DTVHINDIGaby Lewis created history by scoring a century against Sri Lanka, becoming the first Irish female cricketer to do so
Lewis became the 11th batsman to score two or more centuries in the shortest format of the game. Gaby Lewis. (Photo Source: The Ireland women’s team defeated Sri Lanka by seven runs in the second T20 match on Tuesday. With this, Ireland leveled the 2-match T20 series 1-1. In this match, Ireland’s Gaby Lewis achieved a major feat by scoring a century. She has joined the list of players who have scored two or more centuries in T20 International. She is the first Irish female cricketer to achieve this record. Talking about the match, Ireland batted first and scored 173 runs in 20 overs losing three wickets, in reply, Sri Lanka’s team could only score 166 runs in 20 overs losing seven wickets. This was Gabby Lewis’s second T20 International century. Earlier, she had scored an unbeaten 105 against Germany. According to the ICC, this right-handed player is now one of the 11 female players to score two or more centuries in the T20 format. Gaby Lewis played a historic innings against Sri Lanka Gabby Lewis hit 17 fours and two sixes in her century against Sri Lanka. She shared a 119-run partnership with Orla Prendergast (38) to help Ireland post a big score. According to the ICC, this was Ireland’s first win over Sri Lanka in women’s cricket and helped the European team level the T20 series 1-1, after which the three-match ODI series will start in Belfast on Friday. Talking about the players who have scored the most centuries in women’s T20Is, Tanzania’s Fatuma Kibasu and Sri Lanka captain Chamari Atapattu both have scored three T20 centuries each, while Lewis and West Indies pair Deandra Dottin-Hayley Matthews have scored two centuries in the format. She joins England’s Danni Wyatt, Australia’s Meg Lanning and Beth Mooney, Uganda’s Proscovia Alako, Romania’s Rebecca Blake and UAE’s Isha Ojha in scoring two centuries each.
T20I Tri Series: Ireland won due to Mark Adair’s all-round performance, defeated Netherlands by 1 run in a thrilling match
Mark Adair performed all-round and apart from scoring 49 runs, he also took two important wickets. Ireland vs Netherlands (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Ireland defeated Netherlands by one run in the second T20 match played on Sunday. In this way, he started his campaign in this triangular series with a win. Let us tell you that after being invited to bat first, Ireland set a target of 151 runs in front of Netherlands in the stipulated 20 overs. In response, the Irish team could score only 149 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by just one run. Mark Adair and Lorcan Tucker batted well for Ireland. Where Adair played an inning of 49 runs in just 24 balls, which included seven fours and two sixes. Whereas Tucker scored 40 runs in 30 balls with the help of 5 fours and one six. Tim Pringle took maximum three wickets for Netherlands. Whereas Doram and Meekeran got 2-2 wickets. Fionn Hand’s brilliant bowling Netherlands got off to a good start chasing the target, but Fionn Hand turned the game around with a brilliant spell of 3/18. He took two important wickets in his fourth over and 16th over of the match. Hand took the important wicket of Bas de Leede (32) on the second ball of the first over and then two balls later showed the way to the pavilion to Teja Nidamanuru. At one time it seemed that Ireland would easily win the match, but coming down the order, Tim Pringle played some attractive shots and took the team closer to victory. Netherlands needed 20 runs in the last over and three runs on the last ball. Mark Adair defended it successfully and gave his team a thrilling win by 1 run. Tim Pringle scored unbeaten 35 runs in just 13 balls with the help of two fours and three sixes. On behalf of Ireland, apart from Fionn Hand, Adair and Curtis Campher took 2-2 wickets.
One who sees average is average…, why did Mohammad Rizwan mention Virat Kohli?
Rizwan scored unbeaten 75 runs in the second T20 against Ireland Mohammed Rizwan (Pic Source-Twitter) Pakistan’s wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan played an unbeaten inning of 75 runs in the second T20 against Ireland and played an important role in the team’s victory. He faced 46 balls in his innings and hit 6 fours and 4 sixes. Speaking at the post-match press-conference, Rizwan spoke on Pakistan’s performance against Ireland. Along with this he said how he does not focus on his impressive batting average in the T20I format but rather focuses on his overall performance for the Pakistan team. Let us tell you that Mohammad Rizwan’s batting average in T20I is 50.38, which is behind only Virat Kohli (51.8). If you look at averages, you are an average player – Mohammad Rizwan He said, ‘If you look at the whole match, he played really well. So we have to give them credit. Chasing 194 is not easy because Ireland know the conditions and they gave us trouble in the beginning, but we decided to attack and that is why we were successful. Whenever you lose you always feel pressure. He further says, ‘I don’t look at my statistics, if you look at the averages, you are an average player. It is better if you look at the situation and circumstances of the match. About Kohli, he is a good player and we have learned a lot from him. I respect him a lot. Talking about the match, Ireland, batting first, scored 193 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs. Lorcan Tucker played a half-century inning of 51 runs. In response, Pakistan achieved the target by losing only 3 wickets in 16.5 overs. Apart from Mohammad Rizwan (75*), Fakhar Zaman played a brilliant inning of 78 runs. With this victory, Pakistan leveled the three-match series 1-1.
