Shivnarine Chanderpaul struck an impressive unbeaten century as World Cup hosts West Indies beat surprise package Ireland by eight wickets in the final Group D match at Sabina Park on Friday.

Ireland scored 183 for eight in 48 overs after rain stopped play and under the Duckworth-Lewis rules West Indies were set a target of 190 which they knocked off comfortably with 9.5 overs to spare.

With both teams having already secured their places in the Super Eights stage, the win allows Brian Lara's men to carry two points with them into the next phase.

Chanderpaul's sixth one day century, his first in a World Cup, included 10 fours and four sixes.

Earlier, Australian-born Jeremy Bray top-scored for Ireland with 41