Ireland women's cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2023–24
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The Ireland women's cricket team toured Zimbabwe in January and February 2024 to play the Zimbabwe women's cricket team.[1] The tour consisted of three One Day International (ODI) and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[2] The T20I matches formed part of both teams' preparations for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier.[3]
Ireland women's cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2023–24 | |||
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Zimbabwe | Ireland | ||
Dates | 18 January – 2 February 2024 | ||
Captains | Mary-Anne Musonda | Laura Delany | |
One Day International series | |||
Results | Ireland won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||
Most runs | Ashley Ndiraya (113) | Gaby Lewis (115) | |
Most wickets |
Loreen Tshuma (4) Kelis Ndhlovu (4) | Cara Murray (10) | |
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | Ireland won the 5-match series 5–0 | ||
Most runs | Kelis Ndhlovu (157) | Amy Hunter (240) | |
Most wickets | Kelis Ndhlovu (4) | Laura Delany (8) | |
Player of the series | Amy Hunter (Ire) |
Ireland comfortably won the rain-affected first ODI by 10 wickets.[4] The second match ended in a rain-affected tie.[5] Ireland won the third game by 81 runs,[6] and therefore won the ODI series 2–0.[7][8]
The tourists won the first T20I by 57 runs.[9] During the match, Amy Hunter became the first Irish woman, and the third Irish cricketer (men or women), to score a century in both T20Is and ODIs.[10][11] Ireland also won the next two matches of the series to take an unassailable lead in the T20I series.[12][13] Ireland won the rain-curtailed fourth match by 9 wickets.[14] The tourists went on to win the fifth game by 14 runs,[15] and therefore swept the T20I series 5-0.[16]