87/10 (17.1)
CR : 5.07
134/5 (20.0)
CR : 6.70
Ireland Women won by 47 runs 🏆
Player of the Match
Orla Prendergast
3/1332(25)
IREW won by 47 runs
4:27 PM IST and 4:57 PM Local | The Irish women have humbled Bangladesh at home for the second time in two games. After posting 134/5 on the board, the Irish bowlers defended the score like a dream to get home by 47 runs.
Orla Prendergast started off brilliantly with the ball, taking wickets of both the openers - Dilara Akter and Sobhana Mostary - in her first two overs. Arlene Kelly complimented Alana Dalzell each after that by snapping two more wickets to leave Bangladesh crawling at 22/4 inside the powerplay.
Sharmin Akhter and Shorna Akter then tried reviving the Bangladesh innings with a cautious stand. They added 48 runs for the fifth wicket, but those runs came in 42 balls, which ended up bitting them up.
As soon as Shorna Akter got dismantled, the Bangladesh batters started to fall like a pack of cards. They ended up losing six of their batters inside 17 runs as the Irish bowlers bossed them over in Sylhet.
Earlier in the day, Laura Delany (35), Prendergast (32), and Amy Hunter (23) batted brilliantly to help Ireland get to a respectable score.
Orla Prendergast started off brilliantly with the ball, taking wickets of both the openers - Dilara Akter and Sobhana Mostary - in her first two overs. Arlene Kelly complimented Alana Dalzell each after that by snapping two more wickets to leave Bangladesh crawling at 22/4 inside the powerplay.
Sharmin Akhter and Shorna Akter then tried reviving the Bangladesh innings with a cautious stand. They added 48 runs for the fifth wicket, but those runs came in 42 balls, which ended up bitting them up.
As soon as Shorna Akter got dismantled, the Bangladesh batters started to fall like a pack of cards. They ended up losing six of their batters inside 17 runs as the Irish bowlers bossed them over in Sylhet.
Earlier in the day, Laura Delany (35), Prendergast (32), and Amy Hunter (23) batted brilliantly to help Ireland get to a respectable score.
Laura Delany: "It is nice to get the series win. The girls got behind me and we improved our performance from the previous match. I think Orla and Freya started brilliantly in the powerplay and it gave us a head start to the match."
Time for the post match presentations.
Nigar Sultana Joty (Bangladesh Women Captain): "Yeah, actually how we bowled in the next game, we bowled better today. Sobhana and Dilara batted really well in the previous match, it was unfortunate they couldn't bat well today. Sharmin batted really well, but we kept losing wickets at regular intervals. The credit goes to Irish team as well, they bowled according to the set plans."
Player of the Match: Orla Prendergast
Orla Prendergast (Player of the Match): "Thank you. It was definitely a great game. Everyone performed well. They were brilliant in both the games so far in this series. Definitely, we took a lot from the last game."
Gaby Lewis (Ireland Women Captain): "Yeah, I am very happy with the today's performance. I think the message was just to adjust according to the T20 format. Exactly, everyone chipped in and that's the beauty of our team that every player is a match winner."
With this victory, Ireland Women have taken an unassailable lead in this two-match T20I series against Bangladesh Women. But the hosts will be willing to come back on Monday and win the third game for their fans and pride.
For now, this is Arjun Bhalla signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Aditya Agarwal and our scorer/analyst Chandan Kumar Singh. BYE , CHEERS!!
For now, this is Arjun Bhalla signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Aditya Agarwal and our scorer/analyst Chandan Kumar Singh. BYE , CHEERS!!