Sri Lanka's women's team has gone on a tour of Ireland for ODI and T20 series. In women's cricket, Ireland's team is considered weaker than Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is the current Asian champion. Recently, under the captaincy of Chamari Atapattu, the team defeated India in the Asia Cup final. Since then, its morale was high. However, Ireland has given a tough fight on this tour. First, they tied the T20 series 1-1 and now they have defeated them in the ODIs as well. In the second match of the ODI series, Ireland's Orla Prendergrast made a blast with the ball and bat.

The wonder of Orla Prendergrast

In the first match of the 3 match ODI series, 22 year old Orla Prendergrast snatched victory from the jaws of Sri Lanka.

She first did wonders with the ball and then showed strength in batting as well. Ireland won the toss and invited Sri Lanka to bat first, in which they got a target of 261 runs. During this, Orla bowled 8 overs, conceded only 25 runs and took 3 wickets. When it was her turn to bat, she scored an unbeaten 122 runs in 107 balls and created history by leading the team to victory.

When the Ireland team came out to chase, they lost their first wicket at 20 runs.

After this, the team lost its second wicket at 69 and the third at 119. After this, Orla came to bat. After her arrival, Ireland's wickets kept falling at regular intervals from the other end. At the same time, she kept scoring runs from one end and took the team to a winning position. Ireland had to score 30 runs in the last 3 overs and only 3 wickets were left in hand. Then she turned the match around with 2 fours and a six. On the second ball of the last over, she won the match by taking a single.

Many feats have been

The Ireland women's team has defeated Sri Lanka in an ODI for the first time.

Not only this, the Ireland team has chased a score of more than 200 for the first time. Orla Prendergrast scored the first century of her career. Apart from this, Orla Prendergrast has become the second female cricketer to score the most runs while batting at number 4 or later during a chase.

On the other hand, Sri Lankan batsman Vishmi Gunaratne also made a record in her name. She scored the first century of her career and played a brilliant innings of 101 runs in 98 balls. With this, she became only the third female batsman of Sri Lanka to score a century in international cricket.

Apart from her, only Chamari Atapattu and Chamani Seneviratne have been able to score a century.

Apart from her, only Chamari Atapattu and Chamani Seneviratne have been able to score a century.