Ireland women's under-19 cricket team explained

The Ireland women's under-19 cricket team represents Ireland in international under-19 women's cricket. The team is administrated by Cricket Ireland.

The team played their first official matches at the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, the first ever international women's under-19 cricket competition, in which they reached the Super Six round.^{[1] [2]}

History

The inaugural Women's Under-19 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] The tournament was eventually scheduled to take place in 2023, in South Africa. As a Full Member of the ICC, Ireland qualified automatically for the tournament.^[4]

Ireland announced their 15-player squad for the tournament on 1 December 2022. Glenn Querl, Head Coach of Scorchers, was chosen as Head Coach of the side for the tournament.^[5] At the tournament, Ireland qualified for the Super Six from the initial group stage, beating Indonesia, but lost all their matches in their Super Six group.^[2]

Squad

For their tour to South Africa for a 5 match T20 series in October 2024 a 14 player squad was named, to be captained by Amy Hunter.^[6]

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Abbi Harrison	18	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Annabel Squires	18	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-spin
Millie Spence		Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Lucy Neely		Right-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Julie McNally	17	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Alice Walsh	18	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Amy Hunter	19	Right-handed	–	Captain
Spin Bowlers
Freya Sargent	18	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Vice-Captain
Aimee Maguire	18	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Kia McCartney	19	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Seam Bowlers
Alice Tector	16	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Niamh MacNulty	17	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Vice-Captain
Ellie McGee	18	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Lara McBride		Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Players with senior international caps are listed in bold.

Records & statistics

International match summary

As of 23 January 2023

Playing records
Format	M	W	L	T	D/NR	Inaugural match
Youth Women's Twenty20 Internationals	5	1	4	0	0	15 January 2023

Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations

As of 23 January 2023

ICC Full members
Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
	1		0	1	0	0	21 January 2023
	1		0	1	0	0	23 January 2023
	1	0	1	0	0	17 January 2023
	1	0	1	0	0	15 January 2023

Associate members
Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	0	19 January 2023	19 January 2023

Under-19 World Cup record

Ireland's U-19 Twenty20 World Cup Record
Year	Result
2023	Super 6	–	16	5	1	4	0	0
2025	To be determined
2027
Total				5	1	4	0	0

Notes and References

1. Web site: South Africa to host inaugural ICC U19 T20 World Cup . Women's CricZone . 10 April 2022 . 2 January 2023.
2. Web site: ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup 2022/23 . ESPNcricinfo . 1 February 2023.
3. Web site: ICC postpones 2021 Women's World Cup Qualifier due to COVID-19 . Women's CricZone . 12 May 2020 . 2 January 2023.
4. Web site: Excitement builds ahead of inaugural ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup as Qualifier begins . International Cricket Council . 31 May 2022 . 2 January 2023.
5. Web site: Ireland Under-19s women's squad announced for first-ever Under-19 World Cup . Cricket Ireland . 1 December 2022 . 2 January 2023 . 30 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230130121320/https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/ireland-under-19s-womens-squad-announced-for-first-ever-under-19-world-cup . dead .
6. Web site: Sihra . Dave . 2024-10-14 . U19s Women's tour squad announced . 2024-10-27 . Cricket Ireland . en-US.