Watch: Lorcan Tucker celebrates 35-ball 50 in IRE vs OMN T20 WC 2026 clash

In the absence of their captain, Paul Stirling, who has been ruled out of the T20 World Cup 2026 campaign, Ireland appointed Lorcan Tucker as the leader of the side, who found himself under pressure during the contest against Oman at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo. Ireland lost three wickets in five overs and found themselves limping at 64/4 in 7.3 overs. 

Lorcan Tucker, however, didn’t go back into his shell and looked to go after the opposition bowlers. He swept Nadeem Khan for the mid-wicket region for a massive six before clubbing two successive boundaries against Sufyan Mehmood. With a fine boundary on the third ball of the 14th over against Aamir Kaleem, the right-handed batter celebrated his fifty in 35 balls.

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Tucker got full support from the other end, where Gerath Delany nailed a thrilling knock of 56 runs in 30 balls with the help of three boundaries and four sixes. On the 18th over of the innings, Tucker blew away Nadeem. The first ball was put into the stands before smashing two consecutive fours.

Lorcan Tucker ends on 94* in IRE vs OMN T20 WC 2026 clash 

On the fourth delivery of the 18th over, the right-handed batter launched the short ball over the deep square leg region for a massive six before shuffling and clearing the front leg for another gigantic over boundary. With another six over the long-on region, Tucker collected 26 runs of the over and made his way to 86 runs in 47 balls.

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There was a chance of him crossing the three-figure mark, but George Dockrell had other plans. The latter nailed unbeaten 35 runs in just nine balls with three successive sixes to end the innings as Ireland posted a massive score of 235/5 in their allotted 20 overs, with Tucker ending on 94* with the help of 10 boundaries and four sixes.

Oman lost two early wickets in the chase before their opener, Aamir Kaleem, settled the nerves with a fine knock of 50 runs in 29 balls with the help of five boundaries and two sixes at a strike rate of more than 170.

Brief Scores: Ireland 235/5 (Lorcan Tucker 94*, Gareth Delany 56, Shakeel Ahmed 3/33) vs Oman 108/4 (Amir Kaleem 50, Matthew Humphreys 1/15).