The Ireland women's cricket team played four Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) against the Zimbabwe women's cricket team in October 2021.[1] The matches were used by both teams for their preparation for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament,[2] also in Zimbabwe.[3] They were the first WODI matches to be played by Ireland since June 2018, when they hosted New Zealand,[4] and the first ever WODI matches to be played by Zimbabwe since they were granted WODI status by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in April 2021.[5][6]
| Ireland women's cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2021–22 | |||
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| Zimbabwe Women | Ireland Women | ||
| Dates | 5 – 11 October 2021 | ||
| Captains | Mary-Anne Musonda | Laura Delany | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Ireland Women won the 4-match series 3–1 | ||
| Most runs | Mary-Anne Musonda (169) | Gaby Lewis (263) | |
| Most wickets | Josephine Nkomo (4) | Cara Murray (8) | |
| Player of the series | Gaby Lewis (Ire) | ||
Zimbabwe won the opening match of the series by four wickets,[7] with their captain Mary-Anne Musonda scoring an unbeaten century.[8] Ireland won the second match by 80 runs to level the series.[9] Ireland won the third WODI by eight wickets to go 2–1 in the series with one match to play.[10] Ireland then won the final match by 85 runs to win the series 3–1.[11] In the final match, Ireland's Amy Hunter became the youngest player, male or female, to score an ODI century.[12]
Squads
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WODI series
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- Zimbabwe Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Chiedza Dhururu, Precious Marange, Esther Mbofana, Pellagia Mujaji, Modester Mupachikwa, Mary-Anne Musonda, Ashley Ndiraya, Josephine Nkomo, Loryn Phiri, Nomvelo Sibanda, Loreen Tshuma (Zim), Georgina Dempsey, Amy Hunter, Orla Prendergast and Celeste Raack (Ire) all made their WODI debuts.
- Mary-Anne Musonda (Zim) scored her first century in WODIs.[15]
2nd WODI
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- Zimbabwe Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tasmeen Granger, Nyasha Gwanzura and Audrey Mazvishaya (Zim) all made their WODI debuts.
4th WODI
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- Zimbabwe Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Amy Hunter (Ire) became the youngest cricketer, male or female, to score a century in an ODI match,[16] doing so on her 16th birthday.[17]
- Amy Hunter also made the highest individual score for Ireland in WODIs.[18]
References
edit- ^ "Ireland Women name squad for historic Zimbabwe tour". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "Zimbabwe Women to host Ireland Women for ODI series". Zimbabwe Cricket. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Ireland to tour Zimbabwe for four ODIs; Laura Delany to lead 15-member squad". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "Ireland Women to tour Zimbabwe". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Ireland Women's squad for tour of Zimbabwe announced". Cricket World. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "Zimbabwe head coach Adam Chifo excited ahead of team's maiden ODI". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Zimbabwe emerge victorious in maiden ODI after skipper Musonda's ton". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Zimbabwe Women claim first ODI win despite Laura Delany heroics with the bat". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Lewis, Paul lead Ireland to comfortable win in second ODI". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Gaby Lewis hits unbeaten 96 as Ireland move 2-1 up in Zimbabwe series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Amy Hunter: Ireland batter turns 16 by becoming youngest player to hit international ton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Amy Hunter becomes world's youngest ODI centurion on her 16th birthday". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ @zimbabwe_women (4 October 2021). "Zimbabwe team to play Ireland in the ODI series" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Ireland Women's squad for tour of Zimbabwe announced". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "Marey-Anne Musonda leads Zimbabwe to victory on their ODI debut". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Irish cricketer Amy Hunter becomes youngest batter to hit international century". Breaking News.ie. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Amy Hunter makes history as Belfast teen becomes youngest to hit century in ODI clash". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Historic Hunter hits record hundred". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2021.