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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Robert Hynes

Ireland seal series win over West Indies with two-wicket win in Jamaica

Andy McBrine and Harry Tector both hit half-centuries as Ireland beat the West Indies by two wickets to seal victory in their three-match one-day international series.

Having lost the first match by 24 runs, Ireland had won the second, rescheduled clash by five wickets to take the series into a decider, with the visitors turning on the style to secure victory in Kingston with 31 balls to spare.

Things had started well for the West Indies as Shai Hope cracked 53 from just 39 balls at the top of the innings after Ireland had won the toss and elected to field.

But he fell to Craig Young, with the hosts losing three wickets for just four runs as the middle order failed to take hold of proceedings.

Jason Holder ensured a competitive score with an impressive 44 before being run out, with the West Indies posting a total of 212 all out – Odean Smith unbeaten on 20 from 10 balls.

Ireland could not have made a more contrasting start as William Porterfield was out off the first ball of the reply, caught by Akeal Hosein off the bowling of Alzarri Joseph.

Captain Paul Sterling (44) put on 73 runs with McBrine before he was trapped lbw by Hosein – but then McBrine and Tector went to work, the pair shining once more to add 79 for the third wicket.

McBrine (59) and Tector (52) would eventually fall and there was a wobble from the tourists with no-one else scoring over 11 – but they still had enough to get over the line as Young found the boundary to score the winning runs.

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