Ireland fall to 197-run home loss against West Indies to level their one-day series
IRELAND suffered a heavy defeat to the West Indies in Dublin as the one-day international series finished in a 1-1 draw.
The visitors yesterday romped to a 197-run victory on Duckworth-Lewis-Stern after compiling 385 for seven from their 50 overs.
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Keacy Carty smashed 170 from 142 balls — the joint-sixth highest score in ODIs for the West Indies — with solid support from skipper Shai Hope (75) and Justin Greaves (50).
Windies captain Shai Hope described the win as 'very pleasing'.
He added: 'As I said, you gotta have that confidence from before you step on to the field. But it's great to see the guys can bounce back.'
Every Ireland bowler came in for heavy punishment, with Barry McCarthy conceding 100 runs from his ten overs to claim an unwanted record.
His figures of three for 100 represented the most runs conceded in an innings in ODIs for Ireland, eclipsing Peter Connell's record of 95.
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Ireland were set a revised target of 363 from 46 overs after a rain delay, but were never in the hunt after ODI centurion Andy Balbirnie had his off-stump uprooted by Jayden Seales in the second over.
Cade Carmichael top-scored with 48 in his maiden ODI.
Ireland were dismissed for 165 in 29.5 overs with Seales taking three for 26.
Home captain Paul Stirling later said the match was 'a bit of a struggle'.
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He said: 'I feel like we could have been a little bit more consistent with our lengths.
"And I think when we batted, that's certainly what the West Indies were chatting about, and did a lot better than us.'
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Having lost the first game by 124 runs and with a no result in the second, this was a timely confidence boost for the West Indies before their three-match ODI series against England gets underway at Edgbaston on Thursday.
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The visitors won by 197-runs at Castle Avenue Cricket Ground in Dublin
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