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| ICC Men's T20 World Cup Group 1, Adelaide |
| New Zealand 185-6 (20 overs): Williamson 61 (35); Little 3-22, Delany 2-30 |
| Ireland 150-9 (20 overs): Stirling 37 (27); Ferguson 3-22, Santner 2-26 |
| New Zealand won by 35 runs |
| Scorecard; Tables |
New Zealand moved closer to a semi-final place at the Men's T20 World Cup with a 35-run win over Ireland.
They restricted Ireland to 150-9 with pace bowler Lockie Ferguson taking 3-22 and spinners Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi 2-26 and 2-31 respectively.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson top-scored with 61 off 35 balls as they posted 185-6, while Josh Little took a hat-trick for Ireland in the 19th over.
The Kiwis are top of Group 1 with seven points, having played all their games.
They are not guaranteed of their passage at this stage though because both Australia, who play Afghanistan at 08:00 GMT on Friday, and England, who play Sri Lanka at 08:00 GMT on Saturday, are able to overtake them on net run-rate if they win those games.
However, that is unlikely with New Zealand's net run-rate far superior, meaning they are likely to progress as group winners.
Ireland are now officially out of the competition, and will either finish fifth or sixth in the group, depending on Afghanistan's result in their final game.
It has been an impressive campaign from Andrew Balbirnie's side, who beat West Indies in the initial qualifying stage and then England in the Super 12s.
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