West Indies vs Ireland, 13th Match, Group A - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: ICC World Cup Qualifiers, 2018 Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare Date & Time: Mar 10, 09:30 AM LOCAL
Roach 4-27(10 ov)
40.6
Roach to Dockrell, 1 run, lands a dipping low full toss, clipped uppishly. Goes teasing past the mid-wicket fielder
40.5
Roach to Wilson, 1 run, tilts his bat and directs it to point
40.4
Roach to Wilson, no run, Wilson makes room by backing to leg, Roach cramps him. Tapped to cover
40.3
Roach to Dockrell, 1 run, in the air and clears mid-off. Full outside off, Dockrell checks his shot and manages to chip it over Holder
40.2
Roach to Dockrell, no run, Dockrell waits for the ball to arrive, dabs it with soft hands to point
40.1
Roach to Wilson, 3 runs, tucked behind square leg, both batsmen put their jet-pack on and scamper back for the third
38.6
Roach to Wilson, no run, goes deep in his crease and slices this back of a length delivery to point
38.5
Roach to Wilson, no run, half-volley outside off, Wilson in search of a cover drive presses across, plays a little outside the line and gets an inside edge onto his boot
38.4
Roach to Wilson, no run, homing on middle and leg, wristed to mid-wicket
38.3
Roach to Wilson, no run, full outside off, met with a forward defence
38.2
Roach to Wilson, no run, curving in from wide of the crease, Wilson covers his off-stump and raises his bat
38.1
Roach to Wilson, no run, pitched up outside off, driven to mid-off
36.6
Roach to Kevin O Brien, out Lbw!! Talk about shift in momentum. Wow. Windies roaring back and in fact are now the favourites. Two wickets in the over, both set batsmen back in the hut. Ireland in trouble. Angled in from wide of the crease, Kevin O Brien was moving across to work it to leg. Misses the ball and is hit on the pad just around the knee-roll. The appeal was spontaneous and up went umpire Simon Fry's finger. Kevin O Brien lbw b Roach 38(36) [4s-5]
36.5
Roach to Wilson, 1 run, Wilson feels for a fuller length delivery that was seaming away outside off, runs off the outside edge to third man
36.4
Roach to Wilson, no run, pitched up and holding its line outside off, Wilson offers no stroke
36.3
Roach to Wilson, no run, dropped towards point
36.2
Roach to Ed Joyce, out Caught by Brathwaite!! Just when it looked like Ireland were bossing this chase, Windies strike back. Roach breaks the 70-run stand. A wicket Windies desperately needed. Fuller on middle and leg, Joyce shuffled across and whipped it uppishly, towards mid-wicket. CB dives low and snatches it expertly. It was dying but he manages to hold onto it. Ed Joyce c Brathwaite b Roach 63(86) [4s-7]
36.1
Roach to Kevin O Brien, 1 run, full outside off, Kevin O Brien dinks it to third man. Singles are coming at ease for Ireland
34.6
Roach to Ed Joyce, no run, Roach rolls his fingers across this length ball, Ed Joyce lifts his bat and lets it go
34.5
Roach to Kevin O Brien, 1 run, now its the turn of Kevin O Brien, easy pat to backward point
34.4
Roach to Ed Joyce, 1 run, dabbed with soft hands in front of point
34.3
Roach to Kevin O Brien, 1 run, tickled through square leg
34.2
Roach to Kevin O Brien, FOUR, edged but profitable result for Kevin O Brien and Ireland. Off-cutter from Roach, flummoxes Kevin O Brien as he came forward to defend. Deviates away before taking the outside edge. Didn't carry to Hope as he stretched his left hand, runs away to the fence
34.1
Roach to Kevin O Brien, FOUR, what a shot. Roach ushers it short outside off, Kevin O Brien frees his arms with a standing-tall loft over mid-off
10.6
Roach to Ed Joyce, no run, Joyce spots the line outside off and decides to shoulder arms
10.5
Roach to Niall O Brien, 1 run, a fumble allows Niall O Brien to get off the mark. The fuller length ball was pushed to mid-off
10.4
Roach to Niall O Brien, no run, in-angler on off and middle, blocked
10.3
