The touring Ireland cricket team, came up against a West Indies President’s X1 team at the Cave Hill Campus in Barbados, on Saturday 4th January 2020.
The visitors batted first and scored an impressive 275 for 9 in their allotted 50 overs.
When the West Indies President’s X1 batted, they lost a few early wickets, but Captain Darren Bravo and Justin Greaves, were the standout batsmen, en route to a three wickets win by the home team, with both men scoring 70 runs each.
Summarized scores:
Ireland 275 for 9: Gareth Delany 60; Kevin O’Brien 43; Andy Balbirnie 40; William Porterfield 36; Lorcan Tucker 35
Yannick Ottley 3 for 46; Akeem Jordan 2 for 59; Oshane Thomas, Romario Shepherd, Sheeno Berridge and Kieran Powell 1 wicket each
Windies President’s X1 278 for 7: Darren Bravo 70; Justin Greaves 70; Brandon King 45; Sunil Ambris 22; Joshua Da Silva 21; Romario Shepherd 19*; Kieran Powell 17
Kevin O’Brien 2 for 23; Mark Adair 2 for 60; Barry Mc McCarthy, Boyd Rankin and Gareth Delany 1 wicket each
West Indies President’s X1 won by 3 wickets