ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup, Group 1, Bristol
West Indies 128-7 (20 overs): Henry 27* (21); Murray 2-13
Eire 129-4 (18.1 overs): Prendergast 63 (44); Munisar 2-28
Eire received by six wickets
Eire earned their first win at a Ladies’s T20 World Cup with a shock victory over semi-final hopefuls West Indies at Bristol.
After a tremendous all-round bowling efficiency restricted West Indies to 128-7, Orla Prendergast led Eire’s chase with a shocking 63 from 44 balls.
Prendergast was dismissed within the sixteenth over with 21 runs from 28 balls nonetheless required, however Rebecca Stokell held her nerve with an unbeaten 16 to seal the win with 11 balls to spare.
Eire have misplaced all of their earlier 21 matches in 5 editions of the event and West Indies have been winners in 2016.
The defeat doesn’t remove West Indies, as they nonetheless completed with a greater web run-rate than Sri Lanka, so they are going to be by way of if New Zealand lose to England in Saturday’s later recreation (18:30 BST).
West Indies’ batting line-up couldn’t get going, with their three powerhouses in Hayley Matthews, Stafanie Taylor and Deandra Dottin all scoring at a strike-rate of lower than 100.
That left an excessive amount of for the decrease order to do as a way to catch up, regardless of Chinelle Henry’s 27 not out.
Spinner Cara Murray was the decide of the Irish bowlers with a miserly 2-13, together with the important thing wicket of Matthews for 22.
Captain Gaby Lewis fell cheaply in reply, however Amy Hunter steadied the chase with a stand of 62 with Prendergast.
Hunter was dropped on three and went on to make 28 earlier than Prendergast accelerated by way of the center overs, whacking eight fours and two sixes in her match-winning knock.
Eire didn’t do sufficient to safe a top-four end within the group, nonetheless, which implies they have to be a part of Scotland within the qualifying rounds for the 2028 event.
