ENG-W vs IRE-W Match 8 Live Score - Southampton (16 June 2026)

A lot of drift into the batter, on off. Orla Prendergast pats this in front of covers and rotates the strike. 

Sophie Ecclestone drags her length back, bowls it at a flatter trajectory, around off. Rebecca Stokell cuts this to backward point but Danni Wyatt-Hodge misfields due to the slippery outfield and the ball seeps through. The batters take one. 

Fired into the batter, on middle and leg. Orla Prendergast plays the dangerous game of going onto her back foot and cutting this to point. 

Short of a length, around off, Orla Prendergast dabs this to the right of point for a run. 

 OUT! STUMPED! Excellent work from Amy Jones, behind the stumps, helps England get their 4th of the game. Arm-delivery, angling into the batter and going down the leg side. Rebecca Stokell shimmies down the track and looks to hit this over mid on but misses out and the ball sneaks past her inside edge and beats the leg pole as well. Amy is swift to move to her left and gather this fairly behind the stumps and removes the bails in a flash. Rebecca Stokell is out of her crease and has no chance of retreating.

Almost another one. Quicker one, around off, Leah Paul looks to block this one but gets it lobbed around, catching cover. Nat Sciver-Brunt puts in a dive and looks to gather this but the ball lands just in front of her and yorks her fingers.

 FOUR! Orla Prendergast is showcasing her talent with the bat here. Short and wide of off, Orla Prendergast plays this late and cuts this past the right of backward point for a boundary. 

Good length, around off, angling into the batter. Orla dabs this to short third. 

 OUT! CHOPPED ON! Gibson strikes back and picks up her first wicket. On a good length, a lot closer to being cut. Orla Prendergast goes for a late cut but gets it chopped off the under-edge back onto the off-pole. The ball hits the off stump and the bails get dislodged. Orla Prendergast departs after scoring 26 and Ireland Women 57/5.

On a length, around off, Alice Tector drives this to point for a dot. 

Danielle bowls this in the channel, on a length around off, Alice Tector slashes at it but misses. 

Good length, around the fifth stump line. Alice Tector goes for a cut but gets beaten by the pace on this. 

Tossed up, full on off, pushed to mid on off the front foot.

Very slow off the air, on a length around off. Leah Paul taps it off the back foot to backward point and pinches in a single.

Fullish and straightish, outside off. Alice Tector expects the ball to turn in but it goes with the arm. Beats her outside edge on an attempted cover drive.

Drags the length on off, and this one spins in. Tector hangs back and nudges it to the leg side.

Too full, outside off, Tector skips out of the crease and drives it straight to the short cover fielder.

WIDE! Pushed down leg, short in length. Tector tries to help that behind, only to miss. Jones with a sharp grab to her left behind the stumps.

Length ball, turning in from off. Alice Tector hangs back and punches it gently to the short cover fielder.

Hard length, around off, Leah Paul presses back and eases it to short cover.

Nips in at 109.3 kph, short on middle. Leah Paul pulls it off the back foot to deep square leg for a single.

Much fuller, on off, Alice Tector leans on and drives it through cover for a single.

On a back of a length, outside off, Leah Paul stays put and pats it to the backward point fielder.

Wide outside off on a length, Leah Paul frees her arms and cuts it to deep point for a single.

Back of a length, pitching just outside leg, Tector is pinned in the crease to whip that across, but seems to have gotten a thin inside edge on the pads. The ball then rolls wide of short third for a single. There's an appeal for LBW, but the umpire walks away.

Length ball, around off, Tector presses back and punches it through the cover region for a single.

Touch fuller on off, Paul gets on her knee and reverse sweeps it to short third. The fielder dives to her left and cuts it off.

Full on middle and leg, Leah Paul lunges forward and clips it along the turf to deep mid-wicket for a single.

The length is dragged back on the leg stump. Alice Tector goes deep inside the crease and steers it to deep square leg for one more.

Flatter at 80.8 kph, this is pitched full on the off stump. Leah Paul chips it over the bowler's head for a single down to long on.

Shortens the length, on middle, sliding in. Alice Tector rocks back and nudges it to deep mid-wicket for an easy single.

Back of a length, outside off, Alice Tector punches it off the back foot to deep cover for a single.

Pitched outside leg, on a good length. Leah Paul goes for the pull shot but gets herself in a bit of a tangle as the ball skids and stays low on the bounce, beating her bat and hitting on the thigh pad.

4 Byes.