wa2378 wo346 wwc153	England Women v Ireland Women
	CricInfo Women's World Cup 2000/01
Venue	Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln on 7th December 2000 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Ireland Women won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England Women won by 8 wickets
Points	England Women 2; Ireland Women 0
Umpires	RS Dunne, SJA Taufel
Scorers	J Cohen, MR Collin
Reserve Umpire	PR Williams
Player of the Match	CE Taylor

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Ireland Women innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
KN Young	c SC Taylor b Pearson	2	31	37	-	-	6.45
+AM Linehan	b CE Taylor	8	14	17	2	-	57.14
CM Beggs	lbw b CE Taylor	5	20	32	-	-	25.00
*ME Grealey	c Cassar b Pearson	0	1	1	-	-	0.00
C O'Neill	run out	25	65	63	3	-	38.46
CM O'Leary	lbw b CE Taylor	0	2	1	-	-	0.00
NH Squire	c Leng b Connor	10	53	63	-	-	18.87
SA Young	c Cassar b CE Taylor	11	28	24	1	-	39.29
IMHC Joyce	lbw b Connor	26	38	36	5	-	68.42
CJ Metcalfe	run out	1	8	13	-	-	12.50
BM McDonald	not out	1	6	12	-	-	16.67
Extras	(1 lb, 13 w)	14
Total	(all out, 155 minutes, 44.2 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Linehan, 5.2 ov), 2-17 (KN Young, 10.1 ov), 3-18 (Grealey, 10.2 ov), 4-23 (Beggs, 13.1 ov), 5-23 (O'Leary, 13.3 ov), 6-61 (O'Neill, 29.2 ov), 7-72 (Squire, 33.4 ov), 8-78 (SA Young, 36.6 ov), 9-92 (Metcalfe, 41.1 ov), 10-103 (Joyce, 44.2 ov)

England Women bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Pearson	10	4	21	2	3	-	30.00	2.10
CE Taylor	10	2	25	4	4	-	15.00	2.50
Reynard	10	2	29	0	1	-	-	2.90
Holden	10	3	26	0	1	-	-	2.60
Connor	4.2	3	1	2	-	-	13.00	0.23

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England Women innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
A Thompson	not out	44	89	98	5	-	49.44
KM Leng	st Linehan b Metcalfe	16	27	29	2	-	59.26
BA Daniels	c Beggs b KN Young	31	35	48	5	-	88.57
SC Taylor	not out	5	26	19	-	-	19.23
*CJ Connor	did not bat
+J Cassar	did not bat
MA Reynard	did not bat
D Holden	did not bat
CE Taylor	did not bat
LJ Harper	did not bat
LC Pearson	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 8 w)	9
Total	(2 wickets, 98 minutes, 29.3 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Leng, 9.2 ov), 2-91 (Daniels, 23.1 ov)

Ireland Women bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
McDonald	7	1	19	0	2	-	-	2.71
O'Neill	6	1	27	0	-	-	-	4.50
Metcalfe	3	0	19	1	2	-	18.00	6.33
Joyce	3	0	12	0	-	-	-	4.00
SA Young	5	1	10	0	2	-	-	2.00
KN Young	5.3	1	17	1	2	-	33.00	3.09

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Notes
--> Ireland Women innings: 50 in 26 overs
--> Ireland Women innings: 100 in 43 overs
--> England Women innings: 50 in 13.4 overs
--> England Women innings: 100 in 28.4 overs
--> A Thompson passed her previous highest score of 33 in Women's ODI matches
--> KM Leng passed 500 runs in Women's ODI matches when she reached 5

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12th men: NJ Shaw (Eng Women) and CMA Shillington (Ireland Women)
CricInfo Player of the Match: CE Taylor (Eng Women) - 3 points; A Thompson (Eng Women) - 2 points; IM Joyce (Ireland Women) - 1 point
MA Reynardbowled 1 wide worth 5 runs