Bangladesh Women vs Ireland Women (Photo Credits: Twitter)
Bangladesh Women's National Cricket Team vs Ireland Women's National Cricket Team Match Scorecard: Bangladesh Women's National Cricket Team vs Ireland Women's National Cricket Team The second match of the three-match T20 series was played on 07 December (Saturday) at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet. Ireland women's cricket team has taken a 2-0 lead in the three-match series by defeating Bangladesh women's team by 47 runs in the second T20 match played at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. In this match, the excellent performance of Ireland captain Laura Delaney and Orla Prendergast played an important role in the team's victory. Also read: Ireland set a target of 135 runs for Bangladesh in the second T20, Laura Delany and Orla Prendergast played explosive innings; See the scorecard of the first inning here
Ireland won the toss and decided to bat first and scored 134/5 in 20 overs. Captain Laura Delany scored 35 runs for the team, which included 4 fours in her 25-ball innings. Orla Prendergast played an important inning of 32 runs, while Amy Hunter scored 23 runs. Nahida Akhtar bowled effectively for Bangladesh and took 2 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs. Jahanara Alam and Jannatul Ferdous tried to stop Ireland from scoring a big score by taking one wicket each.
Bangladesh women's team had a bad start while chasing the target of 134 runs. The team lost wickets at regular intervals, due to which the hopes of reaching the target were fading. Opener Sharmin Akhtar scored 38 runs, but she could not get support from other batsmen. Shorna Akhtar contributed 20 runs, but her innings was also insufficient to take the team on the path to victory. The entire team was reduced to 87 runs in 17.1 overs. Orla Prendergast performed brilliantly in bowling for Ireland. He took 3 wickets for just 13 runs in 3.1 overs. Apart from them, Arlene Kelly and captain Laura Delaney also impressed in bowling, both took 2 wickets each.
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