Congratulations to Leah Paul and Rebecca Stokell as the Irish Womens secured an important win against the Netherlands as they seek to qualify for the Womens T20 World Cup later in the year.
Ireland batting first got off to a steady start with Gaby Lewis [20] and Amy Hunter [34] putting on 41 for the first wicket. Wickets then began to fall until an important partnership of 39 between Paul [39] and Stokell [17] stabilised the innings and helped Ireland reach a total of 143/9.
This was followed by an excellent bowling performance as Netherlands were bundled out for 45.
The final round of matches are on Sunday and Ireland would have to lose by a very large margin and even then other results to go against them to prevent them qualifying. Ireland play Thailand in the final round.
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