Ireland W VS Zimbabwe W (1st T20)
The ODI series ended two days ago, Zimbabwe lost the series 2-0. Ireland Women's team and Zimbabwe Women's team will meet in the first match of the five-match T20 series in Harare today. Since the T20 format is slightly different, I think the series between the two teams will be competitive. Gaby Lewis is a good batsman for the Ireland Women's T20 format and is also the highest run-scorer in the ODI series. Meanwhile, Zimbabwean batsmen Mary-Anne Musonda, Ashley Ndiraya, Chiedza Dhururu can pose a threat against the women's team. The Harare pitch is a bowling aid, either team winning the toss can decide to field. But overall I think Ireland women's team are favorites in the match.
Ireland women put in a very good performance yesterday. Especially the batting performance of the two opening batsmen of the Ireland team impressed everyone. The women's game is rarely seen with such a performance. Gaby Lewis and Amy Hunter put on a huge opening partnership, scoring 138 runs. Ireland women ended up scoring 191 runs. A target of 192 runs in the T20 format was enough to win. It is very difficult for any team to win by 192 runs.
Zimbabwe women's batsmen did not perform well. No batsman can play big innings with high strike rate. Anyway, with a target of 192 runs, Zimbabwe women went into bat and scored 134 runs in the end. Ireland women won by a huge margin of 54 runs. Ireland Women lead the series 1-0.