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Ireland are unchanged, while Jayden Seales has replaced Shamar Joseph in West Indies' XI.

Ireland XI: 1. Paul Stirling (cap), 2. Andy Balbirnie, 3. Cade Carmichael, 4. Harry Tector, 5. Lorcan Tucker (wk), 6. George Dockrell, 7. Andy McBrine, 8. Tom Mayes, 9. Barry McCarthy, 10. Josh Little, 11. Liam McCarthy

West Indies XI: 1. Brandon King, 2. Evin Lewis, 3. Keacy Carty, 4. Shai Hope (cap & wk), 5. Amir Jangoo, 6. Roston Chase, 7. Justin Greaves, 8. Matthew Forde, 9. Gudakesh Motie, 10. Alzarri Joseph, 11. Jayden Seales

10.20am Ireland win the toss and bowl!

Come allyuh mek some runs

W.I. 400..... coming up ..

Nice start - cover drive four fi Brandon

Fourrrr Evin and four more

In reply to Chrissy

WI 16-0 after two overs....

Lewis 12*
King 4*

16/0 from 3

In reply to Onionman0

King c Balbirnie b Barry McCarthy for four

WI 20-1

Brandon gawn fi 8
20/1

Most likely looking at a shortened game today. Rain is due to hit Dublin around 4pm local time

In reply to Eireannach
Welcome
36/1 from 6

Lewis gawn now fi 20
46/2

In reply to Eireannach

Rain to put WI fans out of our misery?

Lewis out to Little for 20.

52/2 from 9

WI 52/2 (9) CRR: 5.78

Keacy Carty14(25)
Shai Hope2(1

Brandon King c Balbirnie b Barry McCarthy 8[9
Evin Lewis c Dockrell b Joshua Little 20[19

Barry McCarthy
5-0-22-1
Joshua Little
1-0-7-1
Thomas Mayes
3-0-19-0

58/2 from 11

11.4
Joshua Little to Shai Hope, FOUR, wrong line and Little is made to pay. Leg-lined delivery, Hope leans forward and clips it through the vacant mid-wicket region. The timing takes the ball to the fence

12.1
Thomas Mayes to Shai Hope, FOUR, lovely shot! Fullish delivery outside off, Hope leans across and drives it through extra cover. It just seemed a push but the timing beats the chasing mid-off fielder

12.2
Thomas Mayes to Shai Hope, 2 runs, too straight - on middle and leg, Hope flicks it through mid-wicket and collects a brace

In reply to mikesiva

Hmmmm...I don't know. Surprising decision by Stirling to have a bowl. I would have thought bat first when conditions are better for batting. Time will tell.

73/2 from 13

In reply to Eireannach

Fingers crossed!

WI 73-2 off 13

Hope 20*
Carty 16*

WI 73/2 (13) CRR: 5.62

Keacy Carty 16(29)
Shai Hope 20(21)

Partnership: 27(32)

13.4
Joshua Little to Shai Hope, FOUR, to fine leg

Drinks
81/2 from 16

In reply to mikesiva

Hope looks very rusty...... incoming swing...Shai all over place.....I readjust... it's 380...

87/2 from 18

Siiiix
111/2

In reply to Chrissy

Nice partnership building.

18.4
Andy McBrine to Keacy Carty, FOUR, and thwacked for a four. Was a tossed up delivery, outside off, Keacy Carty gets under it and lofts it over cover for a four. That was hit over the infield. All of a sudden showed intent of taking on the bowler and did so with elan

19.1
Liam McCarthy to Keacy Carty, FOUR, drops his wrists and guides the ball down for a four. Back of a length delivery, outside off, rose up and Keacy Carty guided the ball down fine to easily beat the man at deep third man. Fifty of the partnership comes up for the duo

19.5
Liam McCarthy to Keacy Carty, SIX, short ball and hammered. Keacy Carty is shifting gears now. Was a short ball, outside off, Keacy Carty fetched the friendly short ball and climbed on to it. The ball seemed to have landed on the cushion at the deep mid region. The third umpire is having a look. Might have hit the cushion on the volley it seems. Too tough for the third umpire. Repeated angles being shown

19.5
Liam McCarthy to Keacy Carty, FOUR, short ball and hammered. Keacy Carty is shifting gears now. Was a short ball, outside off, Keacy Carty fetched the friendly short ball and climbed on to it. The ball seemed to have landed on the cushion at the deep mid region. The third umpire is having a look. Might have hit the cushion on the volley it seems. Too tough for the third umpire. Repeated angles being shown. Boundary signalled in the end
20.1
Andy McBrine to Shai Hope, SIX, straight down the ground for a sixer. Shai Hope doesn't want to be left behind. Chipped down the track, got to the pitch of the ball and lofted it over long-on. Massive hit indeed by the batter

