Ireland vs Oman T20 WC 2026 Highlights: The 22nd league match of T20 World Cup 2026 was played between Ireland and Oman at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo. In the match, Ireland won by 96 runs, making the second highest total in the history of T20 World Cup. Captain Lorcan Tucker played the biggest inning of 94 runs for the team. Apart from this, Gareth Delaney played a brilliant inning of 54 runs. Whereas in bowling, Joshua Little took maximum 3 wickets.

In the match, Oman won the toss and decided to bowl, which was the worst decision for them. Ireland, who came to bat first, put 235 runs on the board for 5 wickets in 20 overs. This was the second highest total in the history of T20 World Cup. Then the Oman team, which came out for run chase, got bundled out for just 139 runs in 18 overs.

Let us tell you that the record of making the highest total in the T20 World Cup is held in the name of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka had put 260/6 runs on the board in the 2007 tournament. Now Ireland has registered its name under it. Earlier, the record of making the second highest total was in the name of England, who had scored 230/8 runs in the 2016 T20 World Cup. The English team has slipped to third place in the list.

Ireland got its first victory

This was Ireland’s first win in the 2026 T20 World Cup. Before this, the Irish team had lost two matches against Sri Lanka and Australia by 20 and 67 runs respectively. Now the team has to play its last league match against Zimbabwe on 17 February. To keep their hopes of going to Super-8 alive, Ireland will have to win the last match at any cost. The team present in Group-B is at fourth position in the points table.

Ireland get their first points in the bag at #T20WorldCup 2026 after a solid win over Oman motiv

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— ICC (@ICC) February 14, 2026

This was the third consecutive defeat for Oman. The team has not won a single match so far. Oman lost against Zimbabwe by 8 wickets in the first match, against Sri Lanka by 105 runs in the second match and against Ireland by 96 runs in the third match.

Lorcan Tucker’s record-breaking knock was at the heart of Ireland’s win over Oman.

He wins the @aramco POTM

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— ICC (@ICC) February 14, 2026

Ireland cricket team has created history by scoring 235 runs against Oman. This is the second highest total so far in the T20 World Cup. In the end, captain Lorcan Tucker and George Dockrell played stormy innings to take the team to a historic score. The captain scored 94 runs at a strike rate of 184.31. Ireland scored 70 runs in the last 19 balls.

Oman had decided to bowl first after winning the toss in the 22nd match of T20 World Cup 2026. Shakeel Ahmed bowled Tim Tector in the very first over. In the third over, Shakeel also sent the second opener Ross Adair to the pavilion. Harry Tactor (14) was also dismissed cheaply by Shakeel. But Lorcan Tucker, who came at number four, lashed out at Oman’s bowlers.

Lorcan Tucker missed a century

Tucker scored unbeaten 94 runs in 51 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 10 fours. Apart from him, Gareth Delany also scored a quick half-century. Delaney scored 56 runs in 30 balls, hitting 4 sixes and 3 fours. In the end, George Dockrell scored 35 runs in just 9 balls at a strike rate of 388, with the help of which Ireland made a historic score of 235 runs.

Second highest score in T20 World Cup history

The score of 235 runs has become the second highest team total in T20 World Cup history. Earlier, England was at second position, having scored 230 runs against South Africa in 2016. At number one is the Sri Lankan team, which had scored 260 runs against Kenya on 14 September 2007.

India’s biggest total in the T20 World Cup is 218 runs, which was made against England in 2007. In the same match, Yuvraj Singh had made a record of hitting 6 sixes in one over of Stuart Broad. This time the Indian team has great batsmen like Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan.

After 2007, Team India has never been able to make a total of 218 or more in the T20 World Cup, it is expected that this record will be broken in the next edition. Although it is difficult for India to break Sri Lanka’s record, but not impossible. India had made a huge score of 271 runs in the last T20 against New Zealand before the T20 World Cup 2026.