Porterfield calls for improvement ahead of England showdown

IRELAND captain William Porterfield says his team have a point to prove when they face England tonight in their final ICC Twenty20 group game at Guyana National Stadium.

The Irish will be aiming to bounce back from a 70-run defeat in their opening match last Friday night to West Indies, a game that saw them bowled out for a tournament record low of 68 having kept the tournament hosts to 138 for nine in front of their own fans.

“We are better than that. We know we’re better than that and that’s why it was a really disappointing show, that second half on Friday,” Porterfield said. “We know ourselves, everyone knows we’re better than that and so we’ve got to go out and prove that.