DUBLIN, Ireland (CMC) — West Indies white-ball captain Shai Hope has praised his troops’ performance against Ireland in the third and final One-Day International (ODI) on Sunday, which helped them level the three-match series and avoid losing valuable points.
West Indies posted their second-highest ODI total of all time, 385 for seven from their 50 overs, on their way to a dominant 197-run victory at Clontarf via the Duckworth/Lewis/Stern method.
The visitors went into the match knowing that only victory would suffice, having lost the opening ODI by 124 runs while the second match ended in a no-result due to rain.
Speaking in a post-match interview, Hope said the West Indies, who are ranked ninth in the world in ODIs could ill afford to drop any points.
“It was very crucial,” he said. “We understand the importance of every, single game, especially with the point standings we knew that with a series loss we would have probably dropped seven or eight points, so it was very crucial for us to come back and level the series.