21.2
Dockrell to Shai Hope, FOUR, tossed up delivery, wide outside off, Shai Hope drives and times it so well. The man at sweeper cover was late to chase that and in the end even a dive didn't help

120/2 from 22

22.4
Liam McCarthy to Shai Hope, FOUR, just lands short of the deep mid fence. Was a short ball,

Hope gawn fi 49
127/3

22.5
Liam McCarthy to Shai Hope, out Caught by Tucker!! And gone. Out for 49. Looking to guide one outside off and gets a little edge to walk back into the hut. Massive strike. Maiden ODI wicket for Liam McCarthy. Was a short of length delivery, barely any footwork from the batter and he pushed at it to edge it to the keeper

Shai Hope c Tucker b Liam McCarthy 49(57) [4s-5 6s-1]

WI 127/3 (22.5) CRR: 5.56

Bad bad hope

Hope needs to play some red ball cricket....swinging ball made him dance ...

WI 127/3 (23) CRR: 5.52

Amir Jangoo 0(1)
Keacy Carty 40(52

136/3 from 25

24.5
Liam McCarthy to Keacy Carty, FOUR, short of length delivery, angled in, the batter looked to slog it and got it off the outer-edge. The ball flew away fine and wide of the man at deep third for a four. Got lucky

WI 136/3 (25) CRR: 5.44

Keacy Carty 47(61)
Amir Jangoo 2(4

Keacy Carty 50[67

Good 50 Carty - bat on
144/3 from 27

WI 143/3 (27) CRR: 5.3

Amir Jangoo 6(10)
Keacy Carty 50(67

28.2
McCarthy to Keacy Carty, FOUR, short ball, sits up, buffet ball and slammed over mid-wicket. Was pulled off the front foot and over mid-wicket. Was hit with disdain. Got on top of the bounce and pulled it away for a four

McCarthy to Keacy Carty, SIX, backs away and thumps it over wide cover. That was a short ball, Keacy Carty backed away and slapped it. More like a forehand slap. He was on the back foot and managed to extend his arms on that shot. Massive blow and Keacy Carty has decided to take on the short ball

165/3 from 29

Looking good allyuh

28.6
McCarthy to Keacy Carty, FOUR, to deep mid-wicket

WI 165/3 (29) CRR: 5.69

Keacy Carty 69(77)
Amir Jangoo 8(12)

Wow, VOR really looking good this morning!

WI 167/3 (30) CRR: 5.57

Amir Jangoo 9(14)
Keacy Carty 70(81)

31.1
Andy McBrine to Keacy Carty, FOUR, tossed up delivery, outside off, gets the freedom and gets under the ball to loft it over mid-off.

Partnership: 51(50)

31.5
Andy McBrine to Keacy Carty, FOUR, stays back, used the pace on the delivery and dabs it wide of the man at short third man for a four. Lovely

WI 183/3 (32) CRR: 5.72

Keacy Carty 84(91)
Amir Jangoo 11(16

In reply to Drapsey

Good morning Sir ! Did you call?

187/3 after 33.

200 required...17 overs.....

In reply to voiceofreason

The good thing here is that the detractors can't claim that Carty is beating up on minnows, because those were the guys that put a cut-arse on us just two days ago.

Jangoo gawn
187/4

Very poor from Jangoo, throws his wicket away with a shocking slash first ball after drinks. Gone for 13, West Indies 187/4. Carty remains 85*

In reply to Drapsey
This.

That’s such a poor shot by Jangoo

Dumb dismissal at that time of the match

Arguably the shot of the day thus far from Keacy Carrty, driving confidently through the off side for a boundary. He moves to 89...

Into di 90 and another fourrrrrrr
200 up

Carty hooks and drives for consecutive boundaries...West Indies move to 202/4 and Carty to 98*

Big tom dat Carty
Looking good - bat on

33.1
Dockrell to Jangoo, out Caught by Stirling!! Taken by the man at short third man. Was a tossed up delivery, outside off, Jangoo looked to go big and got a thick outer-edge and the ball flew down to the fielder on the off-side. The break has helped Ireland. Jangoo wanted to the first big shot in this innings and has paid the price for it. Dockrell introduced and produces the wicket.

