Australian women's cricket team in Ireland in 1987

Australian women's cricket team in Ireland in 1987
	Ireland	Australia
Dates	28 June – 2 July 1987
Captains	Mary-Pat Moore	Lyn Larsen
One Day International series
Results	Australia won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Mary-Pat Moore (57)	Lindsay Reeler (167)
Most wickets	Susan Bray (4)	Karen Brown (9)

The Australian women's cricket team toured Ireland between 28 June to 2 July 1987 to contest a three match WODI series. In this, Ireland's debut WODI series, Australia won each match by a margin of more than 100 runs.^[1][2]

ODI series[]

1st ODI[]

28 June 1987 Scorecard

Australia  2/187 (55 overs)	v	Ireland 77 (47.2 overs)
Lindsay Reeler 83 (159)		Mary-Pat Moore 21 (74) Karen Brown 3/16 (10.2 overs)

Australia Women won by 110 runs Ormeau Cricket Ground, Belfast

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Donna Armstrong, Susan Bray, Grainne Clancy, Miriam Grealey, Rachel Hardiman, Mary-Pat Moore, Anne Murray, Elizabeth Owens, Sonia Reamsbottom, Alice Stanton and Pamela Trohear (Ire) all made their women's ODI debut.
• Anne Murray became the first Irish batsman to be dismissed in a women's ODI match.
• Alice Stanton became the first Irish batsman to score a duck in a women's ODI match.

2nd ODI[]

1 July 1987 Scorecard

Australia  5/204 (55 overs)	v	Ireland 81 (47.2 overs)
Ruth Buckstein 90 (140) Susan Bray 2/25 (11 overs)		Mary-Pat Moore 26 (85) Jenny Owens 5/29 (10.2 overs)

Australia Women won by 123 runs College Park, Dublin

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Stella Owens (Ire) made her women's ODI debut.
• Susan Bray became the first bowler to take a wicket for Ireland in a women's ODI match.

3rd ODI[]

2 July 1987 Scorecard

Australia  3/208 (55 overs)	v	Ireland 103 (54.1 overs)
Lindsay Reeler 84 (143) Susan Bray 2/14 (11 overs)		Sonia Reamsbottom 31 (97) Karen Brown 4/24 (11 overs)

Australia Women won by 105 runs College Park, Dublin

• Ireland Women won the toss and elected to field.

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