West Indies women's cricket team in Ireland in 2019

The West Indies women's cricket team toured Ireland to play the Ireland women's cricket team in May 2019.^[1][2] The tour consisted of three Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), which took place directly before the West Indies women's team toured England.^[3][4] The West Indies won the series 3–0.^[5]

	Ireland women	West Indies women
Dates	26 – 29 May 2019
Captains	Laura Delany[n 1]	Stafanie Taylor
Twenty20 International series
Results	West Indies women won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Kim Garth (142)	Hayley Matthews (143)
Most wickets	Kim Garth (4)	Afy Fletcher (6)
Player of the series	Hayley Matthews (WI)

Ahead of the series, Cricket Ireland awarded part-time professional contracts to six of its players.^[6] Ireland's captain, Laura Delany, suffered an injury during the first match which ruled her out of the rest of the series. Kim Garth was named as Ireland's captain in her place.^[7]

Squads

WT20Is
Ireland[8]	West Indies[9]
Laura Delany (c) Kim Garth Shauna Kavanagh Anna Kerrison Gaby Lewis Louise Little Sophie MacMahon Lara Maritz Naomi Matthews Leah Paul Celeste Raack Una Raymond-Hoey Rebecca Stokell Mary Waldron	Stafanie Taylor (c) Hayley Matthews (vc) Shemaine Campbelle Shamilia Connell Britney Cooper Deandra Dottin Afy Fletcher Chinelle Henry Stacy-Ann King Kycia Knight Kyshona Knight Natasha McLean Chedean Nation Karishma Ramharack Shakera Selman

Reniece Boyce, Shanika Bruce, Britney Cooper, Shabika Gajnabi, Sheneta Grimmond and Shawnisha Hector were also named as reserve players for the West Indies.^[10] Ahead of the tour, Deandra Dottin was ruled out of the West Indies' squad due to injury, and was replaced by Britney Cooper.^[11] Anna Kerrison was added to Ireland's squad for the last two matches.^[12]

WT20I series

1st WT20I

26 May 2019 14:00 Scorecard

West Indies  139/4 (20 overs)	v	Ireland 75 (18.4 overs)
Stafanie Taylor 75 (53) Celeste Raack 1/16 (4 overs)		Kim Garth 45 (55) Afy Fletcher 4/14 (3.4 overs)

West Indies Women by 64 runs YMCA Cricket Club, Dublin Umpires: Azam Baig (Ire) and Paul Reynolds (Ire)

• West Indies Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Louise Little, Sophie MacMahon, Una Raymond-Hoey and Rebecca Stokell (Ire) all made their WT20I debuts.

2nd WT20I

28 May 2019 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

West Indies  157/6 (20 overs)	v	Ireland 112/6 (20 overs)
Stacy-Ann King 34 (45) Kim Garth 3/22 (4 overs)		Kim Garth 51* (48) Stacy-Ann King 2/15 (4 overs)

West Indies Women won by 45 runs Sydney Parade, Dublin Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Philip Thompson (Ire)

• West Indies Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Anna Kerrison (Ire) made her WT20I debut.

3rd WT20I

29 May 2019 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

West Indies  188/1 (20 overs)	v	Ireland 116/3 (20 overs)
Hayley Matthews 107* (62) Sophie MacMahon 1/36 (4 overs)		Mary Waldron 55* (62) Stafanie Taylor 2/19 (3 overs)

West Indies Women won by 72 runs Sydney Parade, Dublin Umpires: Azam Baig (Ire) and Mark Hawthorne (Ire)

• Ireland Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Hayley Matthews (WI) scored her first century in WT20Is.^[13]

Notes

1. Kim Garth captained Ireland in the second and third WT20Is.

References

1. "Ireland Women to face Windies, Zimbabwe and Scotland in 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
2. "Ireland v West Indies: Young Ireland squad ready for West Indies challenge". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
3. "Three double-headers announced among 12-match international summer schedule for Ireland Women". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
4. "Ireland Women to play West Indies, Zimbabwe and Scotland in summer series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
5. "West Indies complete T20 whitewash against Ireland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
6. "Ireland Women receive first ever part-time professional contracts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
7. "Kim Garth to stand in as Ireland Women captain". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
8. "Ireland Women's squad announced for West Indies series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
9. "West Indies recall Hayley Matthews, Stacy-Ann King for Ireland, England tours". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
10. "Matthews, King return for West Indies tour of Ireland and England". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
11. "Deandra Dottin to miss West Indies' England-Ireland tour, Britney Cooper called up". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
12. "Kim Garth elevated to national captaincy in absence of injured Delany". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
13. "Brutal Matthews ton sets up Windies Women for big win over Ireland in series finale". SportsMax. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo