ORLA PRENDERGAST starred with bat and ball at Clontarf yesterday as Ireland recorded a five-wicket victory to beat England for the second time in five days and draw the T20 international series 1-1.

THE wife of Ireland head coach Ed Joyce is a Hollywood screenwriter, but even Fran could not have written the script for the extraordinary win over England at Clontarf.

IT’S been an excellent month for Ireland’s women cricketers, even if they did go down to a 67 run defeat to England in the Certa series at Clontarf yesterday.

Ireland went down to a tame 67-run defeat to England in the Certa international series at Clontarf yesterday, although it wasn’t for want of effort by star player Orla Prendergast.

Gaby Lewis was still ‘buzzing’ from Wednesday’s ODI victory over England when she sat down to preview Ireland’s back-to-back T20 internationals against the same opposition at Clontarf this weekend.

Alana Dalzell strode out at No 9 in the evening sunshine in Belfast last night with four runs needed to beat England from the final ball of a thrilling one-day international, and she struck the winning boundary to deliver a stunning three-wicket victory.

Aimee Maguire took a wicket on her 18th birthday in Belfast  but that was all Ireland had to celebrate as they were blown away by England in the second one-day international to lose the series 2-0 with one to play.

Tammy Beaumont scored her 10thODI hundred and became the highest century-maker in women's ODIs for England as her side recorded a 275-run win over Ireland at Stormont.

IT’S been a sort of homecoming this weekend for Amy Hunter. The Ireland wicketkeeper/bat last week moved to Dublin where she will shortly begin a course at UCD, but she turned around fairly sharply to go back up the M1/A1 for one last appointment in her native Belfast.

Kate Cross takes six wickets as England survive a scare in the first ODI at Stormont.

ALICE TECTOR fulfilled a childhood dream when she made her debut for Ireland against Sri Lanka last month at the age of 16, and she is back in Belfast hoping for a chance to ruffle England’s feathers in another ICC Women’s Championship series.

Sri Lanka batter Harshitha Samarawickrama, Ireland all-rounder Orla Prendergast and opener Gaby Lewis have been short-listed for the ICC Player of the Month for August.

Ireland U19 Women were beaten by the ECB XI in the final at Loughborough having beaten Scotland in Saturday's semi-final.

There was good news for Irish cricket fans on Sunday with Orla Prendergast being selected by Adelaide Strikers for the Women's Big Bash League.

Ireland Under 19 Women beat an ECB XI by 34 runs at Loughborough.

Ireland Women’s recently-appointed National Spin Bowling Coach, James Cameron-Dow, believes Ireland’s spin bowling stocks represent a small but exciting group that have a big future in the game.

Ireland Women’s ODI and T20I squads have been named ahead of the five-match England Women’s series in Ireland next month.

Realistic hopes of a 3-0 Ireland sweep of their ICC World Championship series against Sri Lanka lasted approximately three minutes in Belfast as Sarah Forbes and Amy Hunter fell to the first two balls of the final one-day international.

Orla Prendergast led Ireland to a second sensational one-day international victory over Sri Lanka in Belfast yesterday and to a winning 2-0 lead in their three-match ICC World Championship series.

Orla Prendergast had the game of her life in Belfast taking a career-best 3-25 and following it with a magnificent unbeaten century as Ireland beat Sri Lanka by three wickets in the first of three one-day internationals.

There was more good news for Irish international Orla Prendergast on Friday as The Blaze confirmed her signing for the rest of the 2024 season.

GABY LEWIS will captain a ‘buzzing’ Ireland team in the first of three one-day internationals against Sri Lanka in Belfast today and will look to carry her stunning T20 form into the longer matches.

A superb century by Gaby Lewis led Ireland to victory over Asian Cup champions Sri Lanka in Sydney Parade last night. In a thrilling finish, Ireland’s under-fire bowling attack held their collective nerve and closed out a notable win in what has become Fortress Pembroke.

GABY LEWIS led the way with a superb 119 from 75 balls at Sydney Parade last night as Ireland pipped Sri Lanka by seven runs in a thriller to tie their two-match T20 international series.

Ireland have been forced to make a change after Una Raymond-Hoey sustained an injury in Sunday’s match. Sarah Forbes has been called up.

