Phil Salt backed up a record-breaking century with a powerful innings of 89 as England beat Ireland by four wickets in the first T20 in Dublin on Wednesday. Opening batsman Salt led the way as England chased down a target of 197 with 14 balls to spare to go 1-0 up in the three-match series.&nbsp;Jacob Bethell, 21, became England's youngest men's captain in an international match, breaking the record of Monty Bowden, who was aged 23 years and 144 days when he led England in a Test against South Africa in 1889.&nbsp;The all-rounder is leading England in the series in Ireland in place of rested all-format mainstay Harry Brook.&nbsp;Salt scored 141 not out, England's highest individual T20 score, in their jaw-dropping total of 304-2 against South Africa at Old Trafford last week.&nbsp;England fielded a much-changed side but Salt enjoyed another blistering first-wicket partnership with Jos Buttler at Malahide, the pair racing to 74 inside five overs.&nbsp;ALSO READ | <a href="https://www.wionews.com/photos/from-rohit-sharma-to-virat-kohli-here-is-a-look-at-five-indian-batters-with-most-runs-in-asia-cup-odis-t20is-sachin-tendulkar-ms-dhoni-dhawan-1754123070628">From Rohit Sharma to Virat Kohli, 5 Indian batters with most runs in Asia Cup (ODIs + T20Is)</a>&nbsp;"I enjoyed that," said Salt. "It's a pretty good wicket and a good ground to bat on when you get going. It was fun. We both try and take it on fairly early, when it works it looks good."&nbsp;Buttler (28) was first to go but Salt continued his rampage, striking 10 fours and four sixes in 46 balls before he was caught off the bowling of Graham Hume in the 16th over.&nbsp;Earlier, Bethell fell for 24, holing out tamely to extra cover.&nbsp;ALSO READ | <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/cricket-asia-cup-2025-full-squads-complete-fixtures-date-time-venue-and-live-streaming-details-check-all-details-1755585771834">Asia Cup 2025: All you need to know - full squads, complete fixtures, date, time, venue and other key details</a>&nbsp;"It feels pretty special," said Bethell. "Winning the first one is always nice."&nbsp;Ireland posted 196-3, with Harry Tector (61 not out) and Lorcan Tucker (55) providing the bulk of their runs but that total was soon put into perspective as England took the game by the scruff of the neck.&nbsp;"We couldn't have asked for much more from our batters," said Ireland captain Paul Stirling. "To score 196 in the end was great."&nbsp;The teams will meet again at Malahide on Friday, with the final match of the series taking place two days later.&nbsp;Disclaimer: This story has been published from a news agency feed with minimal edits to adhere to WION's style guide. The headline may have been changed to better reflect the content of the story or to make it more suitable for WION audience.

England fielded a much-changed side but Phil Salt enjoyed another blistering first-wicket partnership with Jos Buttler at Malahide, the pair racing to 74 inside five overs.

