Ireland end qualifying campaign in defeat but come home with T20 World Cup spot secured

Ireland ended their qualifying campaign with defeat but still booked their ticket to the World Cup in South Africa next year. Photograph: Ian JacobsOne more trip to the well came up empty handed. Playing Bangladesh for pride and a secondary piece of silverware in the final of the qualifying tournament, Ireland came up an agonising seven runs short albeit the primary goal of T20 World Cup qualification was already secured on Friday.

Chasing 121 for a victory that would have avenged their opening defeat to the same opposition back in the group stages of this competition, Ireland’s top and middle order failed to see the game home despite a somewhat reviving partnership from Laura Delany and Eimear Richardson.

Rumana Ahmed was the pick of the Bangladesh attack with figures of 3-24 to go alongside her 21 with the bat, the only other score of note in the first innings was Fargana Hoque’s 61, a lone hand that stopped Ireland from bowling out their opponents for a truly low score.

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