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Ireland women's cricket team

Ireland
Refer to caption
Cricket Ireland logo
AssociationCricket Ireland
Personnel
CaptainLaura Delany
CoachEd Joyce
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate Member (1993)
Full Member (2017)
ICC regionEurope
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WODI 10th 8th
WT20I 10th 10th
Women's Tests
Only WTestv Pakistan at College Park, Dublin; 30–31 July 2000
WTests Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 1 1/0
(0 draws)
Women's One Day Internationals
First WODIv Australia at Ormeau Cricket Ground, Belfast; 28 June 1987
Last WODIv New Zealand at Castle Avenue, Dublin; 13 June 2018
WODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 148 39/103
(0 ties, 6 no result)
This year[5] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
Women's World Cup appearances5 (first in 1988)
Best result4th (1988)
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances4 (first in 2003)
Best resultChampions (2003)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv West Indies at Kenure, Dublin; 27 June 2008
Last WT20Iv Papua New Guinea at Forthill, Dundee; 7 September 2019
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[6] 71 20/50
(0 ties, 1 no result)
This year[7] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
Women's T20 World Cup appearances3 (first in 2014)
Best result1st round (2014, 2016, 2018)
Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances4 (first in 2013)
Best resultChampions (2015)
As of 4 October 2020

The Ireland women's cricket team represents Ireland in international women's cricket. Cricket in Ireland is governed by Cricket Ireland and organised on an All-Ireland basis, meaning the Irish women's team represents both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Ireland made its One-Day International (ODI) debut in 1987, against Australia, and the following year played at the 1988 World Cup, making the first of five appearances at the tournament. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s Ireland was considered to be a top-level team, playing regular ODI series and placing as high as fifth at the World Cup (in 1993, out of eight teams). In 2000, the team played its only Test match, defeating Pakistan. Although it still retains ODI status, Ireland has not qualified for a World Cup since the 2005 event. The team has, however, qualified for the ICC World Twenty20 on two occasions, in 2014 and 2016. In December 2018, Cricket Ireland offered professional contracts to the women players for the first time.[8]

History

1980s

The Irish women's team entered the international arena well before their male counterparts, playing their first ODIs in a three match series against Australia in 1987, a full 19 years before the men's team would make their ODI debut. They lost all three games by more than 100 runs, but were still invited to take part in the World Cup the following year in Australia.

In that World Cup, they finished fourth, losing to New Zealand in the third place play-off game. Ireland subsequently came fourth of five in the tournament, with Ireland's only two wins both came against The Netherlands. The next year, Ireland took part in the first Women's European Championship in Denmark, finishing fourth on run rate, with their only win coming against the hosts.

1990s

The first two years of the 1990s again saw Ireland compete in the European Championships, finishing as runners up to England in 1990, and third place in 1991. Sandwiched between those two tournaments was a 2 match ODI series against England, with England winning both games, the second by 10 wickets.

1993 saw them compete in the World Cup again, this time finishing in fifth place. The next European Championship in 1995 again saw them finish as runners up to England. Following this, they settled into a pattern of playing ODIs against whichever team was touring England, a pattern that continues to this day. The 1997 World Cup saw them lose to New Zealand in the quarter finals. The end of the 1990s saw them again finish as runners up to England in the European Championship in 1999.

2000s

Ireland played their first ever Test match in 2000, beating Pakistan by an innings inside two days in Dublin.[9] This is still their only Test match however. They also dominated the ODI series against Pakistan, winning 4–0 with a fifth game rained off. They still could only finish seventh in the World Cup later that year though, their only win coming against The Netherlands. The following year, they won the European Championship, and that remains the only time out of seven tournaments that the England team had not won the competition.

That seventh place meant that they had to take part in the 2003 IWCC Trophy, the inaugural edition of what is now known simply as the World Cup Qualifier. They won every game in that tournament, which qualified them for the world cup in South Africa in 2005. They came last in that tournament, meaning they will have to qualify again for the 2009 World Cup. Later in the year, they yet again finished as runners up to England in the European Championship.

They played a two match ODI series against the Netherlands, winning both games. In November 2007, they went to the Women's World Cup Qualifier in Lahore, where they played Bermuda, The Netherlands, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, South Africa and an African qualifier.

