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Third Twenty20 international, Bready

Ireland 194-7 (20 overs): R Adair 48; Hosein 3-27, Holder 2-49

West Indies 256-5 (20 overs): Lewis 91; Humphreys 2-16, R Adair 1-52

West Indies win by 62 runs

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West Indies secured a 1-0 series win over Ireland after victory in the third and final T20 at Bready.

The first two games of the three-match series on Thursday and Saturday were abandoned without a ball being bowled due to heavy rain.

Conditions cleared on Sunday to allow the third game to go ahead, with Ireland winning the toss and opting to bowl first.

West Indies set a chase of 256, their second-highest T20 score, after some superb batting.

Ireland failed to get close to with Akeal Hosein claiming three wickets as the visitors won by 62 runs.

West Indies started well and registered 122 runs after 10.3 overs without Ireland taking a wicket, through the partnership of Evin Lewis and Shai Hope.

Barry McCarthy eventually got the breakthrough for the hosts by removing Hope for 51.

Two more wickets in the 12th over followed as Rovman Powell (2) and Lewis (91) were both dismissed by Matthew Humphreys.

Shimron Hetmyer (15) was then removed by Ben White while Jason Holder (18) was taken out by Mark Adair, but West Indies ended their innings on a strong 256-5 as Keacy Carty managed an unbeaten 49 from 22 balls.

Ireland got off to a bad start in reply as they lost captain Paul Stirling in the second over after just 13 runs.

Ross Adair and Harry Tector steadied the ship with a partnership of 101 in 58 balls, before the latter departed as the hosts lost a second player inside the first 10 overs.

Adair and Lorcan Tucker were taken out by Hosein in the 11th over and the wickets continued to tumble as George Dockrell, Tim Tector and Barry McCarthy were all gone by the 16th over.

With the result beyond doubt at that stage, Ireland aimed to reduce the margin of defeat in the last four overs.

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Ireland's second T20 against West Indies was abandoned on Saturday without a ball being bowled because of heavy rain.

The three-match series was due to begin at Bready on Thursday, but that match was called off due to the wet weather.

Saturday's second match at the same ground was meant to start at 15:00 BST, but it was delayed by an hour before a pitch inspection at 16:00 resulted in the surface being deemed unplayable.

The third game of the series is scheduled for Sunday at 15:00.

The series is the second this year between the two sides who split an ODI series in Dublin last month.

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Ireland's first T20 international against West Indies has been abandoned because of consistent rain.

The three-match series was due to begin at Bready on Thursday with subsequent meetings scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.

The West Indies are returning to the area where they were bowled out for 25 in a famous Irish victory in 1969.

The series is the second this year between the two sides who split an ODI series in Dublin last month.

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Left-arm paceman Josh Little has been withdrawn from Ireland's squad for the forthcoming three-match T20I series against West Indies at Bready.

Graham Hume has been called up as his replacement for the triple-header, which starts on Thursday, and continues on Saturday and Sunday.

"Josh had a niggle yesterday at training and pulled up. So unfortunately, he's missing out," explained Ireland captain Paul Stirling on Wednesday.

"He's going back to England now to prepare over there, to try and get himself right. Graham Hume comes in for him.

"So unfortunately, that's one more change that seems to be the order of the day recently. Again, with all these things, as with the ODIs, it brings opportunities for players who maybe didn't expect to be around."

Ireland are also without Craig Young, Curtis Campher and Gareth Delany for the upcoming games, which follow on from a drawn ODI series between the sides in May.

The West Indies come into the matches on the back of a 3-0 T20I series defeat by England.

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First one-day international, Clontarf

Ireland 303-6 (50 overs): Balbirnie 112, Tector 56; Forde 3-68

West Indies 179 (34.1 overs): Chase 55, Forde 38; B McCarthy 4-32

Ireland won by 124 runs

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Paul Stirling became the first Irish player to reach 10,000 international runs as Ireland comfortably beat West Indies in the opening one-day international at Clontarf.

