Live Cricket Score | West Indies vs Ireland Live Score & Commentary | WI vs IRE Scorecard, Ireland tour of West Indies

1st ODI • Sabina Park • Kingston

West Indies

269/10 (48.5)

Ireland

245/10 (49.1)

WI won by 24 runs

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Playing XI

Player of the Match Shamarh Brooks

93(89)

WI s

IRE s

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West Indies s

269/10 (48.5)

Batters

Shai Hope

65.91

c LJ Tucker b C Campher

Justin Greaves

29.17

c G Delany b MR Adair

Nicholas Pooran

38.24

c W Porterfield b A McBrine

Shamarh Brooks

104.49

lbw b MR Adair

Roston Chase

25.00

c HT Tector b A McBrine

Kieron Pollard

104.55

c HT Tector b C Young

Jason Holder

76.47

c A McBrine b C Young

Romario Shepherd

66.67

c MR Adair b C Young

Odean Smith

225.00

c G Delany b MR Adair

Alzarri Joseph

0.00

c A McBrine b JB Little

Akeal Hosein

250.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 7, NB: 0, W: 12)

TOTAL

(48.5 Ov, RR: 5.51)

269/10

Bowlers

EXT

Josh Little

4.60

Mark Adair

8.5

4.30

6.22

4.70

6.50

7.67

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Justin Greaves

c G Delany b MR Adair

1-18

5.5

Nicholas Pooran

c W Porterfield b A McBrine

2-59

16.5

Shai Hope

c LJ Tucker b C Campher

3-59

17.1

Roston Chase

c HT Tector b A McBrine

4-62

18.6

Kieron Pollard

c HT Tector b C Young

5-217

41.4

Shamarh Brooks

lbw b MR Adair

6-238

44.5

Romario Shepherd

c MR Adair b C Young

7-246

46.4

Jason Holder

c A McBrine b C Young

8-246

46.5

Alzarri Joseph

c A McBrine b JB Little

9-253

47.5

Odean Smith

c G Delany b MR Adair

10-269

48.5

Ireland s

245/10 (49.1)

Batters

William Porterfield

0.00

lbw b AJ Hosein

Andy Balbirnie

75.53

c SD Hope b R Shepherd

Andy McBrine

68.00

Retired hurt

Harry Tector

77.94

c RL Chase b O Smith

Curtis Campher

100.00

c SD Hope b R Shepherd

Lorcan Tucker

64.29

b A Joseph

George Dockrell

120.00

c J Holder b A Joseph

Gareth Delany

66.67

b A Joseph

Neil Rock

55.56

c RL Chase b J Holder

Mark Adair

233.33

Not out

Craig Young

0.00

c K Pollard b R Shepherd

Josh Little *

0.00

c N Pooran b O Smith

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 8)

TOTAL

(49.1 Ov, RR: 4.98)

245/10

Bowlers

EXT

4.80

3.50

5.50

5.56

5.1

5.03

Roston Chase

6.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

William Porterfield

lbw b AJ Hosein

1-1

1.5

Andy Balbirnie

c SD Hope b R Shepherd

2-165

36.1

Harry Tector

c RL Chase b O Smith

3-173

37.3

Curtis Campher

c SD Hope b R Shepherd

4-173

38.2

Lorcan Tucker

b A Joseph

5-186

41.4

Gareth Delany

b A Joseph

6-194

43.5

Neil Rock

c RL Chase b J Holder

7-222

46.4

George Dockrell

c J Holder b A Joseph

8-237

47.4

Craig Young

c K Pollard b R Shepherd

9-239

48.2

Josh Little

c N Pooran b O Smith

10-245

49.1

Match Info

Date & Time

08 Jan, 08:00 PM IST

Venue

Sabina Park, Kingston

Match

1st ODI,

Ireland tour of West Indies

Umpires

Joel Wilson (West Indies), Nigel Duguid (West Indies), Gregory Brathwaite (West Indies, TV)

Referee

Sir Richie Richardson (West Indies)

Toss

Ireland elected to bowl

Player of the Match Shamarh Brooks

93(89)

Commentary

And just like that, the Windies have taken a one-nil lead in the three-match ODI series against the Irish. They will be eyeing a series win next up but one cannot rule the Irish out just yet. But that's it for this game's coverage. Until next time, this is Dwijesh along with my colleague Raghav signing off! Take Care and Good Bye!

