Australia 103 for 1 (Mooney 45*, Lanning 39*) beat Ireland 99 for 8 (Stokell 22, King 3-9, Brown 2-9) by 9 wickets
Brown’s spell arrange the sport after Lanning gained the toss and despatched Ireland in. Gaby Lewis holed out to deep backward sq. within the opening over off Megan Schutt earlier than Brown produced a double-wicket maiden in her second over.
Her further tempo was an excessive amount of for Orla Prendergast and Laura Delany. Prendergast had struck two boundaries however had her off stump flattened by Brown trying to drive on the up. Brown then pinned Delany on the physique with a swift quick ball earlier than once more firing full and straight. Delany tried to provide room to slash by the off facet however had her leg stump flattened.
That left Ireland 16 for 3 within the fourth over and so they by no means recovered. King was launched within the first over after the powerplay and struck instantly trapping Rachel Delaney plumb lbw.
Brown bowled her 4 overs straight, ending with 16 dot balls alongside her two wickets. Ireland have been simply 40 for 4 after 10 overs and slumped to 44 for six shortly after. Mary Waldron chipped Nicola Carey straight to cowl earlier than King bamboozled Stokell. King had a really shut lbw shout turned down. She then beat the surface edge with sharp flip. Next ball Stokell performed for flip and was overwhelmed on the within edge by one which skidded on and crashed into leg stump.
Leah Paul and Ava Canning fought exhausting to make sure Ireland batted out their overs. King had Paul caught behind making an attempt to brush within the nineteenth over for 12, whereas Canning completed 14 not out.
Mooney and Lanning waltzed by the chase however not with out some luck. Mooney was dropped within the opening over, chipping Jane Maguire to mid-off and Stokell spilled a sitter. Mooney slog-swept the pacer for six not lengthy after to rub salt into the wound. Healy struggled for fluency on the gradual pitch placing only one boundary in 11 balls earlier than holing out to mid off for 10 off Arlene Kelly.
Mooney and Lanning slipped into cruise management thereafter placing 9 boundaries and a six between them in an unbroken 68-run stand to ice the sport with greater than seven overs to spare.