Phil Salt backed up a record-breaking century with a powerful innings of 89 as England beat Ireland by four wickets in the first T20 in Dublin on Wednesday. Opening batsman Salt led the way as England chased down a target of 197 with 14 balls to spare to go 1-0 up in the three-match series. Jacob Bethell, 21, became England's youngest men's captain in an international match, breaking the record of Monty Bowden, who was aged 23 years and 144 days when he led England in a Test against South Africa in 1889. The all-rounder is leading England in the series in Ireland in place of rested all-format mainstay Harry Brook. Salt scored 141 not out, England's highest individual T20 score, in their jaw-dropping total of 304-2 against South Africa at Old Trafford last week. England fielded a much-changed side but Salt enjoyed another blistering first-wicket partnership with Jos Buttler at Malahide, the pair racing to 74 inside five overs. ALSO READ | From Rohit Sharma to Virat Kohli, 5 Indian batters with most runs in Asia Cup (ODIs + T20Is) "I enjoyed that," said Salt. "It's a pretty good wicket and a good ground to bat on when you get going. It was fun. We both try and take it on fairly early, when it works it looks good." Buttler (28) was first to go but Salt continued his rampage, striking 10 fours and four sixes in 46 balls before he was caught off the bowling of Graham Hume in the 16th over. Earlier, Bethell fell for 24, holing out tamely to extra cover. ALSO READ | Asia Cup 2025: All you need to know - full squads, complete fixtures, date, time, venue and other key details "It feels pretty special," said Bethell. "Winning the first one is always nice." Ireland posted 196-3, with Harry Tector (61 not out) and Lorcan Tucker (55) providing the bulk of their runs but that total was soon put into perspective as England took the game by the scruff of the neck. "We couldn't have asked for much more from our batters," said Ireland captain Paul Stirling. "To score 196 in the end was great." The teams will meet again at Malahide on Friday, with the final match of the series taking place two days later. Disclaimer: This story has been published from a news agency feed with minimal edits to adhere to WION's style guide. The headline may have been changed to better reflect the content of the story or to make it more suitable for WION audience.

England fielded a much-changed side but Phil Salt enjoyed another blistering first-wicket partnership with Jos Buttler at Malahide, the pair racing to 74 inside five overs.

IRE vs ENG: Phil Salt continues purple patch as England edge Ireland in opening T20I

Coach Steve Borthwick and captain Jamie George said on Thursday that England's players must not be afraid of making errors when they take on the mighty challenge of Ireland, but they would rather not make as many as they did two weeks ago.

After a bright start against Scotland, England went to pieces, throwing wild passes and dropping easy passes in a ragged display. In all they made 25 handling errors and were turned over an incredible 22 times en route to a 30-21 defeat.

Equally as worrying was that when replacement winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, who gets his first start on Saturday, darted through for a try with 14 minutes remaining, England failed miserably to mount any further meaningful attacks as Scotland cruised home.

"When we reflect on that Scotland game the most disappointing thing is how we deviated from what we wanted to do," George said on Thursday ahead of the Twickenham clash. "We’ve spoken quite openly about not being afraid of making errors, but obviously when you repeat those errors back to back that becomes a bit of an issue.

"Then I think probably off the back of that we went a bit individual at times, and probably tightened up a little bit. So for us the last couple of weeks in particular has been around making sure that we can be ourselves, making sure that it is still okay to make mistakes but that we’re going to learn very quickly from those. Because we are a team that wants to push things, we want to see where we can take things.

"The blueprint of how we wanted to play in those first 20 minutes against Scotland was outstanding, the way that we went out and acted on that gameplan was great. The disappointing thing was that we gifted them a lot, and that was largely down to people straying away from the plan."

Borthwick, who has also recalled lock George Martin and scrumhalf Alex Mitchell in three changes from the team beaten at Murrayfield, was asked why players who were tearing up trees for their clubs a few weeks ago seemed to regress when playing for England and whether he recognised the concept of the white shirt "weighing heavy" whereas the green of Ireland, red of Wales and blue of Scotland so often seems to have the opposite effect.

"I think we try to make an environment where the players enjoy it, where we know mistakes are going to be made, but it’s about continuing to do the right things," he said.

"I back the players. Yes we made errors, we’re disappointed in the performance and we’re disappointed in the result. But I also think this is a group of players that have made enormous progress over the last year, and now we’ve started the next step of the journey in this Six Nations."

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Saturday's match will be Borthwick's 20th since replacing Eddie Jones and though fans are getting a little tired of his constant claim that it is a "new team with new coaches" he reiterated his view that it is a work in progress.

"The first period was around getting the team right for the World Cup and then understanding that, post-World Cup, the responsibility is building the next phase. And that's where we are right now - building the next phase," he said.

"We've played three games in that next phase of understanding where we are. We've had to adapt with some of the unavailability of certain players and then bringing young players through who potentially not that long ago, we weren't talking too much about. But we've seen the emergence of five new caps in this championship, for England which I think is a big positive step for us.”

