Ireland women's cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2023–24 | |||
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Zimbabwe | Ireland | ||
Dates | 18 January – 2 February 2024 | ||
Captains | Mary-Anne Musonda | Laura Delany | |
One Day International series | |||
Results | Ireland won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||
Most runs | Ashley Ndiraya (113) | Gaby Lewis (115) | |
Most wickets | Loreen Tshuma (4) Kelis Ndhlovu (4) | Cara Murray (10) | |
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | Ireland won the 5-match series 5–0 | ||
Most runs | Kelis Ndhlovu (157) | Amy Hunter (240) | |
Most wickets | Kelis Ndhlovu (4) | Laura Delany (8) | |
Player of the series | Amy Hunter (Ire) |
The Ireland women's cricket team toured Zimbabwe in January and February 2024 to play the Zimbabwe women's cricket team. [1] The tour consisted of three One Day International (ODI) and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [2] The T20I matches formed part of both teams' preparations for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier. [3]
Ireland comfortably won the rain-affected first ODI by 10 wickets. [4] The second match ended in a rain-affected tie. [5] Ireland won the third game by 81 runs, [6] and therefore won the ODI series 2–0. [7] [8]
The tourists won the first T20I by 57 runs. [9] During the match, Amy Hunter became the first Irish woman, and the third Irish cricketer (men or women), to score a century in both T20Is and ODIs. [10] [11] Ireland also won the next two matches of the series to take an unassailable lead in the T20I series. [12] [13] Ireland won the rain-curtailed fourth match by 9 wickets. [14] The tourists went on to win the fifth game by 14 runs, [15] and therefore swept the T20I series 5-0. [16]
Zimbabwe | Ireland | |
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ODIs & T20Is [17] | ODIs [18] | T20Is [19] |
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Sophie MacMahon returned home after the first T20I due to a knee injury sustained while fielding. [20]
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Orla Prendergast 56 (52) Kudzai Chigora 2/31 (6 overs) |
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Gaby Lewis 65* (41) |
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Gaby Lewis 42 (64) Kelis Ndhlovu 3/36 (9 overs) |
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Gaby Lewis 42 (33) Kelis Ndhlovu 3/20 (4 overs) |
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