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After a top-drawer batting display, Australia rained fire on the Ireland bowlers at the Gabba. This fierce bowling effort was led by fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who picked up two wickets in his first over while giving away zero runs. Starc came in for the third over and cleaned up Curtis Campher for a duck.
Then on the last ball of his over, the 32-year-old may have delivered the ball of the tournament as he smashed through George Dockrell's defence with an in-swinging yorker that shattered the stumps in spectacular fashion.
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On the back of this amazing start, the Australians dominated Ireland and registered a 42-run win. Other than Starc; Adam Zampa, Glenn Maxwell and Pat Cummins each picked up two wickets. Whereas all-rounder Marcus Stoinis also grabbed one wicket.
After the match, Aussie captain and Player of the Match Aaron Finch expressed elation with his team's performance. He further talked about how lower-order batter Tim David has suffered hamstring tightness because of which the Mumbai Indians player sat out for the majority of the game.
Finch said, "It was a good performance. Getting 180 was a decent score on that wicket. We knew we had to lay the foundation early and couldn't risk being 4-5 down. Just a little bit of hammy tightness, he (Tim David) sat out as a precaution.
"It is nice when it works like that (not opening with Starc), doesn't always work but there's a lot of time and planning that goes into it, sometimes you look great and sometimes you look stupid, you take the good with the bad in this format."
