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‘End of an era’ – Fans left disappointed as West Indies get knocked out of 20-20 World Cup with a crushing defeat against Ireland

Ireland registered a nine-wicket win over West Indies to knock them out of the World Cup.

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The engaging action continued in the 20-20 World Cup 2022 on Friday as Ireland and West Indies went up against each other at Bellerive Oval, Hobart. West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran won the toss and decided to bat first. The match held tremendous importance for the qualification in Super 12 as the losing team would have been knocked out of the tournament.

West Indies openers Kyle Mayers and Johnson Charles walked out to the middle to give their team a blistering start. However, their hopes were shattered as Mayers departed early scoring just one off five balls. Charles looked in good touch as he played some sumptuous shots. But his stay couldn’t last long at the crease as he got dismissed with the score on 27 after scoring 24 off 18 balls.

Seeing his team in disarray, Brandon King took it upon himself to take his team out of misery. He got involved in a 44-run-stand with Evin Lewis for the third wicket. King didn’t get great support from other batters as the West Indies batting lineup faltered against relentless Irish bowling.

King finally got some support from Odean Smith who scored a quick-fire 19 off 12 balls to take West Indies to a total of 146/5 after their 20 overs. King remained unbeaten on 62 off 48 balls smashing six fours and one six in his innings. Gareth Delany was the chief destroyer of West Indies who picked up three wickets for 16 runs in four overs.

Ireland openers were seen in full swing

The Irish chase got off to a blazing start with the openers adding 73 runs for the first wicket in just 7.3 overs. West Indies got its first success in the form of captain Andrew Balbirnie who scored a magnificent 37 off 23 balls. Balbirnie’s wicket brought Lorcan Tucker to the crease who played second fiddle to a well-set Paul Stirling. The duo kept finding boundaries regularly in their free-flowing innings. They added 77 runs off 60 balls as Ireland managed to chase down the total with 15 balls to spare. Stirling remained unbeaten on 66 off 48 balls while Tucker scored 45 not out off 35 balls.

Courtesy of this crushing defeat, two-time champions West Indies got knocked out of the tournament before the Super 12 stage.

Here’s how Twitter reacted to West Indies’ defeat:

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