🏏ICC Men's T20I WC 2022-Group B-Match12on21st : ZIM vs SCO-P53🏏 - Page 33

With the group wide open, the favourable results that both West Indies and Ireland got on Wednesday would serve as a huge boost to their confidence. The route to the next stage is simple with the game being a virtual knockout unless rain intervenes. The chances of rain in the forecast have been coming down with Hobart bathed in bright sunshine in the days leading up to the game.

The day games have produced better batting conditions so far, and if the sun stays out that should stay true for Friday as well. With both attacks relying more on pace than spin so far, the game promises to throw more challenges. West Indies have called the game "a final" from their point of view after losing their opening match against Scotland. With pride at stake, the win against Zimbabwe saw passionate cries of relief from the senior members of the team.

"We spoke a lot about attitude and it was important we brought the correct attitude into the game. Yeah, so it's just basically us just showing our passion and love that we brought through the years playing this sport, and yeah, it was important that we just brought the right energy towards the game yesterday," said Holder.

"When you look around the dressing room, we've got a pretty young team, and most of the guys are in their early to mid 20s, and it's a great side for West Indies cricket. I think my point was just mainly us rebuilding and rejigging our T20 mantra, for lack of a better phrase, and trying to now reestablish ourselves as a new West Indies look T20 side," he also said.

While West Indies look to forge their new identity, Ireland have their own to carve out. Through a powerful batting performance, they've kept their hopes alive of getting to the next round and will be hoping that their bowlers too come to the fore in the next game.

"Keep taking chances, try to reduce that total if we can, and doing a little bit better with the bat and make sure we're setting the platform up and being able to bring it home. We'll take a huge amount of confidence from that game and how we went about our work into Friday's match," said George Dockrell looking ahead at the game.

Are we ready for another scintillating contest today?

ICC T20 Qualifier Match 11: WI vs IRE:

After earning an emphatic win over Zimbabwe in the last match, West Indies will lock horns with Ireland in the 11th match of Round 1 in T20 World Cup today October 21 here at Hobart. RENDING

In the last game, Alzarri Joseph was the man on the hunt as the pacer struck 4 wickets by losing a meager 16 runs, Holder grabbed 3/12 in 3.2 overs which resulted in the West Indies' first win of the tournament.

With this win, the team revived their chances to qualify for the next level in the T20 World Cup.

On the other hand, Ireland trounced Scotland by 6 wickets. Cutis Camoher became the hero of the match with his unbeaten knock of 72 that came off from just 32 balls including 7 fours and 2 sixes.

Campher got supported by George Dockrell (unbeaten 39 runs off 27 balls). Both of them got a match-winning 119 runs partnership and took home a convincing and first win of the tournament.

Irish bowlers against Scotland looked ordinary as only Campher (2), Joshua Little (1), and Adair (1) grabbed wickets. The rest of the bowlers went wicketless.

WI vs IRE Head-to-Head:

Both the teams have played once in T20Is, where West Indies over edged Ireland.

WI vs IRE Probable Playing XI:

West Indies: Kyle Mayers, Evin Lewis, Brandon King, Shamarh Brooks, Nicholas Pooran(w/c), Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Odean Smith, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy

Ireland: Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie(c), Lorcan Tucker(w), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Simi Singh, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little

West Indies and Ireland match will be a thriller where West Indies can get away over the Ireland team.

"Keep taking chances, try to reduce that total if we can, and doing a little bit better with the bat and make sure we're setting the platform up and being able to bring it home. We'll take a huge amount of confidence from that game and how we went about our work into Friday's match," said George Dockrell looking ahead at the game.

With the group wide open, the favourable results that both West Indies and Ireland got on Wednesday would serve as a huge boost to their confidence. The route to the next stage is simple with the game being a virtual knockout unless rain intervenes. The chances of rain in the forecast have been coming down with Hobart bathed in bright sunshine in the days leading up to the game.

• WI vs IRE pitch report for ICC T20 World Cup 2022, Match 11 The pitch at the Bellerive Oval is a good one to bat on, with the average first-innings total being 165. The pacers have enjoyed the conditions at the venue, accounting for 66 percent of the wickets so far.

The winner of this game will advance to the next stage.

West Indies and Ireland will play the penultimate game of Group B of the T20 World Cup 2022 on Friday (October 21) at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart. All four teams in Group B have won one game each and the winner of this game will advance to the next stage. West Indies, the two-time champions had a miserable start to the tournament as they lost the first game against Scotland by 42 runs after failing to chase the target of 161 runs. However, they came back strongly in the next game against Zimbabwe and defeated the African country by 31 runs. West Indies made 153 runs for the loss of seven wickets while batting first and restricted Zimbabwe to just 122 runs. Alzarri Joseph played a key role for West Indies with the ball and won the Player of the Match award.

Ireland, on the other hand, lost their opening game against Zimbabwe by 31 runs after giving away 174 runs. However, much like the West Indies, Ireland managed to overpower Scotland in their second game and won the game by six wickets. They chased down the target of 177 runs, the highest-ever successful run-chase in the T20 World Cup for Ireland.

The pitch is expected to provide a lot of support to the batters as we have seen so far in the tournament in the first four matches. The teams batting first in these four matches have managed to score over 150 runs each time. Ireland chased the target of 177 runs in the last game at this venue only. The team chasing the total has won only one out of four matches which might be an indication that the pitch might give some support to the bowlers in the second half.