Five wickets for Sophie MacMahon and Shauna Kavanagh's half century helped The Scorchers beat the Typhoons by 30 runs to take a 4-2 lead in the eight match series.
Batting first Gaby Lewis (28) and Leah Paul (23) shared an opening stand of 58 before both fell in identical fashion - caught and bowled by Merrion leg-spinner Celeste Raack, who sandwiched their dismissal by trapping Tess Maritz lbw.
Kavanagh then top scored with 69 sharing valuable middle order partnerships with MacMahon (20), Jenny Sparrow (14) and Louise McCarthy (26) as the Scorchers posted 222 for 8 in their 50 overs, with Georgina Dempsey (2-26) also bowling well.
(Shauna Kavanagh:Pic Rodney Smythe)
The Typhoons lost Rachel Delaney and Cara Murray cheaply in the reply, but Rebecca Stokell (32) and Irish skipper Laura Delany rebuilt the innings.
However Sophie MacMahon (5-41) and Hannah Little (4-42) tore out the middle order to put their side well on top.
(Sophie MacMahon: Pic Rodney Smythe)
Delany did her best to hold things together with a top score of 62, but despite some late resistance from Georgina Dempsey (24), the Scorchers won by 30 runs.
The teams meet again next Sunday, with the series concluding at Malahide the following Sunday.
(Laura Delany:Pic Rodney Smythe)
MATCH SCORECARD
| Round | 6 |
| Toss won by | Scorchers |
| Umpires | P Reynolds - Azim Ali Baig |
| Scorers | Judy Cohen - Angela Mooney |
| Umpire notes | Match referee: Kevin Gallagher |
| Home Side | (neutral) |
| Comment | For Scorchers C Coulter Reilly acted sub and caught L Delany |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L Paul | c&b C Raack | 23 | 67 | 56 | 2 | 0 | |
| G Lewis* | c&b C Raack | 28 | 76 | 52 | 4 | 0 | |
| T Maritz | lbw | b C Raack | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| SM Kavanagh+ | not out | 69 | 132 | 98 | 6 | 1 | |
| S MacMahon | b O Prendergast | 20 | 37 | 28 | 2 | 0 | |
| J Sparrow | b L Little | 14 | 41 | 36 | 1 | 0 | |
| LN McCarthy | c F Sargent | b G Dempsey | 26 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 0 |
| C Murray | c A Hunter | b G Dempsey | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| H Little | run out L Delany | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| A Kerrison | not out | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| K McEvoy | dnb | ||||||
| extras | (b10 lb4 w16 nb6) | 36 | |||||
| TOTAL | 8 wickets for | 222 |
| FOW |
|---|
| 1-58(L Paul) 2-60(T Maritz) 3-71(G Lewis) 4-114(S MacMahon) 5-148(J Sparrow) |
| 6-197(LN McCarthy) 7-201(C Murray) 8-203(H Little) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maid | Runs | Wkts | wd | nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O Prendergast | 10 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 3 | - |
| J Maguire | 6 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| L Little | 9 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 4 | - |
| C Raack | 10 | 0 | 33 | 3 | - | 3 |
| G Dempsey | 7 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| L Delany | 6 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | - |
| F Sargent | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | - |
| Rachel Delaney | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | 1 |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Delaney | lbw | b K McEvoy | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| A Hunter+ | c SM Kavanagh | b S MacMahon | 7 | 38 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| R Stokell | lbw | b H Little | 32 | 67 | 62 | 6 | 0 |
| L Delany* | c sub | b H Little | 62 | 120 | 86 | 6 | 0 |
| O Prendergast | b S MacMahon | 16 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 0 | |
| S Forbes | lbw | b S MacMahon | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| L Little | b S MacMahon | 12 | 35 | 28 | 2 | 0 | |
| J Maguire | b S MacMahon | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| G Dempsey | c J Sparrow | b H Little | 24 | 50 | 35 | 1 | 0 |
| C Raack | c LN McCarthy | b H Little | 8 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| F Sargent | not out | 7 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| extras | (b0 lb1 w15 nb3) | 19 | |||||
| TOTAL | 10 wickets for | 192 |
| FOW |
|---|
| 1-5(Rachel Delaney) 2-35(A Hunter) 3-59(R Stokell) 4-97(O Prendergast) |
| 5-97(S Forbes) 6-135(L Little) 7-135(J Maguire) 8-151(L Delany) 9-172(C Raack) |
| 10-192(G Dempsey) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maid | Runs | Wkts | wd | nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LN McCarthy | 10 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| K McEvoy | 6 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| S MacMahon | 9 | 1 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| H Little | 9.3 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 6 | - |
| C Murray | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - |
| A Kerrison | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - |
| L Paul | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | - |