Player of the Match
Player of the Match

A monumental victory for Ireland. The players are joyous as was their game today, taking them through to the next stage. Who will join them, find out as Scotland play Zimbabwe also in Hobart. Thanks for tuning in here. On behalf of my fellow commentator, Shashank Kishore, and our scorers Thilak Rama and M Venkat Raghav, I'm Ekanth, signing off.

Lots of questions will be asked about West Indies but for now, they will get some soul-searching time.

Siva: "Like my friend was just saying, what's interesting is this is not an Irish scramble for victory, it's a proper thrashing of a decent team. The other super 12s better beware "

Keyur: "This is why T20 Cricket can be level playing field for associate teams. After first match loss of SL against Namibia, people predicted SL and WI to be added to Group of India and Pakistan to make it even stronger - here you go, none of them are joining that group!"

Andy Balbirnie:It means everything, we had a disappointing loss last year. We changed a lot of things. To come back and beat two-time champions is delightful. Once we put ourselves in the super-12s, anything can happen. We can play three games here which can be great. It was a really good wicket today. His batting made it easier for me and vice-versa, Tucker and the bowlers were superb. Proud day to be Irish

A teary-eyed Nicholas Pooran is at the presentation: It's tough, we haven't batted well in this tournament and didn't today either. Ireland batted fantastically and bowled well. King is batting well, Alzarri bowled well. But we are disappointed and have disappointed the fans back home.

Gareth Delany, POTM: Incredible day for us, to get over the line in the fashion we did was amazing. Nathan Hauritz came up with the plan to keep it simple and be defensive, knowing they would come hard. Personally it's a dream come true, delighted. Campher's knock the other day gave us a chance and now we're through. Look forward to the next few weeks.

Uzair: "CONGRATS IRELAND! A very clinical win from Ireland. Let's not forget Ireland is a full ICC member. Ireland deserved to go qualify for Super 12s."

Dezz: "This then is a lesson to WI to make sure they qualify directly next time, rather than face the preliminary round!"

The win was set up by Delany, who restricted West Indies to a score probably 20-25 under par. Stirling and Balbirnie chanced their arm in the powerplay. West Indies held back Holder, didn't give Mayers the opening over - likely due to recent form - and McCoy and Hosein could not break through. That meant that whenever a risk came off, runs flowed. Ireland made 64 in the powerplay which was deal-sealing. Stirling took the backseat to steer the chase after Balbirnie fell. Tucker was out on a no ball and blazed through after.

6:15pm: Shipping up to Boston is playing and probably will for longer. Captain Pooran, Coach Simmons, and the rest of West Indies' set up watch sadly as their campaign ends early. Stirling shakes hands with the opponents after the completion, he's been out of form but what a time to regain it!

17.3
4
McCoy to Tucker, FOUR, Flayed over cover and Ireland are through! Bear hugs and smiles all over in the Ireland dug out and the crowd. It was a full ball outside off and Tucker cleared away from the stumps and swung!

Start the tuck-tuck

17.2
1
McCoy to Stirling, 1 run, Scores level! Full outside off, driven to deep cover. Stirling hands it over to Tucker to finish the job.
17.1
0
McCoy to Stirling, no run, Length on off, defended to point

Should be the last over. McCoy loses his run up and will reload.

END OF OVER:
17 | 4 Runs | IRE: 145/1 (2 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.52, RRR: 0.66)

  • Paul Stirling65 (46b)
  • Lorcan Tucker41 (34b)
  • Jason Holder4-0-23-0
  • Alzarri Joseph4-0-39-0

More Ireland fans dancing now as the team verges win.

16.6
1
Holder to Stirling, 1 run, Top edge off the pull falls safely at midwicket. It was a slower bouncer outside off, Stirling went across and whacked it.
16.5
0
Holder to Stirling, no run, Slower one again, beats the bat this time. It was wide, Stirling identified it and looked to drive it through cover with a big follow-through. Missed it.
16.4
0
Holder to Stirling, no run, Slow and full on middle, clipped to midwicket
16.3
1
Holder to Tucker, 1 run, Bouncer to Tucker who was charging down, it's well-directed but is played well. Bunted into the ground to deep third.

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

First Round Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL32140.667
NED3214-0.162
NAM31220.73
UAE3122-1.235
First Round Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
ZIM32140.2
IRE32140.105
SCOT31220.304
WI3122-0.563
Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
NZ53172.113
ENG53170.473
AUS5317-0.173
SL5234-0.422
IRE5133-1.615
AFG5032-0.571
Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND54181.319
PAK53261.028
SA52250.874
NED5234-0.849
BAN5234-1.176
ZIM5133-1.138