A matter of a run was how it came down at the end at Malahide as Ireland kept their nerves to win the final match of the T20I Tri-series against Scotland to win the title at home. With the win, Ireland will also gain some crucial ICC T20I team ranking points ahead of the T20 World Cup Qualifiers in UAE.
After Scotland registered their 2nd win of the tournament over Netherlands, the final game became a virtual final between them and Ireland. Ireland and Netherlands will be travelling to Oman to continue their preparations, as they take part in a 5-nation T20I tournament featuring the host’s, Nepal and Hong Kong. The World Cup Qualifier squad announced by KNCB will be travelling to Oman, as some of the county specialists (Ryan ten Doeschate, Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe and Timm van der Gugten) were not available for the Ireland series.
Scotland’s George Munsey was adjudged the player-of-the-tournament for his batting accolades, which included a century against Netherlands. Munsey scored 194 runs in his 4 outings during the series.
Scotland had some good individual performers during the tourament, including the likes of captain Kyle Coetzer, Richie Berrington, Hamza Tahir, Tom Sole and Adrian Neill. Ireland’s young players including the likes of Gareth Delany, Harry Tector and Shane Getkate are also putting in some impressive performances to stake permanent spot in the Irish white-ball set-up for the future.
Brief Scores
5th Match: Netherlands 123 all out in 20 overs (Bas de Leede 30, Tobias Visee 27, Clayton Floyd 21, Hamza Tahir 4/30, Tom Sole 2/15, Richie Berrington 1/17, Adrian Neill 1/38) lost to Scotland 126/4 in 13.2 overs (Richie Berrington 27 n.o, George Munsey 27, Ollie Hairs 25, Paul van Meekeren 2/32, Clayton Floyd 1/14, Pieter Seelaar 1/18) by 6 wickets
6th Match: Ireland 186/9 in 20 overs (Kevin O’Brien 63, Gary Wilson 31, Gareth Delany 25, Andrew Balbirnie 20, Tom Sole 2/26, Hamza Tahir 2/32, Adrian Neill 2/34, Safyaan Sharif 2/36) beat Scotland 185/6 in 20 overs (Richie Berrington 73, Matthew Cross 66 n.o, Mark Adair 2/30, David Delany 1/24, Craig Young 1/29, George Dockrell 1/38) by 1 run
Ireland T20I Tri-Series Schedule
| TEAM | Matches | Wins | Loss | N/R | Points | NRR |
| Ireland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0.247 |
| Scotland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1.335 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -2.031 |
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