{"id":360027,"date":"2025-08-20T18:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/360027\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T18:00:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:00:22","slug":"ireland-open-world-cup-qualifying-campaign-with-10-wicket-win-over-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/360027\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland open World Cup qualifying campaign with 10-wicket win over Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Amy Hunter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3209305 (2).jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Amy Hunter<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Amy Hunter celebrated her 50th T20 international with a top score of 31 not out as Ireland began their World Cup qualifying campaign with a commanding 10-wicket victory over Germany in Rotterdam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The 19-year-old from Belfast helped her skipper and opening partner Gaby Lewis knock off the 63 to win in just 7.3 overs after Laura Delany had taken the bowling honours with 4-9 from 14 deliveries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cIt\u2019s always brilliant to win the first game in any series or tournament, especially a qualifier,\u201d Delany said, after receiving the player-of-the-match award.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cIt was a great team performance in the field, and nice to get over the line and secure that first victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Any other result would have been a major shock against the German part-timers and the Girls in Green can expect a tougher test on Thursday from the Netherlands who beat Italy by 43 runs to get their campaign underway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">With only four teams competing for the two World Cup places, the hosts and Ireland can be supremely confident of qualifying and Lewis will expect her full-time professionals to go through the six-game tournament unbeaten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amy Hunter Amy Hunter celebrated her 50th T20 international with a top score of 31 not out 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