wa908 wo257 wwc124	England Women v Ireland Women
	Hero Honda Women's World Cup 1997/98 (Group A)
Venue	Nehru Stadium, Pune on 16th December 1997 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England Women won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England Women won by 208 runs
Points	England Women 6; Ireland Women 0
Player of the Match	CM Edwards

England Women innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
CM Edwards	not out	173	155	186	19	-	111.61
JA Brittin	c Dawson b O'Neill	37	46	50	6	-	80.43
BA Daniels	c Pratt b Grealey	4	10	9	-	-	40.00
SJ Metcalfe	st Dawson b Beggs	29	46	60	3	-	63.04
+J Cassar	not out	50	55	57	4	-	90.91
S Redfern	did not bat
CE Taylor	did not bat
*K Smithies	did not bat
LK Macleod	did not bat
KM Leng	did not bat
MA Reynard	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 12 lb, 3 nb, 10 w)	31
Total	(3 wickets, innings closed, 186 minutes, 50 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-72 (Brittin), 2-85 (Daniels), 3-193 (Metcalfe)

Ireland Women bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
McDonald	10	1	41	0	2	-	-	4.10
Pratt	4	0	40	0	2	-	-	10.00
Spence	5	0	39	0	-	-	-	7.80
O'Neill	10	1	34	1	2	-	60.00	3.40
Grealey	8	0	51	1	3	-	48.00	6.38
Beggs	7	0	49	1	1	1	42.00	7.00
Shillington	6	0	52	0	-	2	-	8.67

Ireland Women innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
NH Squire	b Redfern	0	7	4	-	-	0.00
CM Beggs	b Reynard	49	110	163	4	-	44.55
*ME Grealey	b Redfern	0	3	2	-	-	0.00
CM O'Leary	st Cassar b Smithies	14	42	53	2	-	33.33
C O'Neill	run out (Daniels)	8	13	20	-	-	61.54
GM Leahy	lbw b Macleod	0	4	4	-	-	0.00
+SW Dawson	c Brittin b Reynard	12	38	51	-	-	31.58
CMA Shillington	st Cassar b Reynard	1	13	10	-	-	7.69
AAA Spence	b Reynard	4	8	18	-	-	50.00
DM Pratt	c Metcalfe b Leng	0			-	-
BM McDonald	not out	0			-	-
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb, 23 w)	28
Total	(all out, 179 minutes, 41.1 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Squire), 2-2 (Grealey), 3-30 (O'Leary), 4-47 (O'Neill), 5-50 (Leahy), 6-94 (Dawson), 7-104 (Shillington), 8-113 (Beggs), 9-115 (Pratt), 10-116 (Spence, 41.1 ov)

England Women bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Taylor	7	1	18	0	4	-	-	2.57
Redfern	6	2	5	2	2	-	18.00	0.83
Smithies	10	0	30	1	1	1	60.00	3.00
Macleod	5	0	16	1	4	-	30.00	3.20
Leng	9	0	37	1	1	-	54.00	4.11
Reynard	4.1	1	6	4	-	-	6.25	1.44

Notes
--> CM Edwards 50 in 66 balls, 83 minutes with 6 fours
--> CM Edwards 100 in 101 balls, 115 minutes with 13 fours
--> CM Edwards passed her previous highest score of 102 in women's ODI matches
--> SJ Metcalfe passed 500 runs in women's ODI matches when she reached 27
--> J Cassar 50 in 55 balls, 57 minutes with 3 fours
--> CM Beggs passed her previous highest score of 16 in women's ODI matches
--> MA Reynard achieved her best innings bowling analysis in women's ODI matches when she dismissed AAA Spence in the Ireland Women innings (previous best was 3-41)