Jangoo c Stirling b Dockrell 13(20)


WI 203/4 (35) CRR: 5.8

Keacy Carty 98(102)
Justin Greaves 3(3

Ton for Carty!

In reply to 4REALQUICKS
Sweet fi days

35.4
Dockrell to Keacy Carty, 2 runs, that's the hundred! Second ODI ton. The Windies camp is up and applauding. He has been classy. He has taken on the bowling and that has helped Windies to score quickly. Was a tossed up delivery, driven wide of long-off and they took on the arm of the fielder to take the double

Keacy Carty *100[105

As soon as Hope was dismissed, Carty took over and that has been impressive.

207/4 from36

In reply to 4REALQUICKS
Yep

In reply to Chrissy

BEST CARTY INNINGS I HAVE SEEN

Just got back home to see Carty get his century! Well played sir!!!!!!

36.2
Liam McCarthy to Justin Greaves, FOUR, and gets it wide of the man at mid-on for a four.

And he gives it away.
Good ton

Wild slash and Carty goes...WI now five down for 213...Carty out for 102.

Reckless and not really necessary, with so many overs remaining (13), nevertheless, a fine innings.

36.4
Liam McCarthy to Keacy Carty, out Caught by Tucker!! One shot too many from Keacy Carty. Was a back of a length delivery, not much room on it and Keacy Carty backed away to thwack it but ended up edging it to the keeper.

Keacy Carty c Tucker b Liam McCarthy 102(109) [4s-13 6s-1]

In reply to Chrissy
Must get at least 300 here

WI 214/5 (37) CRR: 5.78

Roston Chase 1(2)
Justin Greaves 9(6)

In reply to Drapsey

Fans have no problems with ODI batting of players like Hope, Carty, etc., we are concerned about their poor Test batting performances but they are excellent ODI batsmen, that was never in doubt by fans on the boards.

We need 330+ to be competitive.

222/5 from 39

In reply to Chrissy

Need to pick up this run rate

We need at least 90 more runs

Good catch - Chase gawn
Dem playing Bob - Buffalo Solja
246/6

246/6, how much more can we get?

Six fo Forde - 250 up

43.1
McCarthy to Roston Chase, out Caught by Stirling!! McCarthy comes back and strikes with his first ball. This is a massive moment as the partnership was starting to gain momentum but McCarthy breaks it. Low full toss around off, Chase shuffles across and bends low to play the scoop, does not get the elevation to clear short fine and Stirling takes a good catch over his head.

Roston Chase c Stirling b McCarthy 24(25) [4s-2]

Finally some power hitting

Need to still use your head tho, Matt !

43.4
McCarthy to Forde, SIX, wow! That's some strike off your second ball. Length delivery outside off, Forde had the width to free his hands and he does not hold back, smashes the lofted drive over the extra cover region and sends it sailing all the way,

WI 254/6 (44) CRR: 5.77

Matthew Forde 7(4)
Justin Greaves 19(21

What is Ford doing ?

Stay still and bat


Like that ........ 6666

44.3
Joshua Little to Forde, SIX, massive! Forde is not wasting about. He gets under this length delivery and pumps it down the ground. Picks the long-on region and sends it sailing into the trees

SHOT from Forde, top shot!!!!!

44.5
Joshua Little to Forde, SIX, no ball, SIX, third six for Forde. Short of length delivery and he picks bones out of that, gets into a nice position and nails the pull towards deep square leg. Little has overstepped. Free-hit coming up

44.5
Joshua Little to Forde, SIX, six more. This is turning into more than a cameo now. Little goes short of length again and Forde is waiting for it, he hangs back and hammers the pull into the cow corner region

44.6
Joshua Little to Forde, SIX, fifth six for Forde and fourth in this over. Little taken to the cleaners. This is a length delivery and Forde lofts through the line. He gets it nowhere close to the middle but the ball still manages to just drop beyond the long-off fence

Forde lucking ball
280/6 from 45

Dis done

1-1

Looks so much better when he's not moving about

Stand up and whack it

WI 280/6 (45) CRR: 6.22

Matthew Forde 31(10)
Justin Greaves 20(22

In reply to Narper

Much better now, push on

45.2
Thomas Mayes to Forde, FOUR, to fine leg

Six sixes already
291/6

In reply to Halliwell

Yep/...300 plus now

45.3
Thomas Mayes to Forde, SIX, better connection on the scoop and it goes the distance. This was the slower ball outside off, Forde moves across, bends low and scoops it to fine leg. He did really well to generate so much power on the shot

50 partnership from 17

45.5
Thomas Mayes to Justin Greaves, FOUR, to long-off

This is the impetus we needed

Partnership: 50(17)

WI 296/6 (46) CRR: 6.43

Justin Greaves 25(25
Matthew Forde 42(13

350 would be nice .