Coach Steve Borthwick and captain Jamie George said on Thursday that England's players must not be afraid of making errors when they take on the mighty challenge of Ireland, but they would rather not make as many as they did two weeks ago.

Coach Steve Borthwick and captain Jamie George said on Thursday that England's players must not be afraid of making errors when they take on the mighty challenge of Ireland, but they would rather not make as many as they did two weeks ago. After a bright start against Scotland, England went to pieces, throwing wild passes and dropping easy passes in a ragged display. In all they made 25 handling errors and were turned over an incredible 22 times en route to a 30-21 defeat. Equally as worrying was that when replacement winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, who gets his first start on Saturday, darted through for a try with 14 minutes remaining, England failed miserably to mount any further meaningful attacks as Scotland cruised home. "When we reflect on that Scotland game the most disappointing thing is how we deviated from what we wanted to do," George said on Thursday ahead of the Twickenham clash. "We’ve spoken quite openly about not being afraid of making errors, but obviously when you repeat those errors back to back that becomes a bit of an issue. "Then I think probably off the back of that we went a bit individual at times, and probably tightened up a little bit. So for us the last couple of weeks in particular has been around making sure that we can be ourselves, making sure that it is still okay to make mistakes but that we’re going to learn very quickly from those. Because we are a team that wants to push things, we want to see where we can take things. "The blueprint of how we wanted to play in those first 20 minutes against Scotland was outstanding, the way that we went out and acted on that gameplan was great. The disappointing thing was that we gifted them a lot, and that was largely down to people straying away from the plan." Borthwick, who has also recalled lock George Martin and scrumhalf Alex Mitchell in three changes from the team beaten at Murrayfield, was asked why players who were tearing up trees for their clubs a few weeks ago seemed to regress when playing for England and whether he recognised the concept of the white shirt "weighing heavy" whereas the green of Ireland, red of Wales and blue of Scotland so often seems to have the opposite effect. "I think we try to make an environment where the players enjoy it, where we know mistakes are going to be made, but it’s about continuing to do the right things," he said. "I back the players. Yes we made errors, we’re disappointed in the performance and we’re disappointed in the result. But I also think this is a group of players that have made enormous progress over the last year, and now we’ve started the next step of the journey in this Six Nations." Also read: Former world number one Andy Murray says tennis should follow rugby's lead in the way players treat officials Saturday's match will be Borthwick's 20th since replacing Eddie Jones and though fans are getting a little tired of his constant claim that it is a "new team with new coaches" he reiterated his view that it is a work in progress. "The first period was around getting the team right for the World Cup and then understanding that, post-World Cup, the responsibility is building the next phase. And that's where we are right now - building the next phase," he said. "We've played three games in that next phase of understanding where we are. We've had to adapt with some of the unavailability of certain players and then bringing young players through who potentially not that long ago, we weren't talking too much about. But we've seen the emergence of five new caps in this championship, for England which I think is a big positive step for us.”

Six Nations C'ship: England must be brave enough to make mistakes - Captain Jamie George ahead of Ireland tie

Ireland pull off one of the biggest upsets in the T20 World Cup 2022 so far as they stunned England in their Super 12 clash on Wednesday. The Andrew Balbirnie-led side defeated the 2012 champions by 5 runs via the DLS method to register their first win in the Super 12 stage.

Balbirine played a captain's knock for Ireland as he slammed 62 off 47 balls and combined with Lorcan Tucker (34) to help his team post a fighting total of 157 runs on the board. England were expected to chase down the target comfortably but rain played spoilsport after a sensational effort from the Irish bowlers in Melbourne.

England were restricted to 105/5 in 14.3 overs before rain halted play at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) eventually forcing the result to be decided by the DLS method as no further play was possible. England fell behind and ended up losing the game by 5 runs.

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Veteran India spinner Amit Mishra took a hilarious dig at England following their shock defeat via the DLS method referring to the recent debates around the 'spirit of cricket'.

