West Indies vs Ireland, 1st T20I at St George's, WI v IRE, Jan 15 2020 - Ball by Ball Commentary

is this a wicket? Does it matter? It's full, angling in and close to off stump, and Walsh has a big slog across the line but he can't find the desired connection, and the ball is past his bat and into the keeper's gloves, low. Josh Little has done just enough in the last over, and Ireland have held on for a narrow, yet massive win

Back of a length, angling into off stump, and Little has got his man! Bravo looks to whip over deep midwicket, hits it reasonably well, but not well enough, and Delany takes the catch a few yards in front of the rope

back of a length, shuffles across to flick and misses. Hits his thigh pad and rolls into the square leg region, but he declines the leg-bye

goes full now, on middle and leg, driven firmly towards long-on, along the ground, and they were always going to run the second, just to keep Bravo on strike. Stirling's throw to the keeper's end was pretty decent, but Little can't collect cleanly, and a run-out is missed with Walsh quite a bit out of his crease

wow. Length ball, angling into off stump, and he barely moves. Just stands there, keeps a steady base, and half-pulls, half-whips over the midwicket boundary. Incredible shot under pressure

The field was set for a wide line, but he bowls this fairly close to off stump, back of a length. It wasn't necessarily a great delivery, but Rutherford didn't quite middle his leg-side slog. Clears his front leg, connects only halfway cleanly, and long-on, moving to his left, takes a fairly straightforward catch

full on off stump, driven along the ground, hard, to long-off, and Rutherford keeps the strike

shortish slower ball outside off, whip-pulled in typical DJB fashion to deep square leg

length ball outside off, driven firmly again, on the up, but straight to extra-cover once more

full outside off, driven firmly but too close to extra-cover

shortish on leg stump, here's another late twist. Opens up for a half-sweep, half-pull, but he hits it in the air and too close to the man at deep backward square leg

full on leg stump, almost a yorker. Looks to flick, closes his bat face early, and the ball rolls into the covers off the leading edge

it's all coming apart for Ireland. High full-toss wide of off stump - not sure how high - and Pooran slaps it away to find the gap between deep point and deep backward point. Third man was inside the circle, and the line was deliberate, but the length was surely not

wow. This is a length ball wide of off stump, and he jumps across again, and gets down low to slog-sweep straight back down the ground, high over the non-striker's head

shot. This has been a struggle of an innings, but Pooran finds an important boundary here. Jumps across his stumps, expecting the wide line, and gets it. It's fullish, not quite a half-volley, and he flat-bats it over the head of the leaping extra-cover fielder

full, slanting into a wide line outside off, driven past the extra-cover fielder diving to his right

wow. How. That's a short ball angling away from him. It's about chest high, and in the attempt to reach it and pull over midwicket, he ends up meeting it well in front of his body, and the bottom hand comes off the handle. Even so, he times it so well that it sails easily over the rope

make that 37 off 17. Full, slanting away from off stump, and Rutherford clears his front leg and launches that over the wide long-off boundary

and again, beaten three times in a row! He's just bowling regulation left-arm spin wide of off stump, and Pooran can't get bat to ball, while trying to muscle it over the covers. It's what pressure does

beaten once more from that wide line. Looks to drive through the covers but he doesn't read the pace or the length well, ends up grabbing at the ball