19/01Result
3rd T20I (D/N), Ireland tour of West Indies at Basseterre, Jan 19 2020
West Indies won by 9 wkts (54b rem)
Player of the Match
Lendl Simmons
Lendl SimmonsWest Indies
19/01Result
3rd T20I (D/N), Ireland tour of West Indies at Basseterre, Jan 19 2020
West Indies won by 9 wkts (54b rem)
Player of the Match
Lendl Simmons
Lendl SimmonsWest Indies

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

LMP Simmons
LMP Simmons
91(40) 5x4 - 10x6
Control %77%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 25 runs
  • 0x4 - 4x6
4 0 0 8 17 1 22 39
E Lewis
E Lewis
46(25) 4x4 - 3x6
Control %64%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 11 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
4 0 0 6 3 16 11 6

Best performances - Bowlers

KA Pollard
KA Pollard
O4
M0
R17
W3
Eco4.25
RHB
OFFLEG
2W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
DJ Bravo
DJ Bravo
O3.1
M0
R19
W3
Eco6.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Match Details

Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts

Series

Ireland tour of West Indies

Toss

West Indies , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

West IndiesLendl Simmons

Player Of The Series

West IndiesKieron Pollard

Series result

3-match series drawn 1-1

Match number

T20I no. 1030

Season

2019/20

Hours of play (local time)

18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50-21.20

Match days

19 January 2020 - day/night match (20-over match)

Umpires

West IndiesGregory BrathwaiteWest IndiesPatrick Gustard

TV Umpires

West IndiesJacqueline Williams

Reserve Umpire

West IndiesJonathan Blades

Match Referee

New ZealandJeff Crowe

END OF OVER:
11 | 17 Runs 1 Wkt | WI: 140/1 | RR: 12.72

  • Lendl Simmons91 (40b)
  • Nicholas Pooran1 (1b)
  • Simi Singh3-0-41-1
  • Barry McCarthy2-0-35-0

That's all from our side. See you soon.

Andrew Balbirnie: "We were outclassed today but if you lose wickets in clusters, that doesn't help. We will take positive from this series. Guys will learn from it ahead of the T20 World Cup."

Kieron Pollard is the Man of the Series. "Sometimes the team requires you to come out of your comfort zone and you have to step up," he says. "We need to get early wickets, we cannot have teams get to 40, 50 in not time. I think we need to improve in that area. I have played a lot of cricket, it's a lot of things that goes into bowling and that comes by playing a lot of cricket. Bravo has done that as well and we want youngsters to learn that too. It's a small ground and it was important we pulled things back [after the initial onslaught]. We showed great intensity yesterday but that's one are for me that why cannot we show the same intensity day in and day out. We love to see Simmons in that sort of mindset, a little man but he packs a punch. He took his opportunity today, he was dropped early on but he continued and finished the game."

Lendl Simmons is the Man of the Match. "It was a goo surface, a proper batting surface with the ball coming onto the bat nicely," he says. "I have the freedom to go and express myself. I missed out on the last World Cup because of injury but I am looking forward to the one this year."

9.23pm A thumping win for West Indies, set up by some canny bowling from Pollard and Bravo as they level the series 1-1. Simmons and Lewis then ensured the hosts romped home with nine wickets and as many overs to spare. There was some brutal hitting, especially from Simmons, as the openers added 133 for the first wicket. Fittingly, the winning shot too was a six.

10.6
6
Simi Singh to Simmons, SIX, a juicy full toss and Simmons needs no second invitation. Disposes it over deep midwicket for his tenth six
10.5
1
Simi Singh to Pooran, 1 run, length ball at the stumps, goes back and punches it towards deep extra cover

Pooran now. One slip

10.4
W
Simi Singh to Lewis, OUT, tossed up outside off, looks to slog sweep it and finish the game but gets a top edge and Wilson settles under it. Too late for Ireland though

E Lewis c †Wilson b Simi Singh 46 (25b 4x4 3x6) SR: 184.00

West Indies only one hit away now

10.3
4
Simi Singh to Lewis, FOUR, short of length, rocks back and smashes it past the non-striker, moves to 46 with that four
10.2
6
Simi Singh to Lewis, SIX, slower in the air but Lewis just hits it through the line, keeps his head down, he knows it's heading only in one direction
10.1
0
Simi Singh to Lewis, no run, length ball around off, punched towards extra cover

Just 16 needed