Women's cricket has developed some powerful hitters. While some need a few balls to settle down and get going, some smash it out of the park on the first pitch, while others start late but cover up later on with back-to-back runs. The efficiency of a batter is determined by their batting strike rate, thus creating our series of statistical analyses in Ireland Women's Cricket.
1. Gaby Lewis
Gaby Hollis Lewis is an Irish international cricketer who made her debut for Ireland at 13 in July 2014. Later that year, she became the youngest player in a Twenty20 International (T20I). Lewis was one of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) five women's cricket rising talents in 2018. She is the current captain of the Scorchers in the Women's Super-Series. Lewis, 21 years old, became the youngest player to captain the Ireland Women's side in international cricket in June 2022, with a strike rate of 64.26.
2. Leah Paul
Leah Paul is a cricketer from Ireland. On 7 May, 2017, she made her Women's One Day International debut against India in the 2017 South Africa Quadrangular Series. On August 8, 2019, she made her WT20I debut for Ireland against the Netherlands. She was picked to Ireland's team for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier competition in Scotland in August 2019. Cricket Ireland gave her a non-retainer contract for the next year in July 2020. She was nominated as Ireland's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier competition in Zimbabwe in November 2021, and she presently has a strike rate of 59.17.
3. Eimear Richardso
Eimear Ann Jermyn Richardson is a cricketer from Ireland. She was selected in Ireland's team for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier competition in June 2018. She was picked to Ireland's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 event in the West Indies in October 2018. Cricket Ireland gave her a non-retainer contract for the next year in July 2020. She was awarded match MVP in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier in Spain in August 2021. She was chosen as Ireland's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier competition in Zimbabwe in November 2021.
4. Laura Delany
Laura Katherine Delany is an Irish cricketer who captains the Typhoons and Ireland. Delany made her Ireland debut in a Women's One-Day International against New Zealand in July 2010 at Kibworth Cricket Club New Ground. Delany broke the captaincy record for her team in July 2021, leading them for the 63rd time, surpassing Isobel Joyce's 62 matches as captain with a strike rate of 55.58. Delany was chosen as ICC Player of the Month in November 2021.
5. Jill Whelan
Jill Amy Whelan is a former Irish cricketer who bowled right-arm medium. Between 2004 and 2011, she played 29 One Day Internationals and eight Twenty20 Internationals for Ireland, and she was a member of the squad that won the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup.
6. Shauna Kavanagh
Shauna Maire Kavanagh is an Irish international cricketer from Dublin who plays club cricket for Pembroke Cricket Club. She was nominated to Ireland's team for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland in August 2019. Cricket Ireland gave her a part-time professional contract for the next year in July 2020. She was selected in Ireland's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier competition in Zimbabwe in November 2021. Kavanagh made her 100th international match for Ireland in June 2022, during Ireland's home series against South Africa.
7. Kim Garth
Kimberley Jennifer Garth is an Irish international cricketer who debuted for the national team in 2010. She is a right-handed all-rounder who represents Pembroke Cricket Club. She made her 100th international appearance for Ireland in November 2018.
8. Amy Kenealy
Amy Johanna Kenealy is a former Irish cricketer who bowled right-arm medium. During 2008 and 2018, she played 23 One Day Internationals and 24 Twenty20 Internationals for Ireland. She was a Typhoons and Scorchers, domestic cricketer.
9. Nicki Coffey
Nicola Jane Coffey is a former Irish cricketer who batted right-handed and bowled left-arm medium- fast. Between 2003 and 2008, she played for nineteen Women's One Day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals, including the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup.
10. Melissa Scott-Hayward
Melissa Erica Maria O'Carroll Scott-Hayward is a former Irish cricketer who batted right-handed and bowled right-arm medium. Between 2008 and 2014, she played in 26 One Day Internationals and 22 Twenty20 Internationals for Ireland. She played Typhoons in the 2015 Women's Super 3s.
