Brooks, Pollard set up comfortable win for West Indies

Shamarh Brooks created an 89-ball 93 in his introduction ODI game to prearrange West Indies' hard-battled 24-run triumph against Ireland in the principal ODI in Jamaica. Ireland oversaw 245 because of West Indies' all out of 269. The West Indies, who were embedded into bat, had wound up in a spot of trouble at 62 for 4. The triplet of Curtis Campher, Mark Adair and Andy McBrine were the wicket-takers forthright. At that crossroads, Brooks and West Indies' captain - Kieron Pollard - worked together to set up the home side and lay a strong stage for a decent aggregate. Streams wrapped up with nine fours and three sixes and scored at a strike pace of more than 100. In the interim, Pollard broke four limits and four sixes in his venturesome thump of 69. In the end, Craig Young broke the 155-run remain by eliminating Pollard. Adair followed it up excusing Brooks LBW. Lower down the request, Odean Smith played an appearance - 8-ball 18 - to push the scoring rate further. For Ireland, Young and Adair took three wickets each. In quest for the objective, Ireland had a helpless beginning losing William Porterfield for no score. At that stage, Andrew Balbirnie and McBrine steadied the innings. Sadly, Ireland copped a blow on his cap while endeavoring a draw shot against Odean Smith. He in the long run needed to resign hurt for 34. Harry Tector, who supplanted him at the wrinkle, amassed a very much estimated 68-ball 53 and shared a convenient organization of 103 with Balbirnie. Toward the finish of 36 overs, Ireland were sensibly very much positioned at 165 for 1. The guests, however, couldn't press the gas pedal. Balbirnie, who additionally copped a blow on his grille, tumbled to Romario Shepherd and Smith snuffed out Tector. Ireland would never recuperate from those blows and were dumbfounded out in the last. Lower down the request, George Dockrell amassed a fast fire 25-ball 30 however he had a lot to do. Neil Rock, who supplanted McBrine as the blackout substitute, additionally disappointed, wrapping up with only five runs. Then again, Alzarri Joseph, Smith and Shepherd shared eight wickets for the hosts. Brief scores: West Indies 269 in 48.5 overs (Shamarh Brooks 93, Kieron Pollard 69; Mark Adair 3-38) beat Ireland 245 in 49.1 overs (Andrew Balbirnie 71; Romario Shepherd 3-50) by 24 runs