Bangladesh girls have a chance to win the series today in the second ODI against Ireland in Mirpur. In contrast, the Irish battle to even the series. They have given Bangladesh a target of 194 runs in the important match. After winning the toss and batting first, Ireland women's cricket team scored 193 runs for 6 wickets.
However, Ireland did not get off to a good start. The visitors lost the two openers for 9 and 35 runs. Sarah Forbes was out for 13 and captain Gabby Lewis for 2 runs. However, the visitors turned around with the determination of Amy Hunter and Orla Prendergast in the third wicket. The pair averaged 91 runs and contributed to the team's score of two hundred.
But in the 35th over, Orla Prendergast (37 runs off 72 balls) went for a single and was run out by Rabeya Khan's direct throw. In the same over, Amy Hunter, who scored 68 off 88 balls, was left lbw by Swarna Akhtar in the 5th delivery. Irish lost batting momentum after losing two consecutive wickets.
Number five Laura Delaney tried to put up some resistance. However, after scoring 33 runs off his 50 balls, he was run out while taking a double in the last over of the innings. In the last over of the match, Una Raymond-Hoyo (21*) took a double at mid-on with the number three ball and Laura Delaney was run out due to a misunderstanding between them. In the end, Ireland collected 193 runs after losing 6 wickets in 50 overs.
Among the Bangladeshi bowlers, spinner Sultana Khatun was the most successful. He picked up 2 important wickets with just 32 runs in 10 overs. Nahida Akhtar and Swarna Akhtar got one wicket each. 2 run outs from the fielders gave the crucial break-through.
