Ireland women | New Zealand women | ||
Dates | 6 – 13 June 2018 | ||
Captains | Laura Delany | Suzie Bates [nb 1] | |
One Day International series | |||
Results | New Zealand women won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
Most runs | Laura Delany (75) | Amelia Kerr (342) | |
Most wickets | Lara Maritz (6) | Amelia Kerr (8) | |
Player of the series | Amelia Kerr (NZ) | ||
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | New Zealand women won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
Most runs | Gaby Lewis (61) | Jess Watkin (77) | |
Most wickets | n/a | Leigh Kasperek (3) |
The New Zealand women's cricket team played the Ireland women's cricket team in June 2018. [1] The tour consisted of one Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) and three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) matches. [2] [3] New Zealand won the one-off WT20I match by ten wickets. [4]
In the first WODI match of the series, New Zealand set a new record for the highest innings total, scoring 490/4 in their 50 overs. [5] At the time it was the highest score in either a men's or women's ODI match. [6] This broke the previous record, also held by New Zealand, of 455/5 against Pakistan in 1997. [7]
In the third WODI match, Amelia Kerr of New Zealand made the highest individual score in a WODI match, and became the youngest cricketer, male or female, to score a double century in One Day International cricket, when she scored 232 not out. [8] [9] New Zealand went on to win the WODI series 3–0, [10] scoring 400 or more runs in three consecutive matches, becoming the first team in men's or women's ODIs to do so. [8] Kerr finished the WODI series as the leading run-scorer and wicket-taker, and was named the player of the series. [11]
WODIs | WT20Is | ||
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Ireland [12] | New Zealand [13] | Ireland [12] | New Zealand [13] |
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Jess Watkin 77* (38) |
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