A 109-run partnership between Andrew Balbirnie (112) and record-breaking captain Stirling (54) set Ireland on course for victory as they reached 303-6.

Stirling has scored 5,979 runs in ODIs, 3,656 in T20s and 382 runs in Test cricket.

West Indies, who were facing the Irish in Dublin for the first time since 2019, were all out for just 179, as Barry McCarthy claimed 4-32.

The sides will meet again on Friday at Clontarf in the second ODI, with the third game of the series being played at the same venue on Sunday.

Ireland lost the toss and were asked to bat first, but through the fruitful pairing of Balbirnie and Stirling they moved to 109 before the latter was dismissed by Gudakesh Motie.

Cade Carmichael, who was making his debut alongside Tom Mayes and Liam McCarthy, was out for 16, but Harry Tector managed 56 with Lorcan Tucker also adding 30 to help Ireland set a high target.

Mayes claimed his first wicket for Ireland as he dismissed West Indies captain Shai Hope in the powerplay and the difficulties continued as West Indies slipped to 31-5 in the powerplay before Roston Chase (55) and Matthew Forde (38) steadied their innings.

McCarthy removed Brandon King, Keacy Carty, Amir Jangoo and Forde as the West Indies were bowled out for 179 with 15.5 overs remaining, falling to a 124-run defeat.

"We want to win this series of course, but you have to enjoy these sorts of results. It is a huge win for us, and I think the confidence is going to be high going into the weekend," said Balbirnie.

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Ireland have been dealt a double injury blow before their one-day series against West Indies this week with Craig Young and Curtis Campher ruled out.

Bowler Young, 35, sustained a hamstring injury in action for the North West Warriors against the Leinster Lightning last week, while all-rounder Curtis Campher, 26, fractured a finger batting in the nets on Monday.

Ireland's seam attack for the three white-ball meetings in Dublin had already been impacted by the losses of Mark Adair, Graham Hume and Fionn Hand through injuries.

Jordan Neill, 19, and Stephen Doheny, 26, have been called into the squad as replacements.

Ireland will host West Indies in Clontarf on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

The visitors will then be England's opposition for Harry Brook's first games as their limited-overs captain before returning to face Ireland in three T20 internationals at Bready next month.

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ICC Women's World Cup qualifier, Lahore

West Indies 181-6 (33 overs): Taylor 46, Henry 46; J Maguire 3-35

Ireland 175 (32.2 overs): Hunter 48, Delany 32; Matthews 4-24, Alleyne 2-33

West Indies won by six runs

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Ireland's hopes of securing a spot at the Women's World Cup later this year now look remote after West Indies beat them by six runs in a tense qualifier in Lahore.

The Irish lost their opener to hosts Pakistan on Wednesday in the six-team round-robin tournament, where only the top two will secure spots for the India showpiece.

In a contest reduced to 33 overs following rain, West Indies made 181-6 after Ireland won the toss with Stafanie Taylor and Chinelle Henry both scoring 46.

Jane Maguire was the pick of the Ireland bowlers with her three wickets including the dismissal of Taylor although the Irish should have been chasing a significant lower totally after dropping six catches.

As was the case against Pakistan, Ireland started well in their reply as Amy Hunter and captain Gaby Lewis put on 57 for the opening wicket.

However, the skipper was then bowled by West Indies captain Hayley Matthews for 17 and three further wickets fell over the next six overs as the Irish slipped to 80-4.

These included the departure of top scorer Hunter for 48 as she was bowled by Afy Fletcher.

Knocks of 32 and 26 from former skipper Laura Delany and Christina Coulter Reilly moved the Irish to within 36 of their target before they were both dismissed by Aaliyah Alleyne.

After Ava Canning and Maguire departed in successive balls to Matthews to leave Ireland on 156-9, Arlene Kelly and Cara Murray got them to within seven runs of victory with an impressive partnership of 19.

However, Matthews ended the contest by dismissing Kelly for 18 with Henry taking the catch as West Indies claimed a vital victory after their defeat by Scotland on Wednesday.

