WI vs IRE Highlights – ICC T20 World CUP 2022 – Ireland win by 9 wickets: Paul Stirling and Paul Delany have pulled off a miracle for Ireland. They have knocked WestIndies out of T20 World Cup with 9-wicket victory in Hobart. If Paul Delany starred with the ball, bagging 3/16, Stirling slammed an unbeaten 66 to chase down a modest 147-run target. Delany’s superb bowling helped Ireland restrict Windies to 146/5. Brandon King put up some resistance with 48-ball 62. Watch WestIndies vs Ireland Highlights & T20 WC LIVE streaming on Disney+ Hotstar & LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN.
Chasing a 146-run target, Ireland went hell for leather from the beginning and scored 64 runs from their powerplay overs. Stirling and Andrew Balbirnie opened the inning for Ireland and took a liking to the West Indian bowlers clobbering them all over the park.
WI vs IRE Highlights: Ireland KNOCK OUT 2-time champion WestIndies, Stirling & Delany star in 9-wicket WIN, Watch ICC T20 World CUP Highlights
Akeal Hosein, who was smashed for 16 runs in his first over came back in the eighth over to dismiss the Irish captain Balbirnie for 37 off 23 balls. The batter made sure that his team got off to a flier and stitched a 73-run first-wicket partnership before walking back to the pavilion.
West Indies could only manage the Ireland captain’s wicket in the entire inning. Lorcan Tucker walked in at number three and went about in the same fashion as his captain taking apart the West Indian bowlers.
Sterling continued his merry way to notch up his half-century in the 12th over off just 32 balls. Tucker was caught out of Odean Smith in the same over but was called back as Smith had overstepped giving the batter a reprieve.
Things worsened for the West Indies as both the batter looked to score freely and ensured that the Indies never came back in the match. The batting duo of Stirling and Tucker took Ireland over the line as they stitched a 77-run partnership.
WI vs IRE Highlights: Ireland KNOCK OUT 2-time champion WestIndies, Stirling & Delany star in 9-wicket WIN, Watch ICC T20 World CUP Highlights
Earlier, the West Indies set a below-par chase for Ireland after Brandon King anchored the innings to take his team to 146 in the do-or-die situation for the Caribbean team.
Opting to bat first, the West Indies innings started with a boundary in the first over but they had their first wicket knocked out in the second. Kyle Mayers was dismissed cheaply by Barry McCarthy.
Irish bowlers kept things tight and chipped with wickets at important junctures in the match to never let the West Indian inning flourish.
Boasting big hitters throughout their lineup, the batting looked fragile with batters failing to make their starts count and losing wickets when the team needed partnerships, sending their team into trouble.
WI vs IRE Highlights: Ireland KNOCK OUT 2-time champion WestIndies, Stirling & Delany star in 9-wicket WIN, Watch ICC T20 World CUP Highlights
Brandon King was the only batter to apply himself at the crease and remained unbeaten while carrying the West Indian inning. The batter top-scored for West Indies with a knock of 62 runs.
Odean Smith and King smashed 34 runs off the last three overs to post a below-par total for Ireland. Smith remained unbeaten with 19 from 11 balls while King took the batting honours for his team, carrying his bat through the innings. Gareth Delany was the pick of the Irish bowlers with 3/16 from his four overs.
WI vs IRE Highlights: Ireland KNOCK OUT 2-time champion WestIndies, Stirling & Delany star in 9-wicket WIN, Watch ICC T20 World CUP Highlights
Ireland Innings SCORECARD
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Stirling | 66 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 137.50 | |
| Andy Balbirnie (C) | 37 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 160.87 | |
| Lorcan Tucker (WK) | 45 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 128.57 | |
| Extra | 2 (b 0, w 1, nb 1, lb 0) | |||||
| Total | 150/1 (17.3) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Simi Singh, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Josh Little | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obed McCoy | 3.3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 7.71 |
| Akeal Hosein | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 9.50 |
| Alzarri Joseph | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 9.75 |
| Odean Smith | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 11.50 |
| Jason Holder | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Andy Balbirnie | 1-73 | 7.3 |
WestIndies Innings SCORECARD – 146/5 (20 OVERS)
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Mayers | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| Johnson Charles | 24 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 133.33 | |
| Evin Lewis | 13 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 72.22 | |
| Brandon King | 62 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 129.17 | |
| Nicholas Pooran (WK/C) | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 118.18 | |
| Rovman Powell | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| Odean Smith | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 158.33 | |
| Extra | 8 (b 0, w 7, nb 0, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 146/5 (20) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Jason Holder, AJ Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, OC McCoy | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Little | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7.75 |
| Mark Adair | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6.50 |
| Barry McCarthy | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 8.25 |
| Curtis Campher | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 14.00 |
| Simi Singh | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5.50 |
| Gareth Delany | 4 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 4.00 |
Ireland: 1 Andy Balbirnie (capt), 2 Paul Stirling, 3 Lorcan Tucker (wk), 4 Harry Tector, 5 Curtis Campher, 6 George Dockrell, 7 Gareth Delany, 8 Mark Adair, 9 Simi Singh, 10 Barry McCarthy, 11 Josh Little
West Indies: 1 Kyle Mayers, 2 Johnson Charles, 3 Evin Lewis, 4 Brandon King, 5 Nicholas Pooran (capt/wk), 6 Rovman Powell, 7 Jason Holder, 8 Akeal Hosein, 9 Odean Smith, 10 Alzarri Joseph, 11 Obed McCoy
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Group B
| POS | TEAM | PLAYED | WON | LOST | N/R | TIED | NET RR | POINTS |
| 1 | Ireland (Q) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.105 | 4 |
| 2 | Scotland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.759 | 2 |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 2 |
| 4 | West Indies | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -0.563 | 2 |
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