England Women v Ireland Women - Ireland Women tour of England - Only T20I – Live Score and Update
England Women 136/4 (20/20 ov) v Ireland Women 85/5 (20.0/20 ov) - England Women won by 51 runs
Loughborough: England women won their only T20I match against Ireland on Saturday, by a staggering margin of 51 runs as they successfully defended the total of 136 runs at Haslegrave Ground.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 Women won the toss and chose to give their bowlers a first go at the batswomen in order to restrict the hosts on a meagre total.
The bowlers responded well to the call of their skipper by grabbing the first wicket with only six runs on the board as English opener LA http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-James-Marshall-c90362 had her stumps obliterated on a delivery bowled by KJ Garth after scoring only four runs.
Skipper, CM Edwards and SJ Taylor then forged a commendable partnership as they tried to bulldoze the bowlers all around the park.
The two batswomen took the score to 21 runs before the partnership met its demise on the wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 as she fell after playing an innings of 11 runs off 12 deliveries.
While LS Greenway became another daunting batswoman to tackle, the skipper handed bowlers a bitter beating from her end, brining a rapid increase in the run rate.
Greenway (5) was then the third wicket to fall from her side at a time when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 had amassed a total of 60 runs on the board.
Edwards then forged a match defining partnership with A Brindle as the batswomen punished the bowlers by hammering them all around the park.
The two took the score to 113 runs before the partnership ended, with A Brindle losing her wicket on 29 runs.
Meanwhile, the skipper stayed unbeaten on a tally of 72 runs to her name as she helped her side amass an impressive total on the board.
Needing 137 runs to win, Ireland Women had an astounding start to their run chase as openers CMA Shillington and CNIM Joyce smacked an opening stand of 47 runs.
However, later in the innings, the side lost their focus and failed to maintain the momentum in their innings, causing the run rate to jump from where it was not possible to win the match.
CM Edwards from England, was named as the Player of the Match.
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