Ireland were well beaten by Pakistan in the first of their two official warm-up matches ahead of the Under 19 World Cup which starts in earnest this weekend.

The Irish innings got off to the worst possible start with Siuin Woods run out first ball, and with Jane Loughran (4) having the same fate, and skipper Amy Hunter (13) going relatively cheaply, the Irish were in trouble at 19 for 3 in the 6th over.

Annabel Squires top-scored with 35, as she and Georgina Dempsey (24) added 56 in just over ten overs, as they rallied to 89 for 6 against a disciplined Pakistan attack.

Wickets for Niamh MacNulty (1-13), Kia McCartney and Zara Craig (both 1-14) gave Ireland early hope, before a boundary blitz from Eyman Fatima.

The Pakistan opener hit 9 fours and 2 sixes in her unbeaten 58 to guide the team to a seven wickets win in the 16th over.

Ireland play their second and final official warm-up match on Wednesday against Rwanda, before meeting the West Indies on Sunday. 

Ireland Women U19s Vs Pakistan Women U19s
1-Innings T20 Match Played At Tuks Oval, Pretoria, 09-Jan-2023, T20 U19 World Cup warm up
Pakistan Women U19s Win by 7 wkts
Toss won by Pakistan Women U19s
Home Side (neutral)
Ireland Women U19s 1st Innings 89/6 Closed (Overs 20)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
S Woods run out Rida Aslam   0 1 1 0 0
A Hunter*   b Aroob Shah 13 22 15 2 0
J Loughran+ run out   4 25 15 0 0
A Squires run out Areesha Noor   35 67 37 2 0
G Dempsey c Aroob Shah b Zaib-un-Nisa 24 47 37 0 0
A Harrison c Shawaal Zulfiqar b Aroob Shah 3 10 10 0 0
Z Craig not out   3 6 3 0 0
F Sargent not out   1 1 2 0 0
K McCartney dnb            
E McGee dnb            
A Maguire dnb            
extras   (b2 lb0 w4 nb0) 6        
TOTAL   6 wickets for 89        
FOW
1-0(S Woods) 2-17(A Hunter) 3-19(J Loughran) 4-75(G Dempsey) 5-84(A Harrison)
6-88(A Squires)
 
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
Anosha Nasir 4 1 19 0 1 -
Areesha Noor 4 1 15 0 - -
Aroob Shah 4 0 11 2 - -
Rida Aslam 4 0 18 0 1 -
Zaib-un-Nisa 4 0 24 1 2 -
Pakistan Women U19s 1st Innings 91/3 Closed (Overs 15.4)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
Shawaal Zulfiqar st J Loughran b K McCartney 6 8 7 1 0
Eyman Fatima not out   58 62 43 9 2
Warda Yousaf* c S Woods b N MacNulty 1 23 20 0 0
Aliza Khan c A Hunter b Z Craig 1 7 8 0 0
Laiuba Nasir not out   14 23 16 2 0
Aroob Shah dnb            
Anosha Nasir dnb            
Areesha Noor dnb            
Rida Aslam dnb            
Zamina Tahir+ dnb            
Zaib-un-Nisa dnb            
extras   (b1 lb0 w10 nb0) 11        
TOTAL   3 wickets for 91        
FOW
1-8(Shawaal Zulfiqar) 2-37(Warda Yousaf) 3-47(Aliza Khan)
 
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
G Dempsey 4 1 16 0 4 -
K McCartney 2 0 14 1 2 -
N MacNulty 2 0 13 1 1 -
F Sargent 4 0 28 0 1 -
Z Craig 3 1 14 1 1 -
E McGee .4 0 5 0 - -