T20 World Cup: Ireland beat West Indies to advance in Hobart

Ireland qualified for the T20 World Cup with a nine-wicket victory over the West Indies.

Ireland coasted to a victory in the final match of the group stage.

For the first time in the history of the game, two players scored in the same game, as captain Andy Balbirnie and Paul Stirling scored on the same day.

The West Indies were restricted to 145-6 by a superb bowling display.

West Indies are not the same team that won the title in 2012 and 2016 and lost to Scotland in their first match of the tournament, while Ireland are.

The Irish will play in the Super 12 stage alongside hosts Australia, England, India and Pakistan.

The location of the next phase will be confirmed by the outcome of the game between Scotland and Zimbabwe.

• Reaction and highlights from Ireland's win over West Indies

Awesome Ireland advance

Ireland didn't make it through the first stage of the T20 World Cup since 2009, and didn't qualify for the 50-over tournament.

Three-quarters of the way through Wednesday's game against Scotland, they were on the verge of an early exit, only for a stunning turn of events to set up this high-stakes encounter with the West Indies.

Ireland were the superior side from the moment the West Indies won the toss.

In the middle overs, the West Indies were dominated by the spinners. Delany was supported by the off-spinner who sneaked 1-11 from two overs.

The Windies scored 34 from the final three overs, but the chase got off to a fast start with some free-flowing strokeplay by the two players.

The game was done at the end of the powerplay.

Although Balbirnie chopped Akeal Hosein to point for 37, he found another ally in Lorcan Tucker.

Tucker hit the winning runs to the delight of the Irish fans.

Woeful West Indies heading home

West Indies will not participate in the main phase of the T20 World Cup for the first time in their history.

They were in poor form going into the World Cup and were in disarray before the tournament began, as batter Hetmyer was dropped from the squad for missing his flight to Australia.

The Windies can still call upon plenty of players with extensive franchise experience despite the fact that many of them have moved on.

They should have been favorites to advance from the group because of their losses.

If it wasn't for Brandon King's 62, West Indies would have been outclassed. The feeling was that the Windies didn't have enough runs despite Odean Smith's 19 not out from 12 balls.

As they tucked into some bowling, it proved. The last chance for the West Indies was gone when Tucker was caught and bowled by Smith on 17th.