Ireland Vs West Indies 1st Odi 21 May 2025

1st ODI • The Village • Dublin

Ireland

303/6 (50)

West Indies

179 (34.1)

IRE won by 124 runs

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Date & Time

21 May, 03:15 PM IST

Venue

The Village, Malahide, Dublin

TV/Streaming

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Match

1st ODI,

West Indies vs Ireland 2025

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Richard Illingworth (England), Roly Black (Ireland), Jonathan Kennedy (Ireland, TV)

Referee

Dean Cosker (England)

Toss

West Indies elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchFlat Track Pitch

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

263Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

94.9Avg SR

2nd Innings

233Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

94.21Avg SR

Weather Update

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

IRE

3- 7

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Ireland

West Indies

Player of the Match Andy Balbirnie

112(138)

IRE

Info

Ireland

303/6 (50)

Batters

Andy Balbirnie

112

138

81.16

c Motie b Joseph

Paul Stirling

84.38

c Motie b Chase

Cade Carmichael

76.19

c Hope b Forde

Harry Tector

109.80

c King b Joseph

Lorcan Tucker

166.67

c King b Forde

George Dockrell

33.33

c Lewis b Forde

Thomas Mayes

160.00

Not out

Andy McBrine

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 7, NB: 3, W: 9)

TOTAL

(50 Ov, RR: 6.06)

303/6

Did not Bat

Barry McCarthy, Josh Little, Liam McCarthy

Bowlers

EXT

Matthew Forde

6.80

Alzarri Joseph

5.10

Shamar Joseph

7.29

Gudakesh Motie

5.30

Justin Greaves

4.50

Roston Chase

6.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Paul Stirling

c Motie b Chase

1-109

22.1

Cade Carmichael

c Hope b Forde

2-151

29.5

Andy Balbirnie

c Motie b Joseph

3-249

43.2

Harry Tector

c King b Joseph

4-286

47.3

Lorcan Tucker

c King b Forde

5-292

48.3

George Dockrell

c Lewis b Forde

6-293

48.5

West Indies

179/10 (34.1)

Batters

Brandon King

65.52

c Tucker b McCarthy

Evin Lewis

28.57

runout (Tector)

Keacy Carty

40.00

c Little b McCarthy

Shai Hope

40.00

b Mayes

Amir Jangoo

0.00

lbw b McCarthy

Justin Greaves

205.88

c Stirling b Little

Roston Chase

72.37

b Dockrell

Matthew Forde

79.17

c Little b McCarthy

Alzarri Joseph

0.00

b Dockrell

Gudakesh Motie

200.00

c Mayes b Dockrell

Shamar Joseph

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 4, NB: 3, W: 7)

TOTAL

(34.1 Ov, RR: 5.24)

179/10

Bowlers

EXT

Barry McCarthy

7.1

4.47

Thomas Mayes

3.83

Josh Little

6.14

Liam McCarthy

4.33

Andy McBrine

5.00

George Dockrell

10.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Evin Lewis

runout (Tector)

1-3

2.6

Keacy Carty

c Little b McCarthy

2-20

6.6

Brandon King

c Tucker b McCarthy

3-29

8.4

Amir Jangoo

lbw b McCarthy

4-29

8.6

Shai Hope

b Mayes

5-31

9.4

Justin Greaves

c Stirling b Little

6-71

14.1

Roston Chase

b Dockrell

7-169

31.6

Alzarri Joseph

b Dockrell

8-171

33.1

Gudakesh Motie

c Mayes b Dockrell

9-179

33.5

Matthew Forde

c Little b McCarthy

10-179

34.1

Match Info

Date & Time

21 May, 03:15 PM IST

Venue

The Village, Malahide, Dublin

TV/Streaming

FanCode

Match

1st ODI,

West Indies vs Ireland 2025

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Richard Illingworth (England), Roly Black (Ireland), Jonathan Kennedy (Ireland, TV)

Referee

Dean Cosker (England)

Toss

West Indies elected to bowl

0 1 0 6 1 5wd W

Over 32

Runs: 13

0 1 0 0 1lb 0

Over 33

Runs: 2

W 4 4 0 W 0

Over 34

Runs: 8

Over 35

Runs: 0

All Overs

Player of the Match Andy Balbirnie

112(138)

Commentary

6:03 PM local time (10:33 PM IST): So that does it for the first game of the 3-match series between Ireland and the West Indies at The Village in Dublin. What a superb bowling performance it was from the hosts to derail a strong visiting batting line-up! Will the hosts seal the series on Friday, or will the Shai Hope-led side square it to take it to a decider? Join us again for the first ball at 10:45 AM local time (3:15 PM IST) in a couple of days. This is the pair of Pradeep and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda!

