Ireland women's cricket team record by opponent

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The Ireland women's cricket team represents Ireland in international women's cricket. Cricket in Ireland is organised on an All-Ireland basis, meaning the Irish women's cricket team represents both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. [1] The team is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), being governed by Cricket Ireland. [2]

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The Irish women's team played their first-ever Women's One Day International (WODI) match on 28 June 1987, against Australia in a bilateral series. [3] They participated in the Women's Cricket World Cup for the first time in the 1988 edition. [4] [5] Ireland got their first WODI win on 30 November 1988, beating the Netherlands by 86 runs. [6] As of March 2024, they have played 173 WODIs against fourteen different opponents, resulting in 49 victories and 116 defeats for an overall winning percentage of 29.81. [7] They have the fifth most defeats of any team in this format. [8] They have played their highest number of matches against the Netherlands (25). [9] They have been most successful against the same team, winning 23 WODI matches against them. [10] They have also recorded the highest number of wins (4) against the Netherlands in the Women's Cricket World Cup. [11] Ireland have lost 18 out of their 20 WODI matches against South Africa, the highest number of defeats for Ireland against any team in the format. [12]

Ireland made their debut in Women's Test cricket on 30 July 2001 against Pakistan, winning the match by an innings and 54 runs. [13] In April 2021 the Ireland women's cricket team was awarded permanent Test status by the ICC along with all full member women' teams, [14] despite the match with Pakistan being Ireland's only Test match. [15]

Ireland women's team competed in the short form of international cricket for the first time in 2008, when they played against the West Indies in a one-off Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I). [16] They have played a total of 115 WT20I matches, recording 45 wins and 69 defeats for an overall winning percentage of 39.47. [17] They have been the second most unsuccessful team in the format among the full member teams, both in terms of matches won as well as winning percentage. [18] Ireland have met with Pakistan on the highest number of occasions in WT20Is, playing 19 times against them. [19] They have recorded the highest number of wins (13) against the Netherlands in the format. [20] Among the full member countries, they have defeated Zimbabwe most often (6 times). [21] Pakistan is the team against whom Ireland have suffered the most defeats, losing 15 times against them. [22] Ireland have taken part in four editions of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup, losing all of the 17 matches they played against nine different opponents, to become the most unsuccessful team in the championship. [23]

Key

  • M – Denotes the number of matches played
  • W – Denotes the number of wins for Ireland against the listed opponent
  • L – Denotes the number of losses for Ireland against the listed opponent
  • T – Denotes the number of ties between Ireland and the listed opponent
  • D – Denotes the number of draws between Ireland and the listed opponent
  • NR – Denotes the number of no results between Ireland and the listed opponent
  • Tie+W – Number of matches tied and then won in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over
  • Tie+L – Number of matches tied and then lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over
  • Win% – Win percentage (in ODI and T20I cricket, a tie counts as half a win, and no results are disregarded)
  • Loss% – Loss percentage
  • Draw% – Draw percentage
  • First – Year of the first match between Ireland and the listed opponent
  • Last – Year of the latest match between Ireland and the listed opponent

Test cricket

Ireland women's Test cricket record by opponent [24]
OpponentMWLDWin%Loss%Draw%FirstLast
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1100100.000.000.0020012001
Total1100100.000.000.0020012001

One Day International

Ireland women's One Day International record by opponent [25]
OpponentMWLTNRWin%FirstLast
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 17017000.0019872023
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 6130225.0020112017
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7610085.7119891999
Flag of England.svg  England 17116005.8819882010
Flag of India.svg  India 12012000.0019932017
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 11000100.0020032003
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 252320092.0019882022
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 20018020.0019882018
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 216150028.5719972022
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 5410080.0020012023
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 20118015.2619972022
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 403010.0020002017
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 11190110.0019932021
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 7511078.5720212024
Total173491161729.8119872024

Twenty20 International

Ireland women's Twenty20 International record by opponent [26]
OpponentMWLTTie+WTie+LNRWin%FirstLast
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 80800000.0020142022
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1138000027.2720122022
Flag of England.svg  England 20200000.0020122023
Flag of France.svg  France 1100000100.0020212021
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1100000100.0020212021
Flag of India.svg  India 20200000.0020182023
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 1100000100.0020192019
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 15131000192.8520092023
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 40400000.0020142018
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 19415000021.0520092023
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 2200000100.0020182019
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1394000069.2320182023
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 13211000015.3820082022
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 30300000.0020102016
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 413000025.0020182019
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1100000100.0020182018
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1100000100.0020222022
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 80800000.0020082023
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 6600000100.0020222024
Total1154569000139.4720082024

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