GABY LEWIS top-scored with 39 from 33 balls in an Ireland total of 145-6 at Sydney Parade yesterday before Sri Lanka eased to a seven-wicket victory in the first of back-to-back T20 internationals.

LAURA DELANY will be hoping to bounce back from the disappointment of not qualifying for the T20 World Cup by adding Sri Lanka to Ireland’s list of conquests when the two sides meet at Sydney Parade on Sunday and again on Tuesday.

Ireland top-order batter, Una Raymond-Hoey, has been plying her trade Down Under for the last five years, but is quickly getting back into the swing of Irish cricket ahead of a big month for the senior squad.

The Warriors went top of the Future Series table after a 7-wickets win against Leinster at North County.

Aimee Maguire's six-wicket haul led the Scorchers to a 65-run win against Typhoons in a low scoring match at Oak Hill.

AMY HUNTER scored an unbeaten 134 but it wasn’t enough to lead the Dragons to victory in their Super Series title shoot-out with the Scorchers at North County.

Orla Prendergast hit a superb unbeaten 159 to lead the Dragons to a 32-run win over the Typhoons in the Super Series at Bready on Sunday.

Christina Coulter-Reilly and Alice Tector have received their first call ups – Tector is the younger sister of Ireland Men’s international Harry Tector. Una Raymond-Hoey makes her return to the senior squad having played her last international in 2019.

At Bready yesterday, Dragons made it two wins out of two in the Super50 Series with a 33 runs (DLS) victory over the Scorchers.

Orla Prendergast's brilliant all-round effort ensured the Dragons began their double quest with a comfortable five wickets win against the Typhoons at North County. 

Dragons made it three wins out of three in the Super20 Series with victory in Sunday's game against the Scorchers at Oak Hill.

Ireland Under 19's won both their matches against Jersey on Sunday.

Ireland Under-19s Women will take on Jersey Women’s senior side in two T20s on Sunday 23 June marking the start of the match practice phase of preparations ahead of the 2025 ICC Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup in Malaysia. 

Ireland Women have unveiled a total of 23 contracts, 12 of whom have been handed full-time deals.

Gaby Lewis put in a Player of the Match performance to lead the Scorchers to a three-wicket win against the Dragons at Oak Hill. 

A half century from Amy Hunter and a five-wicket haul by Cara Murray inspired the Dragons to a 21-run win over defending champions Typhoons in a rain-affected Super Series opener at Belmont.

Ed Joyce's T20 philosophy has brought enough success to suggest that Sunday was a blip rather than an indictment on the squad as a whole.

LAURA DELANY could not hide her disappointment and dismay in Abu Dhabi as Ireland lost to Scotland by eight wickets in a do-or-die semi-final of the T20 World Cup Qualifier, and missed out on a place in the tournament proper.

Ireland will play Scotland tomorrow for a place in the T20 World Cup finals this autumn after beating the Netherlands by 54 runs in Abu Dhabi last night to finish top of Group B with a 100 per cent record.

Eimear Richardson helped secure Ireland’s place in the last four of the T20 World Cup Qualifier with miserly spell of 3-8 last night  as her side saw off minnows Vanuatu by nine wickets at the Tolerance Oval in Abu Dhabi.

Amy Hunter and Gaby Lewis compiled their third century partnership together in Abu Dhabi yesterday to set Ireland on the way to a comfortable 56-run victory over Zimbabwe in Group B of the T20 World Cup Qualifier.

Amy Hunter and Gaby Lewis sizzled with a 130-run, opening partnership to help Ireland post their fifth-highest total in women’s T20Is.

EIMEAR RICHARDSON showed her experience in Abu Dhabi yesterday as Ireland began their T20 World Cup qualifying campaign with an ultimately comfortable six-wicket victory over the United Arab Emirates.

CIARA METCALFE was born too early. If the 45-year-old was in her prime and available to partner fellow leg-spinner Cara Murray, then Ireland would be a shoo-in not only to reach the T20 World Cup finals but to win this month’s qualifying tournament in Abu Dhabi.

T20 World Cups have never been happy hunting grounds for Ireland’s women cricketers. In four previous tournaments they have lost all 17 of their games but there are great hopes for this year’s tournament, to be staged in Bangladesh in September.

Ireland Women bounced back from their loss to Scotland with a morale boosting four-wicket victory over the USA in their second and final warm-up game of the T20 World Cup qualifiers.

To play once for your country is an incredible honour for any sportswoman or sportsman. Lynne Cantwell won the most rugby caps for Ireland, 78, while Emma Byrne (134) tops the list in football.

Laura Delany celebrated her 200th cap for Ireland by hitting the winning runs in an eight-wicket win over Thailand in Dubai on Thursday night.

Ireland Women's T20I clash with Thailand has been abandoned without a ball bowled, but they did manage to beat the UAE in a capped game on Sunday evening.

EIMEAR RICHARDSON returns to a 15-strong Ireland squad for next month’s T20 World Cup qualifiers in Dubai where the Girls in Green will look to book their passage to the finals in Bangladesh in the autumn.

Eimear Richardson has been named in Ireland's squad for the T20 World Cup Qualifiers next month which is being held in the UAE.

Amy Hunter has been named the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for January, coming top of a worldwide poll ahead of Australian greats Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney.

Amy Hunter has been further rewarded for her record-breaking exploits in Zimbabwe by being voted International Women’s Player of the Month for January, the second time an Ireland player has won the title in six months.

Amy Hunter is named the ICC Women’s Player of the Month thanks to her rapid run-scoring feats in Ireland’s T20I series victory over Zimbabwe last month.

The records keep tumbling for Amy Hunter, still less than four months after her 18th birthday, but the Belfast schoolgirl is taking it all in her stride and a whole cricket career ahead of her.

Amy Hunter and Cara Murray were the stand out performers for Ireland Women on their recently concluded tour where they won seven and tied one of their eight matches.

LAURA DELANY produced a superb spell of 3-17 to lead Ireland to a 5-0 clean sweep of their T20 international series at the Harare Sports Club as Zimbabwe imploded spectacularly to lose by 14 runs.

Orla Prendergast cleared the ropes from the penultimate ball of the match to hand her side a nine-wicket win in a rain-curtailed eight-overs match in Harare.

Laura Delany marked her 100th T20 international appearance with an unbeaten half-century at the Harare Sports Club yesterday as her Ireland side beat Zimbabwe by 60 runs

AMY HUNTER remained unbeaten for a second successive T20 international in Harare yesterday, adding 77 not out to her century on Friday as Ireland took a 2-0 lead over Zimbabwe in the five-match series.

Sophie MacMahon has been ruled out of the remainder of the T20I series against Zimbabwe after sustaining a knee injury during Friday's win in the first game.

AMY HUNTER scored a record-breaking unbeaten century at the Harare Sports Club yesterday to set Ireland on the way to a 57-run victory over Zimbabwe in the first of a five-match T20 international series.

Amy Hunter loves the Harare Sports Club. On the ground where she scored her first century for Ireland on her 16th birthday, she added a second on Friday (aged 18 and 107 days) as Ireland won the first T20 international against Zimbabwe by 57 runs.

LAURA DELANY will be looking to emulate Paul Stirling today by leading her Ireland side to double glory in Zimbabwe as their five-match T20 international series gets underway at the Harare Sports Club.

CARA MURRAY became the first Ireland woman to take six wickets in a one-day international as a magical spell of leg spin delivered a 81-run victory over Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club, and a 2-0 series win.

Jane Maguire took Ireland to within a run of victory and a series win over Zimbabwe in Harare but after seeing Ava Canning run out off the penultimate delivery of a thrilling chase she missed the final ball and the match was tied.

GABY LEWIS launched a boundary blitz at the Harare Sports Club to fire Ireland to a 10-wicket DLS victory over Zimbabwe and a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three one day international series.

Orla Prendergast struck an unbeaten half-century as Ireland warmed up for tomorrow’s first one-day international against Zimbabwe with a convincing 158-run DLS victory over their hosts’ A-team at the Harare Sports Club.

Amy Hunter is preparing to return to the scene of her record-breaking arrival on the world stage when Ireland leave for a three-week tour of Zimbabwe on Friday.

ED JOYCE can look back on 2023 with quiet satisfaction as a year of steady and measurable progress for his Ireland women’s team, but also as one of missed opportunities.