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    "title": "Simmons, Sammy power West Indies to 304\/7 against Ireland",
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    "excerpt": "Nelson (New Zealand), Feb 16 (IANS) A 154-run stand between Lendl Simmons (102) and Darren Sammy (89) spared West Indies",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Nelson (New Zealand), Feb 16 (IANS)&nbsp;A 154-run stand between Lendl Simmons (102) and Darren Sammy (89) spared West Indies the blushes and powered them to 304 for seven against Ireland in a Pool B encounter of the ICC World Cup here Monday.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe West Indies found themselves in heaps of trouble after being put into bat.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nFrom wobbling at 87 for five, the West Indies managed to rally back to finish with a sizeable total, thanks largely to the 154-run partnership for the sixth wicket, off just 127 balls, between Simmons and Sammy.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nSammy fell 11 short of what would have been his maiden ODI ton, but Simmons managed to press on to get to the mark.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nIrish spinner George Dockrell was the pick of the bowlers with his spell of three for 50.&nbsp;Earlier, explosive opener Chris Gayle (36) got off to an uncharacteristically slow start.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThat put pressure on Dwayne Smith (18) and he fell in the eighth over trying to up the ante.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nDarren Bravo (0) was run out without facing a ball as the West Indies slipped to 31 for two.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nGayle and Marlon Samuels (21) put on a 47-run partnership for the third wicket.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nBut Gayle was caught in the outfield while trying to hit Dockrell out of the ground.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThat sparked a mini collapse as Samuels fell after two balls and Denesh Ramdin (1) after nine more runs.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nSimmons and Sammy got together and blitzed the Irish bowling to all parts of the ground.Simmons hit nine boundaries and five sixes while Sammy plundered nine fours and four sixes.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nIn the end, Andre Russell smashed 27 off just 13 balls to take the Windies past the 300-mark.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nBrief scores:<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nWest Indies 304 for seven in 50 overs (Lendl Simmons 102, Darren Sammy 89; George Dockrell 3-50, John Mooney 1-59) against Ireland<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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