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

  1. dropped catch

    Matthews dropped on 9published at 5 overs

    Target 138

    Short and wide from Arlene Kelly and a rasping cut shot by Hayley Matthews is dropped by Amy Hunter at backward point! That was a chance for the breakthrough.

    The final ball is hit by Rashada Williams over mid-on for a boundary.

  2. Postpublished at 18:53 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Ireland's Orla Prendergast delivers a ball during the Group B T20 women's World Cup cricket match between West Indies and Ireland at Newlands Stadium in Cape TownImage source, Getty Images

    Prendergast has been fantastic for Ireland so far, mixing things up brilliantly.

  3. WI 14-0published at 4 overs

    Orla Prendergast restricts West Indies to only a single this over.

    She's varying her bowling with short balls and ends it with a yorker.

    The worm shows West Indies are 10 runs behind Ireland. West Indies are 14 for 0 after 4 overs. At the same stage Ireland were 24 for 1.Image source, BBC Sport
  4. Postpublished at 18:50 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Hayley Matthews has played a lot of T20 cricket. She's used to opening the batting for every team she's played for so she's very used to the pace on the ball.

  5. WI 13-0published at 3 overs

    Hayley Matthews plays a shotImage source, Getty Images

    Jane Maguire is bowling very full and straight making it difficult for the West Indies batters to find the boundary.

    The over ends with a single defended into the off side.

    A slow and steady start for West Indies.

  6. Postpublished at 18:46 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Good start from Ireland. Every time West Indies don't score more than six per over that run-rate creeps up and up.

    If it goes over eight the pressure will be really on.

  7. Postpublished at 18:46 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023

    Nathan Johns
    Journalist for Irish Times

    Ireland have lost all 15 of their T20 World Cup matches.

  8. WI 8-0published at 2 overs

    An inswing yorker to start things off with Orla Prendergast.

    Hayley Matthews gets off the mark hitting the ball towards fine leg for four.

    It's a crucial game today, whichever team loses will go home tomorrow.

  9. Postpublished at 18:42 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    West Indies have only scored 120 or better in three of their past 16 games they have played since the start of last year.

  10. Postpublished at 18:42 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023

    Nathan Johns
    Journalist for Irish Times

    Ireland will feel like they've left 20 runs out there.

  11. WI 4-0published at 1 over

    Target 138

    Right-handed batters Hayley Matthews and Rashada Williams open for the West Indies.

    Matthews hits Jane Maguire through backward point towards the boundary for four to start things off.

  12. Postpublished at 18:38 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023

    Thanks Josef!

    It will be an interesting chase as West Indies' Stafanie Taylor is currently injured.

    Here we go!

  13. Postpublished at 18:36 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023

    That's me done. Will Ireland finally get over the line and claim their first World Cup win?

    Um-E-Aymen Babar will take you through West Indies' chase.

  14. Postpublished at 18:34 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023

    Earlier Orla Prendergast hit Ireland's highest ever score at a Women's T20 World Cup.

    She'll be kicking herself when she watches her dismissal back.

  15. 'We can definitely defend this'published at 18:33 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023

    Ireland's Orla Prendergast: "I think it was tricky at the start and then myself and Gaby [Lewis] tried to keep going for as long as possible.

    "I think its a good total, we can definitely defend this if we play our length and lines.

    "There's a breeze and I think it'll make a difference. It will be great to come away from this with a win."

  16. Postpublished at 18:32 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023

    Firdose Moonda
    Cricket writer for Cricinfo

    I think Ireland will have enough, West Indies are so depleted in their batting.

  17. Postpublished at 18:31 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Ireland will be disappointed, they just didn't play it clever enough.

  18. West Indies need 138 to winpublished at 18:29 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023

    And that's the innings. Ireland would have taken 137-9 at the start of the day, but given they were 115-2 in the 16th over, their total seems a little disappointing.

  19. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 20 overs

    Waldron run-out Williams 5 (Ire 137-9)

    Swing and a miss from Cara Murray and Mary Waldron is run-out trying to steal a bye.

  20. Postpublished at 18:27 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Very good catch from Chinelle Henry, she had to make up a lot of ground.