IRE VS ENG - 3rd T20I, England tour of Ireland, 2025

Young Bethell, in his first series as England captain, collects the trophy and joins his team-mates as they pose for the photographs. All smiles in the England camp. England 2 - 0 Ireland. A predictable scoreline with the second game getting washed out. A really good experience for the Irish side who got to lock horns against a strong England side. Their next assignment is in Bangladesh in November where they'll be playing 2 Tests followed by 3 T20Is. England, on the other hand, will be travelling to New Zealand in less than a month for 3 T20Is and 3 ODIs. On that note, it's time to bring the curtains down. It was fun bringing you this series. Until next time, goodbye.

Jacob Bethell: To come out on top in my first series is a great feeling. We were nice and aggressive. The conditions were slightly different today. We wanted to carry the momentum from the South Africa series. Playing here was a great feeling, would love to play here again. It's been a great week.

Philip Salt | Player of the Series: It's been a brilliant trip. The series win is the cherry on the top. We've got a lot of cricket coming up. I know it's going to be a stiff competition (against Ireland). We've got a lot of players who have played a lot of cricket there (in the subcontinent). We don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves.

Adil Rashid | Player of the Match: There was a bit of purchase for the spinners. Overall, we were pleased with how we went as a bowling group. Whichever ground you go to, you got to adapt to the conditions. As a group, we did really well. We are all looking forward to that (T20 WC). Exciting time for England as a group. I take it a game at a time, I try to enjoy the moment and see where life takes me.

Paul Stirling: We got to take a lot of positives. The groundstaff did really well. When you play against England, you don't really know what's a good score. We were about 15 short today. We'll take each game as it comes. We'll look to improve against Bangladesh. In patches we have been good and in patches we haven't. (On the support from the fans) They have been amazing, we are very lucky, we really appreciate that.

Curtis Campher: I think we should have adapted a little better, but happy enough (with this series.) Building blocks for the World Cup. We are process driven and there are good signs. It was just nice to contribute a little (was a good catch.) We have a nice little camp (before the next tournament). It's big for us. We are prepping up as a group.

17:33 Local Time, 16:33 GMT, 22:03 IST: Clinical performance from England. Their bowlers did a good job to restrict Ireland to 154. The hosts struggled for momentum on a slow-ish track and it was Delany's 29-ball 48* which took them to a respectable total. The run-chase was delayed due to rain but no overs were lost. England were never really under any sort of pressure while chasing. Campher took a blinder to dismiss Buttler for a duck. Jacob Bethell, at three, batted positively before holing out for 15. Cox came out all guns blazing and quickly overtook Salt as England scored 57 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in the powerplay. The duo forged a 57-run stand with Cox being the aggressor. Campher broke the partnership as Salt nicked off. While Cox raised his maiden T20I fifty off 31 deliveries, Banton played some delightful strokes and hit the winning runs as England wrapped up the proceedings with 17 balls to spare.

Young to Tom Banton, 1 run, very full on middle-leg, Banton clips it through midwicket. England win by 6 wickets and seal the series 2-0

Craig Young [2.0-0-20-1] is back into the attack

Delany to Tom Banton, 1 run, punched to sweeper cover

Delany to Tom Banton, FOUR, Delany bowls it wide on seeing the batter step out of the crease. Banton adjusts well and drives aerially wide of cover. Lovely shot

Delany to Tom Banton, no run, drifting in, Banton defends off the inside edge

Delany to Rehan Ahmed, 1 run, Delany attacks the stumps and Rehan Ahmed backs away to cut it to sweeper cover

Delany to Rehan Ahmed, FOUR, flatter ball bowled from well behind the crease, Rehan Ahmed goes back, waits and slams it over mid-on

Delany to Rehan Ahmed, no run, spinning away wide of off, left alone

Benjamin White to Rehan Ahmed, 1 run, shortish ball, pulled away to deep midwicket

Benjamin White to Tom Banton, 1 run, nudged towards square leg for a single

Benjamin White to Rehan Ahmed, 1 run, goes back, makes room and cuts to deep backward point

Benjamin White to Rehan Ahmed, no run, full and that's been pushed to short midwicket

Benjamin White to Rehan Ahmed, 2 runs, drifting in towards leg and Rehan Ahmed flicks it to deep midwicket