6 months ago
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Third ODI, Belfast
England 153 (20.5 overs): Beaumont 52 (42); A Maguire 5-19
Ireland 155-7 (22 overs): Lewis 72 (56); Villiers 3-30
Ireland won by three wickets (DLS method)
Ireland overcame a chaotic batting collapse to earn a consolation three-wicket victory in the rain-affected third and final one-day international, their first win over England in the format since 2001.
With eight needed from the final over, Ireland lost three wickets in three balls before Alana Dalzell struck the winning boundary from the final ball of the match.
They were cruising to their target of 155 from 22 overs, needing 18 from the final three with eight wickets in hand, before Lauren Filer took two wickets in the 19th over to get England back in the hunt.
Then the drama unfolded in the final over bowled by spinner Mady Villiers, with Una Raymond-Hoey run out before Alice Tector and Jane Maguire both fell for first-ball ducks.
But Dalzell, coming in at number nine, held her nerve and smacked her first ball down the ground, where it was misjudged by Hollie Armitage at long-on and trickled over the ropes to give Ireland their historic win.
