{"id":11398,"date":"2026-06-28T02:21:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T19:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/ireland-women-celebrate-first-t20-world-cup-victory-against-west-indies\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T02:21:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T19:21:55","slug":"ireland-women-celebrate-first-t20-world-cup-victory-against-west-indies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/ireland-women-celebrate-first-t20-world-cup-victory-against-west-indies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland Women Celebrate First T20 World Cup Victory Against West Indies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/tag\/ireland-women\/\" data-ailt=\"1\">Ireland Women<\/a> achieved a historic milestone by securing their first victory in T20 World Cup history, defeating the West Indies by six wickets in Bristol on Saturday. This win marked Ireland&#039;s first success in 22 attempts, having lost all previous 21 matches in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/tag\/orla-prendergast\/\" data-ailt=\"1\">Orla Prendergast<\/a> was instrumental in the victory, scoring an impressive 63 runs off 44 balls as Ireland chased down a target of 129 with 11 balls to spare. &quot;It just means so much&#8230; There\u2019s so much relief to finally have that win and so much happiness,&quot; Prendergast told Sky Sports after the match.<\/p>\n<p>The match was Ireland&#039;s final game of the tournament, and they entered it inspired by the men&#039;s team, which had recently secured a victory over India. Ireland&#039;s bowlers performed exceptionally well, limiting the West Indies to 128 runs for 7 wickets in their 20 overs.<\/p>\n<p>Cara Murray and Aimee Maguire each took two wickets, while Ireland&#039;s fielding was flawless, with every catch taken.<\/p>\n<p>Although Ireland&#039;s captain, Gaby Lewis, fell early in the innings, Prendergast and Amy Hunter formed a crucial partnership of 62 runs that set the foundation for the chase. Lewis expressed pride in her team&#039;s achievement, stating, &quot;We knew it [the target] was reachable&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We are such a close group and we\u2019re just so happy.&quot; Lewis returned from a leg injury in time for the tournament and noted that the team had experienced both close and heavy losses throughout the competition.<\/p>\n<p>This victory not only breaks Ireland&#039;s long-standing winless streak in the T20 World Cup but also serves as a testament to the team&#039;s resilience and determination. The players have maintained their spirits high despite previous disappointments, and this win is a significant boost for the team&#039;s morale moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland Women secured their first T20 World Cup win, defeating West Indies by six wickets in Bristol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[524,856,854,855,631,816],"class_list":["post-11398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-cricket","tag-gaby-lewis","tag-ireland-women","tag-orla-prendergast","tag-t20-world-cup","tag-west-indies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11402,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11398\/revisions\/11402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}