Evin Lewis ton helps West Indies secure whitewash over Ireland

St. George’s: Left-handed batsman Evin Lewis scored a sizzling century after Hayden Walsh Jr. took four wickets as West Indies defeated Ireland by five wickets (DLS method) in the third and final ODI, thereby recording a clean sweep of the three-match ODI series. Lewis made 102 — his third ton in this format as the home side powered to their revised target of 197 to win with 64 balls to spare at the Grenada National Stadium on Sunday.

Earlier in the day, Walsh proved his captain’s decision to bowl right as he grabbed 4/36 off his 10 overs to rip the heart out of the Ireland middle order. He extracted generous turn from the slow surface and was the perfect fillip after fast bowler Oshane Thomas rocked the top order with a fiery spell of 3/41 as the visitors managed 203 before being bowled out.

Captain Andrew Balbirnie was the lone batsman for the visitors who could manage to tackle the Windies bowlers and played a gutsy knock of 71 off 93 balls.

The two teams will now face each other in the first of the three T20Is on Wednesday.

Brief Scores: Ireland 203 all out (Andrew Balbirnie 71; Hayden Walsh 4/36) West Indies 199/5 (Evin Lewis 103; Andy McBrine 2/50). IANS

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