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Ireland Women’s cricket team has completed final preparations ahead of their historic multi-format tour to the West Indies – the squad departs tomorrow ahead of the first match on 26 June 2023.
The tour will involve three One-Day International matches (part of the ICC Women’s Championship) and three T20 Internationals.
Laura Delany, Ireland Women’s captain, said:
“We’re really looking forward to heading off to St Lucia on Wednesday. We had our last Super Series game there on Sunday, so it was great to have a 50-over game ahead of our ODI series, which starts next week. We’ve played a few games over the last week against the Ireland Under-15s Boys, which have been brilliant – they’ve been tough games, but that’s exactly what we want before we head away.
“In terms of our opponent, it’s going to be a new challenge that we’re up for. They’ve a couple of players coming into their squad that didn’t play in our match at the T20 World Cup back in February, and playing in home conditions for them will prove tricky for us. For the majority of the girls in our squad this will be their first time going over there, so it’ll be interesting to see how quickly we can adapt to conditions. I’ve heard it’s meant to be high 30s, but we’ll see when we get over there. Regardless, it’s just going to be an amazing experience to go over there and play in in a stadium which is highly renowned.”
SQUAD
- Laura Delany (capt), Ava Canning, Georgina Dempsey, Amy Hunter, Arlene Kelly, Gaby Lewis, Louise Little, Sophie MacMahon, Aimee Maguire, Cara Murray, Leah Paul, Orla Prendergast, Eimear Richardson, Rebecca Stokell, Mary Waldron.
FIXTURE SCHEDULE
- 26 June: Ireland Women v West Indies Women – 1st ODI (St Lucia; starts 10am local time)
- 28 June: Ireland Women v West Indies Women – 2nd ODI (St Lucia; starts 10am local time)
- 1 July: Ireland Women v West Indies Women – 3rd ODI (St Lucia; starts 3pm local time; D/N)
- 4 July: Ireland Women v West Indies Women – 1st T20I (St Lucia; starts 5pm local time; D/N)
- 6 July: Ireland Women v West Indies Women – 2nd T20I (St Lucia; starts 5pm local time; D/N)
- 8 July: Ireland Women v West Indies Women – 3rd T20I (St Lucia; starts 5pm local time; D/N)
NB: St Lucia is -5 hrs from Dublin.
Broadcast details will be advised by Cricket West Indies in due course.
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