Eire surprised Pakistan Girls within the second T20I of the three-match sequence. They chased down 169 runs with Jane Maguire smashing a six when Eire wanted 4 runs off the final ball to win. With this, she additionally created a singular world report in each males’s and ladies’s cricket historical past.
Eire Girls surprised Pakistan within the second T20I on Friday (August 8) in a last-ball thriller. Jane Maguire was the star for the house crew as she smashed a six when Eire wanted 4 runs off the final ball. She additionally grew to become the primary ever cricketer within the historical past of the game (women and men) to hit a six on her first ball to win a world match on the final doable ball. With this win, Eire additionally sealed the three-match sequence with a sport to go, having gained the opening sport by 11 runs, defending 142 runs.
Pakistan Girls haven’t gained a T20I sequence towards Eire since 2013 and the wait continues for them. Coming again to Jane Maguire, she was distinctive on the ultimate ball because it was additionally the primary ball of her innings. Apparently, it was the twenty seventh T20I of her profession and had not smashed a six till then. Furthermore, Maguire had additionally scored solely 13 runs in eight innings and her unbeaten 6-run knock turned out to be her finest effort with the bat for Eire.
The 22-year-old is primarily a bowler however grew to become an in a single day star after taking her aspect over the road on the final ball with a six off Sadia Iqbal.
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What occurred within the match?
Earlier, Pakistan Girls opted to bat after successful the toss with the sequence on the road and posted 168 runs for the lack of six wickets of their 20 overs. All 5 of their batters crossed the 20-run mark as they hit 20 fours and three sixes of their innings. The rating, on the time, appeared sufficient given the truth that Eire defended 142 runs within the sequence opener.
Nevertheless, the house aspect had been propelled by a half-century from Orla Prendergast as they recovered from 35/3 within the run chase. The 42-run knock from Laura Delany additionally stored them alive within the chase after which got here the cameo from Rebecca Stokell (34* off 16) that took the sport to the ultimate over.
However Stokell went off the strike off the primary ball of the final over and by no means received the strike again. When 4 runs had been wanted off the final supply, Pakistan would’ve fancied their possibilities to stage the sequence. Nevertheless, Jane Maguire had different concepts and she or he completed it off in model.
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