Barry McCarthy bowled an over of 11 balls. (Photo- Viraj Kothalawala/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Barry McCarthy 11 Ball Over, T20 world cup 2026: A unique incident happened during the Sri Lanka and Ireland match in the T20 World Cup 2026, where Ireland's fast bowler Barry McCarthy bowled 11 balls in an over. This match was played at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. In this match, Sri Lanka scored 163 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. At one time the Sri Lankan team was far away from this total. But one over from Barry McCarthy changed the whole story and Sri Lanka took full advantage of this over.

Barry McCarthy bowled an over of 11 balls

During Sri Lanka's innings, McCarthy bowled the 19th over, which proved to be very costly. Many extra deliveries were made in this over, making a total of 11 balls. The over started with a no-ball, on which Kamindu Mendis hit a four. After this Barry McCarthy bowled 2 consecutive wide balls. Then Mendis hit a six on a free-hit, which was the first legal ball of the over. Even on the second ball of the over, the batsmen were successful in scoring 2 runs.

Barry McCarthy then bowled another wide ball and 2 runs were scored on the third legal ball. Barry McCarthy made a comeback and took 2 wickets in 2 balls. But the next ball was wide again. In the end he finished the over with a dot ball. Overall, 19 runs were scored from this over, 2 wickets fell and due to 4 wides + 1 no-ball, the over stretched so long. This was the joint longest over in the history of T20 World Cup. Before this, 4 bowlers have bowled overs of 11 balls each in the T20 World Cup.

Kamindu Mendis played a stormy innings

On the other hand, Kamindu Mendis played a stormy innings for Sri Lanka. He scored 44 runs in 19 balls at a strike rate of 231.57, which included 4 fours and 2 sixes. Before this, Kusal Mendis also scored 56 runs in 43 balls. Apart from Barry McCarthy, George Dockrell also took 2 wickets for Ireland. Mark Adair and Gareth Delaney also had 1-1 success.