Bridgetown, Jan. 8 -- : Evin Lewis and Alzarri Joseph starred with bat and ball in hand as West Indies defeated Ireland by five wickets in the first ODI of the three-match series on Tuesday (local time) here at Bridgetown.
Chasing 185, West Indies openers put on 27 runs for the first wicket. Ireland finally got the breakthrough in the sixth over as Shai Hope (13) was sent back to the pavilion by Barry McCarthy.
Brandon King then joined Evin Lewis in the middle and the duo put on 71 runs for the second wicket. King (20) was dismissed by Simi Singh in the 19th over, reducing West Indies to 98/2.
Ireland managed to take three wickets more, but Lewis stayed till the end to take the side over the line by five wickets with 100 balls remaining....