Scorchers are an Irish women's cricket team that compete in the

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. The team has no geographical base, instead being made up of some of the best players from across

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. They are captained by Gaby Lewis and coached by

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. They have won seven Super Series tournaments.

History

Scorchers were established in 2015 to compete in the Women's Super 3s, a tournament designed to bridge the gap between club cricket and international cricket in Ireland. The team was made up of some of the best players in Irish cricket, and were captained by

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and coached by Chris Siddell. Scorchers won the

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of the tournament, winning five of their eight matches, with captain Kim Garth winning the Player of the Tournament award. In

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, Scorchers finished second in the group with two victories in their six games, with strong performances from

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and Una Raymond-Hoey, who was selected for the national side off the back of her runs for the side.

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brought Scorchers' second title, as they topped the group with seven wins from their ten matches. The following season,

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, however, Scorchers performed poorly, finishing bottom of the league with three wins. In

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, Scorchers again won three matches, including both T20s on the final day of competition, this time finishing second in the league. In

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the tournament was reduced to two teams due to the

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, with Scorchers now facing off against

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in eight 50 over matches. The two sides each won 4 matches, with Typhoons just edging out Scorchers for the title on Net Run Rate. Scorchers batters

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and Gaby Lewis led the run-scoring charts in 2020. The 2021 tournament again included just two sides, with Scorchers and Typhoons now playing for separate 50 over and T20 titles. In June, Scorchers won the 50 over section of the tournament, winning four of the seven matches, and in August won the T20 section of the tournament, again with four victories. In 2022, with the tournament expanded back to three teams, Scorchers again won both the 50 over and T20 titles. In 2023, they won the Super 20 Trophy, but finished bottom of the Super 50 Cup.

Players

Current squad

Based on squad announced for the 2023 season. Players in bold have international caps.

Seasons

Women's Super Series

Combined format

Super 50 Cup

Super 20 Trophy

Honours

(combined format): ** Winners (2):

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

* Super 50 Cup: ** Winners (2):

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

* Super 20 Trophy: ** Winners (3):

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References

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