Bangladesh women's cricket team in Ireland in 2018

	Ireland women	Bangladesh women
Dates	28 June – 1 July 2018
Captains	Laura Delany	Salma Khatun
Twenty20 International series
Results	Bangladesh women won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Laura Delany (88)	Fargana Hoque (115)
Most wickets	Eimear Richardson (4)	Jahanara Alam (7)
Player of the series	Jahanara Alam (Ban)

The Bangladesh women's cricket team played the Ireland women's cricket team in June and July 2018. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The tour consisted of three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches. ^[4] The second match took place before the men's Twenty20 International match between Ireland and India which was played later the same day at the same venue. ^[4]

In the opening match, Jahanara Alam became the first woman for Bangladesh to take a five-wicket haul in international cricket. ^[5] Bangladesh won the opening two matches, therefore winning the series with one game to play. ^[6] Bangladesh won the series 2–1 with Jahanara Alam named as the player of the series. ^{[7] [8]}

Squads

Ireland [9]	Bangladesh [10]
Laura Delany (c) Kim Garth Cecelia Joyce Isobel Joyce Shauna Kavanagh Gaby Lewis Lara Maritz Ciara Metcalfe Cara Murray Orla Prendergast Eimear Richardson Clare Shillington Rebecca Stokell Mary Waldron	Salma Khatun (c) Rumana Ahmed Nahida Akter Jahanara Alam Lily Rani Biswas Panna Ghosh Fargana Hoque Sanjida Islam Fahima Khatun Khadija Tul Kubra Ayasha Rahman Nigar Sultana Shamima Sultana (wk) Sharmin Sultana

Bangladesh also named Jannatul Ferdus, Lata Mondal, Murshida Khatun and Suraiya Azmin as players on standby for the series. ^[10]

WT20I series

1st WT20I

28 June 2018 14:00 Scorecard

Ireland   134/7 (20 overs)	v	Bangladesh 135/6 (20 overs)
Isobel Joyce 41 (41) Jahanara Alam 5/28 (4 overs)		Nigar Sultana 46 (38) Eimear Richardson 2/20 (4 overs)

Bangladesh Women won by 4 wickets YMCA Cricket Club, Dublin Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Alan Neill (Ire)

• Bangladesh Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Jahanara Alam became the first bowler for Bangladesh to take a five-wicket haul in WT20Is. ^[11]

2nd WT20I

29 June 2018 11:00 Scorecard

Ireland   124/8 (20 overs)	v	Bangladesh 125/6 (19.1 overs)
Cecelia Joyce 60 (47) Jahanara Alam 2/15 (4 overs)		Shamima Sultana 51 (49) Laura Delany 2/21 (4 overs)

Bangladesh Women won by 4 wickets The Village, Malahide Umpires: Azam Baig (Ire) and Paul Reynolds (Ire)

• Ireland Women won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd WT20I

1 July 2018 14:00 Scorecard

Bangladesh   151/4 (20 overs)	v	Ireland 152/4 (20 overs)
Fargana Hoque 66 (47) Laura Delany 1/19 (4 overs)		Gaby Lewis 50 (31) Nahida Akter 1/20 (4 overs)

Ireland Women won by 6 wickets Sydney Parade, Dublin Umpires: Azam Baig (Ire) and Paul Reynolds (Ire)

• Ireland Women won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. "Ireland Women's international schedule announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
2. "Women's cricket team to tour Ireland in June". The Independent BD. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
3. "Bangladesh Women keen to get going in World T20 year". International Cricket. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
4. "Inaugural international T20 double-header, increased investment announced for women's cricket". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
5. "Jahanara's historic five-for seals thrilling Bangladesh win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
6. "Alam, Shamima wrap up T20I series for Bangladesh women". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
7. "Ireland claim last ball victory over Bangladesh". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
8. "Cricket Ireland — Incredible last ball win by Ireland over Bangladesh". Sports News Ireland. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
9. "Laura Delany to lead Ireland Women in busy summer". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
10. "Bangladesh squad for Ireland T20Is, World T20 Qualifier". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
11. "Bangladesh pip Ireland in last-ball thriller". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo