The
Ireland women's cricket team
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 t ...
played four
Women's One Day International
Women's One Day International (ODI) is the limited overs form of women's cricket. Matches are scheduled for 50 overs, equivalent to the men's game. The first women's ODIs were played in 1973, as part of the first Women's World Cup which was ...
s (WODIs) against the
Zimbabwe women's cricket team in October 2021. The matches were used by both teams for their preparation 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 Worl ...
tournament, also in Zimbabwe. They were the first WODI matches to be played by Ireland since June 2018, when they
hosted New Zealand, and the first ever WODI matches to be played by Zimbabwe since they were granted WODI status by the
International Cricket Council
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(ICC) in April 2021.
Zimbabwe won the opening match of the series by four wickets, with their captain
Mary-Anne Musonda scoring an unbeaten century. Ireland won the second match by 80 runs to level the series. Ireland won the third WODI by eight wickets to go 2–1 in the series with one match to play. Ireland then won the final match by 85 runs to win the series 3–1. In the final match, Ireland's
Amy Hunter became the youngest player, male or female, to score an ODI century.
Squads
WODI series
1st WODI
2nd WODI
3rd WODI
4th WODI
References
External links
Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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