- 5/21/2025
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00:00We're all set for this ODI series.
00:12Let's play.
00:13Oh, and significant movement that has come back and jagged in off the surface.
00:20That has gone.
00:21Not an insignificant amount, Carlos.
00:24Three, four bat widths.
00:25And somehow, I think it's only missed on height.
00:30Guided away.
00:33Azari Joseph's pace will push towards the rope and just about get there.
00:38It's a nice start for Andrew Balberni.
00:40Cut in half from his very first delivery.
00:43The women's in two T20Is.
00:45Sterling cuts this away and does break the streak of dots and finally gets off the mark in grand style.
00:54Sterling laces that one.
00:57May well have gone all the way.
00:58It's a very flat six.
01:01Might not have got higher than maybe four or five meters off the ground, but it flies to the rope.
01:06And it's a fantastic end to the fifth over.
01:0820 for London.
01:10Edged away.
01:11This will be four.
01:12Races away.
01:13It's probably, what, only 55 yards or something like that up there, Carlos.
01:17Bit of fortune.
01:17The two slips in place.
01:18Flies over their head.
01:22Balberni will lace it through the offside for four more.
01:24He's not going to miss out here.
01:30This is a soaring six.
01:33Lovely from Sterling.
01:34His second six of the innings.
01:38Matt's cut away.
01:39It'll run all the way to the boundary for four.
01:40Started the over with a boundary.
01:43Ends the over with a boundary.
01:44Six off the first ball.
01:46Four off the last of the eighth over.
01:47Ireland are 40 without loss.
01:49It's going to be runs.
01:54And it's four runs as well.
02:01And that's going to beat the field up.
02:02And it'll make its way to the rope.
02:05It'll trickle across.
02:06But that's another boundary for Paul Sterling.
02:08He moves on to 25.
02:11There it goes.
02:12It goes away for four.
02:21That's the shot.
02:22And it'll take a little bit of movement to get there for the fielder.
02:25He's not going to cut it off, Evan Lewis.
02:27Just confirmation it wasn't.
02:29No ball as Sterling goes on the pull.
02:33And will get surely a boundary.
02:34It's very short that side.
02:36He's edging closer to a most remarkable landmark.
02:39And Paul Sterling's impact on the world game.
02:43And he's going to just continue along his merry way now.
02:46And he'll rather fittingly get a little bit of assistance from the fielder too.
02:50It will be leg buys.
02:51It won't go next to his total.
02:53He'll stay on 10,000 for now.
02:55More.
02:55None of those players still playing.
02:58This one's driven through the covers.
03:00Maybe a slightly lackadaisical effort at cover.
03:03And it will race to the rope.
03:04To spoil the party here for Ireland.
03:11Paul Sterling, though, is going to try to right the ship with another boundary.
03:20Paul Sterling gets it away.
03:22And that will be a half century for the captain.
03:25Moves to 52.
03:29Just 61 deliveries.
03:36First ball, though, is going to be a potential wicket.
03:39And indeed it is caught on the boundary.
03:42It's the breakthrough for West Indies.
03:44Roston Chase into the attack.
03:46And strikes with his first delivery.
03:48Paul Sterling gone for 54.
03:49One bounce, four.
03:56It will go away to the boundary.
03:58It's going to be an additional four for Carmichael.
04:06Oh, that has helped on its way.
04:09One bounce, four.
04:10That is the shot he was looking for.
04:17Beautifully pulled away by Valberni.
04:20Bounce.
04:21And over the boundary.
04:25Forward goes short again.
04:27This is going to be lifted high and long.
04:29It's handsomely six.
04:32And Valberni is upping the strike rate here.
04:37Oh, it takes the edge.
04:38And Carmichael is dismissed.
04:41Forward with a breakthrough after being punished in the over by Valberni.
04:45He's got the wicket of Carmichael for 16.
04:51And can use those long levers.
04:53So, too, can Andy Valberni, who hits another six.
05:00Valberni goes to that trademark slog sweep.
05:02Gets enough of it.
05:03And he will get six.
05:05And, well, nearly some damage caused up in the crowd there.
05:09That is a fine blow.
05:14He's very aggressive.
05:15And he's showing it yet again.
05:17That's a good stroke.
05:18Banged into the surface at no shortage of pace by Shamar Joseph.
05:22And an old-fashioned hook shot well in front to square.
05:24Gets four.
05:30Glorious stroke.
05:31What a way to bring up the 200.
05:32Ireland are starting their summer in some style in the sunshine here.
05:40Should well be the second boundary.
05:42The over.
05:42Straight down the ground.
05:44Straight as an arrow from Tector.
