Dublin: Captain Hayley Matthews backed up her bowling figures of 1/20 with an unbeaten half-century in the run chase as West Indies cruised to a resounding eight-wicket win in the opening T20I tri-series against Ireland.
West Indies captain Mathews opted to field first as the visitors’ bowling attack saw the home team bowled out for 103 in 17 overs.
Captain Arla Prendergast remained the top scorer for Ireland with a cautious 25 off 22 balls, while Leah Ball (21), Amy Hunter (11) and Alys Dechter (10) picked up eight for West Indies. overs.
Joseph was supported by Jahzara Claxton and Zaida James with two wickets each and Karishma Ramharak, Affie Fletcher and Mathews with one each.
In turn, the tourists chased down the target of 104 runs with 2 wickets and 51 balls to spare, thanks to a magnificent half-century from captain Mathews.
The right-handed opener scored an unbeaten 82 off 44 balls for West Indies, with 11 fours and three sixes to claim the Man of the Match award.
Apart from him, the only other middle-order batsman to score in double figures was Stefanie Taylor, who scored an unbeaten 10 off nine balls.
Ireland’s Ava Canning was the lone wicket for Ireland as she took two wickets for just 16 runs in her over.
After making a successful start to the ongoing T20I tri-series, West Indies face Pakistan in their next match at the same venue on Friday.