England captain Jos Buttler has admitted his side were 'outplayed in all three facets of the game' following their shock loss to Ireland at the T20 World Cup.
England were beaten by five runs via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method after rain brought the game to an early halt in the 15th over of their chase. After Andrew Balbirnie and Lorcan Tucker got Ireland off to an excellent start with the bat, England were able to drag things back but they failed to really get going in their innings.
Buttler, Alex Hales and Ben Stokes all fell cheaply, while Dawid Malan and Harry Brook failed to find their timing. Moeen Ali did threaten to spare England's blushes as he got going before the rain intervened, but Buttler accepted that "the better team won".