In 2009, Ireland beat the Netherlands to win the European Championship.[10]

In April 2016, Laura Delany was named as captain of Ireland women's cricket team replacing Isobel Joyce who stepped down after the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 in India.[11][12][13]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[14] Ireland were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier regional group, alongside five other teams.[15]

Tournament history

World Cup

  • 1988: 4th place
  • 1993: 5th place
  • 1997: Quarter finals
  • 2000: 7th place
  • 2005: 8th place

European Championship

  • 1989: 4th place
  • 1990: Runners-up
  • 1991: 3rd place
  • 1995: Runners-up
  • 1999: Runners-up
  • 2001: Winners
  • 2005: Runners-up
  • 2009: Winners

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier

  • 2015: 3rd (DNQ)
  • 2015: Qualify
  • 2018: Qualify
  • 2019: 3rd (DNQ)

Current squad

The Ireland squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier was as follows:

  • Laura Delany (c)
  • Kim Garth
  • Shauna Kavanagh
  • Gaby Lewis
  • Louise Little
  • Sophie MacMahon
  • Lara Maritz
  • Leah Paul
  • Orla Prendergast
  • Celeste Raack
  • Una Raymond-Hoey
  • Eimear Richardson
  • Rebecca Stokell
  • Mary Waldron (wk)

Records

International match summary – Ireland Women[16][17][18]

Last updated 7 September 2019.
Playing record
Format M W L T D/NR Inaugural match
Test matches 1 1 0 0 0 30 July 2000
One-Day Internationals 148 39 103 0 6 28 June 1987
Twenty20 Internationals 71 20 50 0 1 27 June 2008

Test matches

Test record versus other nations[16]

Records complete to Women's Test #111. Last updated 30 July 2000.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
v. Full Members
Pakistan 1 1 0 0 0 30 July 2000 30 July 2000

ODI cricket

  • Highest team total: 309/2 v. Netherlands on 19 August 2005 at Miskin Manor Cricket Club Ground, Wales. [22]
  • Highest individual score: 120, Karen Young v. Pakistan on 27 July 2000 at Sydney Parade, Dublin. [23]
  • Best innings bowling: 5/13, Eimear Richardson v. Netherlands on 5 August 2009 at The Vineyard, Dublin. [24]

ODI record versus other nations[17]

Records complete to WODI #1119. Last updated 13 June 2018.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
v. Full Members
Australia 15 0 15 0 0 28 June 1987
Bangladesh 6 1 3 0 2 26 November 2011 21 August 2012
England 17 1 16 0 0 5 December 1988 12 August 2001
India 12 0 12 0 0 26 July 1993
New Zealand 20 0 18 0 2 29 November 1998
Pakistan 18 6 12 0 0 18 December 1997 18 December 1997
South Africa 17 1 15 0 1 5 August 1997 11 August 2016
Sri Lanka 4 0 3 0 1 5 December 2000
West Indies 7 1 6 0 0 29 July 1993 21 July 2001
v. Associate Members
Denmark 7 6 1 0 0 19 July 1989 19 July 1989
Japan 1 1 0 0 0 22 July 2003 22 July 2003
Netherlands 22 20 2 0 0 30 November 1998 30 November 1998
Scotland 2 2 0 0 0 11 August 2001 11 August 2001

Women's T20I cricket

  • Highest team total: 213/4, v Netherlands on 12 August 2019 at Sportpark Het Schootsveld, Deventer. [29]
  • Highest individual innings: 81, Nikki Symmons v Netherlands on 16 October 2010 at Witrand Cricket Field, Potchefstroom. [30]
  • Best innings bowling: 4/15, Ciara Metcalfe v Sri Lanka on 20 March 2016 at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. [31]


WT20I record versus other nations[18]

Records complete to WT20I #753. Last updated 7 September 2019.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
v. Full Members
Australia 6 0 6 0 0 27 March 2014
Bangladesh 9 3 6 0 0 28 August 2012 5 December 2015
England 1 0 1 0 0 23 June 2012
India 1 0 1 0 0 15 November 2018
New Zealand 4 0 4 0 0 18 March 2016
Pakistan 14 2 12 0 0 25 May 2009 25 May 2009
South Africa 10 1 9 0 0 1 August 2008 3 August 2016
Sri Lanka 3 0 3 0 0 14 October 2010
West Indies 4 0 4 0 0 27 June 2008
v. Associate Members
Namibia 1 1 0 0 0 31 August 2019 31 August 2019
Netherlands 8 7 0 0 1 6 August 2009 6 August 2009
Papua New Guinea 2 2 0 0 0 12 July 2018 12 July 2018
Scotland 3 2 1 0 0 8 July 2018 8 July 2018
Thailand 4 1 3 0 0 7 July 2018 7 July 2018
Uganda 1 1 0 0 0 10 July 2018 10 July 2018

See also

  • Irish men's cricket team
  • List of Ireland women Test cricketers
  • List of Ireland women ODI cricketers
  • List of Ireland women Twenty20 International cricketers

References

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  8. ^ "Cricket Ireland to offer professional contracts to women for the first time". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Along with history, Ireland look to make a big first impression". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  10. ^ Cricinfo staff (5 August 2009), All-round Richardson guides Ireland to title, Cricinfo, retrieved 5 August 2009
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  12. ^ "Laura Delany named as the new Irish cricket captain". Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  13. ^ Laura Delany named as new Ireland women's captain
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  15. ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
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