Sophie MacMahon (born 29 January 1997) is an Irish
cricket
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er.
She made her
Women's One Day International cricket
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(WODI) debut against India in the
2017 South Africa Quadrangular Series
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on 15 May 2017.
She plays in the
Women's Super Series
The Women's Super Series, previously known as the Women's Super 3s, is a women's domestic cricket tournament organised by Cricket Ireland. The tournament began in 2015 as a combined Limited overs cricket, 50-over and Twenty20 tournament, with thr ...
for
Scorchers.
In May 2019, she was named in Ireland's
Women's Twenty20 International
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(WT20I) squad for their series
against the West Indies. She made her WT20I debut for Ireland against the
West Indies
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on 26 May 2019.
In August 2019, she was named in Ireland's squad for the
2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
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tournament in Scotland. In July 2020, she was awarded a non-retainer contract by
Cricket Ireland
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for the following year. In November 2021, she was named in Ireland's team for the
2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier
The 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier was an international women's cricket tournament that was held in Zimbabwe in November and December 2021. The tournament was the final part of the qualification process for the 2022 Women's Cricket Wor ...
tournament in Zimbabwe.
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1997 births
Living people
Cricketers from Dublin (city)
People from Rathfarnham
Sportspeople from South Dublin (county)
Irish women cricketers
Ireland women One Day International cricketers
Ireland women Twenty20 International cricketers
Dragons (women's cricket) cricketers
Typhoons (women's cricket) cricketers
Scorchers (women's cricket) cricketers