Ireland women's cricket team in the West Indies in 2023#T20I series
{{Short description|International cricket tour}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name = Ireland women's cricket team in the West Indies in 2023
| team1_image = WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg
| team1_name = West Indies
| team2_image = Cricket Ireland flag.svg
| team2_name = Ireland
| from_date = 26 June
| to_date = 8 July 2023
| team1_captain = Hayley Matthews
| team2_captain = Laura Delany
| no_of_ODIs = 3
| team1_ODIs_won = 2
| team2_ODIs_won = 0
| team1_ODIs_most_runs = Stafanie Taylor (134)
| team2_ODIs_most_runs = Gaby Lewis (188)
| team1_ODIs_most_wickets = Hayley Matthews (5)
Afy Fletcher (5)
| team2_ODIs_most_wickets = Cara Murray (3)
| player_of_ODI_series = Hayley Matthews (WI)
| no_of_twenty20s = 3
| team1_twenty20s_won = 3
| team2_twenty20s_won = 0
| team1_twenty20s_most_runs = Hayley Matthews (135)
| team2_twenty20s_most_runs = Amy Hunter (92)
| team1_twenty20s_most_wickets = Hayley Matthews (8)
| team2_twenty20s_most_wickets = Arlene Kelly (4)
| player_of_twenty20_series = Hayley Matthews (WI)
}}
The Ireland women's cricket team toured the West Indies in June and July 2023 to play three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ireland-to-host-australia-for-three-odis-in-july-after-caribbean-tour-1365752 |title=Ireland to host Australia for three ODIs in July after Caribbean tour |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=30 March 2023}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/65125225 |title=Ireland Women to face world champions Australia |work=BBC Sport |access-date=30 March 2023}} The ODI series formed part of the 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship.{{cite web |title=First-ever Womens Future Tours Programme confirms Irish fixtures to April 2025 |url=https://www.cricketworld.com/first-ever-womens-future-tours-programme-confirms-irish-fixtures-to-april-2025/80652.htm |access-date=30 March 2023 |work=Cricket World}}{{cite web |title=Women's Future Tours Programme |url=https://resources.pulse.icc-cricket.com/ICC/document/2022/08/16/fc7faada-819e-44ed-9259-771b97ca02e6/Women-s-FTP-2022-25.pdf |access-date=20 April 2023 |work=International Cricket Council}} In March 2023, Cricket Ireland (CI) announced their summer schedule, including the dates of this tour.{{cite web |title=Australia and West Indies loom large for Ireland Women as part of summer programme |url=https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/australia-and-west-indies-loom-large-for-ireland-women |access-date=30 March 2023 |work=Cricket Ireland |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603134411/https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/australia-and-west-indies-loom-large-for-ireland-women |url-status=dead }} Cricket West Indies (CWI) confirmed the schedule of the tour in June 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.windiescricket.com/news/west-indies-women-to-host-ireland-women-in-saint-lucia/ |title=West Indies Women to host Ireland Women in Saint Lucia |work=Cricket West Indies|access-date=2 June 2023}}
West Indies won the ODI series 2–0, after the second match ended in a no result due to rain.{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ireland-women-in-west-indies-2023-1378179/west-indies-women-vs-ireland-women-3rd-odi-1378193/match-report |title=Stafanie Taylor, Chinelle Henry give West Indies series win |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2 July 2023}} West Indies also won the T20I series 3–0, and captain Hayley Matthews was named as the player of the match in all three T20Is.{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ireland-women-in-west-indies-2023-1378179/west-indies-women-vs-ireland-women-3rd-t20i-1378196/match-report |title=Hayley Matthews' all-round power clean sweeps Ireland 3-0 in T20Is |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 July 2023}}
Squads
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ODI series
=1st ODI=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 26 June 2023
| time = 10:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{crw-rt|WIN}}
| team2 = {{crw|IRE}}
| score1 = 297/6 (50 overs)
| runs1 = Hayley Matthews 109 (106)
| wickets1 = Cara Murray 3/60 (10 overs)
| score2 = 239/9 (50 overs)
| runs2 = Gaby Lewis 83 (102)
| wickets2 = Hayley Matthews 3/53 (10 overs)
| result = West Indies won by 58 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1378191.html Scorecard]
| venue = Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet
| umpires = Deighton Butler (WI) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
| motm = Hayley Matthews (WI)
| toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Zaida James (WI) and Ava Canning (Ire) both made their ODI debuts.
