DUBLIN: West Indies brushed aside Ireland by 196 runs in the opening fixture of the Tri-Nation series here on Sunday after their openers John Campbell and Shai Hope shattered the record for the highest first-wicket partnership in a One-day International (partly reported in Monday’s edition).
West Indies eventually reached 381 for three in their 50 overs after Campbell and Hope comfortably exceeded the previous opening best at this level of 304 set by Pakistan’s Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo in July last year. Faced with a mammoth chase, Ireland promptly collapsed to 21 for three before Kevin O’Brien’s defiant 68 at least gave the West Indies bowlers something to think about.
Campbell scored 179 and Hope as the pair shared a stand of 365 after the visitors were sent in to bat by Ireland captain William Porterfield at Clontarf.
The West Indies pair were only seven runs shy of the record partnership for any wicket in a men’s ODI, with their compatriots Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels smashing 372 for the second wicket against Zimbabwe in Canberra during the 2015 World Cup.
But the West Indies were always in control with off-spinner Ashley Nurse taking four for 51 in Ireland’s 185 all out.
Bangladesh, who are the other side competing here, face the West Indies on Tuesday.
Scoreboard
WEST INDIES:
J.D. Campbell c P’field b McCarthy 179
S.D. Hope c Tucker b McCarthy 170
D.M. Bravo not out 9
J.O. Holder c O’Brien b Adair 1
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-4, W-15, NB-2) 22
TOTAL (for three wkts, 50 overs) 381
FALL OF WKTS: 1-365, 2-369, 3-381.
DID NOT BAT: J.L. Carter, S.W. Ambris, R.L. Chase, A.R. Nurse, K.A.J. Roach, S.S. Cottrell, S.T. Gabriel.
BOWLING: Murtagh 10-0-71-0 (1w); Adair 10-1-84-1 (1nb, 6w); Little 10-0-72-0 (2w); McCarthy 10-0-76-2 (1nb, 2w); Dockrell 7-0-57-0 (1w); O’Brien 1-0-10-0 (2w); Stirling 2-0-6-0.
IRELAND:
W. Porterfield c Cottrell b Roach 12
P.R. Stirling b Roach 0
A. Balbirnie c Ambris b Gabriel 29
L.J. Tucker lbw b Cottrell 0
K.J. O’Brien c Holder b Nurse 68
G.C. Wilson c Roach b Gabriel 30
G.H. Dockrell lbw b Nurse 2
M.R. Adair b Gabriel 10
B.J. McCarthy st Hope b Nurse 9
T.J. Murtagh not out 10
J.B. Little b Nurse 0
EXTRAS (LB-3, W-11, NB-1) 15
TOTAL (all out 34.4 overs) 185
FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-21, 3-21, 4-152, 5-152, 6-155, 7-159, 8-166, 9-185.
BOWLING: Cottrell 6-1-33-1; Roach 7-0-28-2 (3w); Gabriel 8-0-44-3 (1nb, 2w); Holder 6-0-26-0 (1w); Nurse 7.4-0-51-4 (1w).
RESULT: West Indies won by 196 runs.
UMPIRES: A.J. Neill (Ireland) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan).
TV UMPIRE: M. Hawthorne (Ireland).
MATCH REFEREE: B.C. Broad (England).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: John Campbell.
