Ireland women's cricket team
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| Association | Cricket Ireland | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Laura Delany | |||||||||
| Coach | Aaron Hamilton | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member (1993) Full member (2017) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Europe | |||||||||
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| Women's Tests | ||||||||||
| Only WTest | v  Pakistan at College Park, Dublin; 30–31 July 2000 | |||||||||
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| Women's One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WODI | v  Australia at Ormeau Cricket Ground, Belfast; 28 June 1987 | |||||||||
| Last WODI | v  New Zealand at Castle Avenue, Dublin; 13 June 2018 | |||||||||
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Women's World Cup appearances | 5 (first in 1988) | |||||||||
| Best result | 4th (1988) | |||||||||
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances | 4 (first in 2003) | |||||||||
| Best result | Champions (2003) | |||||||||
| Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WT20I | v  West Indies at Kenure, Dublin; 27 June 2008 | |||||||||
| Last WT20I | v New Zealand at Providence Stadium, Providence; 17 November 2018 | |||||||||
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Women's T20 World Cup appearances | 3 (first in 2014) | |||||||||
| Best result | 1st round (2014, 2016, 2018) | |||||||||
Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier appearances | 2 (first in 2013) | |||||||||
| Best result | Champions (2015) | |||||||||
| As of 9 December 2018 | ||||||||||
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]
Contents
1 History
1.1 1980s
1.2 1990s
1.3 2000s
1.4 Tournament history
1.4.1 World Cup
1.4.2 European Championship
2 Current international rankings
3 Current squad
4 Records
4.1 Test cricket
4.2 ODI cricket
5 See also
6 References
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]
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
Current international rankings
The ICC Women's Rankings incorporates results from Tests, ODIs and T20Is into a single ranking system.
ICC Women's ODI Rankings | ||||
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| Rank | Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
| 1 | Australia | 22 | 3,110 | 141 |
| 2 |  England | 24 | 2,963 | 123 |
| 3 |  India | 27 | 3,212 | 119 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 27 | 3,126 | 116 |
| 5 |  South Africa | 36 | 3,538 | 98 |
| 6 | West Indies | 19 | 1,754 | 92 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 23 | 1,652 | 72 |
| 8 |  Sri Lanka | 23 | 1,335 | 58 |
| 9 |  Bangladesh | 13 | 632 | 49 |
| 10 |  Ireland | 10 | 211 | 21 |
Reference: icc-cricket.com, espncricinfo.com, 23 October 2018 | ||||
Current squad
The Ireland squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier was as follows:[14]
Laura Delany (c)- Kim Garth
- Cecelia Joyce
- Isobel Joyce
- Shauna Kavanagh
- Gaby Lewis
- Lara Maritz
- Ciara Metcalfe
- Cara Murray
- Lucy O'Reilly
- Eimear Richardson
- Clare Shillington
- Rebecca Stokell
Mary Waldron (wk)
Records
Test cricket
- Highest team total: 193/3 declared v Pakistan, 30 July 2000 at Trinity College Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Highest individual score: 68 not out, Caitriona Beggs v Pakistan, 30 July 2000 at Trinity College Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Best innings bowling: 6/21, Isobel Joyce v Pakistan, 30 July 2000 at Trinity College Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Best match bowling: 6/21, Isobel Joyce v Pakistan, 30 July 2000 at Trinity College Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
ODI cricket
- Highest team total: 309/2 v Netherlands, 19 August 2005 at Miskin Manor Cricket Club, Wales
- Highest individual score: 120, Karen Young v Pakistan, 27 July 2000 at Sydney Parade, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Best innings bowling: 5/18, Ciara Metcalfe v Denmark, 17 August 2007 at Deventer, Netherlands
See also
- Irish men's cricket team
References
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^ "Women's Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
^ "Women's Test matches - 2018 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
^ "WODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
^ "WODI matches - 2018 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
^ "WT20I matches - 2018 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
^ "Cricket Ireland to offer professional contracts to women for the first time". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
^ "Along with history, Ireland look to make a big first impression". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
^ Cricinfo staff (5 August 2009), All-round Richardson guides Ireland to title, Cricinfo, retrieved 5 August 2009
^ Delany named Ireland Women captain
^ Laura Delany named as the new Irish cricket captain
^ Laura Delany named as new Ireland women's captain
^ "ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
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