Summary

  • Third ODI, Worcester

  • Ireland win toss and bowl

  • England looking to complete series sweep after winning first two matches

  • Listen to BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra commentary at top of page

Have your say on England women this summer

Live Reporting

by Mike Peter

  1. Eng 236-4

    Another tidy drive from Freya Kemp, sending Louise Little through the covers for four.

    A further single takes her to 17 from 13 balls.

  2. Eng 228-4

    Just a couple of singles off Lara McBride's seventh over.

    I'd expect England to unleash in the next few overs, but they let this one tick by.

  3. Eng 224-4

    Neatly done from Freya Kemp.

    She steps down to the last ball from Cara Murray and caresses it through the covers for four.

  4. Eng 217-4

    Dani Gibson comes in at six for England and she gets off the mark immediately, finding two out to the cover boundary.

  5. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That was travelling and Orla Prendergast had to stop her momentum from going over the rope for six.

    Any other Ireland fielder underneath it and Sophia Dunkley might still be there. She has picked out the best fielder in the team.

  6. wicket

    WICKET

    Dunkley c Prendergast b McBride 119 (Eng 214-4)

    Dunkley goes!

    The England opener pulls Lara McBride for four but the off-spinner has her revenge two deliveries later.

    Dunkley launches a long-hop out to the mid-wicket boundary, but Orla Prendergast is out there and she takes the catch above her head, stopping herself to ensure she doesn't fall over the rope.

  7. Thea Brookes
    Former Birmingham Phoenix all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    This is a fantastic base for England to have going into the final 10-15 overs.

  8. Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Sophia Dunkley of England celebrates reaching her centuryGetty Images

    This is Sophia Dunkley's highest ODI score. Her previous best was 107 against South Africa in 2022.

    The highest score on this ground is 123 from Lauren Winfield-Hill against Pakistan in 2016.

  9. Thea Brookes
    Former Birmingham Phoenix all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It was a beautiful strike from Freya Kemp. She waited on the backfoot but Louise Little should definitely have done better on the field.

  10. Eng 210-3

    Runs off the back-end of Cara Murray's over.

    Sophia Dunkley reverse sweeps for three before Freya Kemp strikes imperiously off the back foot, sending the ball racing to the cover ropes.

    Louise Little is out there but can't stop the ball, seeing it break between her legs and over the boundary.

  11. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It is a really unfortunate dismissal for a player who had looked in good touch.

  12. Eng 202-3

    Easy runs for Sophia Dunkley.

    Kia McCartney's final ball is wide outside the off stump and Sophia Dunkley slashes it away for two runs.

  13. wicket

    WICKET

    Capsey run out (McCartney) 10 (Eng 200-3)

    Gone!

    Alice Capsey did not manage to get her bat back and Ireland pick-up a fortunate wicket.

    The players will take drinks prior to Freya Kemp takes up her position at the non-striker's end.

  14. Umpire review

    Could Alice Capsey be in trouble here?

    Sophia Dunkley drives straight down the ground, the ball deflects off Kia McCartney's thumb and clips the stumps.

    Capsey might not have grounded her bat in time here - the umpires are going to take a look.

  15. Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

    Sophia Dunkley's second fifty came off just 37 balls to bring up her run-a-ball hundred.

    Her most productive shot in this innings has been the cut, with five boundaries coming from the shot.

  16. Eng 197-2

    A third over without a boundary, but England take eight runs off Cara Murray's over.

    The leg-spinner has been Ireland's most economical bowler today, she's going at five an over.

  17. Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Four women's ODI centuries have been scored at New Road.

    Two have come from current England openers Maia Bouchier and Sophia Dunkley.

    The other two were from Lauren Winfield-Hill and Tammy Beaumont who both hit centuries as England reached their record ODI total of 378 against Pakistan here in 2016.

  18. Eng 189-2

    England work five singles off Kia McCartney's latest over.

  19. Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

    Alice Capsey has had her troubles against spin in ODI cricket, two thirds of her dismissals coming against spinners for an average of just 16. In particular she has found herself trapped in-front often with 40% of her dismissals coming LBW, more than double the global average (15%).

  20. Eng 184-2

    Alice Capsey comes out at four for England.

    She takes a single to cover off her second ball to get off the mark.