Ireland women’s team won the ODI match against England after 23 years.
The England women’s cricket team is currently on a tour of Ireland, where it has come to play a series of 3 ODIs and three T20 matches. The England team had already gained an unassailable lead in the series by winning the first two matches of the ODI series, but in the third match they had to face defeat by 3 wickets as per Duckworth Lewis rule. In the third match of the 22-22 overs series played at the Belfast ground, the England women’s team was reduced to 153 runs in 20.5 overs. On the other hand, Ireland achieved the target of 155 runs given to them as per DLS rule by losing 7 wickets in 22 overs. The England women’s team has lost a match against the Ireland team in the ODI format for the first time since 2001.
Ireland captain Gaby Lewis played an important role
In this match, after bundling out England women’s team for 153 runs, Ireland women’s team came out to chase the target of 155 runs. Amy Hunter and captain Gaby Lewis gave a great start to the team by sharing 51 runs for the first wicket. After this, Hunter returned to the pavilion on a personal score of 18 runs. At the same time, captain Lewis handled the innings from one end and worked continuously to take it towards victory. However, Lewis returned to the pavilion on a personal score of 72 and at that time the score of the Irish team was 137 runs. In the last over, Ireland’s team needed 8 runs to win and they had scored four runs in 5 balls of the over. After this, Dalzel played an important role in giving her team a historic victory by hitting a four on the last ball.
The year 2024 has been memorable so far for the Irish women’s team
The year 2024 has been very memorable for the Ireland women’s team so far, in which they had won the ODI series against Sri Lanka at their home before this match. Which is their victory against the Sri Lankan women’s team in any format so far. At the same time, now they have succeeded in winning the first ODI against England after 23 years. A three-match T20 series will now be played between Ireland and England women’s team from September 14, in which the English team will try to overcome their shortcomings before the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup.
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