ODI # 346
CricInfo Women's World Cup, 2000/01, 15th Match
England Women v Ireland Women
BIL Oval, Lincoln
7 December 2000 (50-over match)

Result: England Women won by 8 wickets
Points: England Women 2, Ireland Women 0

Toss: Ireland Women
Umpires: RS Dunne and SJA Taufel (Aus)
Player of the Match: CE Taylor

Ireland Women innings (50 overs maximum)                        R   M   B  4 6
KN Young              c SC Taylor        b Pearson              2  37  31  0 0
+A Linehan                               b CE Taylor            8  17  14  2 0
CM Beggs              lbw                b CE Taylor            5  32  20  0 0
*ME Grealey           c Cassar           b Pearson              0   1   1  0 0
C O'Neill             run out (Thompson/Cassar)                25  63  65  3 0
CM O'Leary            lbw                b CE Taylor            0   1   2  0 0
NH Squire             c Leng             b Connor              10  63  53  0 0
SA Young              c Cassar           b CE Taylor           11  24  28  1 0
IMHC Joyce            lbw                b Connor              26  36  38  5 0
CJ Metcalfe           run out (Thompson)                        1  13   8  0 0
BM McDonald           not out                                   1  12   6  0 0
Extras                (lb 1, w 13)                             14
Total                 (all out, 44.2 overs, 155 minutes)      103

FoW: 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).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Pearson                     10      4     21      2 (3w)
CE Taylor                   10      2     25      4 (4w)
Reynard                     10      2     29      0 (1w)
Holden                      10      3     26      0 (1w)
Connor                       4.2    3      1      2

England Women innings (target: 104 runs from 50 overs)          R   M   B  4 6
A Thompson            not out                                  44  98  89  5 0
KM Leng               st Linehan         b Metcalfe            16  29  27  2 0
BA Daniels            c Beggs            b KN Young            31  48  35  5 0
SC Taylor             not out                                   5  19  26  0 0
Extras                (lb 1, w 8)                               9
Total                 (2 wickets, 29.3 overs, 98 minutes)     105

DNB: *CJ Connor, +J Cassar, MA Reynard, D Holden, CE Taylor,
     LJ Harper, LC Pearson.

FoW: 1-28 (Leng, 9.2 ov), 2-91 (Daniels, 23.1 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McDonald                     7      1     19      0 (2w)
O'Neill                      6      1     27      0
Metcalfe                     3      0     19      1 (2w)
Joyce                        3      0     12      0
SA Young                     5      1     10      0 (2w)
KN Young                     5.3    1     17      1 (2w)

• Reserve Umpire: PR Williams
• 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; IMHC Joyce (Ireland Women) - 1 point
• Ireland Women 50 in 26 overs
• Ireland Women 100 in 43 overs
• England Women 50 in 13.4 overs
• England Women 100 in 28.4 overs
• MA Reynardbowled 1 wide worth 5 runs
• Scorers: J Cohen and MR Collin

Team Pages: England Women, Ireland Women.

Ground Page: BIL Oval, Lincoln

Ireland Women Player Pages: KN Young, A Linehan, CM Beggs, ME Grealey, C O'Neill, CM O'Leary, NH Squire, SA Young, IMHC Joyce, CJ Metcalfe, BM McDonald.

England Women Player Pages: A Thompson, KM Leng, BA Daniels, SC Taylor, CJ Connor, J Cassar, MA Reynard, D Holden, CE Taylor, LJ Harper, LC Pearson.

Match Officials' Pages: RS Dunne, SJA Taufel.