The New Zealand women's cricket team played the Ireland women's cricket team in June 2018.[1] The tour consisted of one Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) and three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) matches.[2][3] New Zealand won the one-off WT20I match by ten wickets.[4]
In the first WODI match of the series, New Zealand set a new record for the highest innings total, scoring 490/4 in their 50 overs.[5] At the time it was the highest score in either a men's or women's ODI match.[6] This broke the previous record, also held by New Zealand, of 455/5 against Pakistan in 1997.[7]
In the third WODI match, Amelia Kerr of New Zealand made the highest individual score in a WODI match, and became the youngest cricketer, male or female, to score a double century in One Day International cricket, when she scored 232 not out.[8][9] New Zealand went on to win the WODI series 3–0,[10] scoring 400 or more runs in three consecutive matches, becoming the first team in men's or women's ODIs to do so.[8] Kerr finished the WODI series as the leading run-scorer and wicket-taker, and was named the player of the series.[11]
Squads
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Ireland[12]
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New Zealand[13]
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WT20I series
Only WT20I
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Jess Watkin 77* (38)
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- Ireland Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rachel Delaney, Lara Maritz, Cara Murray (Ire) and Jess Watkin (NZ) all made their WT20I debuts.
- Bernadine Bezuidenhout (NZ) made her WT20I debut for New Zealand, after previously playing for South Africa.[14]
- Bernadine Bezuidenhout (NZ) equalled the record for the most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in WT20Is (5).[4]
- Suzie Bates and Jess Watkin made the highest partnership for New Zealand Women and the fifth-largest partnership for any team in W2T0Is.[4]
WODI series
1st WODI
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- New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Cara Murray (Ire) and Jess Watkin (NZ) both made their WODI debuts.
- Suzie Bates and Maddy Green (NZ) scored their tenth and first centuries in WODIs respectively.[15]
- Suzie Bates also became the leading run-scorer for New Zealand Women in WODIs, passing Debbie Hockley's total of 4,064 runs.[16]
- Cara Murray (Ire) returned the worst bowling figures in WODIs.[17]
- New Zealand Women set a new record for the highest innings total in WODIs.[5]
2nd WODI
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- New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd WODI
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- New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Amelia Kerr (NZ) made the highest individual score in WODIs, and became the youngest cricketer, male or female, to score a double century in One Day International cricket.[8][9]
- Leigh Kasperek (NZ) scored her first century in WODIs.[8]
- Amelia Kerr and Leigh Kasperek's partnership of 295 runs was the highest for the second wicket in WODIs.[8]
- Amelia Kerr also took her first five-wicket haul in WODIs.[10]
Notes
- ^ Amy Satterthwaite captained New Zealand Women for the second WODI.
References
- ^ "Ireland Women's international schedule announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "Inaugural international T20 double-header, increased investment announced for women's cricket". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "Jess Watkin, Bernadine Bezuidenhout called up for tour of Ireland and England". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ a b c "Kiwi openers make short work of Ireland target". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ a b "New Zealand women shatter record for highest ODI score". India Today. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ "New Zealand Women smash world record ODI total". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ "Suzie Bates, Maddy Green score centuries as White Ferns post record ODI total". Stuff. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Amelia Kerr sends more records tumbling in Dublin". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ a b "17-year-old Amelia Kerr blasts 232* to record highest individual score in women's ODIs". The Times of India. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Teenage Kerr stars with record 232* and five wickets as New Zealand win big". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ "Kerr 232*, Kasperek 113, New Zealand 440 in another massive win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Laura Delany to lead Ireland Women in busy summer". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ a b "New Zealand women call up Watkin, Bezuidenhout for England tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Cricket: Debutants impress as White Ferns thrash Ireland". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ "New Zealand make the highest ODI total of all time". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ "White Ferns smash world record total, Bates surpasses Hockley". Wisden India. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ "New Zealand women make record ODI total against Ireland in Dublin". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
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