Ireland Women announce their squad for the first-ever tour to Pakistan

(Cricket news) The Ireland Women’s squads has been announced for their first-ever tour of Pakistan that will see Ireland play three ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25 fixtures from 4-9 November, which will be followed by three T20Is from 12-16 November. All matches will be played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The visitors will arrive in Lahore on 29 October and will have a four days of practice in the lead-up to the ODI series.

THE SQUADS

ODI squad: Laura Delany (capt), Rachel Delaney, Amy Hunter, Shauna Kavanagh, Arlene Kelly, Gaby Lewis, Louise Little, Jane Maguire, Cara Murray, Leah Paul, Orla Prendergast, Celeste Raack, Eimear Richardson, Rebecca Stokell, Mary Waldron.

T20I squad: Laura Delany (capt), Amy Hunter, Shauna Kavanagh, Arlene Kelly, Gaby Lewis, Louise Little, Sophie MacMahon, Jane Maguire, Cara Murray, Leah Paul, Orla Prendergast, Celeste Raack, Eimear Richardson, Rebecca Stokell, Mary Waldron.

While Ireland and Pakistan have a rich history of international cricket between the two sides which dated back to 60 years, this will be the first time a senior men’s or women’s side Ireland side will have played in Pakistan. Ireland Women and Pakistan Women first met in a match at the 1997 Women’s World Cup, when the Irish team won by 182 runs. The two sides met in a Test match in July 2000 in Dublin. They have in total played each other 34 times across all formats where Pakistan have won 25 and Ireland have won 9 as the last encounter being this summer when Ireland hosted Pakistan as part of a Tri-Series that also involved Australia. Ireland will be the fourth international cricket team to visit Pakistan this year after Australia, West Indies and England men’s sides toured earlier this year.

The fixtures will be:

4 November 2022: Pakistan Women v Ireland Women – 1st ODI (Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; 10am start local time)*
6 November 2022: Pakistan Women v Ireland Women – 2nd ODI (Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; 10am start local time)*
9 November 2022: Pakistan Women v Ireland Women – 3rd ODI (Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; 10am start local time)*
12 November 2022: Pakistan Women v Ireland Women – 1st T20I (Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; 10am start local time)
14 November 2022: Pakistan Women v Ireland Women – 2nd T20I (Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; 10am start local time)
16 November 2022: Pakistan Women v Ireland Women – 3rd T20I (Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; 10am start local time)

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