The Ireland women's under-19 cricket team represents

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in international under-19

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. The team is administrated by

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. The team played their first official matches at the 2023 ICC 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.

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

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. The tournament was eventually scheduled to take place in

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, in

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. As a Full Member of the ICC, Ireland qualified automatically for the tournament. Ireland announced their 15-player squad for the tournament on 1 December 2022.

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, Head Coach of Scorchers, was chosen as Head Coach of the side for the tournament. At the tournament, Ireland qualified for the Super Six from the initial group stage, beating

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, but lost all their matches in their Super Six group.

Recent call-ups

The table below lists all the players who have been selected in recent squads for Ireland under-19s. Currently, this only includes the squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.

Records & statistics

International match summary ''As of 23 January 2023'' Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations ''As of 23 January 2023''

Under-19 World Cup record

References

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