In the first T20 against Ireland, Bangladesh Women team suffered a heart-breaking loss of 6 runs at Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason, Bready. Due to the rain, the 20 overs match was reduced to 10 overs.
Batting first Ireland Women team scored 58 runs at the cost of 8 wickets after the 10 overs of the game. Chasing down the small total, Bangladesh tigress stopped at 48 runs. Thus Ireland Women Team won the match by 6 runs and lead the series by 1-0.
For Bangladesh, Khadija Tul Kubra was the best bowlers. She took 3 wickets conceding only five runs in two overs. Apart from her Panna Ghosh, Ritu Moni, Fahima Khatun and Rumana Ahmed took 1 wicket each.
Bangladesh lagged behind in terms of boundaries; they only had one boundary in their innings which came from Ayasha’s bat. Ayasha managed to score only 8 runs where the other opener Lata Mondal went back without even scoring.
Fargana Haque made the highest run for the team scoring run-a-ball. Bangladesh required 10 runs from the last over but lost three wickets instead. Lucy O’Reilly took 2 wickets for 5 runs in two overs. Kim Garth, Isobel Joyce took one wicket each.
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