Ireland women's cricket team
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Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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 the Pakistan women's team. 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.[1]
In April 2021, the ICC awarded permanent Test and One Day International (ODI) status to all full member women's teams.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6][7][8]
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[9] Ireland were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier regional group, alongside five other teams.[10]
In 2021, Ireland were awarded qualification for the 2022–25 ICC Women's Championship on the basis of their WODI ranking after the abandonment of the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier.
On 23 January 2024, Cara Murray became the first Irish player to take six wickets in a WODI with 6/31 against Zimbabwe in Harare.[11][12]
Tournament history
ICC Women's World Cup
| Women's Cricket World Cup records | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| Template:Flagicon 1973 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| Template:Flagicon 1978 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 1982 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 1988 | Round -robin | 4/5 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 1993 | Round -robin | 5/8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 1997 | Quarter-finals | – | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Template:Flagicon 2000 | Round -robin | 7/8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 2005 | Round -robin | 8/8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Template:Flagicon 2009 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2013 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2017 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2022 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2025 | ||||||||
| Total | 5/13 | 0 Titles | 35 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 3 | |
ECC Women's European Cricket Championship
| Women's European Cricket Championship records | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| Template:Flagicon 1989 | Round -robin | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 1990 | Round -robin | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 1991 | Round -robin | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 1995 | Round -robin | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 1999 | Round -robin | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 2001 | Champions | – | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 2005 | The full information of the tournament have not been found | |||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2007 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2009 | Champions | – | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 2010 | The full information of the tournament have not been found | |||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2011 | Round -robin | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 2014 | The full information of the tournament have not been found | |||||||
| Total | 8/12 | 2 Title | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier
| ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier records | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Year |
Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| Template:Flagicon 2003 | Qualified | 1/6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 2008 | Did not qualify | – | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 2011 | Did not qualify | 6/10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 2017 | Did not qualify | – | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 2021 | Tournament postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 2025 | Did not qualify | – | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 5/6 | 1 Title | 30 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
ICC Women's World T20
| ICC Women's T20 World Cup records | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Year |
Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| Template:Flagicon 2009 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2010 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2012 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2014 | Group stage | – | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 2016 | – | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Template:Flagicon 2018 | – | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Template:Flagicon 2020 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2023 | Group stage | – | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 2024 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2026 | To be determined | |||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2028 | ||||||||
| Total | 4/9 | 0 Titles | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
| ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier records | ||||||||
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| Host Year |
Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| Template:Flagicon 2013 | 3rd-place/Qualified | 3/8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 2015 | Champions/Qualified | 1/8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 2018 | Runners-up Qualified |
2/8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 2019 | DNQ | 3/8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 2022 | Runners-up Qualified |
2/8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Template:Flagicon 2024 | DNQ | 3/10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| File:Flag.svg 2026 | To be determined | |||||||
| Total | 6/6 | 3 Titles | 30 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
Cricket at Summer Olympics Games
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| Host Year |
Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| Template:Flagicon 2028 | To be determined | |||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2032 | ||||||||
| Total | – | 0 Title | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy
| ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy records | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Year |
Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| Template:Flagicon 2027 | To be determined | |||||||
| File:Flag.svg 2031 | ||||||||
| Total | – | 0 Title | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Squad
This lists all the players with a central contract with Cricket Ireland or were named in the most recent ODI or T20I squad. Uncapped players are listed in italics
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Contract | Format | Notes |
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| Rebecca Stokell | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Full-time | ODI & T20I | |
| Gaby Lewis | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Full-time | ODI & T20I | Captain |
| Una Raymond-Hoey | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Retainer | ODI & T20I | |
| Sarah Forbes | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | Educational | ODI & T20I | ||
| Christina Coulter Reilly | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Casual | ODI & T20I | |
| Abbi Harrison | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Casual | ||
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| Orla Prendergast | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Full-time | ODI & T20I | |
| Leah Paul | Script error: No such module "age". | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Full-time | ODI & T20I | |
| Laura Delany | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Full-time | ODI & T20I | |
| Sophie MacMahon | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Full-time | ODI & T20I | |
| Louise Little | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Full-time | ODI & T20I | |
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| Amy Hunter | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | – | Educational | ODI & T20I | |
| Joanna Loughran | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | – | Educational | ODI | |
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| Cara Murray | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Full-time | ODI & T20I | |
| Freya Sargent | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Full-time | ODI & T20I | |
| Aimee Maguire | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Educational | ODI & T20I | |
| Kia McCartney | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Casual | ||
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| Arlene Kelly | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Full-time | ODI & T20I | |
| Ava Canning | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Educational | ODI & T20I | |
| Jane Maguire | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Full-time | ODI & T20I | |
| Georgina Dempsey | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Educational | ODI & T20I | |
| Alana Dalzell | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Full-time | ODI & T20I | |
| Alice Tector | Script error: No such module "age". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Casual | ODI & T20I | |
Updated as of 11 September 2024.
