Eire defeated Papa New Guinea by 41 runs to make a robust begin of their bid to qualify for the Girls’s Twenty20 World Cup.
Orla Prendergast’s 56 helped Eire to 146 and Papa New Guinea couldn’t come shut on the return.
Arlene Kelly took two wickets to restrict PNG to 105, and Eire’s focus will now flip to their second qualifier with the USA on Thursday.
The highest three groups from every group will qualify for the Tremendous Sixes, and the highest 4 groups will then progress to the finals in England in June.
Eire gained the toss and elected to bat first, and though Sarah Forbes was dismissed on six, 42 from captain Gaby Lewis and Prendergast’s half-century put Eire in a robust place.
Leah Paul was out for 16 and Prendergast was ultimately dismissed on 56 by Hane Tau with Eire on 125-4 within the seventeenth over.
Eire misplaced Laura Delany and Rebecca Stokell within the ultimate over, however nonetheless recorded a strong rating of 146.
Lloyd Tennant’s facet restricted Papa New Guinea’s response to 56-4 as Hollan Doriga, Konio Oala, captain Brenda Tau and Pauka Siaka have been all dismissed.
With PNG’s prime order out of the image, Eire had sufficient in hand to take a cushty victory.
It was additionally a formidable bowling efficiency from participant of the match Prendergast, who solely conceded 9 runs from 4 overs.
“It was a pleasant begin to the event,” mentioned Prendergast.
“We set a very aggressive goal and fortunately we backed it up with the ball”.
