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| Association | Cricket Ireland | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Gaby Lewis | |||||||||
| Coach | Ed Joyce | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Full member (2017) Associate member (1993) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Europe | |||||||||
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| Women's Tests | ||||||||||
| Only WTest | v  Pakistan at College Park, Dublin; 30–31 July 2000 | |||||||||
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| Women's One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WODI | v  Australia at Ormeau Cricket Ground, Belfast; 28 June 1987 | |||||||||
| Last WODI | v  England at Stormont, Belfast; 11 September 2024 | |||||||||
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| Women's World Cup appearances | 5 (first in 1988) | |||||||||
| Best result | 4th (1988) | |||||||||
| Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances | 4 (first in 2003) | |||||||||
| Best result | Champions (2003) | |||||||||
| Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WT20I | v  West Indies at Kenure, Dublin; 27 June 2008 | |||||||||
| Last WT20I | v England at Castle Avenue, Clontarf; 15 September 2024 | |||||||||
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| Women's T20 World Cup appearances | 4 (first in 2014) | |||||||||
| Best result | 1st round (2014, 2016, 2018, 2023) | |||||||||
| Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 4 (first in 2013) | |||||||||
| Best result | Champions (2015) | |||||||||
| As of 15 September 2024 | ||||||||||
The Ireland women's cricket team represents Ireland in international women's cricket. Cricket in Ireland is governed by Cricket Ireland and organised on an All-Ireland basis, meaning the Irish women's team represents both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Ireland made its One-Day International (ODI) debut in 1987, against Australia, and the following year played at the 1988 World Cup, making the first of five appearances at the tournament. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Ireland was considered to be a top-level team, playing regular ODI series and placing as high as fifth at the World Cup (in 1993, out of eight teams). In 2000, the team played its only Test match, defeating the Pakistan women's team. Although it still retains ODI status, Ireland has not qualified for a World Cup since the 2005 event. The team has, however, qualified for the ICC World Twenty20 on two occasions, in 2014 and 2016. In December 2018, Cricket Ireland offered professional contracts to the women players for the first time.[8]
In April 2021, the ICC awarded permanent Test and One Day International (ODI) status to all full member women's teams.[9]
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- ^ "Women's Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Women's Test matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "WODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "WODI matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "WT20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Cricket Ireland to offer professional contracts to women for the first time". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ "The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board and Committee meetings have concluded following a series of virtual conference calls". ICC. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.