Roach to Andy Balbirnie, out Caught by Shai Hope!! Andy Balbirnie's iffy knock comes to an end. Roach got the good length delivery to seam away and that provided the nick. It was delivered from wide of the crease. Balbirnie, with limited feet movement, goes for the big drive, and gets a faint outside edge. Easy catch for the keeper. Balbirnie never got going. Ireland are three down, and they desperately need a partnership. Andy Balbirnie c Shai Hope b Roach 9(27)
10.2
Roach to Andy Balbirnie, no run, solidly defends a length ball towards mid-off
10.1
Roach to Andy Balbirnie, no run, length ball outside off, left alone
8.6
Roach to Ed Joyce, no run, edged and gone? No. The Windies players were confident, but umpire Simon Fry was unmoved. Back of a length delivery outside off that seamed away, Joyce poked at it. Not sure if there was any edge there. Will confirm after looking at the replay
8.5
Roach to Ed Joyce, no run, wrists a full ball to mid-on
8.4
Roach to Andy Balbirnie, 1 run, pushes a length ball to the left of mid-off for a single
8.3
Roach to Andy Balbirnie, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, left alone
8.2
Roach to Andy Balbirnie, no run, slips in a yorker length ball from wide of the crease, turned to mid-wicket
8.1
Roach to Andy Balbirnie, no run, Balbirnie, with an angled bat, pats a back of a length delivery to cover
6.6
Roach to Ed Joyce, no run, on a good length and wide of off, just inside the tramline. Joyce lets it be. A wicket maiden
6.5
Roach to Ed Joyce, no run, length ball wide of off, Joyce covers his sticks and lifts his bat up
6.4
Roach to Ed Joyce, no run, away-seamer outside off, left alone
6.3
Roach to Stirling, out Bowled!! Knocked him over. Full and angling in from over the wicket, nipped in a touch and Stirling doesn't account for that movement. He looked to drive sans any feet movement and ended up playing outside the line of the ball. The ball sneaks in by beating his inside edge and crashes into the off-pole. Both the openers gone, now! Stirling b Roach 18(16) [4s-3]
6.2
Roach to Stirling, no run, the length is shortened and Stirling gets beaten as he looks to cut
6.1
Roach to Stirling, no run, in-curler on the stumps, Stirling offers a straight bat to defend it towards mid-on
4.6
Roach to Stirling, leg byes, 1 run, full and on the pads, Stirling misses out. He was late on his flick and the ball brushed the batsman's pad
4.5
Roach to Andy Balbirnie, 3 runs, back of a length delivery on middle, whipped through mid-wicket
4.4
Roach to Andy Balbirnie, no run, sees the wide outside off and shoulders arms
4.3
Roach to Andy Balbirnie, no run, drives a pitched up delivery to mid-off
4.2
Roach to Stirling, 1 run, turns a length ball to mid-wicket
4.1
Roach to Andy Balbirnie, 1 run, short ball around the region, Balbirnie swivel-pulls it to to long leg
2.6
Roach to Andy Balbirnie, no run, 133kph pitched up delivery, pushed to mid-off
2.5
Roach to Andy Balbirnie, no run, full and outside off, Balbirnie is beaten on the outside edge as he goes for the drive
2.4
Roach to Andy Balbirnie, no run, gets on top of this short of length delivery and blocks it to cover
2.3
Roach to Andy Balbirnie, no run, Roach goes up for an lbw appeal as Balbirnie gets pinned on the back thigh. Nipped in from a short of length and Balbirnie got beaten on the inside edge. Too high
2.2
Roach to Stirling, 1 run, too straight, worked around the corner
2.1
Roach to Stirling, no run, width served outside off, Stirling stays back to cut. The fielder at backward point makes a diving stop
0.6
Roach to Porterfield, no run, 133kph length ball on middle, Porterfield defends it to mid-wicket off the inside edge. A maiden over
0.5
Roach to Porterfield, no run, push-driven to mid-off
0.4
Roach to Porterfield, no run, fullish ball outside off, Porterfield sweetly drives off the front foot. Mid-off dives to his right and makes a good stop. Good shot for nothing
0.3
Roach to Porterfield, no run, very full ball, Porterfield crouches and pushes it back to the bowler
0.2
Roach to Porterfield, no run, on a good length around the fifth stump line, Porterfield stands tall and pats it to cover
0.1
Roach to Porterfield, no run, Roach starts from round the wicket and darts a length ball wide of off, Porterfield shoulders arms
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