With the help of all-round Prendergast, Ireland Women made the biggest ODI chase against Sri Lanka Women.

Orla Prendergast pulled off a stunning heist, picking up 3 for 25 and following it up with an unbeaten 122 off 107 balls as Ireland beat Sri Lanka by three wickets in the first ODI in Dublin. Sent in, Sri Lanka rode on Vishmi Gunaratne's lady ODI century to pile up 260 for 8. In answer, Prendergast scored a lady ODI century of her own to assist Ireland with recording their most memorable fruitful pursue of more than 200 in ODIs. This was likewise Ireland's first ODI prevail upon Sri Lanka in quite a while. Pursuing 261, Ireland lost Gaby Lewis for 9 off 24 balls. Sarah Forbes moved a couple of limits away, adding 49 for the second wicket with Amy Tracker prior to being caught lbw by Sachini Nisansala. Tracker began energetically, scoring 42 off 45 balls, which remembered four fours for a 47-run third-wicket stand with Prendergast. At the point when Leah Paul additionally fell before long, Prendergast willingly volunteered to take the pursuit forward. Prendergast contacted her fifty with a four off Kavisha Dilhari off 57 balls. Indeed, even as Ireland lost wickets at normal spans from the opposite end, Prendergast kept the scoreboard ticking. In the last three overs, Ireland required 30 runs with only three wickets close by. The 48th over, however, turned the match in support of themselves as Prendergast hit Dilhari for two fours and a six. The first of those fours likewise brought her hundred years, off 97 balls. That 18-run over diminished the condition to 12 expected from two overs. It was fitting that Prendergast hit the triumphant single, off the second bundle of the last finished. Her unbeaten 122 was the second-most elevated score while batting at a No. 4 or lower in a ladies' ODI pursue. Prior, Gunaratne turned out to be only the second Sri Lanka player after Chamari Athapaththu to score an ODI century. Athapaththu's return - having missed the T20I series - endured only one ball as she was gotten behind off Prendergast. Harshitha Samarawickrama took 11 balls to get off the imprint however struck four fours in her 19 preceding being tidied up by Alana Dalzell in the eighth over. Gunaratne and Hasini Perera then, at that point, combined efforts to take the innings forward. Gunaratne kicked off a six off Dalzell and afterward struck debutant Alice Tector for two fours in the 10th over. Subsequent to contacting her fifty, off 58 balls, she increased the scoring rate further. In the 30th over, she hit Jane Maguire for a six to move to 96 and raised her hundred, off 97 balls, with a four off Arlene Kelly in the following over. She was excused on the following ball yet not prior to adding 122 with Perera for the third wicket. Sri Lanka lost Dilhari and Perera in fast time, yet valuable commitments from the lower center request saw them score 62 in the last ten overs, and 36 in the last five. That took them to a cutthroat aggregate however it was not adequate.