IRE vs WI, 2025: Ireland vs West Indies, 1st T20I Match Preview

Ireland (IRE) will be hosting the West Indies for a three-match T20I series, the first of which will be played on Thursday, June 12 at the Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason, Bready. 

In the last T20I series that Ireland played, they faced a 0-1 loss at the hands of Zimbabwe in February this year. The home side will hope to return to winning ways with the game on Thursday. Meanwhile, West Indies are also coming on the back of a series whitewash against England in their recently-concluded multi-format tour of the United Kingdom.

Ireland took on the Men in Maroon in the ODI series last month, which saw a tie between the two sides. It was a good result for Ireland, although they would have loved to win the series. With the same spirit, both will take on the challenge in the shortest format of the game.

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Both teams have some of the best players in the world in their line-up. While Ireland has the likes of Paul Stirling, Josh Little, Harry Tector, and others, the West Indies have Romario Shepherd, Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, and others in their line-up. The West Indies will be without the services of Andre Russell, Brandon King, and a retired Nicholas Pooran, which makes the series an even contest.

Match Details

Pitch Report

The wicket at the Bready Cricket Club is not that easy to bat on, as the venue is usually exposed to the overcast playing conditions. Hence, pacers get to swing the ball early in the innings and trouble the batters. Moreover, the pitch is also slow in nature, which makes scoring runs against spinners difficult. In short, both pacers and spinners enjoy bowling at the venue a lot. The key for the batters would be to rotate the strike and post a good total on the board. Chasing the target might be difficult due to the lack of dew and the slow nature of the surface.

Head-to-Head record

Both sides have crossed swords in T20Is on eight instances. While 2 of them ended without a result, both teams have nothing to separate them from each other, as they have 3 wins and losses each to their name. Even in the last 5 games, it is a similar case, as both sides have a couple of wins and losses each, with one of their games bearing no result.

IRE vs WI Predicted Playing 11s

Ireland

Andrew Balbirnie, Paul Stirling (c), Ross Adair, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Harry Tector, Mark Adair, George Dockrell, Barry McCarthy, Josh Little, Ben White, Gavin Hoey

West Indies

Evin Lewis, Shai Hope (c & wk), Keacy Carty, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Jason Holder, Shimron Hetmyer, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Gudakesh Motie, Alzarri Joseph