Ireland Women Cricket Team
Ireland vs Bangladesh Women T20I: A three-match T20 match series is being played between Ireland women’s team and Bangladesh women’s team. The first match of this series was played in Sylhet, Bangladesh, in which Bangladesh lost against Ireland by 12 runs. In this match, Ireland Women’s captain Gavi Lewis won the toss and decided to bat first, which proved to be correct. The team gave Bangladesh a target of 170 runs to win, in response to which Bangladesh team could score only 157 runs. In this way, Ireland women’s team has won a T20 International match on Bangladeshi soil for the first time.
Leah Paul scored a strong half century
Leah Paul (79 runs) and Gavi Lewis (60 runs) performed brilliantly for the Ireland women’s team. These players scored strong half-centuries and played an important role in taking the team to a respectable score. The Ireland women’s team had a very poor start. Amy Hunter was out after scoring just 10 runs. After this, Orla Prendergrast also could not play a big innings. But Leah presented an example of strong batting. He scored 79 runs in 45 balls in the match, hitting 10 fours and 2 sixes.
Bowlers showed their strength
After this, Dilara Akter and Shobhana Mostari gave a wonderful start to the Bangladesh team. These players made a partnership of 103 runs for the first wicket. It seemed that Bangladesh team would easily win this match. But as soon as both these players were out, Bangladesh’s innings fell apart. Captain Nigar Sultana was out after scoring just four runs. Ritu Moni, Janetul and Fardus could not even open their account and after 20 overs the team was able to score 157 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. Orla Prendergrast and Arlene Kelly have taken 3-3 wickets for Ireland. The bowlers of the Ireland women’s team bowled brilliantly and did not allow the Bangladesh batsmen to hit big strokes.
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