🏏ICC Men's T20I WC 2022-Group B-Match12on21st : ZIM vs SCO-P53🏏 - Page 34

Thanks for the tag Madhu.🤗

Can't wait for the match to begin.

Cheers..

Thank you for the tag.

Today both the matches are knockouts. Ideally I wanted both sl and wi to be eliminated but sl have qualified already even after the thrashing by Namibia. Dutch have been in good form and deserved to qualify. Infact could have beaten sl also. That would have meant nam and ned qualify. Heartbreak for Namibia.

Coming to this group i hope its ire and sco/zim anyone will do.

Andy Balbirnie: It becomes win or die after the first loss, we did well to comeback after the loss. The pitch looks good, we need to restrict them and chase the score down. We're playing the same team

Nicholas Pooran: There's some sunshine around, we want to put up a good result. We are positive and are coming off of a good win, we need to continue to get better. We had a discussion and will look to correct our mistakes. The straight boundaries are massive, so finding the gap and running will be important. King is fit and is back in, Brooks is out.

WI win the toss and choose to bat

Ireland: 1 Andy Balbirnie (capt), 2 Paul Stirling, 3 Lorcan Tucker (wk), 4 Harry Tector, 5 Curtis Campher, 6 George Dockrell, 7 Gareth Delany, 8 Mark Adair, 9 Simi Singh, 10 Barry McCarthy, 11 Josh Little

West Indies: 1 Kyle Mayers, 2 Johnson Charles, 3 Evin Lewis, 4 Brandon King, 5 Nicholas Pooran (capt/wk), 6 Rovman Powell, 7 Jason Holder, 8 Akeal Hosein, 9 Odean Smith, 10 Alzarri Joseph, 11 Obed McCoy

Pitch and conditions: The weather is good, there is a lot of wind, says Mark Howard. From the river end, the straight boundary is long, the squarer ones are shorter. Carlos Brathwaite says it's a nice track overall but there's some dryness in patches which should help spinners.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the first game of today's double header. It's West Indies vs Ireland. Like I said before, the winner makes it to the Super 12 stage, while the losing team goes home, simple equation. We saw Sri Lanka and Netherlands qualify yesterday, who are going to be the two teams today? West Indies or Ireland? Zimbabwe or Scotland? We shall find that out as the day unfolds.

Pitch report: It's a different pitch with an 82 metre boundary straight down the ground. It's a nice looking playing surface with a few cracks and dryness. Spinners will get some help from this pitch, reckons Carlos Brathwaite.

Teams:

Ireland (Playing XI): Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie(c), Lorcan Tucker(w), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Simi Singh, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little

West Indies (Playing XI): Kyle Mayers, Johnson Charles, Evin Lewis, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran(w/c), Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy

The players have made their way out in the middle. The West Indian openers are ready to roll as Ireland start with the pace of Joshua Little. Will the two-time T20 World champions be challenged by Ireland today? Let's find out. Time for the first ball of this contest.

WI -- scored 1 run after facing 3 balls!

With that Charles's 4 they are 5/0 after 4 balls.

WI 10/0 (2.3)

CRR: 4

West Indies opted to bat

50 up for WI in the 8th over.

West Indies (7.3/20 ov) 51/2

Ireland West Indies chose to bat.

Current RR: 6.80

• Last 5 ov (RR): 42/2 (8.40)