The Ireland women's under-19 cricket team represents Ireland in international under-19 women's cricket. The team is administrated by Cricket Ireland.
| Association | Cricket Ireland |
|---|---|
| Personnel | |
| Captain | Amy Hunter |
| Coach | Glenn Querl |
| History | |
| Twenty20 debut | v.  West Indies at Absa Puk Oval, Potchefstroom, South Africa; 16 January 2023 |
| U19 World Cup wins | 0 |
| International Cricket Council | |
| ICC region | Europe |
The team played their first official matches at the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, the first ever international women's under-19 cricket competition, in which they reached the Super Six round.[1][2]
History
editThe inaugural Women's Under-19 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The tournament was eventually scheduled to take place in 2023, in South Africa. As a Full Member of the ICC, Ireland qualified automatically for the tournament.[4]
Ireland announced their 15-player squad for the tournament on 1 December 2022. Glenn Querl, Head Coach of Scorchers, was chosen as Head Coach of the side for the tournament.[5] At the tournament, Ireland qualified for the Super Six from the initial group stage, beating Indonesia, but lost all their matches in their Super Six group.[2]
Squad
editFor their tour to South Africa for a 5 match T20 series in October 2024 a 14 player squad was named, to be captained by Amy Hunter.[6]
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||
| Abbi Harrison | 18 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Annabel Squires | 18 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-spin | |
| Millie Spence | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| Lucy Neely | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| All-rounders | ||||
| Julie McNally | 17 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Alice Walsh | 18 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||
| Amy Hunter | 19 | Right-handed | – | Captain |
| Spin Bowlers | ||||
| Freya Sargent | 18 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Vice-Captain |
| Aimee Maguire | 18 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Kia McCartney | 19 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Seam Bowlers | ||||
| Alice Tector | 16 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Niamh MacNulty | 17 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Vice-Captain |
| Ellie McGee | 18 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Lara McBride | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Players with senior international caps are listed in bold.
Records & statistics
editInternational match summary
As of 23 January 2023
| Playing records | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | D/NR | Inaugural match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Women's Twenty20 Internationals | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 January 2023 |
Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations
As of 23 January 2023
| ICC Full members | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 England |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 January 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Pakistan |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 January 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 New Zealand |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 January 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Indies |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 January 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Associate members | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Indonesia
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 January 2023 | 19 January 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Under-19 World Cup record
edit| Ireland's U-19 Twenty20 World Cup Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Pos | № | Pld | W | L | T | NR |
 2023
|
Super 6 | – | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
  2025
|
To be determined | |||||||
  2027
| ||||||||
| Total | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
References
edit- ^ "South Africa to host inaugural ICC U19 T20 World Cup". Women's CricZone. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ a b "ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup 2022/23". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "ICC postpones 2021 Women's World Cup Qualifier due to COVID-19". Women's CricZone. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Excitement builds ahead of inaugural ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup as Qualifier begins". International Cricket Council. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Ireland Under-19s women's squad announced for first-ever Under-19 World Cup". Cricket Ireland. 1 December 2022. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ Sihra, Dave (14 October 2024). "U19s Women's tour squad announced". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 27 October 2024.