Eire and Australia have each been eradicated from the T20 World Cup as rain prevented play within the Group B sport between the Irish and Zimbabwe at Pallekele Cricket Stadium in Kandy.
Zimbabwe’s shock victory over Australia left them needing only a level on Tuesday to advance to the Tremendous 8s with the match being a must-win for Eire to retain any hope of advancing.
Australia, who suffered an eight-wicket defeat by Sri Lanka on Monday, had been additionally banking on a win for Eire to stay within the hunt for the following part.
However with the rain unrelenting in Kandy the match was deserted with each Eire and Zimbabwe taking a degree apiece.
That left Zimbabwe on 5 factors and Eire – whose four-game marketing campaign is full – on three, with Australia sitting on two and only one sport remaining towards Oman on Friday (13:30 GMT) which is now a lifeless rubber.
“It’s totally disappointing to exit on this vogue nevertheless it’s fully uncontrollable,” stated Eire stand-in skipper Lorcan Tucker.
“It seemed like we had been constructing momentum with the Oman win however sadly it got here too late.
“I believe once we look again there have been moments, particularly within the first sport towards Sri Lanka, which we did not get fairly proper. It simply wasn’t to be – we began a bit slower than we wished.
“Our group gained nice expertise from the event, for a lot of it was their first World Cup. It is actually aggressive and exhibits the strain elite cricketers are underneath.
“These massive moments, it is the way you cope with them and course of them. We hope to have massive moments within the subsequent couple of years and put together effectively for the following event.”
Zimbabwe will tackle Sri Lanka in Colombo on Thursday (09:30 GMT) with the winner topping Group B, however they’re each assured a spot within the subsequent part of the event.
