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Irish cricket team in the West Indies in 2019–20
	West Indies	Ireland
Dates	4 – 19 January 2020
Captains	Kieron Pollard	Andrew Balbirnie
One Day International series
Results	West Indies won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Evin Lewis (208)	Andrew Balbirnie (97)
Most wickets	Alzarri Joseph (8)	Simi Singh (6)
Player of the series	Evin Lewis (WI)
Twenty20 International series
Results	3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Lendl Simmons (123)	Paul Stirling (123)
Most wickets	Kieron Pollard (7)	Josh Little (3)
Player of the series	Kieron Pollard (WI)

The Ireland cricket team toured the West Indies in January 2020 to play three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The West Indies Cricket Board announced the tour dates in September 2019. In November 2019, Andrew Balbirnie was named as Ireland's captain across all three formats of international cricket.

Ahead of the first ODI match, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the use of technology to monitor front-foot no-balls for all matches during the tour. The third umpire called the front-foot no-balls, communicating this with the on-field umpires. It was used as a trial to see if it can be implemented further, without a detriment to the flow of the game. The trial was previously used in December 2019, in the matches between India and the West Indies.

The West Indies won the first two ODIs to take an unassailable lead in the series. The West Indies won the third ODI by five wickets, winning the series 3–0. It was the West Indies first ODI series win at home since beating Bangladesh in August 2014. For the first T20I, Jacqueline Williams was named as the third umpire, becoming the first woman to officiate as a third umpire in a men's international cricket match. The T20I series was drawn 1–1, after the second match finished in a no result due to rain.

Squads

ODIs		T20Is
West Indies	Ireland	West Indies	Ireland
Kieron Pollard (c) Sunil Ambris Roston Chase Sheldon Cottrell Shimron Hetmyer Shai Hope Alzarri Joseph Brandon King Evin Lewis Keemo Paul Khary Pierre Nicholas Pooran Romario Shepherd Hayden Walsh Jr.	Andrew Balbirnie (c) Mark Adair Gareth Delany Andy McBrine Barry McCarthy James McCollum Kevin O'Brien William Porterfield Boyd Rankin Simi Singh Paul Stirling Lorcan Tucker Gary Wilson Craig Young	Kieron Pollard (c) Dwayne Bravo Sheldon Cottrell Shimron Hetmyer Brandon King Evin Lewis Khary Pierre Nicholas Pooran Rovman Powell Sherfane Rutherford Romario Shepherd Lendl Simmons Hayden Walsh Jr. Kesrick Williams	Andrew Balbirnie (c) Mark Adair Gareth Delany George Dockrell Josh Little Barry McCarthy Kevin O'Brien Boyd Rankin Simi Singh Paul Stirling Harry Tector Lorcan Tucker Gary Wilson Craig Young

Oshane Thomas and Obed McCoy also travelled with the West Indies team for the ODI matches, as part of a development initiative with Cricket West Indies.

Tour match

50-over match: West Indies President's XI vs Ireland

Ireland  275/9 (50 overs)	v	West Indies President's XI 278/7 (46.4 overs)
Gareth Delany 60 (78) Yannick Ottley 3/46 (10 overs)		Darren Bravo 70 (62) Kevin O'Brien 2/23 (4 overs)

• West Indies President's XI won the toss and elected to field.

ODI series

1st ODI

Ireland  180 (46.1 overs)	v	West Indies 184/5 (33.2 overs)
Lorcan Tucker 31 (68) Alzarri Joseph 4/32 (10 overs)		Evin Lewis 99* (99) Simi Singh 2/44 (10 overs)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
• Gareth Delany (Ire) made his ODI debut.
• Andrew Balbirnie captained Ireland for the first time in ODIs.
• Boyd Rankin played in his 150th international match for Ireland.

2nd ODI

Ireland  237/9 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 242/9 (49.5 overs)
Paul Stirling 63 (79) Alzarri Joseph 4/32 (10 overs)		Nicholas Pooran 52 (44) Simi Singh 3/48 (10 overs)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
• William Porterfield played in his 300th international match for Ireland.

3rd ODI

Ireland  203 (49.1 overs)	v	West Indies 199/5 (36.2 overs)
Andrew Balbirnie 71 (93) Hayden Walsh Jr. 4/36 (10 overs)		Evin Lewis 102 (97) Andy McBrine 2/50 (10 overs)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
• West Indies were set a revised target of 197 runs from 47 overs due to rain.

T20I series

1st T20I

Ireland  208/7 (20 overs)	v	West Indies 204/7 (20 overs)
Paul Stirling 95 (47) Dwayne Bravo 2/28 (4 overs)		Evin Lewis 53 (29) Josh Little 3/29 (4 overs)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
• Andrew Balbirnie captained Ireland for the first time in T20Is.
• Paul Stirling and Kevin O'Brien made the highest partnership for any wicket for Ireland in T20Is (154).
• Paul Stirling (Ire) scored his 2,000th run in T20Is.

2nd T20I

Ireland  147/9 (19 overs)	v	West Indies 16/1 (2.2 overs)
Gareth Delany 44 (22) Kieron Pollard 4/25 (4 overs)		Lendl Simmons 10 (5) Paul Stirling 1/11 (1 over)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain during West Indies' innings prevented any further play.
• Romario Shepherd (WI) made his T20I debut.

3rd T20I

Ireland  138 (19.1 overs)	v	West Indies 140/1 (11 overs)
Kevin O'Brien 36 (18) Kieron Pollard 3/17 (4 overs)		Lendl Simmons 91* (40) Simi Singh 1/41 (3 overs)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

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External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

• 2020 in Irish cricket
• 2020 in West Indian cricket
• International cricket competitions in 2019–20
• Irish cricket tours of the West Indies