Bangladesh women's cricket team in Ireland in 2018

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  Cricket Ireland flag.svg Flag of Bangladesh.svg
  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]

Bangladesh womens national cricket team National women cricket team of Bangladesh

The Bangladesh women's national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Bangladesh in international women's cricket matches. They made their international debut when they played, and won, two matches against Thailand in July 2007 before participating in and winning the 2007 ACC Women's Tournament. Bangladesh were granted One Day International (ODI) status in 2011 after finishing fifth in the 2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. They played subsequently qualified for the 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20, making their first appearance at a top-level women's international tournament.

Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket. A women's Twenty20 International is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match played in a maximum of 150 minutes between two of the top 10 ranked countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in terms of women's cricket. The first Twenty20 International match was held in August 2004 between England and New Zealand, six months before the first Twenty20 International match was played between two men's teams. The ICC Women's World Twenty20 was first held in 2009.

Twenty20 International form of cricket

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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]

Jahanara Alam Bangladeshi Cricketer

Jahanara Alam is a Bangladeshi cricketer and current captain who plays for the Bangladesh national women's cricket team. She is a right-arm medium fast bowler and right-handed batsman.

Squads

Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland [9] Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh [10]

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

Jannatul Ferdus is a Bangladeshi female cricketer. She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut against South Africa on 6 May 2018. She made her WT20I debut for Bangladesh against South Africa Women on 20 May 2018.

Lata Mondal is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh national women's cricket team. She is a right handed batter.

Murshida Khatun is a Bangladeshi woman cricketer. She was named in Bangladeshi squad for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut against South Africa on 4 May 2018. She made her WT20I debut for Bangladesh against South Africa Women on 20 May 2018.

WT20I series

1st WT20I

28 June 2018
14:00
Scorecard
Ireland  Cricket Ireland flag.svg
134/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  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)

2nd WT20I

29 June 2018
11:00
Scorecard
Ireland  Cricket Ireland flag.svg
124/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  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  Flag of Bangladesh.svg
151/4 (20 overs)
v
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  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.

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  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. 1 2 "Inaugural international T20 double-header, increased investment announced for women's cricket". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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  6. ↑ "Alam, Shamima wrap up T20I series for Bangladesh women". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
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