05:46He does get eight from Graves.
05:48Come back over.
05:49Ireland have their 200 up.
05:51It's 206 for two.
05:52Beautiful drive.
05:56A flowing drive from Tector.
05:58And it's going to find the gap and race to the rope.
06:00It's one of the longer pockets of the ground there.
06:02But to the attack.
06:04With his extra pace on, there's going to be runs.
06:07And wicket-taking opportunities.
06:09The first one is a boundary from Tector.
06:11Slashed away.
06:12Clipped away.
06:17And it's going to be one day international century number nine.
06:21For Andrew Balberny.
06:23He has started this season in red-hot form, to say the least.
06:27He's made the move up to the northwest.
06:29He follows up scores of 91, 101 and 63 for them at the Interpros.
06:34And real emotion and delight on the face of Andrew Balberny.
06:37Again, it's that slog sweep that he goes to.
06:43Trademark Balberny.
06:45Drives off the seamers and sweeps off the spinners.
06:48Guys here.
06:51Cashing in in a big way.
06:53And it's going to race away to the rope.
06:54It's always very short.
06:56At both straight ends of the Clontarf venue.
06:59D4.
07:03Looks to accelerate, but he's going to perish in the wish to do so.
07:07He picks out Moti.
07:09And it's a simple catch.
07:12Takes nothing away from a marvellous innings and continues a red-hot streak of form.
07:20Dug into the surface and Tucker more than good enough for that.
07:24Little bit of a double bluff and Tucker.
07:26Well, you know, he's taken him two deliveries to get to that.
07:32Guide it away behind Square.
07:34Third is up in the circle.
07:35It will race to the rope.
07:37Flying start from Lorcan Tucker.
07:38He's looking really good.
07:40Leaner than usual.
07:43He's going to try and cash in now.
07:46Gets to the landmark and follows it up with a boundary.
07:48That's the power of Tector through the offside.
07:51Chips it straight to cover.
07:55It's a tame end protector.
07:57He's played very nicely, but Alsari Joseph is very much keeping the West Indies in this contest.
08:03He, for me, has been the pick of the attack.
08:05He's going to get four, but not where he intended it.
08:10Banged into the surface.
08:11Tucker's looked for the hook shot.
08:13Flies off the top edge.
08:15Not for the first time today.
08:16There's been plenty of those.
08:17Chuggled as bowlers.
08:19Really well.
08:20Candice get the distance.
08:23No.
08:25What an effort in the deep.
08:27Brilliant from Brandon King.
08:29Takes the catch.
08:30Goes outside the rope.
08:31Dockrell has picked out the man.
08:36He's going to be dismissed.
08:37Evan Lewis is never dropping that.
08:39Again, great knowledge of the opposition.
08:41You'd have to think driven a lot by Kevin O'Brien.
08:47300 will be brought up with aplomb.
08:49It's a first international boundary for Tom Mays and maybe one of the largest cheers of the day.
08:55It means that Ireland have had to use all 300 of their deliveries to get there.
08:59But they will surpass 300 and be very pleased.
09:04Remember, they lost the toss.
09:05They were asked to have a bat first on what looked like a greenishly tinged wicket.
09:10But they've posted 303 for six.
09:12And on a historic day for Ireland's captain, Paul Sterling, driven by an Andrew Balberny century and 50s from himself and Harry Techter.
09:21I think overall, Ireland will be pretty pleased and very much in this contest at the halfway stage.
09:26First ball to come.
09:28Target 304.
09:30Barry McCarthy opening for Ireland.
09:33A combative bowler.
09:38Straight down the ground.
09:40It's a quick single.
09:41Stumps hits.
09:43How close is that?
09:44Ireland are celebrating what they feel is a wicket.
09:47Harry Techter.
09:48First runs off Tom Mays.
09:57It's a bludgeoned boundary by Brandon King.
09:59Put this one away very comfortably.
10:07Mays strays down leg side and he's punished by King.
10:10This one worked away by Carty.
10:15It'll beat the fielder and another four.
10:17A little straighter again.
10:23This is chipped and it'll be out the second wicket.
10:26Barry McCarthy strikes with the final ball of the seventh over.
10:30West Indies are two down.
10:31Casey Carty removed for six.
10:34As Josh Little takes the catch.
10:36Tom Mays continues.
10:40Driven straight.
10:41Field is in the circle.
10:43That's going to be four.
10:44Carted away.
10:50Too short, too wide.
10:52And, well, that's an absolute buffet ball from McCarthy.
10:55His first really poor one.
10:56As King just climbs into it.
11:02That wasp might fall now down into lower single digits.
