England accomplished a sequence clear sweep in opposition to Ireland with a dominant victory within the third one-day worldwide at Worcester.
Sophia Dunkley starred with a century as England completed their innings on 291 all out, and Eire had been by no means near threatening that whole, taking place by 114 runs.
Eire gained the toss and selected to bowl, and Orla Prendergast thought she had trapped Dunkley in entrance with the rating on simply two, however England reviewed the choice and the replay confirmed the ball had hit the bat.
Dunkley emphatically made probably the most of her second likelihood, happening to make 119, her highest one-day worldwide rating.
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Century
The 28-year-old and fellow opener Maia Bouchier placed on 61 within the first energy play earlier than Bouchier gave a catch to Gaby Lewis off the bowling of Kia McCartney when she regarded set on 39.
Dunkley reached her second ODI century off precisely 100 balls, dominating a partnership of 110 with Jodi Grewcock, who fell for 35 to a tender caught-and-bowled from Cara Murray.
Alice Capsey was then unlucky to be run out after McCartney deflected Dunkley’s drive onto the stumps.
Dunkley’s innings got here to an finish with England on 214 when Prendergast caught her on the boundary, and the house aspect’s innings started to unravel after Freya Kemp was caught by Lewis at long-off.
Within the ascendancy
They misplaced their closing six wickets for simply 31 runs, together with Dani Gibson for 41, with Murray ending with 4 wickets for 56 runs from her 10 overs.
Arlene Kelly, in the meantime, claimed a wicket in her closing worldwide for Eire, with Ryana MacDonald-Homosexual selecting out Murray.
A smattering of rain within the interval didn’t disrupt the competition, and England had been within the ascendancy all through Eire’s reply.
Eire managed solely 39 from the primary energy play and misplaced Lewis, who gave Lauren Filer her fiftieth worldwide wicket when she picked out MacDonald-Homosexual at positive leg.
Efficient
Eire progressed cautiously to 80 for one earlier than Tilly Corteen-Coleman bowled Alice Tector for 29, and Mady Villiers was subsequent among the many wickets, with Capsey stumping Amy Hunter for 39.
One other stumping left the guests on 127 for 4, Rebecca Stokell coming down the wicket however lacking a brief ball from MacDonald-Homosexual, and Prendergast despatched a skier off Villiers into the arms of Bouchier.
The Eire tail provided little resistance, with their closing 5 wickets falling for simply 10 runs.
That included Kelly managing simply two runs, the 32-year-old’s a hundred and tenth and closing match for Eire ending when she chipped Charlie Dean to MacDonald-Homosexual.
Filer and Villiers had been notably efficient, ending with three wickets apiece, whereas Tilly Corteen-Coleman took two for 34 from her eight overs as Eire had been bowled out with greater than 5 overs remaining.
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