West Indies vs Ireland, 5th Match, Pool B at Nelson, Feb 16 2015 - Ball by Ball Commentary

6.55 pm: Well that is all she wrote at the Saxton. Ireland pull away with a famous victory, winning this one by four wickets, as they get their tournament off to a rollicking start. West Indies, well, they will have to go back and try to arrest this decline in performance as they regroup ahead of their next clash against Pakistan in Christchurch. I suspect their will be a grisly post-mortem following all this...And can we call Ireland giantkillers anymore? The rest of the teams in the group better start paying attention.

This is also the first time a team has won chasing in the tournament, so that should put that theory, to rest. And spare a thought for Holder, who was making his World Cup captaincy debut. It's alright Jason, cricket can be like that sometimes..

Well that is it from us. We sincerely hope you enjoyed our coverage of today's epic encounter. Till the next time, this is Rohan Sharma signing off on behalf of ESPNcricinfo. Have a Guinness, will you?

William Porterfield, Ireland captain: It is obviously fantastic to win. This sets us up nicely for the next few games. Belief has been growing within the squad for a long time and we know what we are capable of, not just in this game but the other games in the competition as well. 300 was probably about par as we knew the pitch was good with a very quick outfield, so we felt it was well within grasp. Stirling and Joyce kicked on beautifully for us before Niall finished off the chase. I believe Ireland can qualify for the knockout stages. We are going into different conditions as we move on to Brisbane now. We just want to keep proving ourselves to the others.

Jason Holder, West Indies captain: It was a tough loss and obviously putting up 300 should have been enough, but it wasn't today. They came and added impetus for us (Lendl and Sammy) towards the end, but it wasn't enough. We tried to be better with our bowling at the Powerplay and the death overs, but we weren't able to pull them back. I think we just need to be a bit more precise when we set fields. We are just giving away too many boundaries during the middle overs

Don't forget to tune into our latest live showing of Match Point, which is set to begin momentarily. We should be getting more quotes from the match presentation, so don't go anywhere just yet!

Paul Stirling, Man of the Match: Great to get that first win of the competition and hopefully we can make it two for two in a week's time. It was a good toss to win and insert WI, we realised that and got quick early wickets.

The Man of the Match is Paul Stirling for his valuable 92 at the outset to set this up for Ireland

6.43 pm: A famous victory at the Saxton Oval as the World Cup is treated to their first upset, although maybe not so seeing the way Ireland bossed this affair. They began with a disciplined bowling performance that rocked West Indies to 87 for 5, before giving it away towards the end, but they have managed to redeem themselves with this wonderful chase.

Another World Cup, another huge Irish upset. Phil Simmons, their West Indies-born coach, will be mighty pleased with his boys.

6.41 pm: St. Patrick's day is just a month away, but you wouldn't have guessed it as Ireland celebrate like it is 1979. The Irish contingent within the crowd is having a whale of a time as well. The giant-killers do it once more as they add West Indies to their series of conquests as they continue to assert the qualities of the Associates. A famous victory in Nelson for the Shamrock Nation, shaped by the bats of Paul Stirling (92) and Ed Joyce (84), and it wouldn't have been complete without an O'Brien contributing, in this case, Niall with his unbeaten 79. They played with fearlessness and positivity, reminding the bigger nations about what cricket is really all about.

Cries of "Ireland, Ireland" going across

Taylor to bowl with Mooney on strike

Ireland need just the boundary now, although West Indies will be looking to keep them away from that for as long as possible

Ireland within a meaty blow of victory in Nelson

John Mooney now strides out to the middle. Played an important hand in Ireland's victory of England in 2011. Can he produce again with the bat today? He was struggling with his hamstrings before though

Natasha: "we don't want a twist in the fairy tale here!"

The scoring rate has definitely gone down with those last few wickets, I wonder if there is a last twist in the tale? The O'Brien brothers are out in the middle as Kevin joins his kin

Aaditya: "Like the way WI have put the brakes on Irish scoring... shows you what a couple of wickets can do to the opposition... "

Pete: "Ireland vs NZ for the final!"

Niall not very happy with his bat as another one is sent out for him

sam: "I actually grew up playing cricket on Saxton's field, well before it was turned into an international oval. There would normally be 5-10 kids games going on at the once on this same patch of grass. Seems bizarre that it's now hosting a World Cup match."