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| 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]
