Edmund Christopher Joyce is a former Irish cricketer who played for both the Ireland and England national cricket teams. After beginning his career with Middlesex, he moved to Sussex in 2009, before returning to Ireland to play for Leinster Lightning in the fledgling first-class competition, the Irish Inter-Provincial Championship. A left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm bowler of medium pace, Joyce is widely regarded as one of the best cricketers produced by Ireland.
The Ireland women's cricket team represents Ireland in international women's cricket. Cricket in Ireland is governed by Cricket Ireland and organised on an All-Ireland basis, meaning the Irish women's team represents both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Isobel Mary Helen Cecilia Joyce is an Irish former cricketer. She played as a right-handed batter and left-arm medium pace bowler. She appeared in one Test match, 79 One Day Internationals and 55 Twenty20 Internationals for Ireland between 1999 and 2018. She played in her final match for Ireland in November 2018, during the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament. She played domestic cricket for Scorchers, Tasmania and Hobart Hurricanes.
The 1988 Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup was an international cricket tournament played in Australia from 29 November to 18 December 1988. Hosted by Australia for the first time, as part of the Bicentenary celebrations, it was the fourth edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup, and came six years after the preceding 1982 World Cup in New Zealand.
The 2017 South Africa Women's Quadrangular Series was an international women's cricket tournament that was held in Potchefstroom, South Africa, from 4 to 21 May 2017. The series was contested between the teams of India, Ireland, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The matches were played at Senwes Park and The PUK Oval. All the matches were played as Women's One Day International (WODI) matches, except for fixtures that featured Zimbabwe, who do not have WODI status.
The Australian women's cricket team toured England between 8 July – 29 August 1987 to contest The Women's Ashes for the tenth time. Australia won the three match Test series 1–0 to retain the Ashes.
The New Zealand women's cricket team played the Ireland women's cricket team in June 2018. The tour consisted of one Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) and three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) matches. New Zealand won the one-off WT20I match by ten wickets.
The New Zealand women's cricket team toured to play against Australia women's cricket team between September 2018 and October 2018, and again between February 2019 and March 2019. The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs), which formed part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship, and three Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20I). Prior to the tour, Suzie Bates stepped down as captain of New Zealand Women and was replaced by Amy Satterthwaite.
The Australia women's cricket team played the Pakistan women's cricket team in Malaysia in October 2018. The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and three Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is). The WODI games were part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship. It was the first women's bilateral series were played in Malaysia, with all the matches were played at the Kinrara Academy Oval. Australia women won both the WODI and WT20I series 3–0.
The West Indies women's cricket team toured England to play the England women's cricket team in June 2019. The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and three Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is). The WODI games were part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship. Prior to their visit to England, the West Indies women's team also toured Ireland to play three WT20I matches. England women won the WODI series 3–0. With the victory in the third WODI, it was England's 13th-consecutive win across all formats. England won the T20I series 1–0, after two matches were abandoned due to rain.
The Australian women's cricket team toured England and Ireland in June and July 2001. The matches against England women's cricket team were played for the Women's Ashes, which Australia were defending. Australia won all three ODIs and both Test matches, meaning they retained the Ashes. After their tour of England, Australia played three ODIs against Ireland, defeating them 3–0.
The West Indies women's cricket team toured India and Pakistan between February and April 2004. They played India in five One Day Internationals, which India won 5–0. They played Pakistan in one Test match and seven One Day Internationals, with the Test ending as a draw and the West Indies winning the ODI series 5–2. The Test match was the last Test played by both Pakistan and the West Indies. Pakistan batter Kiran Baluch scored the highest ever score in Women's Test cricket, with 242 in the first innings of the Test match.
The India women's national cricket team toured Ireland and England between July and September 2006. They played Ireland in 2 One Day Internationals, winning the series 2–0. They then played England in 1 Twenty20 International, 2 Test matches and 5 ODIs. England won the ODI series 4–0, whilst India won the Test series and T20I series, both 1–0.
The India women's national cricket team toured England and Ireland in July and August 2002. The tour began with a tri-series between India, England and New Zealand, which was won by New Zealand. India then played against Ireland in three One Day Internationals, with India winning the series 2–0. Finally, India played England in two Test matches and one ODI, with England winning the ODI and the Test series being drawn 0–0.
The 2008–09 Bangladesh women's Tri-Nation series was a cricket tournament that was held from 6 to 17 February 2009 in Bangladesh. It was a tri-nation series featuring Bangladesh women, Pakistan women and Sri Lanka women, with the second, third and the final matches played as Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs). As Bangladesh women had not received ODI status when the tournament was being held, the matches involving Bangladesh women were not played with WODI status.
The India women's national cricket team toured England in June and July 1999. They played three One Day Internationals and one Test match against England, winning the ODI series 2–1 and drawing the Test match. They also played against Ireland in an ODI, which they won by 161 runs.
The Pakistan women's cricket team toured the West Indies to play the West Indies women's cricket team in June and July 2021. The tour consisted of three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) and five Women's One Day International (WODI) matches.
The Bangladesh women's national cricket team toured Ireland in August 2012. They played in the two Ireland Women's Tri-Series, in ODI and T20I formats, against Ireland and Pakistan. They also separately played Pakistan in 1 ODI and 1 T20I, and against Ireland in 1 ODI. The T20I matches were the first ever played by Bangladesh in the format.
The New Zealand women's national cricket team toured England and Ireland in June and July 1996. They first played England in 3 One Day Internationals, winning the series 3–0. They then played England in three Test matches, all of which were drawn. Finally, they played Ireland in 3 ODIs, winning the series 2–0.
The 2011 Women's Quadrangular Series were two Quadrangular Series that took place in Sri Lanka in April 2011. The four teams competing were Ireland, the Netherlands, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The teams first played in a T20I series, consisting of semi-finals and a final, which was won by Pakistan. They then played in a ODI round-robin series, which was again won by Pakistan. Sri Lanka and Pakistan also faced each other in a one-off ODI before the series started.
