'Well Played three lions' - Twitter jubilant as England continue their victory march in Women's T20 World Cup 2023 by defeating Ireland

The exhilarating T20 action continued in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 on Monday (13^th February) as England and Ireland Women took on each other in the Group B encounter. England came into the match after registering a comprehensive victory by seven wickets in their first game against West Indies while Ireland were playing their first match of the tournament. Ireland captain Laura Delany called it correctly at the toss and elected to bat first at Boland Park, Paarl.

Openers Amy Hunter and Gaby Lewis gave a decent start to Ireland adding 35 runs in 5.1 overs. Hunter failed to turn her start into a big innings as she was dismissed by Charlotte Dean after scoring 15 off 14 balls. Her dismissal brought Orla Prendergast to the crease who nudged the ball around for singles as Lewis was looking to build on her innings.

However, their partnership didn’t last long as Prendergast was cleaned up by Sarah Glenn. Lewis also departed shortly after as she got dismissed by Sophie Ecclestone after scoring 36 off 37 balls with the help of five boundaries. Lewis’ wicket sparked a dramatic collapse for the Irish team which went from 80/2 to 105 all out. 

Sophie Ecclestone was the pick of the bowlers for England who picked up 3/13 in her four overs. She was well supported by Sarah Glenn who picked up 3/19 in her four overs while Charlotte Dean also ended up picking two wickets for 26 runs in three overs.

Alice Capsey shined for England in the chase

In reply to Ireland’s total, England lost their opener Sophia Dunkley on the fifth ball of the first over itself sending shockwaves in their dressing room. However, Alice Capsey didn’t allow any pressure to be built on her team as she played a scintillating innings of 51 off 22 balls with the help of 10 fours and one six.

She was dismissed by Arlene Kelly in the seventh over, leaving her team 36 runs away from victory. England lost two more wickets in the form of Danielle Wyatt and Nat Sciver-Brunt soon after. However, captain Heather Knight took the innings forward and her team closer to the target. The Three Lions further lost the wickets of Knight and Amy Jones to make tough work of their chase but eventually reached home in 14.2 overs as Katherine Brunt scored the winning runs. As a result, England won the match by four wickets and retained their top position in Group B.

Twitter was abuzz with reactions on England's second consecutive victory in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Here are some of the Tweets:

Bishwajit Paul@bishwajittamal

Nice start by Irish girls We want another #IRE nightmare for @englandcricket lol #T20WorldCup2023 #T20WorldCup #ENGvsIRE

06:38 PM · Feb 13, 2023

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ICC@ICC

The target for England has been set. Will they chase down 106 to make it two wins from two❓ #IREvENG | #T20WorldCup | #TurnItUp t20worldcup.com/news/3063152

ForReasonsUnknown 💙@MagpiePaul37

@ICC They'll knock that off in 10 overs😂

08:25 PM · Feb 13, 2023

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England's Barmy Army@TheBarmyArmy

Alice Capsey with 50 from 21 balls 😮‍💨 #ENGvsIRE #T20WorldCup

Molly Rice@MollyRiceIsNice

@TheBarmyArmy Wow. I think this is more than a bit one sided

08:50 PM · Feb 13, 2023

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England's Barmy Army@TheBarmyArmy

5 overs gone, we are 53-1 💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏏 Capsey 36* 🏏 Wyatt 13* #ENGvsIRE #T20WorldCup

Nigel Cron@Nigelcron

@TheBarmyArmy We need to nickname @AliceCapsey Bam-bam - she’s clubbing everything

08:43 PM · Feb 13, 2023

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England's Barmy Army@TheBarmyArmy

DEANO HAS THE BREAKTHROUGH 😍 #ENGvsIRE #T20WorldCup

Brandon Stone@m_b_stone

@TheBarmyArmy Charlotte Dean has a great future ahead.

07:02 PM · Feb 13, 2023

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Ireland Women’s Cricket@IrishWomensCric

Yes Orla!!! A wicket in the first over and it's Sophia Dunkley. Match centre ➡️ t20worldcup.com/match/101595 #T20WorldCup | #BackingGreen ☘️

⭐⭐⭐Like-a-VIRGIL⭐⭐⭐@Like_A_VIRGIL_4

@IrishWomensCric @cricketireland Shouldn’t have bothered capsey destroying

08:44 PM · Feb 13, 2023

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Ireland Women’s Cricket@IrishWomensCric

We've been bowled out for 105 in Paarl. Ready to fight hard with the ball 👊 #T20WorldCup | #BackingGreen ☘️

STF@shuttheAF

@IrishWomensCric Lost 8 Wickets in Just 25 min..Lol😂

08:12 PM · Feb 13, 2023

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Ireland Women’s Cricket@IrishWomensCric

We've been bowled out for 105 in Paarl. Ready to fight hard with the ball 👊 #T20WorldCup | #BackingGreen ☘️

P U S H P A - The Rule 🦁@Venkat_aadhf

@IrishWomensCric @cricketireland 25runs 8 wickets gone Are u kidding 🤦

08:12 PM · Feb 13, 2023

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Ireland Women’s Cricket@IrishWomensCric

We've been bowled out for 105 in Paarl. Ready to fight hard with the ball 👊 #T20WorldCup | #BackingGreen ☘️

Satyanshu Tiwary@SatyanshuTiwary

@IrishWomensCric What a shitty game of play. Every player was hitting the ball like it is the last ball of the inning. And you guys are laughing in the dugout. Go dig a hole and never come out of it. You're a bunch of stupid and nonsense players.

08:19 PM · Feb 13, 2023

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Ireland Women’s Cricket@IrishWomensCric

We've been bowled out for 105 in Paarl. Ready to fight hard with the ball 👊 #T20WorldCup | #BackingGreen ☘️

KING....👑@JanaBsdk2

@IrishWomensCric During drinks break...players were told to keep score under 130 runs...and one after other...intentionally kept throwing their wickets away...like they are gonna miss some flight back home @ICC are totally corrupt ..they will never investigate these players #IREvENG

08:13 PM · Feb 13, 2023

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