West Indies Crush Ireland with Six-Hitting Blitz to Seal Series Victory in Bready

West Indies unleashed a brutal display of power-hitting to overwhelm Ireland by 62 runs in the third T20I at Bready, sealing a 1-0 series victory after the first two matches were washed out. After a quiet start that saw only 11 runs scored in the first two overs, Evin Lewis (91 off 44), Shai Hope (51 off 27), and debutant Keacy Carty (49* off 22) led the carnage, as West Indies hammered 20 sixes in a mammoth total of 256 for 5, their second-highest score in T20Is. The onslaught saw the sightscreen take a pounding, trees swaying, and the crowd scrambling for cover as sixes rained down repeatedly. Despite a spirited start to the chase, with Paul Stirling hitting the first three balls for boundaries and Ross Adair combining with Harry Tector for a 101-run second-wicket stand, Ireland’s hopes faded under the mounting run-rate pressure. Tector’s dismissal in the 11th over triggered a collapse that saw Ireland lose 3 for 2, and they never recovered. Akeal Hosein bounced back from early punishment to finish with impressive figures of 3 for 27. While Matthew Humphreys impressed for Ireland with 2 for 16, Liam McCarthy endured a tough debut, conceding 81 runs in his four overs – the most ever by a T20I debutant. Ultimately, Lewis’s destructive knock, supported by a relentless West Indies batting lineup, proved decisive as the visitors comfortably defended their towering total, with 200 of their runs coming via boundaries alone.

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