'Our fate lies in the hands of NZ' - Aussie fans still concerned after team's win against Ireland

Ireland and Australia locked horns in the 31^st match at the Brisbane Cricket Ground in Brisbane in the ongoing 20-20 World Cup 2022. Irish skipper Andy Balbirnie won the flip of the coin and asked the Australians to bat first. Batting first, Aaron Finch’s men posted a total of 179 runs for the loss of five wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

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While chasing the target, Irish batters fell prey to the Australian bowling attack and lost their five wickets only on the score of 25 runs in four overs. Even after a fightback, Ireland eventually fell 43 runs short of the target and lost the match by 42 runs.

The cricket fans seemed quite happy with the Irish team’s comeback despite of a loss as the Aussies had a chance to bag a big win to boost their net run rate.

Here’s how fans reacted to the outcome of the match between Ireland and Australia:

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This was insane from Mccarthy and Little. Just didnt give strike to Tucker. Why do you want to be a hero? There is a guy to score just give him the strike ? @barrymccarthy2 @cricketireland #AUSvIRE #AUSvsIRE

— Abhi Panchal (@iamabhi1909) October 31, 2022

Austrailia win this match by 42runs good fight by tucker #AUSvIRE #T20WorldCup2022

— Bilal Arif (@bilalJ_K) October 31, 2022

The Aussies will take the win, and Starc the wickets, but him leaking runs at 10.75 will be a concern, as will injury to their in-form opener in Finch. #AUSvIRE #T20IWorldCup2022

— Frank Daniels (@dfranc76) October 31, 2022

Poor call from Tucker not to keep the strike and the end of both of the last 2 overs. Ireland were helping keep Australia out of the semi's with every run. #AUSvIRE

— Luke Christensen (@lukechristensen) October 31, 2022

High level appreciation tweet for Lorcan Tucker 👏🏼#AUSvIRE #T20WorldCup

— Shafin sha (@shafin_tweets) October 31, 2022

Good fielding from Ireland.
Good batting from Tucker.
But it was Australia's game.#BackingGreen #AUSvIRE

— Spookin Larkin 👻 (@SheilaPortobelo) October 31, 2022

Horrendous game management at the end by Ireland! Take the 1 at the end of the 17th and they had a bit of a chance with Tucker but to then take the run at the end of the 18th truly ridiculous! #T20WorldCup #AUSvIRE

— Big A-Rab (@jtb150295) October 31, 2022

Tucker would have destroyed patty (cummins)the fool😂, he didn’t get the strike, cummins drop catch destroyed aussies run rate #AUSvIRE

— Alex (@AbhishekJ1798) October 31, 2022

Speaking of the Match, riding on the captaincy knock of 63 runs off 44 balls from Aaron Finch followed by 35 off 25 balls from Marcus Stoinis, Australia managed to post a total of 179 runs for the loss of five wickets in the first 20 overs of the match. Other than Finch and Stoinis, all-rounder Mitchell Marsh also played a crucial knock of 28 runs off 22 balls with two fours and two sixes.

While chasing the target, wicketkeeper-batter Lorcan Tucker was the only batter to stand up there in the middle for Ireland following a drastic collapse of five wickets only on the score of 25 runs. Tucker played a brilliant knock of 71 runs off 48 balls with nine fours and a maximum to his name. But eventually, his efforts went in vain as Ireland lost the match by 42 runs.