Ireland Women wins against South Africa Women by 10 runs.
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The 1st T20I match of the South Africa Women tour of Ireland, 2022, played yesterday at Pembroke Cricket Club, Dublin, in which Ireland Women wins against South Africa Women by 10 runs.
South Africa Women won the toss and invited Ireland Women to bat first, Ireland Women batted first and started the inning very strongly Gaby Lewis played a very brilliant half-century inning of 52 runs with the help of 8 boundaries in just 38 balls, Leah Paul also played a brilliant inning of 47 runs with the help of 6 boundaries in just 42 balls, apart from this no batsman could play well, Mary Waldron scored 12 runs in 11 balls, Shauna Kavanagh scored 11 runs, Arlene Kelly scored 6 runs, Celeste Raack remains unbeaten for 6 runs, Rachel Delaney also remains unbeaten for 3 runs, Sophie MacMahon and Georgina Dempsey dismissed without scoring, in this way Ireland scored 143 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs and set a target of 144 runs for South Africa Women.
South Africa Women's bowlers Arlene Kelly took 2 wickets for 25 runs, Rachel Delaney, Cara Murray, Leah Paul, and Celeste Raack got 1-1 wicket.
South Africa Women chasing 144 runs in the second inning could manage just 133 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 over. South Africa Women started the inning not very badly, Anne Bosch scored 29 runs in 36 balls, Chloe Tryon scored 26 runs in 15 balls, Sune Luus 23 runs, Laura Wolvaardt 20 runs, Nadine de Klerk remains unbeaten for 12 runs, Tazmin Brits scored 10 runs, Trisha Chetty scored 2 runs, Shabnim Ismail remains unbeaten for 1 run, and Lara Goodall dismissed without scoring, in this way, South Africa Women could manage just 133 runs by losing 7 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by 10 runs.
Ireland Women's bowlers Bas de Leede took 2 wickets, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, and Shariz Ahmad got 1-1 wicket.
Ireland Women's batsman Leah Paul selected the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant inning of 47 runs with the help of 6 boundaries in just 42 balls.
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