11:07Because Barry McCarthy, he may have been dismissed for a boundary.
11:10But he's now dismissed, Brandon King.
11:14Massive appeal given.
11:18McCarthy absolutely on fire and living every second of it.
11:23And loving every second of it.
11:27Bolzen, it's a beauty.
11:29And what a made, an international wicket for Tom Mays.
11:33The stuff of dreams.
11:36My hand right now.
11:39Driven aerially, at a catchable height.
11:42And it should race to the rope.
11:45Graves into his work immediately.
11:46Three followed by four from his first two deliveries.
11:49And that's what's kept a mate.
11:53He's guided into the leg side and will again fly to the rope.
11:56He might have just carried away a touch by his exertions.
12:01And they're whipped into the leg side and whipped away for four.
12:07Well, an action packed over and a little counter punch here.
12:09Led by the 31-year-old Justin Graves.
12:12He's having a remarkable time of things over the last two years.
12:15There'll be four boundaries in the over.
12:20McCarthy getting far too full.
12:22And it maybe was an over too many.
12:24Perhaps they should have gone with Josh Little.
12:29Pulled away and pulled into the gap.
12:31It's going to be four more.
12:33Well, Graves is starting in T20 mode here, isn't he?
12:35Flies to 23 off just nine deliveries.
12:38Square drive and, well, Graves has started like he's playing on a different pitch to the rest of his teammates.
12:48It's another boundary for him.
12:50Again, overpitched and punished.
12:56It'll be four more.
12:58This is not a highlights package you're watching here.
13:00It's Justin Graves smashing everything to the rope.
13:03For the four.
13:06It will be number six.
13:08And, fittingly, it's Paul Sterling that takes the catch.
13:12Ireland need to pinch themselves again.
13:15A bad one.
13:18The free hit is hammered away.
13:20I think it's going to go all the way, in fact.
13:22It's a good stroke from Ruston Chase.
13:23He's a very effective batter.
13:29Swept away.
13:31Very short up there.
13:32We'll race away.
13:33And it'll be a boundary for Chase, who's taken a while to get in, but is starting to get into his work.
13:38Hooked away and hooked all the way.
13:42That will reduce that required run rate.
13:45Ruston Chase, he really is the man for all seasons.
13:49Whatever the format, whatever the occasion for the West Indies, he often stands tall.
13:54And answers the Yorker in fine style.
14:00That's a gorgeous stroke, isn't it?
14:02The on-drive pierces the gap and races to the rope.
14:05Straight back past the bowler.
14:10That'll be four.
14:11That's a wonderful repast from Ruston Chase.
14:14Too far behind.
14:17It's to play a lovely stroke.
14:18And, indeed, that is all the way to the boundary for four.
14:21There's going to be more runs here.
14:27And it's going to be four.
14:32And there's the edge.
14:34And it'll skip away kindly for West Indies all the way to the boundary.
14:42It's cut away beautifully.
14:43Bit of a chase on.
14:46And, disappointingly, for Tom Mays.
14:48The use of the feet and picked up and smoked down the ground.
14:55He's a fine ball striker for it, isn't he?
14:57And you get such good reward hitting straight.
15:02Bolden.
15:03And the gamble works for Sterling.
15:05And it's the big wicket of Ruston Chase.
15:09Dockle will continue.
15:11Oh, and he's got another.
15:13He's got two and seven deliveries.
15:15And he's actually on a hat-trick.
15:16And he's clean, bold, Ruston Chase.
15:18And now he's forced Azari Joseph to chop on one that's maybe kept a little low.
15:23Hat-trick ball.
15:25Guided away beautifully.
15:27It's going to race to the rope.
15:29Doesn't need to slog-sweep that kind of a length.
15:31And just opens the face.
15:32Back-to-back boundaries.
15:38Well, West Indies, they've got a long way down.
15:39He's got two international 50s next to his name.
15:42One in test matches and one in ODIs.
15:45And it's been an action-packed nine deliveries from George Dockrell, isn't it?
15:47This might be another chance.
15:51Tom Mays is out at long off.
15:54And holds on.
15:56George Dockrell has three and 11 deliveries.
15:59And Ireland are on the brink of what would be, well, a monumental and a quite massive victory in this first ODI.
16:05Joseph in at the crease.
16:07This one's straight up.
16:09And Ford is going to be caught, it seems, straight underneath it.
16:14Barry McCarthy has four.
16:16Ireland have a fantastic victory.
16:19He's won by 124 runs as Josh Little takes the final catch.
16:27Barry McCarthy strikes.
16:31A great four for Barry McCarthy.
16:33And a wonderful victory, Isabel Choice, for Ireland first up in this series.
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