Ireland women's under-19 cricket team

Ireland Women's Under-19 cricket team

Association	Cricket Ireland
Personnel
Captain	Amy Hunter
Coach	Glenn Querl
History
Twenty20 debut	v.   West Indies at Absa Puk Oval, Potchefstroom, South Africa; 16 January 2023
U19 World Cup  wins	0
International Cricket Council
ICC region	Europe

The Ireland women's under-19 cricket team represents Ireland in international under-19 women's cricket. The team is administrated by Cricket Ireland.

The team played their first official matches at the 2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, the first ever international women's under-19 cricket competition, in which they reached the Super Six round. ^{[1] [2]}

History

The inaugural Women's Under-19 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[3] The tournament was eventually scheduled to take place in 2023, in South Africa. As a Full Member of the ICC, Ireland qualified automatically for the tournament. ^[4]

Ireland announced their 15-player squad for the tournament on 1 December 2022. Glenn Querl, Head Coach of Scorchers, was chosen as Head Coach of the side for the tournament. ^[5] At the tournament, Ireland qualified for the Super Six from the initial group stage, beating Indonesia, but lost all their matches in their Super Six group. ^[2]

Squad

For their tour to South Africa for a 5 match T20 series in October 2024 a 14 player squad was named, to be captained by Amy Hunter. ^[6]

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Abbi Harrison	18	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Annabel Squires	18	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-spin
Millie Spence		Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Lucy Neely		Right-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Julie McNally	17	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Alice Walsh	18	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Amy Hunter	19	Right-handed	–	Captain
Spin Bowlers
Freya Sargent	18	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Vice-Captain
Aimee Maguire	18	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Kia McCartney	19	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Seam Bowlers
Alice Tector	16	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Niamh MacNulty	17	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Vice-Captain
Ellie McGee	18	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Lara McBride		Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Players with senior international caps are listed in bold.

Records & statistics

International match summary

As of 23 January 2023

Playing records
Format	M	W	L	T	D/NR	Inaugural match
Youth Women's Twenty20 Internationals	5	1	4	0	0	15 January 2023

Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations

As of 23 January 2023

ICC Full members
Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
England	1	0	1	0	0	21 January 2023
Pakistan	1	0	1	0	0	23 January 2023
New Zealand	1	0	1	0	0	17 January 2023
West Indies	1	0	1	0	0	15 January 2023

Associate members
Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	0	19 January 2023	19 January 2023

Under-19 World Cup record

Ireland's U-19 Twenty20 World Cup Record
Year	Result	Pos	№	Pld	W	L	T	NR
2023	Super 6	–	16	5	1	4	0	0
2025	To be determined
2027
Total				5	1	4	0	0

References

1. "South Africa to host inaugural ICC U19 T20 World Cup". Women's CricZone. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
2. "ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup 2022/23". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
3. "ICC postpones 2021 Women's World Cup Qualifier due to COVID-19". Women's CricZone. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
4. "Excitement builds ahead of inaugural ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup as Qualifier begins". International Cricket Council. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
5. "Ireland Under-19s women's squad announced for first-ever Under-19 World Cup". Cricket Ireland. 1 December 2022. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
6. Sihra, Dave (14 October 2024). "U19s Women's tour squad announced". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 27 October 2024.