Ireland's batting must improve, admits Andrew Balbirnie

IMPROVEMENT NEEDED: Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie. Pic: Peter Della Penna

Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie admitted his side's batting must improve after they fell to a nine-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka in their Super 12 opener at the T20 World Cup

Looking to build on their upset of West Indies, they instead set a simple target of 129 founded on Harry Tector's 45 and Sir Lanka romped home with five overs to spare.