Ireland women batted first and lost two crucial wickets early on. If the opening batsman of any team does not perform well, it becomes difficult for the later batsmen to perform well. Ireland women's performance was not good, except for Orla Prendergast, no batsman could reach half-century. Seeing Ireland women's performance, I thought they would not be able to last 50 overs, finally Ireland women were all out for 210 runs in 46.5 overs. Ireland women could not take advantage at home.
However, a target of 211 runs was not enough to win against a strong side like England Women. Both England women's opening batsmen could not bat well. But the next batsmen batted well. England Women chase down the target in 34.5 overs. However, England Women have won the first match to lead the series. As the series will be of 3 matches, if England Women win the next match, the series will be won. So to level the series, Ireland women need to perform well in the 2nd match and win the match. Looking at the performance of Ireland women at present, I think Ireland women will be whitewashed.
Maybe the opening batsmen of any team cannot perform well in all matches. If the opening batsmen perform poorly in any match, the middle order batsmen of that team have to take responsibility and play well. Maybe that's what Ireland Women's batsmen didn't do properly, which is why they were all out for a meager run against the touring England Women. If we review the batting performance of the Ireland team in the first ODI match between Ireland and England women, we can see that most of their batsmen did not perform well. For the Ireland women's team, all three batsmen, Amy Hunter Orla Prendergast and Leah Paul, managed to perform somewhat well.However, a target of 211 runs was not enough to win against a strong side like England Women. Both England women's opening batsmen could not bat well. But the next batsmen batted well. England Women chase down the target in 34.5 overs. However, England Women have won the first match to lead the series. As the series will be of 3 matches, if England Women win the next match, the series will be won. So to level the series, Ireland women need to perform well in the 2nd match and win the match. Looking at the performance of Ireland women at present, I think Ireland women will be whitewashed.
Ireland Women set a low run target but England Women stumbled early on as their side lost two wickets for 32 runs. However, the situation was handled by Armitage and Scholfield, who built an important partnership of 62 runs from 63 balls. Which helped lay the foundation for England Women's win.
