West Indies vs Ireland

Disciplined bowling restricted the Caribbean side to 146-5, with Gareth Delany taking a career-best 3-16, before the Irish romped to their target for the loss ...

The spin of Akeal Hosein finally gave the West Indies a breakthrough in the eighth over with Balbirnie caught by Mayers after an entertaining 37 off 23 balls to end a decisive opening stand. In reply, Ireland got off to a cracking start with Stirling and Balbirnie on a mission, blazing 54 off the first five overs, with eight boundaries, four of them sixes. The West Indies won the tournament in 2012 and 2016, but came to Australia with a new-look team after the likes of Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard retired, and Andre Russell was overlooked.

Two-time tournament champion West Indies was the favourite to top Group B but was reduced to a scrap for a top-two finish after a shock loss to Scotland.

West Indies failed to reach the second round - Super 12 - of the T20 World Cup, for the first time since 2007, after a nine-wicket defeat against the Ireland in Hobart on Friday. Brandon King finished unbeaten on 62 from 48 balls as West Indies was restricted to 146 for five. This is only the second time in the history of the T20 World Cup that Ireland has advanced to the main round.

Ireland 150 for 1 (Stirling 66*, Tucker 47*) beat West Indies 146 for 5 (King 62*, Delany 3-16) by nine wickets. In Hobart, where it was supposed to rain ...

Smith having Lorcan Tucker caught and bowled in the same over, only to find out he had overstepped summed up West Indies' day. For a brief while, with King and Nicholas Pooran around, Ireland were given the shivers, but when Delany struck - drifting one across to have Pooran reaching out to hit straight to sweeper cover - Ireland were back in it again. Before West Indies realised what had hit them, Ireland had motored to 64 without loss off the first six overs. After restricting West Indies to 146 for 5, a potentially nervy chase in a knockout game turned into a cruise, as Ireland sprinted to the target in the 18th over, not giving their opponents a whiff of a chance. But just as they were beginning to set shop, Delany broke through to cut off a 44-run stand when he dismissed a struggling Ewin Lewis for the first of his three strikes of the night. It wasn't until the eight over that West Indies truly began to get going, when King crashed two boundaries square of the wicket as medium pacer Curtis Campher erred in length.

Brilliant Ireland advance in the Twenty20 World Cup by dumping out two-time champions West Indies with a nine-wicket victory in Hobart.

West Indies would have been further outclassed had it not been for an unbeaten 62 from Brandon King. So it proved as Stirling and Balbirnie tucked into some wayward bowling. This is an awful result for West Indies, who will not feature in the main phase of a T20 World Cup for the first time. From the moment West Indies won the toss and elected to bat, Ireland were the superior side. [Reaction and highlights from Ireland's win over West Indies](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/60117929) [Try our T20 World Cup mega quiz & vote for your 2022 winner](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/63158745) Brilliant Ireland advanced in the T20 World Cup by dumping out two-time champions West Indies with a nine-wicket victory in Hobart.

The winner of this match will progress through to the Super 12s. Ireland: 1 Andy Balbirnie (capt), 2 Paul Stirling, 3 Lorcan Tucker (wk), 4 Harry Tector, ...

West Indies have the firepower of Brandon King up the order after the batter had missed the Zimbabwe game with illness. Johnson Charles, who had replaced King at the time, retained his place, having impressed with a quickfire 36-ball 45. At the time of the toss, though, conditions were visibility brighter with a stiff breeze blowing across the ground.

Ireland chased down their 147 target in style to book their Super 12s place and send the two-time champions out at the first hurdle.

You’re the one who’s going to take it deep.’” Lorcan Tucker came in to bat and scored 45 not out, hitting the winning runs to seal a memorable victory for the loss of only one wicket. “I’m disappointed in myself and how it has gone but we will live to fight another day. “It’s satisfying and humbling and emotional as well,” player-of-the-match Raza, who also took a stunning catch and claimed a wicket, said. “We set out some things we wanted to achieve as a team and how we wanted to play,” he added. Paul Stirling made 66 not out and built a first-wicket partnership of 73 with Andy Balbirnie, before the captain was caught at point off Akeal Hosein for 37.