2022 Ireland women's Tri-Nation Series

The 2022 Ireland women's Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that took place in Ireland in July 2022.[1][2] It was a tri-nation series between Australia women, Ireland women and the Pakistan women cricket teams,[3] with the matches played as Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) fixtures.[4] Australia and Pakistan used the series as preparation for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[5]

2022 Ireland women's Tri-Nation Series
Date16–24 July 2022
LocationIreland
Result Australia won the tournament
Player of the seriesAustralia Alana King
Teams
 Australia  Ireland  Pakistan
Captains
Meg Lanning Laura Delany Bismah Maroof
Most runs
Meg Lanning (113) Gaby Lewis (54) Muneeba Ali (52)
Most wickets
Alana King (8) Four bowlers took two wickets each[n 1] Three bowlers took one wicket each[n 2]

The opening match, between Australia and Pakistan, was initially delayed due to rain and reduced to 19 overs per side.[6] Pakistan were reduced to 56/6, with Alana King taking three wickets in one over, before the rain returned and the match ended in a no result.[7] The second WT20I was between the hosts Ireland and Australia.[8] Australia won by nine wickets, inside 13 overs, with Alana King once again taking three wickets in the match.[9] Ireland played Pakistan in the third match, which was also shortened due to rain.[10] Pakistan went on to win by 13 runs, after Ireland failed to chase a revised target of 97 runs.[11]

Ireland played Australia in the fourth match of the series, with Australia winning by 63 runs.[12] Megan Schutt took her 100th wicket in WT20I cricket,[13] with Tahlia McGrath being named player of the match for the fourth consecutive match she has batted in.[14] Australia and Pakistan played each other in the fifth match, with their fixture again being washed out, after Jess Jonassen had taken 4/17 to restrict Pakstian to 94/8.[15] If four more balls had been bowled, then Australia would have won under the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method.[16] The sixth and final match, between Ireland and Australia, was washed out with no play being possible.[17] Therefore Australia won the tournament with Alana King being named as the player of the series.[18]

Squads
 Australia[19]  Ireland[20]  Pakistan[21]

Ghulam Fatima, Sadaf Shamas and Umm-e-Hani were also named as reserve players in Pakistan's squad.[22] Australia's Jess Jonassen was ruled out of the start of the series after testing positive for COVID-19.[23] As a result, Heather Graham was added to their squad as cover.[24] Prior to the series, Shauna Kavanagh withdrew herself from Ireland's squad due to personal reasons,[25] with Mary Waldron named as her replacement.[26]

Points table
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1  Australia 4 2 0 0 2 12 3.230
2  Pakistan 4 1 0 0 3 10 0.929
3  Ireland 4 0 3 0 1 2 −2.561
Source: ESPN Cricinfo

WT20I series

1st WT20I
16 July 2022
16:00
Scorecard
Pakistan 
56/6 (8 overs)
v
Iram Javed 12 (10)
Alana King 3/8 (1 over)
No result
Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Aidan Seaver (Ire)
  • Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.

2nd WT20I
17 July 2022
16:00
Scorecard
Ireland 
99/8 (20 overs)
v
 Australia
103/1 (12.5 overs)
Rebecca Stokell 22 (33)
Alana King 3/9 (4 overs)
Beth Mooney 45* (33)
Arlene Kelly 1/19 (3 overs)
Australia Women won by 9 wickets
Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Jonathan Kennedy (Ire)
Player of the match: Alana King (Aus)
  • Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

3rd WT20I
19 July 2022
16:00
Scorecard
Pakistan 
92/5 (14 overs)
v
 Ireland
83/6 (14 overs)
Muneeba Ali 29 (24)
Jane Maguire 2/14 (3 overs)
Gaby Lewis 47 (41)
Tuba Hassan 1/10 (3 overs)
Pakistan Women won by 13 runs (DLS method)
Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Aidan Seaver (Ire)
Player of the match: Nida Dar (Pak)
  • Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ireland Women were set a revised target of 97 runs from 14 overs due to rain.

4th WT20I
21 July 2022
16:00
Scorecard
Australia 
182/4 (20 overs)
v
 Ireland
119/7 (20 overs)
Meg Lanning 74 (49)
Georgina Dempsey 2/35 (4 overs)
Orla Prendergast 25 (22)
Alana King 2/11 (3 overs)
Australia Women won by 63 runs
Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Jonathan Kennedy (Ire)
Player of the match: Tahlia McGrath (Aus)
  • Ireland Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Megan Schutt (Aus) took her 100th wicket in WT20Is.[27]

5th WT20I
23 July 2022
16:00
Scorecard
Pakistan 
94/8 (20 overs)
v
 Australia
28/0 (4.2 overs)
Bismah Maroof 32* (39)
Jess Jonassen 4/17 (4 overs)
Alyssa Healy 12* (14)
No result
Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Aidan Seaver (Ire)
  • Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.

6th WT20I
24 July 2022
16:00
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Jonathan Kennedy (Ire)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

Notes
  1. Georgina Dempsey, Laura Delany, Jane Maguire and Arlene Kelly all took two wickets each.
  2. Tuba Hassan, Fatima Sana and Nida Dar all took two wickets each.

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