Records
Template:Main article International match summary – Ireland Women[13][14][15]
Last updated 18 April 2025.
| Playing record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | D/NR | Inaugural match |
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| Test matches | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 July 2000 |
| One-Day Internationals | 190 | 54 | 128 | 1 | 7 | 28 June 1987 |
| Twenty20 Internationals | 128 | 55 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 27 June 2008 |
Test matches
- Highest team total: 193/3 declared v. Pakistan on 30 July 2000 at Trinity College Park, Dublin. [16]
- Highest individual score: 68*, Caitriona Beggs v. Pakistan on 30 July 2000 at Trinity College Park, Dublin.[17]
- Best innings bowling: 6/21, Isobel Joyce v. Pakistan on 30 July 2000 at Trinity College Park, Dublin. [18]
Test record versus other nations[13]
Records complete to Women's Test #111. Last updated 30 July 2000.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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| File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 July 2000 | 30 July 2000 |
One-Day Internationals
- Highest team total: 337/8 v. Netherlands on 24 August 2022 at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen.[19]
- Highest individual score: 137, Leah Paul v. Netherlands on 24 August 2022 at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen.[20]
- Best innings bowling: 6/31, Cara Murray v. Zimbabwe on 23 January 2024 at Harare Sports Club, Harare. [21]
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Most ODI runs for Ireland Women[22]
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Most ODI wickets for Ireland Women[23]
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Highest individual innings in Women's ODI[24]
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Best bowling figures in an innings in Women's ODI[25]
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ODI record versus other nations[14]
Records complete to WODI #1454. Last updated 18 April 2025.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 28 June 1987 | |
| File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 26 November 2011 | 21 August 2012 |
| File:Flag of England.svg England | 20 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 December 1988 | 12 August 2001 |
| File:Flag of India.svg India | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 26 July 1993 | |
| File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 29 November 1998 | |
| File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18 December 1997 | 18 December 1997 |
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 20 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 5 August 1997 | 11 August 2016 |
| Template:Country data SL | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 December 2000 | 16 August 2024 |
| File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 29 July 1993 | 21 July 2001 |
| File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 October 2021 | 7 October 2021 |
| v. Associate Members | |||||||
| File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 July 1989 | 19 July 1989 |
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 July 2003 | 22 July 2003 |
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 25 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 November 1988 | 30 November 1988 |
| File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 August 2001 | 11 August 2001 |
| File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 April 2025 | 15 April 2025 |
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Twenty20 Internationals
- Highest team total: 213/4, v Netherlands on 12 August 2019 at Sportpark Het Schootsveld, Deventer. [26]
- Highest individual innings: 119, Gaby Lewis v Sri Lanka on 13 August 2024 at Sydney Parade, Dublin. [27]
- Best innings bowling: 5/12, Arlene Kelly v Netherlands on 14 August 2023 at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen. [28]
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Most WT20I runs for Ireland Women[29]
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Most WT20I wickets for Ireland Women[30]
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WT20I record versus other nations[15]
Records complete to WT20I #2151. Last updated 9 December 2024.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 March 2014 | |
| File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 August 2012 | 5 December 2015 |
| File:Flag of England.svg England | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 June 2012 | 15 September 2024 |
| File:Flag of India.svg India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 November 2018 | |
| File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 March 2016 | |
| File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 25 May 2009 | 25 May 2009 |
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 August 2008 | 3 August 2016 |
| File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 October 2010 | 13 August 2024 |
| File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 June 2008 | |
| File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 September 2022 | 23 September 2022 |
| v. Associate Members | |||||||
| File:Flag of France.svg France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 August 2021 | 29 August 2021 |
| File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 August 2021 | 26 August 2021 |
| File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 August 2019 | 31 August 2019 |
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 August 2009 | 6 August 2009 |
| File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 July 2018 | 12 July 2018 |
| File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 July 2018 | 8 July 2018 |
| File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 July 2018 | 7 July 2018 |
| File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 July 2018 | 10 July 2018 |
| File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 April 2024 | 25 April 2024 |
| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 September 2022 | 19 September 2022 |
| File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 May 2024 | 1 May 2024 |
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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