# Pakistan women's cricket team in Ireland in 2000

The Pakistani women's cricket team toured Ireland in between 23 July and 2 August 2000 to play against the Irish women's national cricket team in a 5 match WODI series and in a one-off Test match, which was also the first ever Test appearance for Ireland women's cricket team and also marked the first ever Test match to be held in Ireland.
Originally, the ODI series between the two teams were initially scheduled to be held as a 3 match series but later both Pakistan and Ireland agreed to play in further two WODI matches after the solitary Test finished only within a space of 2 days. Ireland won the WODI series 4-0 and the only Test match. The Irish women's cricket team won the WODI series after winning the first three ODI matches (3-0) just prior to the start of the only Test match, with Ireland winning the 4th One Day International on the next day (on 1 August 2000) after the conclusion of the Test match which ended on 31 July 2000 and the fifth being abandoned due to rain.
The Irish team won the historical Test match on its debut against Pakistan by an innings and 54 runs which was held in Dublin. This was also the only international Test cricket match hosted by Ireland until 2018.
18 years later after the first Test appearance for the Ireland women's cricket team, their male counterparts, the Ireland men's national cricket team also made its Test debut against Pakistan in 2018.
Isobel Joyce who made her Women's Test debut in 2000 against Pakistan for Irish women's team along with Ed Joyce who made his Test debut in 2018 for Irish men's team became only the second brother-sister siblings to have played in Test cricket following Denise Emerson and Terry Alderman of Australia. Ed Joyce and Isobel Joyce are also the only brother-sister siblings combination to have made their Test debuts when playing for their respective gender teams on the country's first ever Test appearances.

## WODI series
### 1st WODI

* 23 July 2000 Scorecard
| Pakistan 95 (42.2 overs) | v | Ireland 98/1 (20.5 overs) |
| Shaiza Khan 30 (80) Saibh Young 3/7 (5 overs) | | Saibh Young 53 (61) Shaiza Khan 1/36 (6.5 overs) |
* Ireland Women won by 9 wickets College Park, Dublin Player of the match: Saibh Young (Ire)
* Ireland won the toss and elected to field

### 2nd WODI

* 25 July 2000 Scorecard
| Ireland 242/7 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 125 (45.5 overs) |
| Miriam Grealey 101 Shaiza Khan 3/35 (10 overs) | | Nazia Nazir 32 Saibh Young 4/32 (9.5 overs) |
* Ireland Women won by 117 runs Rush Cricket Club, Dublin Player of the match: Miriam Grealey (Ire)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field

### 3rd WODI

* 27 July 2000 Scorecard
| Ireland 269/4 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 119 (40.4 overs) |
| Karen Young 120 Sharmeen Khan 2/39 (9 overs) | | Nazia Nazir 26 Barbara McDonald 4/8 (6.4 overs) |
* Ireland Women won by 150 runs Pembroke Cricket Club, Dublin Player of the match: Karen Young (Ire)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field

### 4th WODI

* 1 August 2000 Scorecard
| Ireland 208/7 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 70 (33.3 overs) |
| Caitriona Beggs 51 Nazia Nazir 3/35 (10 overs) | | Nazia Nazir 24 Saibh Young 3/18 (7 overs) |
* Ireland Women won by 138 runs College Park, Dublin Player of the match: Saibh Young (Ire)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field

### 5th WODI

* 2 August 2000 Scorecard
| Ireland | v | Pakistan |
* College Park, Dublin
* No toss
* Match abandoned without a ball being bowled

## Test series
### Only Test

* 30-31 July 2000 Scorecard
* Irish women won by an innings and 54 runs College Park, Dublin Umpires: Sid Moore and Alan Tuffery (Ire) Player of the match: Isobel Joyce (Ire)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Isobel Joyce, Ciara Metcalfe, Caitriona Beggs, Catherine O'Neill, Karen Young, Clare O'Leary, Miriam Grealey, Anne Linehan, Clare Shillington, Saibh Young, Barbara McDonald (Ire), Zehmarad Afzal, Sajjida Shah, Khursheed Jabeen and Uzma Gondal (Pak) all made their Test debuts.