West Indies whipped Ireland by five wickets in first ODI o▨f the three-match series at Kensington Oval, on Tuesday (January 7).
Chasing Ireland’s modest total of 180, the Windies ended on 184 for five in 33.2 overs, with opener Evin Lewis one short of his third ODI century on 99 not out off 99 balls.
The Trinidadian left-h𓃲ander struck 13 fours and two sixes in his knock but needing to hit a six to get his century with the scores level, Lewis lofted the Irish fast bowler Barry M🧜cCarthy over extra cover only to drop to his knees as the ball landed agonizingly a few inches inside the boundary.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
It has ended up being slightly harder work than it might have b🔜een, but that is a thumping win for West Indies. Well played Evin Lew🍎is. Top innings.
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek)
Evin Lewis is the 3rd West Indian and 9th batsman overal🅺l to be﷽ stuck at 99* in a run-chase in ODIs.
The last batsman was his teammate Jason Holder against𝓰 PNG 🐓in 2018.
— Israr Ahmed Hashmi (@IamIsrarHashmi)
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Evin Lewis – 99* (99). A flawless one day innings from Lewis.
Lewis scored heavily off the seam bowlers, scoring 56 from 48 deliveries of seam. He pounced on anything short and scored ♏at ♋a strike rate of 180.00 against any ball pitching shorter than 8m
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst)
Proud of 🌠Evin Lewis such a remarkable player continue representing us (West Indies and Trinidad 🇹🇹 )well Boss 👏🏽
— ॐStacey Lalchanॐ (@staceylalchan2)
99* to Evin Lewis 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Well done WI! Great way to start off the series— Butterfly. . .🦋✨ (@jay_butterflyy)
Hard luck boi🎉 Evin Lewis but still a great knock !
— Jason (@JasonCK26)
Unbeaten on 99 in a run chase (ODIs) :
Richie Richardson (w)
Alistair Campbell (w)
Brad Hodge (w)
Virendra Sehwag (w)
Malcolm Waller (w)
Calum MacLeod (w)
Swapnil Patil (L)
Jason Holder (w)
Evin Lewis (w)— 100मेsh (@SomeshBijarniy1)
