Shamarh Brooks and Kieron Pollard starred with the bat as West Indies defeated Ireland by 24 runs in the first ODI of the three-match series here at the Sabina Park on Sunday.With this win, the hosts have gained a 1-0 lead with the second ODI set to be played on Tuesday.Chasing 270, Ireland batters were not able to support skipper Andrew Balbirnie and Harry Tector and only these two batters managed to stay at the crease for a long haul. Balbirnie played a knock of 71 while Tector scored 53.Andy McBrine and George Dockrell also scored 34 and 30 respectively but this did not prove as Ireland fell 24 runs short of the target. For West Indies, Alzarri Joseph and Romario Shephard returned with three wickets each.Earlier, Brooks played a 93-run knock to guide West Indies to over the 265-run mark.West Indies was struggling at 62/4 but it was then that Pollard and Brooks came together to stitch a partnership of 155 runs to take Windies to a position of safety.Pollard also contributed with a ..
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"We will look to take the positives from this game. At the end of the day, we knew where we faltered and it's work in progress for us now," Pollard said
Given the way West Indian batsmen scored in the 2nd T20, Virat Kohli and company will need to up their game in all departments to be a match to this young Caribbean side
He knows things inside out and that will definitely help our bowlers mainly, there are a few youngsters in this format. It will definitely help, says Phil Simmons
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Pollard, who led the team in place of the injured Rohit Sharma, smashed 10 towering sixes and three fours in his 31-ball innings to take MI to the doorsteps of victory against Kings XI Punjab