Ireland women's cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2021–22

Ireland women's cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2021–22
 
  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)

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]

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

WODIs
 Zimbabwe[13]  Ireland[14]

WODI series

1st WODI

5 October 2021
09:30
Scorecard
Ireland 
253/8 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
254/6 (43.5 overs)
Laura Delany 88 (81)
Josephine Nkomo 2/46 (9 overs)
Mary-Anne Musonda 103* (114)
Cara Murray 2/46 (8 overs)
Zimbabwe Women won by 4 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Stanley Gogwe (Zim)
Player of the match: Mary-Anne Musonda (Zim)

2nd WODI

7 October 2021
09:30
Scorecard
Ireland 
286/7 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
206/9 (50 overs)
Leah Paul 95 (118)
Josephine Nkomo 1/33 (10 overs)
Josephine Nkomo 70* (86)
Cara Murray 3/56 (10)
Ireland Women won by 80 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Stanley Gogwe (Zim)
Player of the match: Leah Paul (Ire)
  • Zimbabwe Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Jane Maguire (Ire) made her WODI debut.

3rd WODI

9 October 2021
09:30
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
178 (47 overs)
v
 Ireland
179/2 (39 overs)
Mary-Anne Musonda 26 (22)
Celeste Raack 3/34 (10 overs)
Gaby Lewis 96* (129)
Tasmeen Granger 2/53 (10 overs)
Ireland Women won by 8 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Percival Sizara (Zim)
Player of the match: Gaby Lewis (Ire)

4th WODI

11 October 2021
09:30
Scorecard
Ireland 
312/3 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
227/8 (50 overs)
Amy Hunter 121* (127)
Josephine Nkomo 1/45 (10 overs)
Josephine Nkomo 66 (106)
Laura Delany 2/32 (10 overs)
Ireland Women won by 85 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Tafadzwa Musakwa (Zim)
Player of the match: Amy Hunter (Ire)
  • 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

  1. ^ "Ireland Women name squad for historic Zimbabwe tour". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Zimbabwe Women to host Ireland Women for ODI series". Zimbabwe Cricket. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Ireland to tour Zimbabwe for four ODIs; Laura Delany to lead 15-member squad". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Ireland Women to tour Zimbabwe". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Ireland Women's squad for tour of Zimbabwe announced". Cricket World. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Zimbabwe head coach Adam Chifo excited ahead of team's maiden ODI". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Zimbabwe emerge victorious in maiden ODI after skipper Musonda's ton". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Lewis, Paul lead Ireland to comfortable win in second ODI". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Gaby Lewis hits unbeaten 96 as Ireland move 2-1 up in Zimbabwe series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Amy Hunter: Ireland batter turns 16 by becoming youngest player to hit international ton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Amy Hunter becomes world's youngest ODI centurion on her 16th birthday". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  13. ^ @zimbabwe_women (4 October 2021). "Zimbabwe team to play Ireland in the ODI series" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ "Ireland Women's squad for tour of Zimbabwe announced". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Marey-Anne Musonda leads Zimbabwe to victory on their ODI debut". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  16. ^ "Irish cricketer Amy Hunter becomes youngest batter to hit international century". Breaking News.ie. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  17. ^ "Amy Hunter makes history as Belfast teen becomes youngest to hit century in ODI clash". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  18. ^ "Historic Hunter hits record hundred". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2021.