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Ireland 130-7 against West Indies

LONDON - Ireland made 130 for seven against the West Indies in their ICC World Twenty20 warm-up match at the Oval here on Tuesday.

Several Ireland batsmen made starts with John Mooney (23) Niall O’Brien (22), Jeremy Bray (30) and Kevin O’Brien (20) all scoring at around the run-a-ball mark or better.

But Ireland were kept in check by some tight West Indies bowling, with spinner Sulieman Benn the pick of the attack with two for 24.

Paceman Fidel Edwards took one for 13 in his three overs and Dwayne Bravo one for 17 while West Indies captain and off-spinner Chris Gayle had one for 25 in his four overs.

Scoreboard

Ireland

J. Bray b Benn 30

W. Porterfield c Pollard b Edwards 5

N. O’Brien c Taylor b Bravo 22

A. Botha st Ramdin b Benn 12

K. O’Brien c Bravo b Gayle 20

J. Mooney run out 23

T. Johnston c Fletcher b Taylor 7

A. White not out 2

Extras (b2, lb5, n2) 9

Total (7 wkts, 20 overs) 130

Did not bat: A Cusack, K McCallan, B Rankin, G Wilson

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Porterfield), 2-39 (N O’Brien), 3-69 (Bray), 4-76 (Botha), 5-108 (K O’Brien), 6-121 (Johnston)

Bowling: Taylor 4-0-24-1; Edwards 3-0-13-1 (2nb); Sammy 2-0-20-0; Bravo 3-0-17-1; Benn 4-0-24-2 ; Gayle 4-0-25-1;

West Indies: Chris Gayle (capt), Andre Fletcher, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin (wkt), David Bernard, Darren Sammy, Sulieman Benn, Fidel Edwards, Xavier Marshall, Kieron Pollard, Jerome Taylor

Toss: Ireland

Umpires: Marais Erasmus (RSA) and Rod Tucker (AUS)