Evin Lewis' unbeaten 99 caps dominant win for West Indies
Alzarri Joseph was the Player of the Match, his four wickets helping West Indies bowl Ireland out for 180
07/01Result
1st ODI (D/N), Ireland tour of West Indies at Bridgetown, Jan 7 2020
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![Ireland]( "Ireland")
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![West Indies]( "West Indies")
184/5 (33.2/50 ov)
Player of the Match
07/01Result
1st ODI (D/N), Ireland tour of West Indies at Bridgetown, Jan 7 2020
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![Ireland]( "Ireland")
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![West Indies]( "West Indies")
184/5 (33.2/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
E Lewis
99(99) 13x4 - 2x6
Control %97%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 31 runs
- 4x4 - 2x6
LJ Tucker
31(68) 2x4 - 0x6
Control %88%
- Productive Shot
- leg_glance
- 6 runs
- 1x4 - 0x6
Best performances - Bowlers
AS Joseph
- O10
- M1
- R32
- W4
- Eco3.20
| 1W | 1W | |||
| 2W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
HR Walsh
- O10
- M0
- R30
- W2
- Eco3.00
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
Match Details
Toss
Ireland , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
West Indies led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
13.30 start, First Session 13.30-17.00, Interval 17.00-17.45, Second Session 17.45-21.15
Match days
7 January 2020 - day/night match (50-over match)
ODI debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
IRELAND 180 (46.1 OVERS)
- Mark Adair29 (34)
- Lorcan Tucker31 (68)
- Hayden Walsh2/30 (10)
- Alzarri Joseph4/32 (10)
WEST INDIES 184/5 (33.2 OVERS)
- Evin Lewis*99 (99)
- Brandon King20 (40)
- Boyd Rankin1/26 (7)
- Simi Singh2/44 (10)
Commentator: Karthik Krishnaswamy
7.45pm And that concludes our live coverage of the first ODI. West Indies take a well-deserved 1-0 lead into the second match of the series, which will also be played at Kensington Oval, on Thursday. Do join us for that. Until then, goodbye!
Alzarri Joseph is the player of the match. "For me, it's a really good start to the year," he says. "It's just about putting in the hard work in training and doing the yards. My personal coach, Winston Benjamin, whenever I have something going on, I turn to him for advice. I kind of had an idea of how I wanted to bowl today, and I just kept it simple and bowled to my plans."
Nick P: "Feel like Lewis might have some words with Chase in the dressing room" -- Can you blame him for playing that lovely drive? I mean, give me a half-volley like that in the same situation, and I would (try to, and fail to) play that exact same drive.
7.35pm A most excellent finish to the game, but century or not, this was a lovely innings from Lewis, full of glorious strokeplay, especially square of the wicket on the off side, and through the covers. There were a couple of injudicious dismissals from the West Indies batsmen, but Ireland simply didn't have enough runs on the board. This was a pitch with some steep bounce in it, but otherwise it was pretty good to bat on.
33.2
4
McCarthy to Lewis, FOUR, ... IT NEARLY DOES! NEARLY! But it doesn't. Fullish, slanting away from off stump, and Lewis launches a big drive over extra-cover, only for the ball to land inches... INCHES... in front of the boundary. Lewis finishes unbeaten on 99
Dylan Laubscher: "actually a two and a six for Lewis would be easier to help him get to 100.. he cannot trust partner to block out over.. what if bowler bowls a wide or no ball" -- Yup, it could just work out that way...
33.1
2
McCarthy to Lewis, 2 runs, full, slanting away from off stump. Lewis drives with an open face, and he threads it past backward point, but has he hit it too well? Will third man, sprinting to his left, be able to stop the boundary? He does, and Lewis is on strike with the possibility of a century still alive
END OF OVER:33 | (wicket maiden) | WI: 178/5 (3 runs required from 17 overs, RR: 5.39, RRR: 0.17)
- Kieron Pollard0 (1b)
- Evin Lewis93 (97b)
- Boyd Rankin7-1-26-1
- Barry McCarthy7-1-40-1
32.6
0
Rankin to Pollard, no run, shuffles down the pitch to a length ball outside off, and defends into the point region
The captain walks in.
32.5
W
Rankin to Chase, OUT, whoa, that came out of nowhere. This pitch has always had this in it. Digs it in short, and gets it to bounce brutally in the fourth-stump channel. Chase tries to sway away, tries to pull his hands out of the way, but can't prevent the ball kissing his gloves on the way through to the keeper
RL Chase c †Tucker b Rankin 19 (26b 2x4 0x6) SR: 73.07
32.4
0
Rankin to Chase, no run, back of a length, angling in towards off and middle, defended to midwicket
32.3
0
Rankin to Chase, no run, back of a length on off stump, gets back and across to defend into the on side
So if Chase plays out a maiden, and if Lewis takes a single next over and the remaining five balls are dots, Lewis will have a chance to get to his hundred with a six.
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Alzarri Joseph was the Player of the Match, his four wickets helping West Indies bowl Ireland out for 180