Matthews' century wasn't enough for West Indies in midweek but her bowling figures of 4-24 from 6.2 overs proved the decisive contribution in Friday's match against Ireland's women, who face Bangladesh next on Sunday, 13 April.

Pakistan top the table with two wins from two matches after beating Scotland by six wickets.

Ireland skipper Lewis bemoaned the dropped catches which numbered six.

"We shouldn't have been chasing as many runs as that. You just can't get away with dropping that many chances against top nations," said the Irish captain.

"We bowled really well. [It was] Just those chances."

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ICC Women's World Cup qualifier, Lahore

Pakistan 217 (49 overs): Riaz 52, Ameen 51; J Maguire 3-33, Kelly 2-34, Murray 2-49

Ireland 179 (44 overs): Lewis 44, Hunter 44; Baig 4-35, Sandhu 3-41, Iqbal 2-37

Pakistan won by 38 runs

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Ireland lost nine wickets for only 83 runs as they collapsed from a strong position to suffer a 38-run defeat against hosts Pakistan in their opening Women's World Cup qualifier in Lahore.

The Irish restricted Pakistan to only 217 from 49 overs in Lahore with Jane Maguire taking three wickets as Aliya Riaz and Sidra Ameen hit 52 and 51 for the hosts.

In their reply, Ireland reached 96-1 as captain Gaby Lewis (44) and Amy Hunter (44) produced a 69-run partnership but their departures within four overs turned the match in Pakistan's favour.

Orla Prendergast batted for nearly 17 overs as she hit 37 but wickets fell regularly at the other end as home bowlers Diana Baig and Nashra Sandhu did most of the damage.

Baig produced bowling figures of 4-35 with Sandhu's three wickets including the vital dismissals of Lewis, Hunter and Laura Delany for a duck as Ireland slipped from 96-1 to 119-4 in 6.2 overs.

Ireland briefly rallied as Prendergast and Leah Paul put on 34 for the fifth wicket but Paul's departure after being trapped lbw by Sadia Iqbal effectively ended Irish resistance they were only able to add a further 24 runs.

In the Pakistan innings, Maguire removed Gull Feroza for four in the second over, before Muneeba Ali and Sidra put on 77 for the second wicket.

However, Cara Murray trapped Sidra and then had Riaz caught by Louise Little to leave the hosts on 175-4 before they lost their last six wickets for only 42 runs with Arlene Kelly taking two dismissals late in the innings.

The Irish will be back in action on Friday against West Indies at the same Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore before further contests against Bangladesh, Thailand and Scotland.

Only the two top teams in the round-robin qualifier will secure places at the World Cup in India in September.

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Ireland captain Gaby Lewis says her side are feeling "very confident" before their forthcoming ODI World Cup qualifier event in Pakistan.

Ireland will take part in the six-team qualifier tournament, which runs from Wednesday, 9 April until Friday, 18 April.

They will face Pakistan, West Indies, Bangladesh, Thailand and Scotland in a round-robin format.

The top two teams will qualify for September's eight-team World Cup, and Lewis believes Ireland are in a good place for their first game against Pakistan on Wednesday.

"We're feeling very confident going into this qualifier. We've had some great preparation leading up to it with a good training camp in Dubai, and we've been working really hard to acclimatise to the heat," she said.

"We're trying not to put too much pressure on ourselves. It's mostly about going out, enjoying ourselves and playing with our own aggressive nature - then hopefully the results will look after themselves."

Ireland have not qualified for an ODI World Cup since 2005, and they came second in last year's T20 World Cup qualifier after losing against Scotland in the final.

Amy Hunter and Jane Maguire have returned to the squad following injuries, while Kia McCartney has received her first call-up.

Before their opener against Pakistan, Ed Joyce's side played two warm-up games, against West Indies and Thailand, with all-rounder Laura Delany scoring back-to-back half-centuries.

Lewis believes Delany will be key to Ireland's hopes of finishing in the top two and qualifying for the tournament in India.

"She has done brilliantly in the first two warm-up games. She's also been great for us over the last 12 months - so looking forward to seeing her with bat and ball in this qualifier tournament."