Scotland women's cricket team in Ireland in 2021

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  Cricket Ireland flag.svg Flag of Scotland.svg
  Ireland women Scotland women
Dates 24 – 27 May 2021
Captains Laura Delany Kathryn Bryce
Twenty20 International series
Results Ireland women won the 4-match series 3–1
Most runs Gaby Lewis (116) Kathryn Bryce (96)
Most wickets Leah Paul (9) Katie McGill (7)
Player of the series Leah Paul (Ire)

The Ireland women's cricket team played the Scotland women's cricket team in May 2021. [1] [2] The tour consisted of four Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches. [3] The teams last played international cricket during the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier in August and September 2019. [4] The matches all took place at Stormont in Belfast, [5] and was the first time since 1997 that women's international cricket was played at the venue. [6]

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The series was originally scheduled to start on 23 May 2021. [7] However, the opening fixture was abandoned due to rain [8] and moved back to the reserve day. [9]

Scotland won the first match by eleven runs to take a 1–0 lead in the series. [10] Ireland then won the next two matches, by 61 runs and 41 runs respectively, [11] to go 2–1 up with one match left to play. [12] Ireland won the final match by six wickets to win the series 3–1. [13] [14] Ireland's Leah Paul was named player of the series. [15]

Squads

Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland [16] Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland [17]

WT20I series

1st WT20I

24 May 2021
11:00
Scorecard
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg
87/9 (20 overs)
v
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland
76 (19.3 overs)
Katie McGill 20 (22)
Celeste Raack 3/15 (4 overs)
Leah Paul 18 (21)
Katie McGill 3/18 (4 overs)
Scotland Women won by 11 runs
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Jareth McCready (Ire) and Alan Neill (Ire)
Player of the match: Katie McGill (Sco)

2nd WT20I

25 May 2021
13:00
Scorecard
Ireland  Cricket Ireland flag.svg
137/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
76 (16.4 overs)
Gaby Lewis 47 (39)
Katie McGill 2/26 (4 overs)
Katie McGill 19 (23)
Leah Paul 4/16 (4 overs)
Ireland Women won by 61 runs
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Jareth McCready (Ire) and Alan Neill (Ire)
Player of the match: Gaby Lewis (Ire)
  • Ireland Women won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd WT20I

26 May 2021
13:00
Scorecard
Ireland  Cricket Ireland flag.svg
134/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
93 (19 overs)
Shauna Kavanagh 37 (30)
Megan McColl 2/16 (2 overs)
Kathryn Bryce 45* (42)
Cara Murray 3/18 (3 overs)
Ireland Women won by 41 runs
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Alan Neill (Ire)
Player of the match: Orla Prendergast (Ire)
  • Ireland Women won the toss and elected to bat.

4th WT20I

27 May 2021
11:00
Scorecard
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg
99/7 (20 overs)
v
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland
101/4 (13.5 overs)
Megan McColl 30* (29)
Leah Paul 3/12 (3 overs)
Gaby Lewis 49 (40)
Kathryn Bryce 2/13 (3 overs)
Ireland Women won by 6 wickets
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Alan Neill (Ire)
Player of the match: Gaby Lewis (Ire)
  • Scotland Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Georgina Dempsey (Ire) made her WT20I debut.

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