‘It means so much’ – Ireland end wait for World Cup winFigure caption, Prendergast leads Ireland to first T20 World Cup winByAlvin McCaigBBC Sport NI contributorPublished33 minutes agoIreland celebrated their first T20 World Cup victory at the 22nd attempt on a sunny Saturday afternoon in Bristol.The Irish, who had lost all their 21 previous games over five tournaments, broke their duck with a wonderful six-wicket win over the West Indies.
Orla Prendergast starred for the victors, smashing a superb 63 from 44 balls to steer Ireland to World Cup history as they reached a target of 129 with 11 balls to spare.
“It just means so much – we’ve had the belief throughout this tournament and it just hadn’t come together,” player-of-the-match Prendergast told Sky Sports.
“But the belief we all had was there constantly. There’s so much relief to finally have that win and so much happiness.”
Ireland came close to victory earlier in the tournament as they lost out by just four runs to New Zealand.
They also had good memories of playing West Indies, earning a first T20 win over Saturday’s opponents in the last meeting between the sides in Dublin earlier this month.
