WI VS IRE - 11th Match, Group B, ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2022

West Indies vs Ireland

Ireland won by 9 wkts

IRE -150/1 (17.3)

WI -146/5 (19.6)

PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Gareth Delany

Batter

R
B
4s
6s
SR
45
35
2
2
128.57
66
48
6
2
137.5

Bowler

O
M
R
W
ECO
3.3
0
27
0
7.71

Sri Lanka, Netherlands and Ireland have progressed to the Super 12s. Who'll be the fourth team? Scotland or Zimbabwe? The two teams will be locking horns here at the same venue in a bit. Switch tabs to follow who prevails in that do-or-die encounter. See you there...

Andrew Balbirnie: It (win) means everything. We had a disappointing loss last year at the same stage. We did a lot of thinking and a lot of things changed back home. New coach and there were a couple of things that we wanted to do as a team, the way we wanted to play. Losing the first game and then coming back and beating a two-time champion in a must-win game ... just couldn't be prouder. Pretty emotional finish to the game, but we are just delighted as a group. A lot of things can happen on your day in T20 cricket. We could be playing our next game here, we've played three here and that could be in our favour. We want to pit ourselves against the best. It was a really good wicket. He (Stirling) is one of our best ever batters. The way he played today, it made it easy for me and the way I played made it easy for him. The way Lorcan came in and played freely was great. It was a real all-round performance. The bowlers were superb, the wicket was good. A proud day to be Irish.

Nicholas Pooran: It's tough, we haven't batted well in this tournament at all. On a really good batting surface, making 145, it's a really difficult task for the bowlers. It was going to be a challenge. Congratulations to Ireland, they batted fantastically and bowled well today. 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. This is a learning experience for us. We have disappointed our fans and ourselves. It's definitely hurting. I have disappointed my guys with the way I performed.

Gareth Delany | 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. Our spin bowling coach (Nathan Hauritz) came along with a plan, and we tried to keep it simple. It's a dream come true for us, we are pretty delighted to be honest. Campher's knock the other day (against Scotland), along with Dockrell's contribution allowed us to get in this position.

The two experienced openers, who didn't fire in the first two games, got their team off to a flier. It was carnage from both ends as both Stirling and Balbirnie hit boundaries for fun and brought the asking rate under 6 RPO inside the powerplay. Akeal Hosein broke the opening partnership in the eighth over by removing the Ireland captain but that barely had an effect on Ireland. Tucker joined Stirling and the duo kept the momentum going. West Indies looked clueless as it was a clinical chase from Ireland. The veteran - Stirling - notched up his 21st T20I half-century and remained unbeaten till the end as he along with Tucker took their team home with 15 balls to spare. Stick around for the presentations...

18:15 Local Time, 07:15 GMT, 12:45 IST: Incredible! Ireland, who failed to get past the first round in their last five T20 World Cup outings, have not only made it to the Super 12s but have also knocked the two-time champions out of the competition. Fantastic all-round performance. 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. Delany starred with a three-fer and all the other bowlers, except Campher, were economical as well. Yes, the target of 147 was clearly below-par and Ireland made a mockery of it...

17.3

4

Obed McCoy to Tucker, FOUR, Tucker comes down the track, converts it into a half-volley and carves this full delivery over the covers. Ireland win by 9 wickets and qualify for the Super 12s

17.2

Obed McCoy to Stirling, 1 run, square-driven to deep point off the front foot. Scores level

17.1

Obed McCoy to Stirling, no run, full delivery, dinked to backward point with an opened bat-face

Obed McCoy [3.0-0-22-0] is back into the attack

The Ireland fans are already celebrating...

END OF OVER 17

4 Runs

IRE: 145 - 1

1 1 1 0 0 1

Paul Stirling

65 (46)

Lorcan Tucker

41 (34)

Jason Holder

4-0-23-0

16.6

Holder to Stirling, 1 run, short delivery, Stirling goes hard on the pull, hits him high on the bat and falls well short of deep mid-wicket

16.5

Holder to Stirling, no run, off-speed, full and wide of off, Stirling throws his bat for a drive and is beaten on the outside edge

16.4

Holder to Stirling, no run, very full, blunted to mid-wicket

16.3

Holder to Tucker, 1 run, skips down the track and dabs this short ball down to third man

16.2

Holder to Stirling, 1 run, pace off, on a length and wide of off, Stirling waits for it on the back foot and runs it down to third man

16.1

Holder to Tucker, 1 run, slower ball, full and wide of off, drive hard to deep cover

Jason Holder [3.0-0-19-0] is back into the attack

Ireland are one hit away!

END OF OVER 16

8 Runs

IRE: 141 - 1

4 2 1 0 1 0

Paul Stirling

63 (42)

Lorcan Tucker

39 (32)

Alzarri Joseph

4-0-39-0

15.6

Alzarri Joseph to Stirling, no run, Joseph slips in a yorker outside off, Stirling can't jam it out