Hayley Matthews drove from the front with an unbeaten 66 off 53, eclipsing Orla Prendergast's 47-ball 61, as West Indies got a cheeky six-wicket triumph against Ireland to remain alive in the T20 World Cup. Shamilia Connell's three-wicket take and two wickets each for Karishma Ramharack and Afy Fletcher held Ireland to 137/9 after they selected to bat. A 74-run represent the third wicket among Matthews and Chinelle Henry controlled the pursuit after a sluggish beginning, with West Indies moving past the line off the penultimate ball to enroll their most memorable success and end Ireland's expectations of additional movement in the opposition. West Indies' answer began a calm note as Matthews and Rashada Williams, who supplanted the harmed Stafanie Taylor, were stayed silent for the initial four overs with just 14 runs falling off them. Matthews likewise got a godsend in the fifth over as Amy Tracker put down a straightforward opportunity at in reverse highlight deny Arlene Kelly a wicket. Williams got moving before long, striking two fours however was run out in the 6th over to leave West Indies at 28/1. Having scored 12 off 18 conveyances, Matthews at last got rolling as she scored two progressive fours off Cara Murray. Shemaine Campbelle then struck a limit off Delany however fell not long after as she was caught leg-previously. Matthews scored two additional fours, off Jane Maguire, yet West Indies oversaw just 58 in the initial 10 overs, and were left with a necessary pace of 8 an over. Henry got a few truly necessary limits while Matthews ripped a draw off Delany for a six and struck a four off Kelly to raise a 42-ball fifty. The third wicket pair stretched out the organization past fifty to lift West Indies, cutting down the situation to 40 of 30. Henry rode her karma and scored two fours preceding tumbling to Paul, leaving West Indies requiring 17 off the last two overs. Shabika Gajnabi simplified it for West Indies with two fours off Kelly as they required six off the last finished. It boiled down to 3 off 3, with Gajnabi likewise getting pursued out being required a subsequent run. Matthews was protesting with 2 required off 2 and she polished it off with a four, likely stirring up a lot of help for the West Indies camp. Prior, in spite of losing Tracker early - excused by Connell in the second finished - Ireland gained consistent headway on account of Prendergast who struck three fours in the powerplay. After a sluggish beginning, Gaby Lewis likewise got moving as the subsequent wicket pair stretched out their organization past 50 to take Ireland to 65/1 at the midway phase of their innings. With a six off Matthews, Prendergast raised a 40-ball fifty and furthermore struck a limit off Connell prior to getting out to a main edge in the thirteenth over, which finished an organization worth 90. Connell might have gotten the wicket of Eimear Richardson in a similar over when she bowled a yorker yet the onfield call was not out and West Indies didn't take a survey, with replays uncovering that it was toe first. Lewis, in the interim, began finding the limits consistently as she gave Ireland a decent stage to complete their innings well. Lewis, nonetheless, missed a range off Ramharack in the sixteenth over and withdrew 12 shy of 50 years. Louise Little was dumbfounded in equivalent to Ireland slipped to 116/4. While Richardson struck two or three fours off Henry in the seventeenth over, Fletcher excused Laura Delany and Kelly in the eighteenth to hold Ireland within proper limits. Richardson in the end tumbled to Matthews in the nineteenth over while Connell added one more wicket to her count as West Indies worked effectively in the passing, offering just 22 runs in the last five overs and got seven wickets. Brief scores: Ireland 137/9 in 20 overs (Orla Prendergast 61, Gaby Lewis 38; Shamilia Connell 3-24) lost to West Indies 140/4 in 19.5 overs (Hayley Matthews 66*, Chinelle Henry 34; Leah Paul 1-26) by 6 wickets.