Jacob Bethell calls the coin correctly and England are going to have a bowl first in Malahide. Sonny Baker is indeed given his T20I debut so we’ll see him in action very soon. Jordan Cox comes in for Sam Curran who has headed home for an undisclosed personal reason, we wish him well.
For Ireland – all rounder Ben Calitz is also handed a bayboo and leggie Ben White is given the nod too, George Dockrell and Graham Hume miss out.
Hello and welcome to the third and final T20 International between Ireland and England from Malahide. Good news – the sun is shining! A glorious day in Ireland should see us get a full match in after Friday’s washout.
The word is we should be seeing Sonny Baker given his T20I debut, he seems to be a thoroughly well rounded young man and there’s no doubt he is incredibly talented, but, I’m sure he and everyone else in the England set up are hoping it goes a darn sight better than his ODI debut against South Africa a week or so ago when he chalked up the most expensive bowling figures for and England ODI debutant.
Taha Hashim spoke to young Sonny about it all the other day:
