No Amy or Aimee in Ireland's lineup today with Christina Coulter-Reilly behind the stumps and Lara McBride on spinning duty. Wickets for Orla Prendergast and Alana Dalzell remove both openers without scoring before Lara McBride removes the dangerous looking Kayleen Green (32 off 23, 5x4,1x6). Ireland happy to see the opposition 46-3 at the ten over mark. McBride finishes her spell with 3-17 as both the women's games this morning finish with identical scores of 107-8. That should pose no problems for the Girls in Green even with a longer tail than usual. Rebecca Stokell gone for just 2 bringing Orla Prendergast to join Gaby Lewis at the crease. Dead rubber chase all very straightforward with runs for the top order of Player of the Match Orla Prendergast (39), Gaby Lewis (33) and Leah Paul (27*). The real work starts now with three huge games coming up. Two wins from three probably the equation with European rivals Scotland and Netherlands awaiting as are Thailand.

Bangladesh with a decent total of 153 for 7, with a half century for Sharmin Akhter (52) who added 70 for the second wicket with Dilara Akhter (35). There was late acceleration from Mostary who took a liking to Arlene Kelly, hitting three sixes in a 16-ball 30. Chase starts well with Gaby Lewis (24*) and Amy Hunter (23*) bringing up the 50 in seven overs. Hunter is winning her 100th cap today - will it be a memorable one? Maybe not as she's down receiving treatment for a recent hamstring injury. Indeed, she is retiring hurt. Few tight overs and at the halfway stage Ireland need a further 86 off 10 overs. All their wickets in hand though. Tough but very achievable. Disastrous 11th over as Prendergast is trapped lbw and Paul stumped in the same over. Suddenly, 154 looks very far away as only a single from the 12th over and the required rate is in double figures. Flurry of boundaries as Ireland wake up and take 14 from the 13th. Back-to-back boundaries as Gaby Lewis passes 50 from 45 balls (8 fours). 39 needed off last three overs. Bangladesh well on top as 35 needed from last two overs now, Do or die time. Two sixes in the over but Lewis caught on the ropes. 20 needed off the last. Few defiant boundaries from a limping Amy Hunter but Bangladesh win by 9 runs. Ireland will now likely have to win two from three in the Super Sixes against Netherlands, Scotland and Thailand. Few nervous times ahead.

The sixteen runs that Arlene Kelly and Rebecca Stokell plundered from the final over of Ireland's innings proved to be the margin that ensured the Girls in Green win today. With Orla Prendergast out first ball it was Leah Paul who provided impetus to the innings in a 77 run partnership with Gaby Lewis. USA were briefly ahead of the rate in the opening powerplay but from there they struggled to maintain the challenge. Seventeen extras conceded by Ireland to USA's two, and the departure of Ava Canning who pulled up after one ball of her third over the downside of today's win.

Quickfire start from Gaby Lewis 42 off 25 (6x4,1x6) sets the Girls in Green on their way with Amy Hunter sitting this one out. Orla Prendergast keeps the charge going her 56 coming off 44 balls (4x4, 2x6) but the rest of the batting was less than convincing with slow left armer Hane Tau claiming four wickets. Nevertheless the Irish total should be more than enough to claim their first points of the campaign. A sharp caught and bowled by Alana Dalzell makes the breakthrough in the sixth over. No real danger of PNG chasing down the Irish total, Hollan Doriga launching Arlene Kelly out of the ground and into the traffic outside as agressive as they got while the Irish bowling never looked like running through them at any stage.

Zimbabwe managed a modest 125 thanks to runs down the order from Chieza Dhururu and Nyasha Gwanzura who was run out off the final delivery of the innings. Ava Canning and Alana Dalzell took the new ball with Orla Prendergast taking a rest from bowling action today and it was Cara Murray with two in two balls with the best return today. Not the start to the chase that Ireland would have wanted as Gaby Lewis was out second ball, Amy Hunter resuming duties alongside her at the top of the order. But Ireland's retirement policy almost cost them the game today as first Amy Hunter was called in, and Orla Prendergast likewise having completed a 37 ball innings of 53 (3x4,3x6). Ireland 97-4 at that stage needing 29 more runs off the final five overs. Rebecca Stokell was out next ball, and Laura Delany run out in the following over, and it took a run-a-ball 13* from Christina Coulter-Reilly to finish things off with 6 balls to spare.

Gaby Lewis' 77 off 38 (12x4,2x6) and Orla Prendergast's 62 off 29 (8x4,3x6) ensured that Ireland dominated this encounter with the hosts. Even without Amy Hunter batting today, they topped 200 retiring four of the wickets to 'fall', No pressure on the bowlers then as Maguire, Prendergast, McBride and Kelly each claimed two wickets while Bindu Rawal and Kabita Joshi scored more than half the home sides total. Little sign of an improvement in the catching department with three going to ground but a useful run out, if little more than a 'net' for the Girls in Green who face Zimbabwe in another warm up match on Friday.