Ireland romped to the goal for the lack of one wicket with 15 balls to spare.
Ireland romped to the goal for the lack of one wicket with 15 balls to spare.
Veteran opener Paul Stirling slammed an unbeaten 66 as Ireland made the Twenty20 World Cup Super 12 on October 21, 2022 and despatched two-time champions West Indies crashing out in a surprising upset.
Disciplined bowling restricted the Caribbean aspect to 146-5, with Gareth Delany taking a career-best 3-16, earlier than the Irish romped to their goal for the lack of only one wicket with 15 balls to spare in Hobart.
Stirling, at his seventh World Cup, shared in a blistering 73-run opening stand with captain Andy Balbirnie to supercharge Ireland’s run chase.
The remaining Super 12 slot can be determined in a while October 21, 2022 when Zimbabwe meet Scotland.
The West Indies gained the match in 2012 and 2016, however got here to Australia with a new-look workforce after the likes of Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard retired, and Andre Russell was neglected.
They stumbled badly of their opening match in opposition to Scotland, crashing by 42 runs, earlier than recovering to emphatically beat Zimbabwe.
But in Ireland, who’re taking part in of their seventh straight World Cup and had solely been past the primary spherical as soon as earlier than, in 2009, they once more hit the wall.
After the West Indies gained the toss and batted at a breezy Bellerive Oval in Hobart, the Irish bowlers despatched down 9 dot balls amongst their first 15.
In frustration, Kyle Mayers launched at a supply from Barry McCarthy and was caught by Harry Tector at mid-off for one.
The harmful Johnson Charles slammed 4-4-6 off Curtis Campher however his luck ran out within the subsequent over, slicing to Campher off spinner Simi Singh for twenty-four.
Brandon King, who missed the West Indies’ final recreation with sickness, was dropped two balls later and made the many of the alternative, crunching 4 boundaries to steer them to 67-2 at midway.
Evin Lewis obtained remedy for a hamstring subject and was out quickly after for 13, ending a 44-run partnership.
Skipper Nicholas Pooran (13) and Rovman Powell (6) did not final in opposition to a top quality assault as King (62 not out) did his greatest to push the scoreboard ahead.
In reply, Ireland obtained off to a cracking begin with Stirling and Balbirnie on a mission, blazing 54 off the primary 5 overs, with eight boundaries, 4 of them sixes.
The spin of Akeal Hosein lastly gave the West Indies a breakthrough within the eighth over with Balbirnie caught by Mayers after an entertaining 37 off 23 balls to finish a decisive opening stand.
The run price dipped however Stirling, in his 177th worldwide, saved going and reached his twenty first T20 half-century with one other boundary and with Lorcan Tucker (45 not out) noticed them house.
