harry Tector in the powerplay as well. In that tricky situation, Lorcan Tucker played captain’s knock, scoring an unbeaten 94 off just 51 balls. Tucker then blended caution with calculated aggression to score big, stitching together a crucial 101-run stand with Gareth Delany (56) for the fifth wicket to lift Ireland from a precarious 64 for four in the eighth over. He also exploded the runs at the end, alongside Gareth Delany and George Dockrell. Thanks to fireworks in the death overs, Ireland scored 84 runs in the last four overs. Both of these teams in Group B are at the bottom, so the losing team will face elimination, but the winning team will still have a chance to land a spot in the Super 8. Oman’s 38-year-old left-arm spinner Shakeel Ahmed justified his inclusion by taking three crucial wickets, but skipper Lorcan Tucker’s knock led Ireland to 235/5 in their T20 World Cup clash.