Ireland have suffered a setback ahead of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup after Laura Delany was ruled out due to injury; eighteen-year-old Alice Tector has been named as her replacement.
Ground staff are working to remove excess water from the field, but conditions remain challenging, and any game that does take place is likely to be heavily shortened.
The match unfolded in two contrasting phases. Oman controlled the early proceedings, but Ireland, led superbly by captain Lorcan Tucker, unleashed a dramatic late assault.
Ireland wicketkeeper-batter Lorcan Tucker stressed the importance of starting strong, acknowledging the challenge of facing Sri Lanka and Australia in their opening fixtures.
The series will be important for Afghanistan as we are in the preparation stage of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 and we are certain that both sides will play competitive cricket.”
Indian is just one step away from confirming their semi-final spot in the ongoing ICC WWT20.
Ireland levelled a three-match ODI series with Afghanistan at 1-1 with victory by three wickets in Belfast last night.
