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7 overs still to go. Ireland needs to bat out these overs
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10 balls left , can Irish get to 150 here
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West Indies' excellence with both bat and ball sealed a nine-wicket win over Ireland in the final T20I in St Kitts on Sunday, 19 January.
The victory levelled the three-match series, with Ireland having won the series opener and the second game having produced no result.
Lendl Simmons smashed his career-best T20I score of 91*, off just 40 balls, with the help of five fours and 10 sixes, while Evin Lewis contributed slammed a 25-ball 46. The two shared a 133-run stand – the highest opening partnership by a West Indies pair at home. Though Lewis fell, six runs shy of the target, their efforts helped West Indies seal a 139-run chase in the 11th over.
Earlier, sent in to bat, Ireland made a solid start through their openers Kevin O'Brien and Paul Stirling. The former struck five back-to-back fours in the third over, off Sheldon Cottrell.
The visitors brought up the team fifty in the fourth over, when they lost their first wicket. O'Brien, who made a quick 18-ball 36, became West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard's first victim. Right after the Irishman's dismissal, rain interrupted the game for over half an hour.
After play resumed, Ireland lost the crucial wicket of Paul Stirling, who was trapped in front by Dwayne Bravo for 11. Skipper Andy Balbirnie tried to steady the proceedings, but his side kept losing wickets at an alarming rate. Pollard struck twice in the eighth over, sending Gareth Delany and Harry Tector back.
Balbirnie was run out for 28, while Barry McCarthy was the only other Irishman to score in double digits, making an unbeaten 13-ball 18 as the rest of the line-up crumbled.
West Indies reined the visitors in for 138, with Pollard and Bravo having inflicted the maximum damage, with three wickets each.
Simmons and Lewis made the chase look easy. After the latter's dismissal, Simmons finished things off with a six, to put the seal on West Indies' win.
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1579952
The victory levelled the three-match series, with Ireland having won the series opener and the second game having produced no result.
Lendl Simmons smashed his career-best T20I score of 91*, off just 40 balls, with the help of five fours and 10 sixes, while Evin Lewis contributed slammed a 25-ball 46. The two shared a 133-run stand – the highest opening partnership by a West Indies pair at home. Though Lewis fell, six runs shy of the target, their efforts helped West Indies seal a 139-run chase in the 11th over.
Earlier, sent in to bat, Ireland made a solid start through their openers Kevin O'Brien and Paul Stirling. The former struck five back-to-back fours in the third over, off Sheldon Cottrell.
The visitors brought up the team fifty in the fourth over, when they lost their first wicket. O'Brien, who made a quick 18-ball 36, became West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard's first victim. Right after the Irishman's dismissal, rain interrupted the game for over half an hour.
After play resumed, Ireland lost the crucial wicket of Paul Stirling, who was trapped in front by Dwayne Bravo for 11. Skipper Andy Balbirnie tried to steady the proceedings, but his side kept losing wickets at an alarming rate. Pollard struck twice in the eighth over, sending Gareth Delany and Harry Tector back.
Balbirnie was run out for 28, while Barry McCarthy was the only other Irishman to score in double digits, making an unbeaten 13-ball 18 as the rest of the line-up crumbled.
West Indies reined the visitors in for 138, with Pollard and Bravo having inflicted the maximum damage, with three wickets each.
Simmons and Lewis made the chase look easy. After the latter's dismissal, Simmons finished things off with a six, to put the seal on West Indies' win.
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1579952
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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Ireland Men’s cricket team were out-classed by a rampant West Indian side at Warner Park on the island of St. Kitts today, leaving the T20 International series tied 1-1.
Rain had fallen for most of the day, but cleared up in time for the start of play. West Indies captain Kieron Pollard called correctly at the toss and had no hesitation in asking Ireland to bat first.
Irish openers Kevin O’Brien (36) and Paul Stirling (11) got away to a flyer, bringing up their 50-partnership in just the fourth over and looking to emulate their record-breaking efforts from the first match of the series. However, O’Brien was dismissed with the score on 50, caught at long on - his 18-ball knock included six fours, five of which came off successive balls of the third over of Sheldon Cottrell.
The rain almost immediately returned, and the Irish momentum was subsequently halted by a 45-minute delay. Soon after play resumed, Stirling was dismissed leaving Ireland at 55-2 at the end of 5 overs – still seemingly well-placed to mount a competitive total. Captain Andrew Balbirnie (28) and Gareth Delany (6) put on a promising 19-run stand, but then a Pollard-inspired collapse saw Ireland lose 6-34 in six overs. Pollard, who claimed 4-25 in yesterday’s abandoned match, followed up today with 3-17 today, again showing the importance of variation in pace and line in this format of the game.
