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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Rob Smyth

England beat Ireland by four wickets first men’s T20 international – as it happened

England's Phil Salt batting.
England’s Phil Salt knock of 89 was reached in just 46 balls. Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

That’s your lot. I’ll leave you with Taha Hashim’s report. Bye!

The player of the match is Phil Salt

I enjoyed that. It was a pretty good wicket and it’s a good ground to bat on when you get going. Yeah. good fun.

[On his partnership with Jos Buttler] That’s the way we play I suppose. We both try to take it on really early, and when it works it looks good.

[On missing out on a century] Ah, potentially. But I don’t want to start thinking like that – we won the first game of the series and I’m happy with that.

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