Ireland women's cricket team

Ireland
Refer to caption
AssociationCricket Ireland
Personnel
CaptainLaura Delany
CoachEd Joyce
International Cricket Council
ICC statusFull member
(2017 (2017))
Associate member (1993 (1993))
ICC regionEurope
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WODI 11th 8th
WT20I 10th 10th (02_Jul-2020)
Women's Tests
Only WTestv  Pakistan at College Park, Dublin; 30–31 July 2000
WTests Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 1 1/0
(0 draws)
Women's One Day Internationals
First WODIv  Australia at Ormeau Cricket Ground, Belfast; 28 June 1987
Last WODIv  Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club, Harare; 23 January 2024
WODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 173 49/116
(1 tie, 7 no results)
This year[5] 3 2/0
(1 tie, 0 no results)
Women's World Cup appearances5 (first in 1988)
Best result4th (1988)
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances4 (first in 2003)
Best resultChampions (2003)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv  West Indies at Kenure, Dublin; 27 June 2008
Last WT20Iv  Scotland at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi; 5 May 2024
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[6] 121 50/70
(0 ties, 1 no result)
This year[7] 11 10/1
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's T20 World Cup appearances4 (first in 2014)
Best result1st round (2014, 2016, 2018, 2023)
Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances4 (first in 2013)
Best resultChampions (2015)
As of 5 May 2024

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.[8]

In April 2021, the ICC awarded permanent Test and One Day International (ODI) status to all full member women's teams.[9]

  1. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. ^ "Women's Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "Women's Test matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "WODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "WODI matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  7. ^ "WT20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  8. ^ "Cricket Ireland to offer professional contracts to women for the first time". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  9. ^ "The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board and Committee meetings have concluded following a series of virtual conference calls". ICC. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

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