England firm favourites for Ireland clash

England will want to address a misfire after their top four all failed to reach 20 against Afghanistan and the team managed just seven boundaries in all off the bat, including three in five balls to No. 5 Liam Livingstone. But seamers Mark Wood and Chris Woakes made continued good progress along their respective injury comeback trails to bolster Curran's diamond run. Ireland opener Paul Stirling looks in decent touch with an unbeaten 66 against West Indies and 34 from 25 balls as his team's second-highest scorer behind Harry Tector's 45 against Sri Lanka, but both will need more against England.

Ireland first beat Guyanese less minnow WI and today they beat their neighbors England and Wales.

According to The Telegraph, Scotland want to approach the ECB with a view to playing in the T20 Blast.

Scotland have played county cricket before, competing in the English 40-over domestic competition from 2010-2013.