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21-year-old Jacob Bethell became England’s youngest captain in international cricket during the first T20I vs Ireland.
He broke a 136-year-old record, going past Monty Bowden and Alastair Cook to become England’s youngest skipper.
Ireland put up 196 runs with Harry Tector scoring 61* and Lorcan Tucker adding 55 runs.
Phil Salt smashed 89 runs from 46 balls to give England a flying start in the chase.
Jos Buttler hit 28 off 10 balls, while Bethell scored 24 and Sam Curran added 27 runs.
England chased the target easily with 14 balls left to take a 1-0 lead in the series.
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