Andy Balbirnie (Player of the Match, 112 runs off 138 balls): "We were itching to go at the start of the day! We had a couple of injuries, but we were pretty good today. Paul Stirling getting to 10000 international runs is just so special! He still has some good years ahead of him. My role is to try and bat deep. Some days it won't come off, but today it did. I did think that we kept a little out there, but our bowlers made up for it big time! The challenge for us now will be to win the series with two games remaining. The confidence will be massive! We'll dust ourselves off tomorrow and go again on Friday."

Paul Stirling [Ireland captain]: "We didn't put a foot wrong today, good start and as we spoke about, absolutely delighted and won comfortably in the end. Debutants have come in and shown that we have a good bunch of guys waiting in the wing too ready to take on. I didn't know, these days with all the media, but never dreamt of achieving this, but nice to do this and a special achievement. It was a typical Balbirnie innings, built the innings and allowed the other batters to express freely. 300 was chaseable, but McCarthy and Mayes were brilliant in the powerplay, absolutely delighted. We will look to repeat this in the next couple of days, hopefully the result follows."

Shai Hope [West Indies captain]: "It's key for us, we need to pick up wickets with the new ball. And also with the bat, we need to make powerplay count. We didn't strike with the new ball and that is something we need to work on. Ireland played well, we needed to show bit more intent, allowed their bowlers to bowl at us, rest was history. We just need to set the tone from the start, with a decent powerplay and see how it goes to take it to the backend. The series is not over yet, we will take the blow but we expect Ireland come back hard at us."

5:47 PM local time (10:17 PM IST): Ireland win by 124 runs with 15 overs and 5 balls to spare!

Andy Balbirnie 112 (138) | Barry McCarthy - 4/32 (7.1)
Roston Chase 55 (76) | Matthew Forde - 3/68 (10)

This is the first time that Ireland have managed to set a total against the West Indies and won! And what an impressive victory this is! We were wondering if they have enough on the board at the halfway stage, they have proved that it was more than enough! It is also the first victory for Ireland against the Men in Maroon in Ireland.

It all started with the run out of Evin Lewis, who was unfortunate to run into the bowler. But since then, it was all Ireland! The bowling was top class, and the batting wilted under the pressure.

Every batter played a shot too many, failed to assess the conditions and fell prey. Justin Greaves played a quickfire knock of 35, but ended up nicking off to the keeper. It took a 98-run 7th wicket stand between newly appointed West Indies Test skipper Roston Chase and Matthew Forde to give the visitors some hope.

But just when one thought it was getting messy, George Dockrell came on and prized out the big wicket of Chase by castling him! After that, it was a procession till the final wicket fell in the form of Forde.

Two debutants - Thomas Mayes and Liam McCarthy - were extremely good with their lengths! Barry McCarthy and Josh Little lived up to their expectations. Despite a few blips in the field, Ireland managed to pull off a magnificent win to take the lead in the series!

Matthew Forde has been dismissed for 38 runs off 48 balls

34.1 Barry McCarthy to Matthew Forde, OUT! STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Ireland go 1-0 up in the series! McCarthy finishes up with a four-for and turned out to be a clinical win this for the hosts. Short into the batter, Forde went for the pull but top edged it straight up. Little settles under it at mid-on and clings on to seal the game.

It should not take long for Ireland to wrap this up. Forde needs to wield his willow now and look for some runs. Maybe, he should set himself a target of getting to fifty!

overs

179 /9 score

runs

Shamar Joseph *

0 (1)

Matthew Forde

38 (47)

George Dockrell

3 /21

33.6 George Dockrell to Shamar Joseph, on a length outside the off-stump, Joseph waits to play the late and gets beaten.

Shamar Joseph batting at 11th position

After playing two good shots, Motie shows us why he bats at number 10! That was a poor choice of shot.

Gudakesh Motie has been dismissed for 8 runs off 4 balls

33.5 George Dockrell to Gudakesh Motie, OUT! MILES UP IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Dockrell doing more damage here and that's wicket number nine for the West Indies. Length delivery outside the off-stump, Motie early into the shot and skied it. Mayes settles under it at long-off and pouches it.

33.4 George Dockrell to Gudakesh Motie, length delivery outside off-stump, Motie hangs back and defends.

That is not the shot of a number 10, we can tell you. It is a shot of a batter.

33.3 George Dockrell to Gudakesh Motie, FOUR MORE! Back to back boundaries. Motie's not wasting any time here. Length delivery outside the off-stump, Motie leans and smacked it through extra-cover, races away to the ropes.

Where was Motie hiding all the while?

33.2 George Dockrell to Gudakesh Motie, FOUR! Cool as ice from Motie that. Short outside the off-stump, Motie with a delicate dab past the short third region, races away to the ropes.

Gudakesh Motie batting at 10th position

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