"Congratulations @cricketireland on a massive victory. Hope England doesn’t say winning through DLS isn’t in the spirit of the game," Mishra wrote in a tweet, leaving cricket fans in splits.

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Mishra's dig at England was based on the recent comments by former and current England players around the spirit of cricket debate following Indian women's team star Deepti Sharma's run-out of England women's team batter Charlotte Dean in an ODI game between the two sides at Lord's last month.

Several former and current England players had criticised Deepti for running Dean out on the non-striker's end despite the dismissal being within the rules of the game.

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On Wednesday,&nbsp;England got off to a shaky start in the 158-run chase against Ireland in the T20 World Cup as captain and opener Jos Buttler was out for a duck before Alex Hales got dismissed cheaply on 7 off 5 balls. Ben Stokes too couldn't trouble the scorers much and was dismissed for 6 off 8 balls.

Moeen Ali was in the middle batting on 21 off just 12 balls with Liam Livingstone when rain halted play with England still 53 runs behind the target and 33 balls left. They ended up falling behind by 5&nbsp;runs in the DLS method to suffer their first defeat of the tournament.

Ireland pull off one of the biggest upsets in the T20 World Cup 2022 so far as they stunned England in their Super 12 clash on Wednesday. The Andrew Balbirnie-led side defeated the 2012 champions by 5 runs via the DLS method to register their first win in the Super 12 stage.

Ireland pull off one of the biggest upsets in the T20 World Cup 2022 so far as they stunned England in their Super 12 clash on Wednesday. The Andrew Balbirnie-led side defeated the 2012 champions by 5 runs via the DLS method to register their first win in the Super 12 stage. Balbirine played a captain's knock for Ireland as he slammed 62 off 47 balls and combined with Lorcan Tucker (34) to help his team post a fighting total of 157 runs on the board. England were expected to chase down the target comfortably but rain played spoilsport after a sensational effort from the Irish bowlers in Melbourne. England were restricted to 105/5 in 14.3 overs before rain halted play at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) eventually forcing the result to be decided by the DLS method as no further play was possible. England fell behind and ended up losing the game by 5 runs. Also Read: Indian openers KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma looked scared against Pakistan pacers: Shoaib Akhtar Veteran India spinner Amit Mishra took a hilarious dig at England following their shock defeat via the DLS method referring to the recent debates around the 'spirit of cricket'. "Congratulations @cricketireland on a massive victory. Hope England doesn’t say winning through DLS isn’t in the spirit of the game," Mishra wrote in a tweet, leaving cricket fans in splits. Congratulations @cricketireland on a massive victory. Hope England doesn’t say winning through DLS isn’t in the spirit of the game. #EngvsIRE pic.twitter.com/0S4L5f1ZTi — Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit) October 26, 2022 × Mishra's dig at England was based on the recent comments by former and current England players around the spirit of cricket debate following Indian women's team star Deepti Sharma's run-out of England women's team batter Charlotte Dean in an ODI game between the two sides at Lord's last month. Several former and current England players had criticised Deepti for running Dean out on the non-striker's end despite the dismissal being within the rules of the game. Also Read: ICC official reacts as Indian players skip lunch after being served 'cold sandwiches' in Sydney On Wednesday, England got off to a shaky start in the 158-run chase against Ireland in the T20 World Cup as captain and opener Jos Buttler was out for a duck before Alex Hales got dismissed cheaply on 7 off 5 balls. Ben Stokes too couldn't trouble the scorers much and was dismissed for 6 off 8 balls. Moeen Ali was in the middle batting on 21 off just 12 balls with Liam Livingstone when rain halted play with England still 53 runs behind the target and 33 balls left. They ended up falling behind by 5 runs in the DLS method to suffer their first defeat of the tournament.

