Tucker Confident Khettarama Surface Can Bring Ireland Into Contest

Keeping in view the dry surface of Khettarama, Lorcan Tucker believes Ireland have a strong chance against Sri Lanka in the upcoming T20 World Cup clash. He is backing the Irish spinners to showcase their full potential in the next match, as they can get plenty of assistance from the turning Khettarama surface.

"I think our spinners have grown a lot recently. I think their performances have improved. They've become more experienced, so I think that's a part of our game. We've tried to grow in the last few years, and we've been able to do that. I think it's in as good a place as possible going into this week." said Lorcan Tucker.

He gave the example of the recent series between England and Sri Lanka, in which spinners caused plenty of problems for the batters. He is hopeful that Ireland’s spinners will use this knowledge to their advantage in the upcoming game against Sri Lanka.

"We did notice that the games against England, all the wickets took a bit of spin in general, and both teams used spin very effectively," said Lorcan Tucker.

"There were periods where it was very hard to score, so I think we'll be trying to maximize that for our spinners. At the same time, we know the Sri Lanka spinners are very experienced and very skillful, so it's going to be tough, but I think we're going to play confidently, play aggressively, and hopefully try and come out on top." added Lorcan Tucker.

Tucker then explained that Ireland have come into the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 with plenty of preparation, so they are confident of achieving strong results in the tournament.  

"We had two good weeks in Dubai before this leading in, so we feel like we've had enough cricket. We had five games against Italy and the UAE. We've had a nice week in Sri Lanka. We've noticed there's been a fair bit of rain around, but I think we've still been able to get a lot of work done." added Lorcan Tucker.