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Dean Wilson

England suffer humiliating Ireland T20 World Cup defeat as rain scuppers run chase

Ireland added another famous World Cup victory over England to go with their 2011 stunner thanks to a brilliant five run win in Melbourne.

England were stuffed out of sight by a combination of Ireland's own brilliance, their lacklustre and frankly poor display with bat and ball, and the Melbourne weather which reared its head with 5.3 overs left to play.

Moeen Ali was doing his best to try and get England ahead on the Duckworth Lewis Stern target, which stood at 111 when the players went off, but he and his team had left it too little too late having lost so many wickets.

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