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West Indies women bounced back from defeat in their women's cricket world cup qualifier opener with a victory over Ireland on Friday.

However, the Caribbean women had to hold their nerves to pull off the narrow six-run win over the Irish ladies.

Hayley Matthews didn't fire with the bat but did everything else grabbing four wickets for 24 runs, including the vital match-winning wicket.
Transcript
00:00So much of the Westonese fortune rests on the shoulders of the skipper Hayley Matthews.
00:06She is all class and that's the perfect way to get her account up and running.
00:12But after smashing a hundred in the last match she would fall on 23.
00:18Keanu Joseph followed her soon after increasing the pressure on the rest of the order.
00:22I think it's Kelly again, mid on.
00:25Zeta James and veteran Stefani Taylor would start building a foundation with a partnership of 87.
00:31The perfect back foot punch, it's going to be four.
00:34And when that was broken, Chanel Henry would play a steady hand with an unbeaten joint top score of 46.
00:40Yes, an almighty strike.
00:43However, the Caribbean women were not scoring as freely as they would have hoped.
00:46Ball to finish, I've never seen that in my life before. Final ball of the Indians.
00:50And would settle for a total of 181 for 6 of their 33 overs.
00:55After Scotland stunned the Windies, Ireland were looking to join them after a 50-run opening stand.
01:00That's a really good stroke.
01:02But as always, the Caribbean women would lean on their skipper.
01:05Oh, what a beauty and it's Matthews that strikes from nowhere.
01:09She would literally put her hands on the game with a pair of wickets.
01:14Westonese would grab four wickets for 23 runs as Hayley Matthews was involved in the majority.
01:19Who else would it be? It's that woman again, Hayley Matthews.
01:24She does it with the bat, she does it with the ball, and now she's doing it in the field too.
01:28But Ireland would regroup as if they kept their chances of victory alive with lower order knocks.
01:32That's going to be four.
01:34Christina Coulter-Riley and Arlene Kelly were the ones pushing the Irish with scores of 26 and 18 respectively.
01:40Oh, yeah, the outfield's more than quick.
01:42But three quick wickets from Aliyah Alain, Karishma Ramharak and Matthews would leave the Caribbean woman one wicket away from victory.
01:49Oh, she's got to do an awful lot to get that from around the wicket.
01:53However, Arlene Kelly's boundary here would also push the Irish woman on the cost of victory at 174 for 9.
01:59This of this field, because everyone's up on the offside, good batting, good innovation from Kelly, good recognition of where...
02:06But the skipper would come to the rescue for the West Indies once more.
02:09Down the ground, Longhorn has gone out and takes the catch.
02:13That's going to be that for the West Indies.
02:16They hold their nerve in a thriller.
02:19The Caribbean woman holding their nerves to win their first group match, but only just.
02:23Terence Clark, TV6 Sport.
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