Kieron Pollard (West Indies captain): The win is important. Even though we lost the toss and the way the Irish used the conditions, we did well. The same should continue going forward in the series as well. The partnership between myself and Brooks was something we needed but we left a few runs out there. We need to get better as a team. The bowlers did a decent job even though the pitch was good for batting. At 165/2, I had to go to my best bowlers. Joseph, Akeal and Romario were good, they put pressure on the Ireland batters, which led to the win.

Andy Balbirnie (Ireland captain): The fielding effort was good but we could have done better with the ball. Wickets falling in succession turned the tide. It was a bit disappointing for me and Harry, we wanted to stay till the end but we can improve going forward. We felt in control and the pitch was also good, the Windies bowled well but I think we are still a bit rusty and can do better. A lot of distractions off the pitch for us but happy to play some cricket!

Shamarh Brooks: Happy with the start but a bit disappointing not to have scored a hundred. It was all about an opportunity (on having to transition from Test to ODI cricket). The Irish bowlers were good with the ball using the conditions well but as it went on, the conditions improved and enjoyed batting with the captain!

Shamarh Brooks is the player of the match for his 89-ball 93 on ODI debut!

What a win, what a win for the West Indies! They have fought hard and won this match by 24 runs. 270 was pretty much defendable on this surface but considering the start Ireland were off to, it was not going to be an easy task for the West Indies.

Despite getting rid of William Porterfield in the second over itself, West Indies were on the back foot for the first half. Balbirnie and McBrine added more than 60 runs together for the second wicket before the latter was retired hurt. Harry Tector scored a beautiful half-century and added 100 odd runs with Balbirnie.

However, they both fell quickly and within 3 overs, all three off McBrine, Balbirnie and Tector were back in the shed. The match had slipped out of Irish hands as they kept losing wickets from there. Mark Adair and George Dockrell gave the supporters something to cheer about in the end and almost kept the hope alive for Ireland as the equation came down to requiring 25 runs off the final over.

A great performance nevertheless from the visitors. As for West Indies, their bowling unit stepped up at the right time. Three wickets apiece from Joseph and Shepherd while Odean Smith bagged two scalps helped West Indies clinch the victory!

49.1 Odean Smith to Josh Little, WICKET! West Indies complete a solid win over the Irish by a margin of 24 runs! It was a short ball bowled at Little, who awkwardly pulls it to Pooran at deep midwicket, who takes a very good catch running forward. With this, West Indies take the lead in the series!

Odean Smith [5.0-0-26-1] is back into the attack.

25 runs are needed off the last over.

Massive hit from Adair to bring an end to that over. Mathematically, Ireland are still in the match but they need a miracle from Mark Adair to chase this down now.

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0 /0 score

runs

Romario Shepherd

48.6 Romario Shepherd to Mark Adair, SIX! A full-toss from Shepherd and Adair gleefully accepts with a cold-blooded hoick over long-off for a big six!

48.5 Romario Shepherd to Mark Adair, a similar ball bowled outside off, Adair has a big swing at it but fails to make contact

Equation: 31 from 8

Adair backs himself to chase it down by not taking a single, he needs five big hits here.

48.4 Romario Shepherd to Mark Adair, a length ball bowled across the batter, who blasts one towards extra cover but denies the single

48.3 Romario Shepherd to Mark Adair, a wide yorker from around the wicket from Shepherd, Adair tries to get underneath it but fails to make contact

Joshua Little, RHB, comes to the crease.

48.2 Romario Shepherd to Craig Young, WICKET! A full ball bowled at the stumps, Young chips it straight towards Pollard, who will not drop such chances in his sleep. Windies just another wicket away from a win now!

Young c Pollard b Shepherd 0(2b 4x0 6x0)

48.1 Romario Shepherd to Mark Adair, a full-toss bowled outside off, Adair blasts it straight to Pollard at long-off for a single

Romario Shepherd [8.0-0-43-2] is back into the attack

Mark Adair turns the single down and takes up the responsibility to deal with West Indies in the final couple of overs. He has the ability to hit big sixes and he needs to show the power-hitting ability today.

overs

237 /8 score