Ireland women's cricket team in the Netherlands in 2023

Ireland women's cricket team in the Netherlands in 2023
	Netherlands	Ireland
Dates	14 – 17 August 2023
Captains	Heather Siegers	Laura Delany
Twenty20 International series
Results	Ireland won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Iris Zwilling (71)	Amy Hunter (95)
Most wickets	Robine Rijke (4)	Arlene Kelly (10)

The Ireland women's cricket team toured the Netherlands in August 2023 to play three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. ^{[1] [2]} Cricket Ireland (CI) confirmed their summer schedule in March 2023, including the dates of this tour. ^[3] All the matches of the series took place at the VRA Cricket Ground in Amstelveen. ^[4]

Ireland won the series 3–0. ^[5]

Squads

Netherlands [6]	Ireland [7]
Heather Siegers (c) Caroline de Lange Babette de Leede (wk) Merel Dekeling Hannah Landheer Eva Lynch Phebe Molkenboer Frederique Overdijk Robine Rijke Isabel van der Woning Carlijn van Koolwijk Fenna Vermeire Mikkie Zwilling Iris Zwilling	Laura Delany (c) Ava Canning Georgina Dempsey Amy Hunter (wk) Shauna Kavanagh (wk) Arlene Kelly Gaby Lewis Louise Little Sophie MacMahon Aimee Maguire Jane Maguire Cara Murray Orla Prendergast Freya Sargent Rebecca Stokell

Ireland added Sophie MacMahon to their squad after the first T20I, replacing Aimee Maguire who was ruled out due to an injury. ^[8]

T20I series

1st T20I

14 August 2023 14:00 Scorecard

Netherlands   92/9 (20 overs)	v	Ireland 96/0 (13.1 overs)
Robine Rijke 38 (35) Arlene Kelly 5/12 (4 overs)		Amy Hunter 49* (42)

Ireland won by 10 wickets VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen Umpires: Pim van Liemt (Ned) and Jacques Westerberg (Ned) Player of the match: Arlene Kelly (Ire)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
• Merel Dekeling, Carlijn van Koolwijk (Ned) and Freya Sargent (Ire) all made their T20I debuts.
• Arlene Kelly became the first cricketer for Ireland to take a five-wicket haul in women's T20Is. ^[9]

2nd T20I

16 August 2023 14:00 Scorecard

Ireland   148/6 (20 overs)	v	Netherlands 82 (15.5 overs)
Amy Hunter 36 (34) Robine Rijke 3/37 (4 overs)		Babette de Leede 21 (26) Laura Delany 3/5 (3 overs)

Ireland won by 66 runs VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Pim van Liemt (Ned) Player of the match: Laura Delany (Ire)

• Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.

3rd T20I

17 August 2023 14:00 Scorecard

Netherlands   116/6 (20 overs)	v	Ireland 119/4 (19.1 overs)
Iris Zwilling 56 (58) Arlene Kelly 2/20 (4 overs)		Rebecca Stokell 33* (37) Robine Rijke 1/14 (3.1 overs)

Ireland won by 6 wickets VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Jacques Westerberg (Ned) Player of the match: Rebecca Stokell (Ire)

• Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "Ireland to host Australia for three ODIs in July after Caribbean tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
2. "Ireland v Australia: Summer tour confirms visit of T20 world champions to Ireland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
3. "Ireland Women to host Australia as part of bumper summer schedule". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
4. "Australia and West Indies loom large for Ireland Women as part of summer programme". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
5. "Stokell and MacMahon half-century does the trick as Ireland Women seal 3-0 series win". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
6. "Women's squads announced for T20Is and T10s against Ireland and Jersey". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
7. "Ireland Women's squad named for tour of the Netherlands". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 6 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
8. "Sophie MacMahon joins Ireland Women's squad as injury forces Aimee Maguire withdrawal". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
9. "Lorcan Tucker leads the way as Leinster Lightning strike for 425 in rout of North West Warriors". Belfast Telegraph. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo