Andrew Balbirnie's Hundred Helps Ireland Thrash West Indies In ODI Opener

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Last Updated:May 22, 2025, 08:24 IST

Paul Stirling became the archetypal Irish batter to scope 10,000 planetary runs arsenic Ireland defeated West Indies by 124 runs successful Dublin.

Andrew Balbirnie scored a match-winning 100 for Ireland against Windies (Picture credit: X @cricketireland)

Paul Stirling became the archetypal Irish batter to scope 10,000 planetary runs, and Andy Balbirnie made a period during a ascendant 124-run triumph implicit the West Indies successful the opening one-day planetary successful Dublin connected Wednesday.

Captain Stirling moved to a vocation full of 10,017 runs crossed Tests, ODIs and T20 internationals with a sound of 54 disconnected 64 balls.

“Delighted to get there. It was thing I dreamt of arsenic a kid, but arsenic a nonrecreational cricketer, you can’t dwell excessively overmuch connected it," said Stirling.

Building connected the first-wicket concern of 109, chap opener Balbirnie went connected to marque 112 from 138 deliveries, including 9 fours and 4 sixes, portion Harry Tector chipped successful with 56 arsenic the hosts closed connected 303 for six aft being enactment successful to bat.

West Indies gait bowler Alzarri Joseph claimed the wickets of Balbirnie and Tector earlier Matthew Forde registered 3 for 68.

Ireland’s onslaught made airy enactment of the tourists’ apical bid to pave the mode for a commanding occurrence arsenic Barry McCarthy and George Dockrell starred with the ball.

After opener Evin Lewis was tally retired by Tector, McCarthy took 3 wickets and seamer Thomas Mayes marked his ODI debut by cleanable bowling visiting skipper Shai Hope for 2 to trim the Windies to 31 for 5 wrong 10 overs.

McCarthy finished with 4 for 32 aft having Forde caught by Little for 38 astatine the commencement of the 35th implicit arsenic Ireland wrapped up triumph with 95 balls to spare.

“We needed to amusement much intent," said Hope.

“We conscionable request to acceptable the code from the start. We cognize the firepower we person with prime players coming successful astatine the backmost end. This bid isn’t implicit yet, but we’ll instrumentality this stroke since they outplayed us."

The three-match bid continues connected Friday earlier concluding connected Sunday.

Brief scores

Ireland: 303-6, 50 overs (Balbirnie 112, Tector 56, Stirling 54; Forde 3-68, A. Joseph 2-51)

West Indies 179 each retired 34.1 overs (Chase 55; McCarthy 4-32, Dockrell 3-21)

Result: Ireland won by 124 runs

Series: Ireland pb three-match bid 1-0

Location :

London, United Kingdom (UK)

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