No Nicholas Pooran, no problem: West Indies slam 256 runs in T20I vs Ireland
Star West Indies batter Nicholas Pooran might have called time on his international career, but that had no bearing on the team's T20I match against Ireland on June 15. On the back of Evin Lewis and Shai Hope's incredible opening partnership, the Windies hit their second-highest T20I total at the Bready Cricket Ground on Sunday.The Windies scored a total of 256 runs for the loss of 5 wickets, just two runs short of their highest total in T20Is - 258/5, which came against South Africa in 2023. Lewis and Hope added 122 runs in just 10.3 overs before Hope was dismissed by Barry McCarthy against the run of play. The Windies lost a bit of momentum after that but ended up finishing strong, hitting 60 runs in the last three overs. Keacy Carty, who had started slow, lit up at the end and had tremendous help from Romario Shepherd, who finished with 19* off just 6 balls.advertisementIreland bowlers were taken to the cleaners. Except for Matthew Humphreys, who finished with an incredible 2/16, the figures of the rest did not make for good reading. Liam McCarthy, on debut, got hammered for 0/81 in his four overs — the second-worst figures in the history of T20Is.
Evin Lewis was the star of the show, hitting 91 off just 44 balls. He was dismissed on the second ball of the 13th over, falling in the nervous nineties. Despite falling 9 short of a deserved century, Lewis was able to set up the team for their huge total.This was the third and final T20I of the series. The previous two matches were called off without a ball being bowled due to poor weather.Nicholas Pooran RetiresWest Indies batter Nicholas Pooran shocked the cricket world on Tuesday, June 10, by announcing his retirement from international cricket at the age of 29. Pooran took to social media to share the news with his fans, describing it as a 'very difficult' decision. He bows out of international cricket having scored over 4,000 runs across 61 T20 Internationals and 106 One Day Internationals.Pooran's unexpected announcement came just days after he requested to be rested from the white-ball series in England, following his commitments with the Lucknow Super Giants in the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL).Must Watch
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