West Indies 242 for 4 (Matthews 100, Taylor 100*; Maguire 2-52) beat Ireland 241 for 7 (Hunter 67, Stokell 57; Dottin 2-15) by 6 wickets
Captain Hayley Matthews and Stafanie Taylor both scored hundreds in the second One-Day International against Ireland at the Bready Cricket Ground on Sunday, leading the West Indies to a comfortable six-wicket victory and a subsequent 2-0 series-winning lead.
The two finished with identical scores of 100, with Matthews notching back-to-back tons and Taylor remaining unbeaten to see Windies home.
There are cherished moments in every sport when the greats occupy the same field. Even more so in cricket, when the pinnacle of what an entire nation has been able to produce stands at opposite ends of the wicket. The 158-run partnership between Matthews and Taylor was in no way proof that they are the two greatest women to have represented the West Indies; it was simply a reminder.
The proof, however, was in every classical shot they each carved out that kept the scoreboard ticking over and prompted statistical interjection after statistical interjection from the commentary team that was as good as saying, “There’s nobody like them.”
The pair came together at the fall of Realeanna Grimmond for a duck in the first over, and their 151-ball stay propelled the West Indies to 159 for 2, needing 83 runs from 144 balls to win. They scored above the required rate throughout their partnership thanks to Matthews, the aggressor, who followed up her century in Friday’s first encounter with a 94-ball repeat. For which, 68 of the even one hundred runs were accumulated in boundaries.
West Indies 268 for 3 (Carty 95, Hope 87*; Bracewell 1-33) beat New Zealand 267 all out (Mitchell 65, Young 49, Alzarri 4-41) by 7 wickets
A wry smile spread across Keacy Carty's face under the lights at the Providence Stadium. He extended his arms upward to collect the bat he had flipped in the air.
He had just been dismissed, and realization had dawned on him: five runs away from a hundred, he was caught at deep midwicket trying to slog sweep Michael Bracewell for six.
At the fall of his wicket, the West Indies were in the driver’s seat, needing 45 from 38 to go 1-0 up in their three-match One-Day International series against New Zealand.
Carty’s 95 was a welcome return to form. It was his first half-century in 12 innings. Had he gotten to three figures, it would have been his fifth ton in the format. The right-hander, however, insists he was simply pleased to have been resourceful.
Most ODI centuries for Windies Women: Matthews (11), Taylor (8), Dottin (3)
West Indies 270 for 1 (Matthews 159*, Grimmond 91; Little 1-25) beat Ireland 269 all out (Hunter 96, Lewis 39; Fletcher 4-49) by 9 wickets
The West Indies completed an emphatic 9-wicket win over Ireland in the first One-Day International at the Bready Cricket Ground on Friday, taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. A record-breaking 258-run stand from openers Hayley Matthews and Realeanna Grimmond guided Windies to victory in what was their highest successful run chase.
Ten days prior, the West Indies had exited The Oval in London with heads hung, having failed to challenge eventual champions Australia in the semifinal of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. Three days before that, they had lost by 6 wickets to this Irish team in the final group game, a win that was Ireland’s first-ever in the tournament.
This series signaled a switch to 50-over cricket, but the Caribbean side wasn’t necessarily comfortable in the format either. They had also failed to qualify for the 2025 ODI World Cup, following that up with four consecutive series losses, including a 2-1 defeat at home to Sri Lanka earlier in February. They needed to initiate a response.
While Ireland batted well before being dismissed for 269, the nature of the wicket suggested that the hosts might have left a few runs on the track. Of course, so much would depend on how Matthews went with the bat, and it did not take long to guess the mood the Windies skipper was in.
The Barbados Tridents today announced their overseas player roster ahead of the 2026 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season, adding a formidable blend of top-order power, world-class spin, and seam-bowling variety as the franchise returns to its historic identity under the "One Barbados" partnership.
The five overseas signings confirmed for the upcoming campaign are:
Quinton de Kock (South Africa)
Chris Green (Australia)
Mujeeb ur Rahman (Afghanistan)
George Linde (South Africa)
Daniel Sams (Australia)
With Kensington Oval, "The Mecca" of West Indies cricket, set to host this year's CPL final, the Tridents' recruitment for 2026 signals intent to build a squad capable of matching aggressive batting with world-class control across all three bowling disciplines.
Realeanna Grimmond has replaced the injured Chinelle Henry in the West Indies squad for their upcoming Women’s One-Day International tour of Ireland, which gets underway on Friday. The change is the lone one to the group that featured in the recently concluded ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.
The tour, for which all three fixtures will be played at Bready Cricket Club, marks the team's third assignment of the new ICC Women's Championship cycle, offering another opportunity to bank points and build momentum on the road to World Cup qualification.
