West Indies vs. Ireland: Highlights, Scorecard and Report from Cricket World Cup

Ireland pulled off another stunning World Cup upset as they beat the West Indies by four wickets in Nelson.

Lendl Simmons scored a century to help the men from the Caribbean recover from a perilous position to post 304-7 after being put into bat at the Saxton Oval.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls
Dwayne Smith	c Mooney	b K O'Brien	18	29	24
Gayle	c K O'Brien	b Dockrell	36	79	65
Darren Bravo	run out (McBrine)		0	2	0
Samuels	lbw	b Dockrell	21	48	41
Ramdin	lbw	b Dockrell	1	9	6
Simmons	c Dockrell	b Sorensen	102	121	84
Sammy	c Dockrell	b Mooney	89	86	67
Russell	not out		27	27	13
Holder	not out		0	0	0
Extras		0nb 9w 0b 1lb	10
Bowler		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Mooney		7	1	59	1
Sorensen		8	0	64	1
McBrine		10	1	26	0
K O'Brien		9	0	71	1
Dockrell		10	0	50	3
Stirling		6	0	33	0

However, the Associate Nation produced a calm chase to reach their target with 25 balls to spare as John Mooney hit the winning runs.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls
Porterfield	c Ramdin	b Gayle	23	58	43
Stirling	c Ramdin	b Samuels	92	115	84
Joyce	c Darren Bravo	b Taylor	84	109	67
N O'Brien	not out		79	87	60
Balbirnie	c Darren Bravo	b Taylor	9	12	9
Wilson	c Gayle	b Taylor	1	10	6
K O'Brien	run out (Dwayne Smith)		0	2	1
Mooney	not out		6	6	5
Extras		0nb 9w 4b 0lb	13		13
Bowler		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Holder		9	1	44	0
Roach		6	0	52	0
Taylor		8.5	0	71	3
Russell		6	0	33	0
Gayle		8	0	41	1
Sammy		3	0	25	0
Samuels		4	0	25	1
Simmons		1	0	12	0

WI stuttered to 40-2 in the powerplay as Dwayne Smith (18) holed out in the deep off the bowling of Kevin O’Brien, and Darren Bravo was run out without facing a ball after a mix-up with Chris Gayle.

Slow left-armer George Dockrell then removed a becalmed Gayle (36 off 65 balls) and trapped Marlon Samuels (21) and Dinesh Ramdin (1) leg before wicket (lbw) as West Indies stuttered to 87-5 in the 24th over.

However, Simmons (102) and Darren Sammy (89) put on 154 for the sixth wicket with the latter departing in the 45th over after hitting nine boundaries and four sixes in a 67-ball knock.

Simmons hit one more maximum before going off the penultimate ball after bringing up only his second ODI century.

Ireland started confidently in their reply and put on 71 for the opening wicket before Gayle had captain William Porterfield caught behind for 23.

Paul Stirling and Ed Joyce maintained the momentum with a 106-run partnership for the second wicket.

Opener Stirling fell eight runs short of a century when caught behind off Samuels after hitting nine boundaries and three sixes in a swashbuckling 84-ball innings.

Joyce, the Dublin-born batsman who represented England in the 2007 event before returning to Ireland, took his team to the brink of victory with 84 from 67 balls before being caught at deep cover in the 40th over.

Only 32 runs were needed, and although Ireland lost three quick wickets, Niall O'Brien guided his side over the line with an unbeaten 79 from 60 balls. Sky Sports highlighted John Mooney's winning runs:

Ireland, who reached the quarter-finals in 2007 after beating Pakistan and defeating England in 2011, will now harbour hopes of reaching the knockout stage again. Sports statistician Mohandas Menon noted Ireland's wins over Pakistan and England:

The West Indies will look to bounce back against Pakistan on Saturday with both sides having lost their opening games in Pool B. The top four in each seven-team group reach the quarter-finals.