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

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, 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. Glenn Querl, 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.

Squad

For their tour to South Africa for a 5 match T20 series in October 2024 a 14 player squad was named, to be captained by Amy Hunter. ''Players with senior international caps are listed in bold.''

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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