300 up

46.2
Liam McCarthy to Forde, no ball, SIX, 300 up for West Indies. They still have 22 balls. Juicy full toss and Forde is not missing out in this kind of form, he smacks it down the ground and sends another ball into the trees

And Forde ties the world fastest 50 record from 16

46.2
Liam McCarthy to Forde, SIX, jointest ODI fifty.AB de Villiers had got it off 16 balls and now Forde has one off 16 balls. This has been absolute carnage. 52 out of his 54 runs have come in fours and sixes. Another full toss outside off, Forde slices it in front of square and clears the deep extra cover fence with ease. He raises his bat and acknowledges the applause of his team mates

In reply to Chrissy

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!! Equals ABs record!!!!

46.3
Liam McCarthy to Forde, FOUR, to fine leg

That was so good....

Congrats Matthew Forde

Equals AB's record of fast 50

46.5
Liam McCarthy to Forde, out Bowled!! Cleaned up! A record equalling knock comes to an end. He walks off to a standing ovation. He has completely changed the complexion of the game with his innings. Very full delivery from McCarthy, Forde shuffles across and gets himself into a tangle, the ball sneaks through between his legs and flattens the leg-stump.

Forde b Liam McCarthy 58(19) [4s-2 6s-8]

Well played innings from Forde. We need to go on and win this match!

350 should be the target !

Fireworks are needed from Motie now to get to 350.

47.5
Joshua Little to Justin Greaves, SIX, Greaves sends one out of the ground. It is that short of length delivery from Little that has gone for a lot today, Greaves gets into a good position and nails it over deep square leg

WI 327/7 (4 CRR: 6.81

Justin Greaves 33(2
Gudakesh Motie 5(4

48.4
McCarthy to Justin Greaves, FOUR, to long-off

48.5
McCarthy to Justin Greaves, FOUR, to deep mid-wicket

WI 338/7 (49) CRR: 6.9

Justin Greaves 43(34)
Gudakesh Motie 5(4

338/7, 12 more needed to get 350!

49.4
Joshua Little to Motie, SIX, to deep mid-wicket

49.5
Joshua Little to Motie, SIX, 350 is up. Motie having some fun now. Back of a length outside off, Motie has the width and he makes the most of it,

Slapped for 6!!!!

49.6
Joshua Little to Motie, out Bowled!! Cleaned up!

Motie b Joshua Little 18( [6s-2]

352/8
97 off di last six.

Done done done

MOTIEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

WI 352/8 (50) CRR: 7.04

Justin Greaves 44*(36

In reply to Chrissy

352/8, excellent effort from the West Indies. Now to do the job with the ball!

In reply to Chrissy

28 runs short....380 was my revised total mike

In reply to Onionman0
Yuh too greedy.
Dis done

So, the single Yardie, Brandon King, is the only one to score in the single digits.

Rain

Will be raining for another 2 hours at least. Don't know when the cut off is but if they can't get going 6-6:30pm they'll probably call it.

Yep.. that call by Stirling at the toss - total brainfart

In reply to Drapsey

How comes you never mentioned his name during the numerous times when he tops the batting?? Just be thankful that WI scored some runs, we know that they are all very inconsistent, so relax and enjoy today!!

This is the reason why that poor showing by the wi in the first match was so bad.if this match gets rained out and the rain interferes in the third. ireland wins the series

We were warned about rain early on the thread

It's washout...Sad

Forecast for Sunday is actually looking a little bit better. I'll keep you guys posted

In reply to LBW375

Glad a West Indian broke it because AB's was against WI when he slaughtered Holder

In reply to Slipfeeler

Yuh swallow the bait??? Drapsey is as BLACK, GREEN n GOLD as any a Yardie you can find!!

In reply to Eireannach

You live in Dublin?

In reply to Eireannach

In reply to Narper

Yeah

In reply to Onionman0
Not yet

In reply to Chrissy

Great this is encouraging!

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Ireland v West Indies, 2nd ODI, 2025
17:24 Local Time, 16:24 GMT, 21:54 IST:

Alas, the inevitable has happened. The game has been called off.

Official - no result

We dodged a bullet

The cricketing gods have intervened?

In reply to Eireannach

I think the opposite. No series win for the ...