Alana Dalzell hit a 4 off the ultimate ball to provide Eire’s ladies their first ODI victory over England since 2001 in a dramatic end to the rain-hit third one-day worldwide in Belfast.
Three wickets fell within the ultimate over as Mady Villiers appeared to have executed sufficient to show the sport again in England’s favour, just for Dalzell to take full benefit of a misfield from Hollie Armitage and win it off the ultimate supply.
The match had been lowered to 22 overs per facet after four-and-a-half hours have been misplaced to rain, and England have been then bowled out for 153 – regardless of 52 off 42 balls from Tammy Beaumont – as Aimee Maguire claimed 5-19 for Eire.
Gaby Lewis led the Irish cost as they chased down their goal, however the recreation first swung again in England’s favour within the nineteenth over when she edged behind off Lauren Filer to fall for 72 from 56 deliveries.
That was the primary of two wickets within the over as Eire slipped to 138-4 and England discovered some late momentum.
The sport remained on a knife-edge as Eire continued to edge in direction of their goal, however they began the ultimate over needing eight.
After Rebecca Stokell took a single off Villiers’ first ball, Una Raymond-Hoey scored two off the subsequent, solely to be run out from the subsequent supply trying a second run.
Villiers then bowled each Alice Tector and Jane Maguire for geese as England sensed victory, just for Dalzell to return in and hit the lone supply she confronted to the ropes, with Armitage operating previous the ball, maybe hampered by the low solar late within the day.
England had already taken victory within the three-match sequence, however this was greater than a mere comfort win for Eire after a greater than two-decade await a win over the vacationers.
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