Two-time champs ousted in World Cup boilover

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The West Indies — the lone squad with 2 T20 World Cup trophies successful the furniture — person been ousted from this year's tourney earlier the super-12 stage.

Captain Nicholas Pooran and his teammates are devastated aft a nine-wicket decision to Ireland astatine Hobart's Bellerive Oval connected Friday sealed their aboriginal exit.

After mustering a full of lone 5-146, the West Indies appeared bereft of answers with the shot arsenic Ireland hunted down the required runs with ease.

Piloted by big-framed opening batter Paul Stirling, who compiled an unbeaten 66 from 48, the Irish took 17.3 overs to implicit the chase.

The pursuit was completed when archetypal driblet Lorcan Tucker danced down the wicket astatine left-arm speedy Obed McCoy and lofted the shot implicit screen for four.

"Irish eyes are smiling, and they'll beryllium smiling arsenic this tourney goes on," Pommie Mbangwa said successful commentary.

"And the West Indies indispensable battalion their bags and spell home."

A smattering of Irish successful the crowd, galore successful greenish and immoderate wearing leprechaun hats, clapped and cheered successful solemnisation of the immense achievement.

"It's evidently an unthinkable time for us," said leg-spinner Gareth Delany, who collected man-of-the-match honours aft taking 3-16.

"This clip past twelvemonth we were each sitting astir the dressing country aft astir apt 1 of the toughest days for a batch of america (after being knocked retired of the 2021 T20 World Cup), truthful to get implicit the enactment contiguous successful the manner we did is amazing."

In the West Indies' 3 World Cup matches, they mislaid to Scotland by 42 runs, overcame Zimbabwe by 31 runs and were defeated by Ireland by 9 wickets.

The West Indies' batting was a anemic constituent successful their botched World Cup campaign, with the men from the Caribbean posting 118 against Scotland, 153 against Zimbabwe and 146 successful the Ireland clash.

"It's tough," Pooran said.

"We haven't batted good successful this tourney astatine all.

"We cognize we person disappointed a lot. We person disappointed our fans backmost home. Most importantly we person disappointed ourselves. It's decidedly hurting."

The West Indies' aboriginal departure is simply a acold outcry from their 2012 and 2016 T20 World Cup triumphs.

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