Belfast Wolves vs Dublin Guardians: Dublin Guardians, owned by Indian legend Rahul Dravid and captained by Ravichandran Ashwin, has finally tasted victory in the European T20 Premier League 2026. After suffering consecutive defeats in the first 5 matches of the tournament, Dublin made a strong comeback in the 18th match. In this one-sided match played in Dublin, Guardians defeated Glenn Maxwell-led Belfast Wolves by 8 wickets.
Craig Young took 5 wickets for 21 runs
In this match, Belfast Wolves, who came to bat first after losing the toss, had a very disappointing start. At the same time, fast bowler Craig Young bowled a deadly spell and took 5 wickets for just 21 runs in 4 overs. During this, Young also achieved the feat of taking 3 wickets in the 10th over of the innings. Which included the wickets of star finisher David Miller and captain Glenn Maxwell. At one time the score of Belfast was 3 wickets for 62 runs. But then no batsman could survive and the entire team collapsed for just 107 runs in 19.4 overs.
Apart from Craig Young, captain Ravichandran Ashwin kept the batsmen completely captivated with his changed bowling action and spent only 13 runs in 4 overs. At the same time, David Willey and Matt Hollard also took 2-2 wickets.
David Wiley and Daryl Mitchell’s Storm
Dublin Guardians showed aggressive attitude while chasing the easy target of 108 runs. All-rounder David Willey created a stir with the bat after bowling. He played a quick inning of 44 runs in 25 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes. At the same time, after James Vince was out in the beginning, Willie and Daryl Mitchell made the match completely one-sided. Daryl Mitchell scored unbeaten 35 runs in 25 balls with 4 fours and 1 six, while Harry Tector remained unbeaten on 14 runs. Both of them achieved the target in the 15th over itself and gave the team its first historic win of the season.