Ireland women's cricket team in the Netherlands in 2022

Ireland women's cricket team in the Netherlands in 2022
	Netherlands women	Ireland women
Dates	22 – 26 August 2022
Captains	Babette de Leede	Laura Delany
One Day International series
Results	Ireland women won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Frederique Overdijk (86)	Leah Paul (173)
Most wickets	Iris Zwilling (4)	Cara Murray (8)

The Ireland women's cricket team toured the Netherlands to play against the Netherlands women's cricket team in August 2022. ^[1] The series consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs), with two matches played at the VRA Ground in Amstelveen and one match at Sportpark Westvliet in The Hague. ^[2] These were the first WODI matches played by the Netherlands Women since 2011, after the International Cricket Council granted them ODI status in May 2022. ^{[3] [4]}

Ireland won the first match of the series after bowling the hosts out for just 84 runs. ^[5] Ireland dominated the second game of the series, setting Irish WODI records including highest total (337/8), highest partnership (236 between Leah Paul and Laura Delany), highest individual score (137 for Leah Paul) and highest margin of victory (210 runs). ^[6] Ireland wrapped up a clean sweep of the series, winning the final game by 8 wickets. ^[7]

Squads

Netherlands [8]	Ireland [9]
Babette de Leede (c, wk) Gwen Bloemen Caroline de Lange Eva Lynch Phebe Molkenboer Frederique Overdijk Juliët Post Robine Rijke Silver Siegers Annemijn Thomson Annemijn van Beuge Isabel van der Woning Robyn van Oosterom Jolien van Vliet Iris Zwilling Mikkie Zwilling	Laura Delany (c) Rachel Delaney Georgina Dempsey Amy Hunter Shauna Kavanagh Arlene Kelly Gaby Lewis Louise Little Sophie MacMahon Kate McEvoy Cara Murray Leah Paul Orla Prendergast Mary Waldron (wk)

WODI series

1st WODI

22 August 2022 11:00 Scorecard

Netherlands   84 (32.5 overs)	v	Ireland 87/5 (19.3 overs)
Frederique Overdijk 38* (65) Arlene Kelly 3/9 (7 overs)		Gaby Lewis 25 (32) Silver Siegers 2/10 (3 overs)

Ireland Women won by 5 wickets VRA Ground, Amstelveen Umpires: Martin Hancock (Ned) and Adriaan van den Dries (Ned)

• Ireland Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Gwen Bloemen, Babette de Leede, Eva Lynch, Frederique Overdijk, Juliët Post, Robine Rijke, Silver Siegers, Annemijn van Beuge, Isabel van der Woning, Jolien van Vliet and Iris Zwilling (Ned) all made their WODI debuts.

2nd WODI

24 August 2022 11:00 Scorecard

Ireland   337/8 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 127 (33.2 overs)
Leah Paul 137 (138) Frederique Overdijk 2/57 (9 overs)		Annemijn van Beuge 26 (18) Cara Murray 5/39 (10 overs)

Ireland Women won by 210 runs VRA Ground, Amstelveen Umpires: Nitin Bathi (Ned) and Martin Hancock (Ned)

• Netherlands Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Caroline de Lange (Ned) made her WODI debut.
• Ireland's total of 337/8 was their highest in WODIs. ^[10]
• Leah Paul and Laura Delany (Ire) both scored their first century in an WODI, with Paul's 137 setting a new record for Ireland. ^[11]
• The partnership between Paul and Delany (236) was a record for Ireland and the second highest third-wicket partnership in all WODIs. ^[12]
• Ireland's victory by 210 runs was their highest winning margin (by runs) in WODIs. ^[13]

3rd WODI

26 August 2022 11:00 Scorecard

Netherlands   185 (47.2 overs)	v	Ireland 188/2 (35.3 overs)
Babette de Leede 76 (98) Laura Delany 3/26 (10 overs)		Gaby Lewis 92 (98) Frederique Overdijk 1/24 (5 overs)

Ireland Women won by 8 wickets Sportpark Westvliet, The Hague Umpires: Maulik Prabhudesai (Ned) and Adriaan van den Dries (Ned)

• Netherlands Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Robyn van Oosterom (Ned) made her WODI debut.
• Gaby Lewis played her 100th international match for Ireland. ^[14]

References

1. "Ireland make two enforced changes for cricket tour to Netherlands". Irish Times. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
2. "Netherlands Women to play women's ODI series with Ireland in August 2022". Czarsportz. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
3. "ICC grants ODI status to Netherlands, PNG, Scotland, Thailand and USA Women's team". Female Cricket. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
4. "Ireland Women go one-up in Amstelveen". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
5. "Netherlands v Ireland: Tourists ease to victory in Amstelveen opener". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
6. "Ireland post record ODI total in win over Netherlands to secure series". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
7. "Gaby Lewis scores 92 on her 100th appearance as Ireland complete Dutch clean sweep". Irish Times. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
8. "Women's selection known for ODIs against Ireland". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
9. "Netherlands v Ireland: Little and McEvoy added to ODI squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
10. "Ireland notch record ODI score to seal series victory against the Netherlands". Irish Times. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
11. "Leah Paul leads Ireland to ODI series win over Dutch". RTÉ. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
12. "Paul and Delany smash records in second ODI". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
13. "Netherlands v Ireland: Leah Paul & Laura Delany hit centuries as Irish win ODI series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
14. "Ireland complete clean sweep series win over Netherlands". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo