Ireland Women's T20I clash with Thailand has been abandoned without a ball bowled, but they did manage to beat the UAE in a non-capped game on Sunday evening.
Batting first, they lost Amy Hunter to the first ball of the game, but recovered thanks to a second wicket stand of 96 in 9 overs between Gaby Lewis and Orla Prendergast.
Lewis top-scored with 50 not out from 24 balls - hitting ten boundaries, while Prendergast's unbeaten 43 in 29 balls included five fours and the only maximum of the game, played at the Sevens ground on the outskirts of Dubai.
Both players retired, and after that it was a bit of a struggle with 58 additional runs scored in the last 11 overs.
Skipper Laura Delany made a run-a-ball 19, while rebecca Stokell (11) also reached double figures in a final total of 154 for 6.
Alana Dalzell (2-5) took two wickets in two balls, before the hosts recovered in a third wicket stand of 57 in 9 overs between top-scorer Satish (31) and Sharma (25).
The result was never in doubt despite this, with Ed Joyce's side running out winners by 36 runs.
The Irish will try and play Thailand in the second scheduled T20I on Thursday.
| Toss won by | Ireland Women |
| Home Side | United Arab Emirates |
| Comment | Players: 15 a side 11 batting, 11 fielding. For Ireland Georgina Dempsey, Joanna Loughran (wk), Jane Maguire, Cara Murray dnb . For UAE Indhuja Nandakumar, Lavanya Keny, Al Maseera Jahangir, Avanee Patil dnb. |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Hunter | c Theertha Satish | b Khushi Sharma | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| G Lewis | Retired Not Out | 50 | 41 | 24 | 10 | 0 | |
| O Prendergast | Retired Not Out | 43 | 39 | 29 | 5 | 1 | |
| LK Delany* | c Kavisha Kumari | b Vaishnave Mahesh | 19 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| RK Stokell | b Heena Hotchandani | 11 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
| EAJ Richardson | lbw | b Heena Hotchandani | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| L Paul | run out Esha Oza | 9 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| A Kelly | run out Heena Hotchandani/Theertha Satish | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| L Little | not out | 9 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| A Canning | not out | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| A Dalzell | dnb | ||||||
| extras | (b2 lb3 w1 nb0) | 6 | |||||
| TOTAL | 6 wickets for | 154 |
| FOW |
|---|
| 1-0(A Hunter) 2-126(RK Stokell) 3-128(LK Delany) 4-136(EAJ Richardson) |
| 5-136(A Kelly) 6-147(L Paul) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maid | Runs | Wkts | wd | nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khushi Sharma | 3 | 0 | 20 | 1 | - | - |
| Induja Nandakumar | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - |
| Heena Hotchandani | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | - | - |
| Esha Oza | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - |
| Kavisha Kumari | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - |
| Samaira | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - |
| Vaishnave Mahesh | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esha Oza* | b A Dalzell | 12 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 0 | |
| Theertha Satish+ | Retired Not Out | 31 | 59 | 37 | 1 | 0 | |
| Khushi Sharma | c G Lewis | b A Dalzell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kavisha Kumari | Retired Not Out | 25 | 42 | 24 | 2 | 0 | |
| Heena Hotchandani | not out | 24 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 0 | |
| Rinitha Rajith | b L Little | 6 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Samaira | run out LK Delany | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Siya Gokhale | not out | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mehak Thakur | dnb | ||||||
| Vaishnave Mahesh | dnb | ||||||
| Suraksha Kotte | dnb | ||||||
| extras | (b5 lb2 w5 nb0) | 12 | |||||
| TOTAL | 4 wickets for | 118 |
| FOW |
|---|
| 1-18(Esha Oza) 2-18(Khushi Sharma) 3-96(Rinitha Rajith) 4-108(Samaira) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maid | Runs | Wkts | wd | nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Canning | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | - |
| JA Maguire | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - |
| A Dalzell | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| C Murray | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | - |
| A Kelly | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - |
| L Paul | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | - |
| LK Delany | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - |
| L Little | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | - | - |
