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. Ire 101-2published at 13.3 overs

    Another shout for lbw as Eimear Richardson strikes the ball into her pads.

    Definitely bat first and West Indies wisely choose not to review.

  2. Not outpublished at 13.2 overs

    Ire 101-2

    Not out. Impact was well outside off. A waste of a review.

  3. Postpublished at 17:58 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    My first reaction is that it has hit her outside the line... I don't think this is out.

  4. West Indies reviewpublished at 13.2 overs

    Ire 101-2

    Spin continues from Karishma Ramharack and already a shout.

    Has Eimear Richardson been caught lbw trying to reverse sweep. Umpire says no but West Indies send it upstairs.

  5. Postpublished at 17:54 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Gaby LewisImage source, Getty Images

    That is a wonderful shot! Stand, deliver and hold the pose.

  6. Ire 98-2published at 13 overs

    Shot of the match. Gaby Lewis straight drives the ball back over the bowler's head for four.

    Hold the pose.

  7. Ire 93-2published at 12.3 overs

    Eimear RichardsonImage source, Getty Images

    Eimear Richardson is moved up the order. She avoids a bouncer to start and is given an immediate free hit.

    Luckily for the West Indies it goes for just one.

  8. Postpublished at 17:52 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    A vary tame dismissal. It's so unlucky, she could've hit that into the leg side.

  9. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 12.2 overs

    Prendergast c James b Connell 61 (Ire 91-2)

    No!!!

    Orla Prendergast looked in such good form she could have been on for a century.

    It's a nothing-ball from Shamilia Connell but it catches Prendergast's leading edge and goes straight to a fielder. A brilliant innings comes to an end.

  10. Postpublished at 17:50 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023

    Nathan Johns
    Journalist for Irish Times

    Orla PrendergastImage source, Getty Images

    Orla Prendergast has to bat as long as possible for Ireland.

  11. Ire 86-1published at 12.1 overs

    Prendergast 61, Lewis 22

    West Indies wisely turn to pace. Shamilia Connell's first ball back goes for four though with the covering fielder's foot catching the rope as she slides in to grab the ball.

  12. Postpublished at 17:48 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Orla Prendergast is timing the ball so well.

  13. Ire 86-1published at 12 overs

    Skipper Hayley Matthews gets out of a disastrous over conceding 13 runs including that monster six from Prendergast.

    Prendergast's score by the way is Ireland's highest in a T20 World Cup, beating Gaby Lewis' record.

  14. Ire 83-1published at 11.2 overs

    Drama as that six was hit with too many players outside the inner circle. A free hit is given which nearly causes a run out as Prendergast tries to run back for a second but is sent back.

    She's safe. Just.

  15. 50 runs

    50 for Prendergastpublished at 11.1 overs

    Ire 78-1

    Huge!!!!

    What a way to get to your 50 as Orla Prendergast reaches her milestone off 41 runs, with a massive shot over the leg side for six.

  16. Postpublished at 17:43 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023

    Nathan Johns
    Journalist for Irish Times

    West Indies have responded really well to Orla Prendergast.

  17. Ire 72-1published at 11 overs

    Nice recovery from Karishma Ramharack, conceding just three more runs from her final five deliveries.

    Prendergast is three runs away from her first World Cup half-century.

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

    Nathan Johns
    Journalist for Irish Times

    Orla Prendergast loves dancing down the ground and hitting through the off side.

  19. Ire 69-1published at 10.1 overs

    And Prendergast immediately moves into the 40s, driving Karishma Ramharack through the covers for four more.

  20. Ire 65-1published at 10 overs

    Prendergast 38, Lewis 22

    As am I.

    Drinks over. We go again.