Isobel Joyce

Isobel Joyce doesn't blink when she tells you that she's as tidy with her inswingers as she was with the copies she edited for the Irish Mail a few years ago.

South Africa produced a near-perfect performance as they humbled Ireland by 67 runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

India scored a comprehensive 125-run victory over Ireland to post their third consecutive win in Group A and sealed a placed in the Super Six stage of the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier on Friday.

Skipper Suzie Bates led from the front with a quickfire half-century as New Zealand Women registered a comprehensive 93-run victory over Ireland Women in their World Twenty20 Group A clash on Friday.

Sri Lankan women's cricket team held their nerves to register a 14-run win over Ireland in the ICC World Twenty20 group match.

World Cup winning-Australia captain Meg Lanning has used the extra time in hand amid the COVID-19 pandemic to provide a virtual batting class to Ireland women's cricket team.

Check live score, ball by ball commentary and scorecard of 2018 ICC Women's Twenty-20 World Cup match between India Women vs Ireland Women on Times of India.

Host India warmed-up for the ICC Women's World T20 with a 29-run win over Ireland in a practice match on Thursday.

The aura of invincibility around the Australia team has faded. Add to that the exposure to competitive T20 that players from West Indies, New Zealand, England and South Africa have got in the Women's Big Bash League, and the Australians will have a task on hand.

India will enter the game against the Irish as overwhelming favourites but skipper Harmanpreet Kaur is aware that her team cannot afford to take things for granted in this mega-event. India are on a roll having convincingly won their first two matches, including against arch-rivals Pakistan two days ago.

Outclassed by three-time champions Australia in their opening match, South Africa will look to turn around their campaign and keep their semifinal hopes alive when they clash with a lowly Ireland in their ICC Women's World Twenty20 match here tomorrow.

Indian women's cricket team skipper Mithali Raj on Wednesday said their first aim is to qualify for the semifinals of the Women's Twenty20 World Cup.

Leg-spinner Sune Luus grabbed five wickets for just eight runs in a sensational bowling spell as South Africa crushed Ireland by 67 runs in their second group match of the Women's World Twenty20 on Wednesday.

Fast-rising India batter Shreyas Iyer was on Monday voted the ICC 'Men's Player of the Month' for February, while New Zealand all-rounder Amelia Kerr bagged the honour among women. Iyer earned the award on the back of his brilliant white-ball exploits during the home series against the West Indies and Sri Lanka respectively last month.

Mithali Raj will be leading the Indian women's cricket team in the ICC World Cup qualifier scheduled to be held in Colombo from February 7-21.