Kingston: Ireland added to their list of giant-killing victories with a six-wicket win over World Twenty20 champions West Indies in the first T20 international at Jamaica’s Sabina Park on Thursday.
It was at the Kingston venue where Ireland dramatically defeated Pakistan in a St Patrick’s Day 50-over World Cup match back in 2007.
And seven years on from that success, Ireland — the leading non-Test cricket nation — upset one of the sport’s ‘big boys’ once again. West Indies won the toss and batted, a good all-round Ireland effort in the field saw the hosts restricted to 116 for eight in their 20 overs.
Ireland fell to 37 for three in reply. But a stand of 58 between Ed Joyce and Andrew Porter turned the tide. (AFP
