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

Live Reporting

Um-E-Aymen Babar and Joe Rindl

  1. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Orla PrendergastGetty Images

    I'm a massive fan of Orla Prendergast.

  2. Ire 65-1

    A quieter over from Afy Fletcher which goes for just four runs. Not really sure whose on top at the halfway stage of this innings to be honest. Maybe Ireland by a smidge?

  3. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Ireland will be delighted with their start.

  4. Ire 61-1

    Gaby Lewis and Orla Prendergast of Ireland interact during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup group B match between West Indies and Ireland at Newlands StadiumGetty Images

    Orla Prendergast has nine lives, it's official. I make that life number four as she moves to 36 with a chip over the inner ring that just lands safe.

    Ten more runs from that latest over by the way. Ireland have dragged themselves back into this game with a 60-run partnership.

  5. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Campbell has made a valiant effort there!

  6. Ire 57-1

    Orla PrendergastGetty Images

    Aaliyah Alleyne is the latest to come into the attack for West Indies.

    Gaby Lewis gets lucky with an uncontrolled shot that lands safe before Orla Prendergast hits the ball beyond Shemaine Campbelle on the off side for four more runs.

  7. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Ireland have really eyed this match as a win, and it would be a famous win if they get it. It would be calamitous for West Indies.

  8. Ire 51-1

    Lewis is starting to time the ball well now as she sweeps another for a single which brings up Ireland's 50.

    There's a small pocket of green in the stands too making plenty of noise.

  9. Ire 49-1

    Here come the boundaries. Lewis now sweeps new bowler Afy Fletcher finely for four.

  10. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    That is a great shot again from Lewis. Going over mid-off is one of her strengths and she got the reward twice in that over. You would think West Indies have learnt their lesson now.

  11. Ire 45-1

    Hayley Matthews' bowling: 17% full, 83% good length and 0% short. 2 overs, 0 maidens, went for 15 runs, took 0 wickets with an economy of 7.50.BBC Sport

    Ireland are finally going at more than a run per ball as Gaby Lewis finds much more control in her latest up-and-over strike to the off-side boundary.

    Hayley Matthews' latest over goes for 12.

  12. Ire 40-1

    Prendergast 25, Lewis 10

    Gaby LewisGetty Images

    Ooof! Inches away.

    Gaby Lewis doesn't get much on an aerial drive over the top off the bowling of Hayley Matthews and she nervously watches the ball just sail above the fingertips of Shamilia Connell.

    Four more runs, but that was a close one.

  13. Ire 33-1

    That'll relieve some of the pressure. Prendergast under-edges a fuller delivery and the ball squirts between the keeper and slip for four more runs.

    Still, it's been West Indies' powerplay.

  14. Ire 29-1

    Spin continues with Karishma Ramharack into the attack.

    Ireland run two singles off her first three balls.

  15. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport in Cape Town

    Hayley Matthews has managed to tie Ireland down a little bit there. That is why she is such a key player for West Indies, not just a key batter.

  16. Here's the first wicket. West Indies have had a couple of chances since.

  17. Ire 27-1

    Orla Prendergast reverse sweepsGetty Images

    Three runs from Matthews' first over. Ireland, and Prendergast in particular, are looking very nervy.

  18. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport in Cape Town

    That was very nimble work from Orla Prendergast to get back into her ground.

  19. Ire 25-1

    Nearly a run out! Orla Prendergast edges one along the ground to Shemaine Campbelle at slip, but the West Indies fielder can't hit the stumps with Prendergast well out of her crease.

    Eeek!

  20. Ire 24-1

    Hayley Matthews brings herself into the attack. Time for some spin.