West Indies vs Ireland

A defeat in a must-win Round 1 fixture meant the end of the line of the two time champions at the 2022 World Cup.

Even though Akeal Hosein did provide the Windies with a breakthrough, it made little difference in context of the game as keeper batter Lorcan Tucker then took the proceedings ahead with Sterling, who went on to score his 21st T20I fifty. Winning the toss, West Indies opted to bat first in Hobart. Paul Stirling and skipper Andre Balbirnie 73 runs off 45 deliveries to set the chase.

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.