- Women's Championship points: West Indies 2, Ireland 0.
}}
=2nd ODI=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 28 June 2023
| time = 10:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{crw-rt|IRE}}
| team2 = {{crw|WIN}}
| score1 = 36/5 (8.4 overs)
| runs1 = Orla Prendergast 13* (19)
| wickets1 = Aaliyah Alleyne 2/4 (2 overs)
| score2 =
| runs2 =
| wickets2 =
| result = No result
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1378192.html Scorecard]
| venue = Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet
| umpires = Jonathan Blades (WI) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
| motm =
| toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = No further play was possible due to rain.
| notes = Ashmini Munisar (WI) made her ODI debut.
- Women's Championship points: West Indies 1, Ireland 1.
}}
=3rd ODI=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 1 July 2023
| time = 15:00
| daynight = y
| team1 = {{crw-rt|IRE}}
| team2 = {{crw|WIN}}
| score1 = 203 (50 overs)
| runs1 = Gaby Lewis 95* (121)
| wickets1 = Afy Fletcher 3/37 (10 overs)
| score2 = 204/4 (41.1 overs)
| runs2 = Stafanie Taylor 79* (105)
| wickets2 = Aimee Maguire 2/24 (5 overs)
| result = West Indies won by 6 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1378193.html Scorecard]
| venue = Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet
| umpires = Jonathan Blades (WI) and Deighton Butler (WI)
| motm = Stafanie Taylor (WI)
| toss = Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Aimee Maguire (Ire) made her ODI debut.
- Women's Championship points: West Indies 2, Ireland 0.
}}
T20I series
=1st T20I=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 4 July 2023
| time = 17:00
| daynight = y
| team1 = {{crw-rt|IRE}}
| team2 = {{crw|WIN}}
| score1 = 112/7 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Laura Delany 34 (36)
| wickets1 = Hayley Matthews 3/22 (4 overs)
| score2 = 113/8 (20 overs)
| runs2 = Hayley Matthews 37 (42)
| wickets2 = Arlene Kelly 3/21 (4 overs)
| result = West Indies won by 2 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1378194.html Scorecard]
| venue = Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet
| umpires = Deighton Butler (WI) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
| motm = Hayley Matthews (WI)
| toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Ashmini Munisar (WI) and Aimee Maguire (Ire) both made their T20I debuts.
}}
=2nd T20I=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 6 July 2023
| time = 17:00
| daynight = y
| team1 = {{crw-rt|IRE}}
| team2 = {{crw|WIN}}
| score1 = 113/7 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Amy Hunter 33 (35)
| wickets1 = Cherry-Ann Fraser 1/16 (4 overs)
| score2 = 114/2 (16.4 overs)
| runs2 = Hayley Matthews 50 (39)
| wickets2 = Laura Delany 1/12 (2.4 overs)
| result = West Indies won by 8 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1378195.html Scorecard]
| venue = Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet
| umpires = Jonathan Blades (WI) and Deighton Butler (WI)
| motm = Hayley Matthews (WI)
| toss = Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
=3rd T20I=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 8 July 2023
| time = 17:00
| daynight = y
| team1 = {{crw-rt|IRE}}
| team2 = {{crw|WIN}}
| score1 = 116/9 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Amy Hunter 44 (35)
| wickets1 = Hayley Matthews 4/14 (4 overs)
| score2 = 117/2 (18.1 overs)
| runs2 = Aaliyah Alleyne 49* (51)
| wickets2 = Georgina Dempsey 1/21 (4 overs)
| result = West Indies won by 8 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1378196.html Scorecard]
| venue = Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet
| umpires = Jonathan Blades (WI) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
| motm = Hayley Matthews (WI)
| toss = Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Hayley Matthews (WI) got her first hat-trick in T20Is.{{cite web |url=https://crickettimes.com/2023/07/hayley-matthews-hat-trick-guides-west-indies-to-a-series-clinching-victory-over-ireland/ |title=Hayley Matthews' hat-trick guides West Indies to a series-clinching victory over Ireland |work=Cricket Times |date=9 July 2023 |access-date=9 July 2023}}
}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ireland-women-in-west-indies-2023-1378179 Series home at ESPNcricinfo]
{{International cricket in 2023}}
{{2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship}}
{{West Indies women's cricket team}}
{{Ireland women's cricket team}}
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