A primary worldwide five-wicket haul for Issy Wong laid the platform for a six-wicket win in Derby that captured the Metro Financial institution collection towards Ireland.
Two-nil up with one sport left to play is strictly the place England hoped to be after this second match with the bowling and fielding enjoying a starring position within the East Midlands.
Wong leads the best way
And it was Wong’s ‘wobble ball’ that brought on the largest issues for Eire’s batters who struggled to get any of the fluency that they loved a few days earlier.
Solely Amy Hunter made it previous fifty for the guests earlier than she turned the fifth and last wicket in Wong’s tally, getting caught within the deep looking for the boundary.
There had been a consistency to the earlier 4 wickets with two catches for Jodi Grewcock at mid-off and two clear bowled dismissals as Wong saved the stumps in play.
Her 5-33 was the primary five-wicket haul for England in an ODI in virtually precisely two years since Kate Cross took 6-30 towards the identical opposition in Belfast.
Convincing
Two wickets apiece for the spin of Tilly Corteen-Coleman and Mady Villiers meant that England’s goal of 166 wasn’t going to require something just like the file chase in Leicester.
Maia Bouchier and Sophia Dunkley have been once more spectacular on the prime of the order earlier than, on her fiftieth ODI look, Dunkley was run out for 20 after a combination up.
Bouchier fell for 45, however the leisure saved coming with Freya Kemp and Dani Gibson hanging 29 not out and 36 not out respectively, connecting with 4 fours and three sixes respectively to safe the win with 27 overs to spare.
England Women vs Eire Ladies Metro Financial institution ODI Sequence
01 Sep: England Ladies gained by six wickets, Leicester
03 Sep: England Ladies gained by six wickets, Derby
06 Sep: England Ladies vs Eire Ladies, Worcester
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