Sammy stars as West Indies rout Ireland
CRICKET: PROVIDENCE, Guyana, May 1, 2010 - West Indies thrashed
Ireland by 70 runs as the hosts got their World Twenty20 campaign off to
a winning start under the floodlights here on Friday.
Qualifiers Ireland were bowled out for just 68, inside 17 overs, with
man-of-the-match Darren Sammy taking three wickets for eight runs to add
to the all-rounder’s top score of 30 in West Indies’ 138 for nine.
Ireland saw 17-year-old off-spinner George Dockrell take three for 16
after West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo, deputising for the injured Chris
Gayle, won the toss and batted.
But their top order had no answer to fast bowler Ravi Rampaul, who
sparked Ireland’s collapse with three for 17. “I know Sammy is a clean
hitter of the ball,” Bravo said. “I always had faith in the lower order
and knew once we got over 130 it would be difficult for Ireland.
“With Darren and also Nikita Miller bowling it was always going to be
very hard for them to get past us if we put the balls in the right
areas.” For Ireland captain William Porterfield, it was very much a game
of two innings.
“We were right in it at half time, it was just disappointing with the
bat,” Porterfield said.
“We lost four wickets in the first 21 balls. We were right on the
back foot from there and the wicket was always going to get lower and
harder to score on.
“We can be pretty positive about the way young George Dockrell bowled
and it could be a straight shoot-out between ourselves and England when
we play them,” Porterfield added.
West Indies face England on Monday with Ireland up against the same
opponents on Tuesday in the final Group D match.
WEST INDIES
A. FLECTHER c K O’Brien b Dockrell 19
S. CHANDERPAUL c Wilson b Rankin 14
D. BRAVO c and b Cusack 18
R. SARWAN c Wilson b Dockrell 24
N. DEONARINE c N O’Brien b Dockrell 10
D. RAMDIN c N O’Brien b Rankin 1
D. SAMMY c Porterfield b Botha 30
K. POLLARD c and b Botha 8
N. MILLER not out 2
R. RAMPAUL c Botha b Cusack 8
EXTRAS (lb2, w1, nb1) 4
TOTAL (9 wickets; 20 overs) 138
DID NOT BAT: K Roach
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-19 (Chanderpaul), 2-43 (Bravo), 3-77 (Fletcher), 4-77 (Sarwan),
5-83 (Ramdin), 6-93 (Deonarine), 7-125 (Pollard), 8-127 (Sammy), 9-138 (Rampaul)
BOWLING: Rankin 4-0-35-2; Johnston 4-0-36-0; K O’Brien 1-0-8-0; Cusack 3-0-19-2 (1nb);
Stirling 2-0-15-0 (1w); Dockrell 4-0-16-3; A Botha 2-0-7-2.
IRELAND
W. PORTERFIELD c Sammy b Roach 4
P. STIRLING c Sammy b Rampaul 0
N. O’BRIEN c Ramdin b Rampaul 6
A. CUSACK c Sammy b Rampaul 2
G. WILSON c Sammy b Bravo 17
K. O’BRIEN c Fletcher b Sammy 9
D. JOHNSTON b Bravo 5
J. MOONEY lbw b Miller 1
A. BOTHA not out 4
B. RANKIN c Ramdin b Sammy 1
G. DOCKRELL c Ramdin b Sammy 0
EXTRAS (lb8, w11) 19
TOTAL (all out, 16.4 overs) 68
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-4 (Porterfield), 2-7 (Stirling), 3-11 (N O’Brien), 4-16 (Cusack),
5-39 (K O’Brien), 6-55 (Wilson), 7-56 (Johnston), 8-61 (Mooney), 9-64 (Rankin), 10-68 (Dockrell)
BOWLING: Roach 4-0-12-1 (5w); Rampaul 3-0-17-3 (3w); Bravo 2-0-5-2 (1w); Miller 4-0-18-1 (1w) Sammy 3.4-0-8-3
Man-of-the-match: Darren Sammy (WIS)
Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK) and Billy Bowden (NZL)
Umpire: Tony Hill (NZL)
Match referee: Alan Hurst (AUS) |
