6 instances when rain affected a team's chances at an ICC tournament

#4 Ireland at the 2010 World T20

Rain played a crucial role in England winning the 2010 World T20

Both England and Ireland had a losing start to their 2010 ICC World T20 campaign as both teams lost to hosts West Indies and would now lock horns against one another in a winner-takes-it-all match at Guyana.

England batted first and were soon down in the trenches at 49/4. However, Eoin Morgan’s 45 and Luke Wright’s 20 helped the Three Lions to 120/8 in their 20 overs. In reply, Ireland lost Paul Stirling early but Niall O’Brien came in and struck two boundaries before rain halted play with Ireland’s score being 14/1 in 3.3 overs.

Ireland already had William Porterfield and Niall O’Brien at the crease with the likes of Kevin O’Brien, Alex Cusack, Trent Johnston, and Gary Wilson yet to come one wouldn’t put it past the men in green to chase down the paltry target. Had Ireland chased down the target, they would have qualified for the Super 8s but the match eventually got abandoned and England qualified at Ireland’s expense by virtue of a higher net run-rate.

England took full advantage of this lucky break as they won all of their Super 8 games and defeated Sri Lanka in the semi-finals before defeating Australia in the final to win their first ever ICC Trophy.