Veteran India spinner's 'spirit of cricket' jibe at England after their loss vs Ireland leaves fans in splits

Ireland produced a shocking result as they defeated the 2010 winners England by five runs, via DLS method, in the Super 12 round of the T20 World Cup on Wednesday (October 26). In a rain-marred contest, at the MCG, Melbourne, Ireland were asked to bat first and they rode on skipper Andrew Balbirnie (62) and George Tucker (34) to post 157 all-out in 19.3 overs, despite being well-placed at 103 for 2 in 12 overs. In reply, England's run-chase never got going and they lost early wickets, courtesy of Joshua Little, before rain made its presence felt just when Moeen Ali started to accelerate.

In 14.3 overs, England were 105 for 5 and needed 53 more from 33 balls. However, rain returned and led to an abrupt end to the contest; resulting in Ireland's win as they were five runs ahead as per DLS score. After the loss, England have a herculean task to stay alive in the contest and will next face defending champions and hosts Australia on Friday (October 28). Ahead of the high-octane battle, skipper Jos Buttler lavished praise on Ireland for their memorable win.

Speaking after the match, the England captain said: "The second 10 overs were much better, we let Ireland get 20-30 runs too many in the first 10 and were under pressure to restrict them. They showed us how to bowl on that wicket. Myself getting out in the first over, that's never ideal and we never managed to grab the initiative. They bowled well and used the wicket well. It (the rain) was going to get heavier and heavier wasn't it, but again as I said we won the toss and chose to bowl with the advantage of knowing what to do with the bat."

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"They outplayed us in all three facets of the game and the better team won. We know we have made a mistake here and have put more pressure on us, but certainly if you needed a game to get going then England-Australia is one of those," Buttler added.

In the Group A, New Zealand and Sri Lanka occupy the top two spots whereas England, Ireland and Australia follow suit with Afghanistan being the only side to remain winless so far.

Ireland produced a shocking result as they defeated the 2010 winners England by five runs, via DLS method, in the Super 12 round of the T20 World Cup on Wednesday (October 26).

Ireland produced a shocking result as they defeated the 2010 winners England by five runs, via DLS method, in the Super 12 round of the T20 World Cup on Wednesday (October 26). In a rain-marred contest, at the MCG, Melbourne, Ireland were asked to bat first and they rode on skipper Andrew Balbirnie (62) and George Tucker (34) to post 157 all-out in 19.3 overs, despite being well-placed at 103 for 2 in 12 overs. In reply, England's run-chase never got going and they lost early wickets, courtesy of Joshua Little, before rain made its presence felt just when Moeen Ali started to accelerate. In 14.3 overs, England were 105 for 5 and needed 53 more from 33 balls. However, rain returned and led to an abrupt end to the contest; resulting in Ireland's win as they were five runs ahead as per DLS score. After the loss, England have a herculean task to stay alive in the contest and will next face defending champions and hosts Australia on Friday (October 28). Ahead of the high-octane battle, skipper Jos Buttler lavished praise on Ireland for their memorable win. Speaking after the match, the England captain said: "The second 10 overs were much better, we let Ireland get 20-30 runs too many in the first 10 and were under pressure to restrict them. They showed us how to bowl on that wicket. Myself getting out in the first over, that's never ideal and we never managed to grab the initiative. They bowled well and used the wicket well. It (the rain) was going to get heavier and heavier wasn't it, but again as I said we won the toss and chose to bowl with the advantage of knowing what to do with the bat." ALSO READ | T20 WC: Huge upset! Andy Balbirnie, Joshua Little star as Ireland stun 2010 winners England on DLS method "They outplayed us in all three facets of the game and the better team won. We know we have made a mistake here and have put more pressure on us, but certainly if you needed a game to get going then England-Australia is one of those," Buttler added. In the Group A, New Zealand and Sri Lanka occupy the top two spots whereas England, Ireland and Australia follow suit with Afghanistan being the only side to remain winless so far.

T20 WC: Jos Buttler showers praise on Ireland as pressure piles on England ahead of Australia tie