Two-time world champions, the West Indies are out of the 20-20 World Cup 2022. Nicholas Pooran and Co. lost to Ireland by 9 wickets on Friday and with that, their hopes of winning their third trophy has ended.
West Indies started off with a shocking 42-run defeat against Scotland. They made a good comeback with a 31-run win over Zimbabwe and needed one more win to romp into the Super 12s. However, on Friday, Ireland beat the West Indies by 9 wickets to take themselves into Super 12s, while West Indies will go back home.
The Men from the Caribbean would be disappointed with how they performed in the tournament. West Indies, once again, exhibited a disappointing performance with the bat. The openers, K Mayers (1) and Charles (24) couldn’t get the team off to a good start.
Lewis (13 off 18) and Nicholas Pooran (13 off 11) continued to struggle with the bat. Playing his first game of the tournament, Brandon King, however, played a stellar knock of 62 runs in 48 balls, propelling the team’s total to a respectable 146 at the end of the first innings. For Ireland, Delany was the pick of the bowlers as he picked three crucial wickets for just 16 runs in 4 overs.
Ireland needed to chase down the target to progress into the Super 12s and they did it pretty comfortably. Openers, Paul Sterling and Andrew Balbirnie, who failed to deliver in the first two games stepped up at the right time. Sterling showed his class as he wreaked havoc with the bat at Ballerive Oval in Hobart.
The veteran batter hit boundaries all around the park and played an unbeaten knock of 66 runs in just 48 deliveries. The likes of Balbirnie (37) and Lorcan Tucker (45) also made valuable contributions as Ireland chased down the score in just 17.3 overs.
The Super 12 stage is yet to start and the fans already have witnessed several upsets in the competition. The West Indies have been knocked out of the 20-20 World Cup 2022, while Ireland are through to the Super 12s. Here’s a look at how fans reacted to the match:
History in Hobart! West Indies have lost to Ireland and become the first T20 World Cup champions to not qualify for the main round. #T20WorldCup
— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) October 21, 2022
I want to know what excuse West Indies have for not using Jason Holder with the new ball. Baffling.#WIvIRE #T20WorldCup
— Rohit Sankar (@imRohit_SN) October 21, 2022
Don't think there is dearth of talent in West Indies setup. Surprising to see them fold like this two World Cups in a row. #T20WorldCup
— Jigar Mehta (@jigsactin) October 21, 2022
Odean Smith got wicket on a NO BALL!
— Nilesh G (@oye_nilesh) October 21, 2022
Lorcan Tucker called back on field!
Nothing going right for West Indies today!
2 time champions on verge of getting knocked out without qualifying for Super 12 stage!#WIvIRE#T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/HFgbginyOx
If you put the talent the Windies have into the Irish system and give them the money the Windies board gets, I am pretty sure their performance would be way better than we consistently see from the Windies... #T20WorldCup #WIvIre #IrevWI
— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) October 21, 2022
Only one team has won t20 WC two times and that is ‘WestIndies’ but now in this on going WC, they are out of it even before reaching super 12s
— Ahsaan Elahi (@Its_Ahsaan) October 21, 2022
They were trashed by Scotland first and now by Ireland, not good to see them so down and out💔
Congratulations to Ireland🙌
#WIvIRE
People,s can't believe two times West Indies champion play,s like this..#ireland vs west indies #WIvIRE #IREvsWI #T20worldcup22 pic.twitter.com/ZEAHKCGcMM
— ꧁ঔৣ☬VIRAT KOHLI☬ঔৣ꧂ VIRATIANS (@forfromVirat) October 21, 2022
Most Happiest person right now #WIvIRE pic.twitter.com/yJYsVYETyI
— Vinay Shukla (@VinaySh64568416) October 21, 2022
#WIvIRE Hetmyer and his wife watching West Indies crumble from home #WIvsIRE #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/JbiAUTVT0x
— 👌⭐👑 (@superking1815) October 21, 2022
Odean in the powerplay! 🤦🏾♂️ Not to jump on the bandwagon, but that's terrible captaincy from Pooran. We're getting absolutely smoked ffs! #WIvIRE
— 'OUT OF THE BLUE' BY TREZEGUET OUT NOW!!! (@jgtrezeguet) October 21, 2022
West Indies are now Waste Indies.
— Sai (@akakrcb6) October 21, 2022
West Indies now a days is not less than an associate nation in cricket.
— Saifullah khan (@Saif_Speaks66) October 21, 2022
Bangladesh and Afghanistan is ">" west Indies in international cricket.
Still West Indies play more international Matches than NZ, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and all associate teams.#T20WorldCup
Only 7 twos - and 47 dot balls - in West Indies' 146-5.
— Tim Wigmore (@timwig) October 21, 2022
If Ireland's batters improve upon those figures, decent chance of qualifying for the Super 12s
WHAT a time for Paul Stirling to find his mojo. Very disappointing tournament for West Indies but this is just brilliant for Ireland. ☘️ #T20WorldCup
— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell) October 21, 2022
West Indies got punished for punishing Shimron Hetmyer. 💀
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) October 21, 2022
Don't think there is dearth of talent in West Indies setup. Surprising to see them fold like this two World Cups in a row. #T20WorldCup
— Jigar Mehta (@jigsactin) October 21, 2022
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