wtt9387 witt2874 wwctt199	Ireland Women v New Zealand Women
	ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup 2026 (Group 2)
Venue	Utilita Bowl, Southampton on 19th June 2026 (20-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Ireland Women won the toss and decided to field
Result	New Zealand Women won by 4 runs
Points	Ireland Women 0; New Zealand Women 2
Umpires	S Redfern, EM Sheridan (Australia)
TV umpire	Shathira Jakir (Bangladesh)
Referee	SA Fritz (South Africa)
Scorers	AL Bateup, FC Newnham
Reserve Umpire	AY Harris
Player of the Match	AC Kerr

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New Zealand Women innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
+IC Gaze	b Prendergast	1	3	5	-	-	2	33.33
GEA Plimmer	c Kelly b Maguire	4	4	3	1	-	3	100.00
*AC Kerr	c Little b Murray	30	24	32	4	-	8	125.00
ML Green	b Prendergast	2	8	8	-	-	6	25.00
BM Halliday	c McBride b Murray	34	37	56	2	-	13	91.89
IG Sharp	c Prendergast b Kelly	36	28	42	4	-	7	128.57
SW Bates	not out	19	12	15	1	1	3	158.33
JM Kerr	not out	5	4	6	-	-	0	125.00
NH Patel	did not bat
RA Mair	did not bat
BG Illing	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 5 w)	9
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 85 minutes, 20 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Plimmer, 0.6 ov), 2-6 (Gaze, 1.1 ov), 3-10 (Green, 3.1 ov), 4-48 (AC Kerr, 8.2 ov), 5-110 (Halliday, 16.4 ov), 6-121 (Sharp, 18.4 ov)

Ireland Women bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Maguire	4	0	32	1	1	-	8	4	-	24.00	8.00
Prendergast	4	0	26	2	2	-	9	-	1	12.00	6.50
Kelly	4	0	25	1	-	-	10	3	-	24.00	6.25
Murray	4	0	26	2	-	-	9	3	-	12.00	6.50
McBride	4	0	27	0	2	-	6	2	-	-	6.75

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Ireland Women innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
+A Hunter	b Illing	2	3	7	-	-	1	66.67
*GH Lewis	c Bates b Mair	58	53	80	6	-	20	109.43
OP Prendergast	c Green b AC Kerr	59	53	65	5	1	19	111.32
RK Stokell	c JM Kerr b AC Kerr	0	2	2	-	-	2	0.00
L Little	not out	5	4	13	-	-	1	125.00
L Paul	not out	8	5	8	-	-	0	160.00
A Tector	did not bat
AN Kelly	did not bat
C Murray	did not bat
AK Maguire	did not bat
LA McBride	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 w)	4
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 88 minutes, 20 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Hunter, 1.5 ov), 2-116 (Prendergast, 17.4 ov), 3-116 (Stokell, 17.6 ov), 4-123 (Lewis, 18.4 ov)

New Zealand Women bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Mair	4	0	31	1	1	-	6	3	-	24.00	7.75
Illing	4	0	18	1	1	-	15	2	-	24.00	4.50
JM Kerr	4	0	23	0	-	-	7	1	-	-	5.75
Patel	3	0	29	0	-	-	5	5	-	-	9.67
AC Kerr	4	0	23	2	-	-	10	-	1	12.00	5.75
Bates	1	0	10	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	10.00

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Notes
--> New Zealand Women powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (31/3)
--> Ireland Women powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (35/1)
--> New Zealand Women innings: 50 in 8.5 overs
--> New Zealand Women innings: 100 in 15.1 overs
--> Ireland Women innings: 50 in 8.4 overs
--> Ireland Women innings: 100 in 15.3 overs
--> AC Kerr passed 2000 runs in Women's International Twenty20 matches when she reached 25
--> IG Sharp passed her previous highest score of 29 in Women's International Twenty20 matches
--> GH Lewis 50 in 46 balls with 5 fours
--> OP Prendergast 50 in 45 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> LA McBride made her debut in England in Women's International Twenty20 matches
--> LA McBride made her debut in England in Women's Twenty20 matches
--> BM Halliday (19) and IG Sharp (29) added 50 in 40 balls for the New Zealand Women 5th wicket
--> GH Lewis (29) and OP Prendergast (22) added 50 in 48 balls for the Ireland Women 2nd wicket
--> GH Lewis (48) and OP Prendergast (52) added 100 in 84 balls for the Ireland Women 2nd wicket

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Over 8.5: Review by New Zealand Women (Bowling), Umpire - EM Sheridan, Batter - GH Lewis (decision upheld)
Over 11.3: Review by Ireland Women (Batting), Umpire - S Redfern, Batter - OP Prendergast (decision overturned)