Barry McCarthy (18*) put some respectability in the score, but Ireland’s 138 all out was well below what they would have expected at 50-0 in the fourth over.
Needing an early breakthrough, the Irish bowling unit toiled hard but the Windies openers Lendl Simmons (91* from 40 balls) and Evin Lewis (46 from 25 balls) were in no mood to concede the advantage to the bowlers. The pair plundered the bowling, bringing up the half-century partnership in 5.2 overs, and the century-stand from 9 overs – hitting 13 sixes in the process.
Simi Singh grabbed a consolation wicket at the death, but Simmons brought up the win with a heave over the midwicket boundary, finishing the run chase with 9 wickets and 54 balls to spare.
Simmons was named Player of the Match and Kieron Pollard was named Player of the Series.
For Ireland, the end of a tough tour saw them win only one match, but there were many positive moments for the young side – as captain Andrew Balbirnie said after the match:
“We were outclassed in all facets today – we started very well, as we have in most the games, but when you lose wickets you lose momentum. We had a few soft dismissals, which is hugely disappointing, because we came into this match firing and we simply didn’t put in a performance today. But to draw a series against the West Indies, we can take positives from that.”
“We’ve had a lot of young guys come out and play their first series against a big nation – like Harry Tector, Gareth Delany - so it’s great to give them that exposure. Obviously in T20 all of our cricket is leading up to that World T20 and getting out of that Group Stage. Look, the guys are hurting but they’ll learn from it, so that is all you can ask.”
SUMMARY SCORECARD
Ireland v West Indies, 3rd T20 International, St Kitts, 19 January 2020
Ireland 138 (19.1 overs; K O’Brien 36; K Pollard 3-17)
West Indies 140-1 (11 overs; L Simmons 91*; S Singh 1-41)
West Indies won by 9 wickets
Rain had fallen for most of the day, but cleared up in time for the start of play. West Indies captain Kieron Pollard called correctly at the toss and had no hesitation in asking Ireland to bat first.
Irish openers Kevin O’Brien (36) and Paul Stirling (11) got away to a flyer, bringing up their 50-partnership in just the fourth over and looking to emulate their record-breaking efforts from the first match of the series. However, O’Brien was dismissed with the score on 50, caught at long on - his 18-ball knock included six fours, five of which came off successive balls of the third over of Sheldon Cottrell.
The rain almost immediately returned, and the Irish momentum was subsequently halted by a 45-minute delay. Soon after play resumed, Stirling was dismissed leaving Ireland at 55-2 at the end of 5 overs – still seemingly well-placed to mount a competitive total. Captain Andrew Balbirnie (28) and Gareth Delany (6) put on a promising 19-run stand, but then a Pollard-inspired collapse saw Ireland lose 6-34 in six overs. Pollard, who claimed 4-25 in yesterday’s abandoned match, followed up today with 3-17 today, again showing the importance of variation in pace and line in this format of the game.
Barry McCarthy (18*) put some respectability in the score, but Ireland’s 138 all out was well below what they would have expected at 50-0 in the fourth over.
Needing an early breakthrough, the Irish bowling unit toiled hard but the Windies openers Lendl Simmons (91* from 40 balls) and Evin Lewis (46 from 25 balls) were in no mood to concede the advantage to the bowlers. The pair plundered the bowling, bringing up the half-century partnership in 5.2 overs, and the century-stand from 9 overs – hitting 13 sixes in the process.
Simi Singh grabbed a consolation wicket at the death, but Simmons brought up the win with a heave over the midwicket boundary, finishing the run chase with 9 wickets and 54 balls to spare.
Simmons was named Player of the Match and Kieron Pollard was named Player of the Series.
For Ireland, the end of a tough tour saw them win only one match, but there were many positive moments for the young side – as captain Andrew Balbirnie said after the match:
“We were outclassed in all facets today – we started very well, as we have in most the games, but when you lose wickets you lose momentum. We had a few soft dismissals, which is hugely disappointing, because we came into this match firing and we simply didn’t put in a performance today. But to draw a series against the West Indies, we can take positives from that.”
“We’ve had a lot of young guys come out and play their first series against a big nation – like Harry Tector, Gareth Delany - so it’s great to give them that exposure. Obviously in T20 all of our cricket is leading up to that World T20 and getting out of that Group Stage. Look, the guys are hurting but they’ll learn from it, so that is all you can ask.”
SUMMARY SCORECARD
Ireland v West Indies, 3rd T20 International, St Kitts, 19 January 2020
Ireland 138 (19.1 overs; K O’Brien 36; K Pollard 3-17)
West Indies 140-1 (11 overs; L Simmons 91*; S Singh 1-41)
West Indies won by 9 wickets
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