DUBLIN, Eire, CMC – Keacy Carty joined an elite listing of cricketers to attain consecutive centuries in One Day Internationals (ODIs), which propelled West Indies to a dominant 197-run win over Eire by way of the Duckworth/Lewis/Stern methodology within the third and ultimate match right here at Clontarf on Sunday.
Contemporary from his knock of 102 within the rained-out second ODI on Friday, the 28-year-old struck a powerful 170 as West Indies posted a staggering 385 for seven off their 50 overs, their second-highest whole ever within the format, simply behind the 389 they scored in opposition to England in 2019.
Bowling in his first match of the collection, quick bowler Jayden Seales then ran by way of Eire’s prime order to assist restrict them to 165 off 29.5 overs after their goal was lowered to 363 in 46 overs as a consequence of rain stoppages.
The outcome helped the West Indies tie the three-match collection 1-1 after Eire gained the opening match by 124 runs.
However the day belonged to Carty, who joined Desmond Haynes, Gordon Greenidge, Phil Simmons, Brian Lara, Wavell Hinds, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Johnson Charles, and Shai Hope as the one West Indians to attain back-to-back ODI centuries.
He additionally turned the 14th West Indian to file a rating of 150 or extra in an ODI.
In a storyline that adopted the identical script because the previous match, West Indies misplaced openers Brandon King and Evin Lewis cheaply to be 31 for 2, just for Carty and skipper Hope to revive the innings.
The 2 added 137 runs for the third wicket, which helped to rework the match and wrestle the initiative away from the house aspect.
Throughout his knock, Hope turned the third quickest West Indian to attain 5500 ODI runs, and he additionally introduced up his twenty seventh ODI half-century when he drove off-spinner Andy McBrine all the way down to lengthy on for a single off the 53rd ball he confronted.
Carty, who was named Participant-of-the-Match and Participant-of-the-Collection, adopted quickly after, hitting left-arm spinner George Dockrell to the superb leg boundary to maneuver to 53 off 66 balls.
Seeking to up the ante, Hope perished for a run-a-ball 75, caught on the boundary in a failed try and hit McBrine out of the bottom.
He hit 9 fours and two sixes. His dismissal left the rating 168 for 3 within the thirtieth over, however Eire bought no reprieve as Carty and new batsman Amir Jangoo added 78 runs in 11 overs.
There have been two stoppages for rain thereafter, however Carty was to not be denied, and he moved into the 90s with a nervous top-edged pull off Barry McCarthy that flew over the keeper’s head for six.
He then reached his century by driving spinner Harry Tector for 4 by way of cowl and adopted it up by edging him to the third-man boundary three balls later.
Jangoo misplaced his wicket after scoring 22 as he tried to hit Dockrell over the ropes to depart the rating 246 for 4 within the forty first over.
Carty smashed Dockrell for 2 sixes and 4 off consecutive overs and moved to 150 off 134 balls with a single off McCarthy quickly after.
All of the whereas, Justin Greaves was unleashing his fury on the different finish, discovering the boundary with ease.
Carty, who was bowled off a no-ball when he was 150, was finally bowled by a ball that saved low from McCarthy after dealing with 142 balls and hitting 15 fours and eight sixes.
His innings helped West Indies belt 144 runs from the final 10 overs, with Greaves lashing 50 off 23 balls.
Confronted with a monumental activity, Eire was by no means within the hunt after Seales grabbed the wickets of Andy Balbirnie, captain Paul Stirling, and Harry Tector to depart them 40 for 3 within the eighth over.
Cade Carmichael prime scored with 48, however the house aspect by no means threatened their goal. To make issues worse, they had been with out two batters, Jo,rdan Neill, and Josh Little, who had been injured whereas fielding.
Seales ended with figures of 3-26 from 5.5 overs.
