IRE VS NZ - 2nd T20I, New Zealand tour of Ireland, 2022

That would be all. Until we see you on Friday for a dead rubber, but hopefully one where the ODI-version of Ireland from last week show up, ta ta!!

Mitchell Santner | Winning skipper: It was a clinical victory. The way Dane played to get us to that score was outstanding. There is not a lot that Bracewell cannot do at the moment in all formats. The next game would be on a new wicket, so it might play similar to the first game.

Andrew Balbirnie | Losing skipper: This is T20 cricket. Chasing 170, we were never really in the game. They batted really well to swing it in NZ's favour and we have to take responsibility as batsmen for this game. We got close in the last week in the ODIs but we didn't play to our best in the T20s. We have got a lot of good teams coming over before the World Cup and we have to keep improving day in and day out.

Dane Cleaver | MoM: Pretty special day to contribute to a good win for the country. The wicket offered a little bit of variations. It wasn't my most fluent innings but I stuck to my options and it came off. Nothing more than wanting to play for my country, and it is a great feeling.

18:52 Local Time, 17:52 GMT, 23:22 IST: Who saw that coming? Just three deliveries ago, with Adair finding his groove and with McCarthy looking comfortable as he hung around, Ireland were reviving their hopes of getting close. Alas. Bracewell, with his gentle floaters, didn't give them a chance, blowing away the tail with a hat-trick. But it's the top-order that has let the Irish down today. Stirling got off to a quick start in the first over, but that was that. Duffy struck early, before Ish Sodhi came in and never let anybody settle. A 91-all-out tells you the story rather acccurately. Here come the presentations ..

M Bracewell to Young, out Caught by Ish Sodhi!! BRACEWELL HAS A HAT-TRICK IN HIS FIRST T20I INTERNATIONAL OVER. Well, well, well. A short, wide delivery, which Young slices off the outside-half, straight down short third man's throat. And just like that, just like the hat-trick from nowhere, this innings is over. Oh this match is over. Young c Ish Sodhi b M Bracewell 0(1)

M Bracewell to Young, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Joshua Little, right handed bat, comes to the crease

M Bracewell to McCarthy, out Caught by Glenn Phillips!! Another big heave across the line, but doesn't get the elevation, and Phillips is having a field day at deep mid-wicket. McCarthy c Glenn Phillips b M Bracewell 11(8) [4s-2]

M Bracewell to McCarthy, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Craig Young, right handed bat, comes to the crease

M Bracewell to Mark Adair, out Caught by Glenn Phillips!! And he holes out in the deep. This should officially be the end of hope for the Irish. Adair charges at a pretty full delivery, whips uppishly, and finds deep mid-wicket to perfection. Mark Adair c Glenn Phillips b M Bracewell 27(22) [4s-4 6s-1]

M Bracewell to Mark Adair, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

M Bracewell to McCarthy, 1 run, steps out and whips it down to deep mid-wicket

M Bracewell to McCarthy, FOUR, oh he's keeping the Irish hopes alive, and he's doing it rather aggressively. He sits, adopts the line, and slogs it into cow corner

Michael Bracewell, right-arm off break, comes into the attack

Neesham to Mark Adair, FOUR, swatted away off the hips through mid-wicket, where Phillips does all the hard work of running to his left, sliding, but doesn't flick the ball back into play cleanly

Neesham to Mark Adair, no run, back of a length, outside off, a swing and a miss

Neesham to Mark Adair, no run, back of a length, dabbed straight to short third man

Neesham to McCarthy, 1 run, a slower one, full, on middle, flicked to long-on