15/02Result
5th Match, Pool B, ICC Cricket World Cup at Nelson, Feb 16 2015
Ireland won by 4 wkts (25b rem)
Player of the Match
Paul Stirling
Paul StirlingIreland
15/02Result
5th Match, Pool B, ICC Cricket World Cup at Nelson, Feb 16 2015
Ireland won by 4 wkts (25b rem)
Player of the Match
Paul Stirling
Paul StirlingIreland

Best performances - Batsmen

LMP Simmons
LMP Simmons
102(84) 9x4 - 5x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 18 runs
  • 3x4 - 1x6
12 2 13 25 6 12 3 29
PR Stirling
PR Stirling
92(84) 9x4 - 3x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 19 runs
  • 1x4 - 2x6
5 12 22 14 8 4 3 24

Best performances - Bowlers

GH Dockrell
GH Dockrell
O10
M0
R50
W3
Eco5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
JE Taylor
JE Taylor
O8.5
M0
R71
W3
Eco8.03
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Partnerships

West Indies - Innings

30
CH Gayle10 (21)
DR Smith18 (24)
1
CH Gayle0 (3)
DM Bravo0 (0)
47
CH Gayle26 (41)
MN Samuels21 (39)
0
MN Samuels0 (2)
D Ramdin0 (0)
9
LMP Simmons8 (5)
D Ramdin1 (6)
154
DJG Sammy89 (67)
LMP Simmons60 (60)
61
LMP Simmons34 (19)
AD Russell25 (12)
2*
AD Russell2 (1)
JO Holder0 (0)

Ireland - Innings

71
WTS Porterfield23 (43)
PR Stirling38 (38)
106
EC Joyce51 (40)
PR Stirling54 (46)
96
EC Joyce33 (27)
NJ O'Brien62 (42)
12
NJ O'Brien2 (4)
A Balbirnie9 (9)
5
NJ O'Brien4 (8)
GC Wilson1 (6)
1
NJ O'Brien1 (1)
KJ O'Brien0 (1)
16*
JF Mooney6 (5)
NJ O'Brien10 (5)

Manhattan

Run rate graph

Worm

Match Coverage

All Match News

  • Ireland 'no fear' approach pays off

    Ireland coach Phil Simmons has never seen his team play better and believes the aggressive mindset, which appeared to take the beleaguered opposition by surprise, will become their trademark

  • Ireland gatecrash the cartel

    Tim Wigmore suggests that Ireland's display in knocking over West Indies so comfortably was another example of their "relentless harassment of cricket's cosy cartel"

  • Clinical Ireland are giantkillers no longer

    The days when all Ireland victories are termed a shock have long gone. Their defeat of West Indies was their most clinical performance against a "major" nation

  • West Indies unravelling at alarming rate

    It is little surprise that a team which pulled out of a major bilateral tour only four months ago, and against India of all opposition, continues to be the subject of murmurings of further discontent

  • West Indies v Ireland - #BendTheRules Moments

    #BendTheRules moments from the Group B match between Ireland and West Indies played in Nelson on Monday.

Sterling Stirling

92

Runs scored by Stirling, the highest for an Ireland opener against a top-eight nation in World Cups

Ireland open up

71

The opening standing between Porterfield and Stirling, the highest for Ireland against a top-8 team in World Cups

Fast Finish

198

Runs scored by West Indies in the last 20 overs of the innings, the second most for them since 2001

Miserly McBrine

26

Runs conceded by Andy McBrine, the third-fewest by an Irish bowler against a Test nation

Playing a lot of catch up

18

Number of times since 2012 that West Indies have lost five or more wickets for 100 runs or less, the most for any team

Gayle's slow blow

55.4

Chris Gayle's strike rate during this innings (36 off 65 balls), his lowest against a non-Test nation (min. 50 balls)

A Young Venue

3

Number of ODIs played at the Saxton Oval, Nelson, two of those involving West Indies.

Gayle stops blowing

18.7

Chris Gayle's batting average since 2013, the worst for any top-order batsman (min. 20 innings)