West Indies vs Ireland

A defeat in a must-win Round 1 fixture meant the end of the line of the two time champions at the 2022 World Cup.

Even though Akeal Hosein did provide the Windies with a breakthrough, it made little difference in context of the game as keeper batter Lorcan Tucker then took the proceedings ahead with Sterling, who went on to score his 21st T20I fifty. Winning the toss, West Indies opted to bat first in Hobart. Paul Stirling and skipper Andre Balbirnie 73 runs off 45 deliveries to set the chase.

Disciplined bowling restricted the Caribbean side to 146-5, with Gareth Delany taking a career-best 3-16, before the Irish romped to their target for the loss ...

The spin of Akeal Hosein finally gave the West Indies a breakthrough in the eighth over with Balbirnie caught by Mayers after an entertaining 37 off 23 balls to end a decisive opening stand. In reply, Ireland got off to a cracking start with Stirling and Balbirnie on a mission, blazing 54 off the first five overs, with eight boundaries, four of them sixes. The West Indies won the tournament in 2012 and 2016, but came to Australia with a new-look team after the likes of Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard retired, and Andre Russell was overlooked.

Two-time tournament champion West Indies was the favourite to top Group B but was reduced to a scrap for a top-two finish after a shock loss to Scotland.

West Indies failed to reach the second round - Super 12 - of the T20 World Cup, for the first time since 2007, after a nine-wicket defeat against the Ireland in Hobart on Friday. Brandon King finished unbeaten on 62 from 48 balls as West Indies was restricted to 146 for five. This is only the second time in the history of the T20 World Cup that Ireland has advanced to the main round.

One of the biggest upsets of ICC T20 World Cup 2022 took place on Friday as Ireland thrashed two-time T20 World Cup winner West Indies cricket team faced ...

The Irish bowlers kept things very tight to get one more wicket in the fifth over to restrict the the West Indies to 41/2 at the end of the powerplay. Pooran walked back to the pavilion in the fifteenth over scoring just 13 off 11 balls. Gareth Delany came in the 11th over to dismiss Lewis, bringing West Indian captain Nicholas Pooran to the crease. 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. [#WIvsIRE] [#ICCT20WorldCup] [pic.twitter.com/Kgm1smPKaS]— Bharat Cricket _ (@BhartArmy)— Bharat Cricket _ (@BhartArmy) [October 21, 2022] [#WIvsIRE] [#ICCT20WorldCup] [pic.twitter.com/Kgm1smPKaS]— Bharat Cricket _ (@BhartArmy) [October 21, 2022] Congrats to Ireland! [#T20WorldCup22]as Ireland seals victory over them by 9 wickets to book their place for the main event. [pic.twitter.com/ZaciRSdxdP]— ___ (@superking1815) [October 21, 2022] WC won't be the same without the Caribbean flavour. One of the biggest upsets of ICC T20 World Cup 2022 took place on Friday as Ireland thrashed two-time T20 World Cup winner West Indies cricket team faced shocking defeat against Ireland in the first round of the mega event. [#WIvsIRE] [#T20worldcup22] [pic.twitter.com/Nw3VUv8n9O]— John James (@jamesnotabond) [October 21, 2022]

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The bowlers bowled stuck to their plans and the fielders backed it up in the field to restrict West Indies to a < 150 score on a pretty good batting track. Player of the Match: It's an incredible day for us, we wanted to get over the line and the fashion we did it in, that was amazing. Yes, the target of 147 was clearly below-par and Ireland made a mockery of it... Ireland win by 9 wickets and qualify for the Super 12s New coach and there were a couple of things that we wanted to do as a team, the way we wanted to play. There are a lot of positives, Jason is back to bowling well, King is batting wonderfully, Joseph is stepping up with the ball for us. Tucker joined Stirling and the duo kept the momentum going. The way he played today, it made it easy for me and the way I played made it easy for him. On a really good batting surface, making 145, it's a really difficult task for the bowlers. We did a lot of thinking and a lot of things changed back home. Losing the first game and then coming back and beating a two-time champion in a must-win game ... The two teams will be locking horns here at the same venue in a bit.

The winner of this match will progress through to the Super 12s. Ireland: 1 Andy Balbirnie (capt), 2 Paul Stirling, 3 Lorcan Tucker (wk), 4 Harry Tector, ...

West Indies have the firepower of Brandon King up the order after the batter had missed the Zimbabwe game with illness. Johnson Charles, who had replaced King at the time, retained his place, having impressed with a quickfire 36-ball 45. At the time of the toss, though, conditions were visibility brighter with a stiff breeze blowing across the ground.

Ireland chased down their 147 target in style to book their Super 12s place and send the two-time champions out at the first hurdle.

You’re the one who’s going to take it deep.’” Lorcan Tucker came in to bat and scored 45 not out, hitting the winning runs to seal a memorable victory for the loss of only one wicket. “I’m disappointed in myself and how it has gone but we will live to fight another day. “It’s satisfying and humbling and emotional as well,” player-of-the-match Raza, who also took a stunning catch and claimed a wicket, said. “We set out some things we wanted to achieve as a team and how we wanted to play,” he added. Paul Stirling made 66 not out and built a first-wicket partnership of 73 with Andy Balbirnie, before the captain was caught at point off Akeal Hosein for 37.