Postpublished at 16:53 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
West Indies are the stronger side and they should win but they have not been playing good cricket.
Summary
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West Indies win by six wickets off penultimate ball to stay in tournament - Ireland eliminated
Win ends 15-game losing run
Captain Hayley Matthews finishes 66 not out off 53 balls
Ireland have now lost 15 successive games in T20 World Cups
Ireland slipped from 116-2 to 137-9
Orla Prendergast (61) hits Ireland's first T20 World Cup half-century
Postpublished at 16:53 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023
Listen to every ball livepublished at 16:52 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023
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West Indies XI: Matthews (c), Williams (wk), Campbelle, James, Gajnabi, Henry, Alleyne, Holder, Fletcher, Ramharack, Connell.
Ireland XI: Hunter, Lewis, Prendergast, Delany (c), Richardson, Little, Waldron (wk), Paul, Kelly, Murray, Maguire.
'We've got a lot to play for'published at 16:49 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023
West Indies captain Hayley Matthews: "I'm fine with the toss, if we won we would have batted too. You've got to do one of the two at the end of the day.
"We've got a lot to play for. Coming into the World Cup we knew the first two games were tough and this game is good to see where we are as a team.
"We didn't get the score we wanted against England and India and hopefully we can change that."
'We need to be hungry'published at 16:48 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023
Ireland captain Laura Delany: "We'll have a bat first. It's a nice wicket, we fielded first the other day and we want to change that up.
"We've put in good performances during the warm-up games and we've been disappointed so far but we have a young group who can bounce back.
"I feel like we need to be a bit more hungry for it.
"It's a really nice ground and a good wicket once you get in."
Ireland win the toss and choose to batpublished at 16:47 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023
Image source, Getty ImagesHeads the call from Laura Delany....heads it is.
Hellopublished at 16:45 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023
West Indies v Ireland (17:00 GMT)
Image source, Getty ImagesThe cricket keeps on coming as winless pair West Indies and Ireland face off in Cape Town.
Earlier New Zealand thrashed Bangladesh in our afternoon match. Are we going to see another high-scoring game today?