Yas in London: Imagine how good Ireland would be if they were regularly tested against the best with the likes of Morgan and Rankin available. Surely Test match status is inevitable?

Anthony Shaw:, external I definitely should be in bed right now but the Ireland v West Indies game is shaping up to be a cracker! Very impressed by Ireland in this game. The chase is on! Why did I have to support England

Thanks Jamie. So I rejoin you with this match very evenly poised. Sammy round the wicket, and immediately he serves one up in the slot and Ed Joyce batters it back over his head for a towering six. That won't make his back feel any better. Three singles from the rest of the over, and Ireland's steady accumulation continues.

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Ireland 106-1 off 20 overs (run-rate 5.30) (target 305)

West Indies 304-7 (run-rate: 6.08) - Simmons 102, Sammy 89; Dockrell 3-50

Not out batsmen: Joyce 18, Stirling 55

Fall of wickets: 1-71 (Porterfield 23)

Bowling figures: Holder 5-1-16-0, Roach 3-0-26-0, Taylor 2-0-15-0, Russell 4-0-20-0, Gayle 5-0-22-1, Sammy 1-0-3-0

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Sensible batting from the Irishmen, content to work singles from Gayle. The Windies were 71-2 at this stage. Can Ireland maintain this remarkably composed start? Here's James to take you through the remainder of the match.

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The rumour of Darren Sammy's absence with the ball must have been a hoax. He is not at express pace, and keeper Ramdin is up to the stumps, but the Windies will hope he can add to his 80 ODI wickets. The sound of Pharrell Williams drifts across the ground. Sammy is usually as "Happy" as any but he was easily worked for singles in his opening over.

Garry MacDonald
Former Canterbury spinner and coach on BBC Test Match Special

"It's been a very impressive fifty from Paul Stirling. He's been put through the wringer - they've come at him with short-pitched bowling - but he seems an unflappable character."

Stirling reaches a neatly compiled fifty from 49 balls and then Sussex left-hander Joyce backs away to launch Gayle to the square cover boundary. The runs continue in the warm afternoon sunshine, perfect conditions at the Saxton Oval.

The assured Ed Joyce, who played in the 2007 World Cup for England, hooks Russell for a 62-metre six. Purposeful stuff from the Irishmen, and still big Kevin O'Brien, the fastest World Cup centurion, to come.

John Baumfield
BBC Test Match Special

"I think the big loss for the West Indies is the spinner Sulieman Benn - with his added height, he could have been a real handful on this wicket."

Gayle rattles through his overs with that short run-up/amble-up, which is my excuse for any typos. Stirling maintains the momentum with a powerful cut behind square for another boundary.

Russell continues but the 24-year-old Stirling, who has five ODI centuries to his name, with a highest score of 177 against Canada, negates him with ease and moves into the 40s.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"It was a quicker one from Gayle, outside off stump, Porterfield's eyes lit up and he went for the flashy drive, but he got a little tickle on it and Denesh Ramdin took a very difficult catch."

Good catch from the keeper. A flashing drive from Porterfield at a wide one and neatly snaffled in the gauntlets at the stumps. A beaming smile from Gayle as he takes his 159th ODI wicket. Porterfield faced 43 balls and had a strike rate of 53.48, helped massively by his one six.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"When you're chasing a total like this, it's very easy to get carried away, but Ireland have batted sensibly - they've hit the bad balls and put West Indies under a bit of pressure but not too much."

The first chance. Russell spills a return catch offered by Porterfield. It was pushed firmly back by the left-hander and the muscular paceman sticks out his right hand, but it doesn't stay in. At this level etc etc.

Christopher Henry Gayle ambles to the crease in his dark glasses. Five paces for his off spinners. Umpire Oxenford asks for a replay as Porterfield is sent back but the batsman was virtually behind the stumps when the bails were removed. Still no maiden as a single is taken from the final ball.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"The West Indies are going for the short-ball theory, which is strange because all the scoring shots that the Irish batsmen have played to the short ball have gone for six. I think a better area to these lads is right around the top of off stump."

Andre Russell, resplendent with sharp Mohawk haircut and beard combination, joins the attack and there is a slip in place but not much work for him. A slower ball bouncer to finish, but all too easy for the batsmen.