Opening batsman Lendl Simmons smashed his best ever T20I score as West Indies thumped Ireland by nine wickets in the third and final T20 International at Warner Park on Sunday.
Simmons, the nephew of West Indies coach Phil Simmons, 👍hit ten sixes and five fours in his 40-ball blitz.
Chasing a modest t🐎otal of 139, Simmons won the match in stylꦛe with a six over midwicket off Irish spinner Simi Singh whose three overs cost 41 runs.
Fellow opener Evin Lewis scored 46 off 25 with four boundaries and t💞hree sixes as 🔯the Men in Maroon raced to victory with 54 balls to spare.
Earlier, veteran all-rounders Kieron Pollard (3-17) and Dwayne 🍸Bravo (3-19) shared six wickets as West Indies restricted Ire💫land to 138 all out.
Bravo also became the West Indies’ leading all-time wicket-taker in the format with 57 scalps in 69 games. That beat the previous best of 54 by leg-spinner Samuel Badree.
Congrats !👏🏽Fantastic with both bat & ball to be the ♛Sandals Resorts Player oꦫf the Series!!🙌🏾 🌴
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket)
1⃣0⃣ SIXES!😱 Lendl raced to his best ever T20I score for the 🌴!
Well done Champ 👊🏽
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket)
Lendl Simmons batting like he's late for a date 😂
— Loso (@loso_888)
Bruh lendl Simmons was wilding 91 off 40
— no one 🇬🇩 (@VincyLampPost)
Captain Pollard won the man of the series award for his brilliant all-round perform❀ance against Ireland:
2-0-22-0
31(15)
4-0-25-4
4-0-17-3— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
A career best performance from sees West Indie♉s home. Batted Si💧mmo!
— CPL T20 (@CPL)
Pollard and Bravo. It's like entering a time warp.
— Rick Eyre on cricket (@rickeyrecricket)
Pollard T20 bowling stats by innings phase:
1-6: Avg: 40.10 – Econ: 10.47
6-14: Avg: 33.92 – Econ: 8.16
14-20: Avg: 23.31 – Econ: 9.55— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst)
That’s it. Congratulations . 👏👏👏
— Cricket Ireland (@cricketireland)
