Dublin: Ireland Orla Prendergast delivered a winning world performance, marking 29 points and picking up three counters to lead Ireland to an 11 -point victory on Pakistan in the first T20i of the three -game series at the Clontarf Cricket Club on Wednesday.
Chasing a target of 143, Pakistan failed in their pursuit and only succeeded 131 for 9 out of 20 overs, failing despite a promising effort of the average order.
Natalia Pervaiz obtained the best score for visitors with a lively 39 on 23 balls, while Rameen Shamim cut with a 27 of 20 balls, but the rest of the range of strikers did not offer sustained resistance.
Besides them, the high -level striker Sidra Amin (15), Aliya Riaz and the skipper Fatima Sana, 14 each, could raise the double figures because the others were upgraded by a bowling performance disciplined by Ireland.
PREDERGAST was the choice of quisors for Ireland, taking three counters for only 28 points, followed by Jane Maguire with two, while Canning, Cara Murray and Lara McBride made a scalp each.
First put in the bat, the Ireland strike unit took place on a modest 142 in 19.4 Overs.
The local team took a trembling start to their sleeves while their captain Gaby Lewis (one) was cleaned by the counterpart of Pakistan Sana in the third with only 18 points on the board.
After early stuttering, Hunter was joined by Orla Prendergast in the middle, and together, they raised 45 anchor points for the second window until the opener was finally the victim of Nashra Sandhu in the ninth.
Hunter remained the top scorer in Ireland with a 37 of 30 balls, with five ovens.
Prendergast followed the plunge two letters later when she was dismissed by Rameen Shamim on the 13th after having marked 29 out of 26 deliveries with the help of three limits.
The average striker Leah Paul then knitted a unilateral partnership of 25 points for the fourth ticket office with Laura Delary until he was returned by Sadia Iqbal. She scored 29 discounts out of 18 deliveries with the help of four four.
Paul’s dismissal sparked a decisive collapse of the matches, which saw Ireland lose counters at an alarming rate until it was finally bordered 142 with two balls on the left.
The skipper Fatima Sana was the out -of -competition launcher for Pakistan when she picked up four counters for only 26 points in her four Overs, while Sadia, Nashra, Rameen and Diana Baig made a scalp each.
The 11-point victory helped Ireland ensured an advance of 1-0 in a series of three games against Pakistan, while extending their undefeated sequence in eight games in the shortest format.
