Captain Kathryn Bryce’s gorgeous unbeaten century and three wickets had been nonetheless not sufficient to maintain Scotland’s World Cup hopes alive as Eire snatched a one-wicket win with the ultimate ball in Lahore.
The Scots wanted to win by an enormous margin, coupled with defeat for Bangladesh towards Pakistan on Saturday, to have an opportunity of ending second within the qualifier match, whereas Eire had been already out of the working.
And regardless of a shaky begin at 19-3, Bryce took management with a private greatest knock of 131 to assist Scotland to 268, their highest ever ODI rating, as they appeared good for victory.
Nonetheless, Eire got here roaring again to arrange a particularly tense closing over throughout which Bryce was hit for 4, took her third wicket, earlier than consecutive leg byes within the closing two balls gave Eire the 2 runs they wanted for victory.
Ailsa Lister shared a partnership of 62 with Bryce earlier than falling for 27 from 28 balls within the twentieth over of Scotland’s spectacular innings.
The skipper continued with assist from Megan McCall (15), Katherine Fraser (33) and Priyanaz Chatterji (26).
And Rachel Slater arrived on the crease for the ultimate 5 overs, ending not out on 13 from 11 balls as Bryce accomplished an unimaginable innings together with her 14th 4 from the final supply, to go together with her two sixes.
Eire captain Gaby Lewis began the resistance with the bat, placing on 109 for the primary wicket with fellow opener Sarah Forbes, however it was Laura Delany’s essential unbeaten 57 which bought them over the road.
After dropping Leah Paul (11), Louise Little (one), and Sophie McMahon (three) in little over 4 overs, Delany hung in and fashioned an important eighth-wicket stand with Jane Maguire, with the pair scoring 50 from 36 balls.
When Maguire was caught off the bowling of Slater simply earlier than the forty ninth over, it appeared as if the momentum had swung Scotland’s manner once more, because it did when Bryce bowled Ava Canning the ball after being hit for 4 within the closing over.
However with two deliveries left, Cara Murray and Delany each profited from leg byes to interrupt Scotland’s hearts and finish their hopes of enjoying on the World Cup in India within the autumn.
They end their marketing campaign with two wins from 5 video games, as do Eire, behind prime two Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The West Indies have an outdoor probability of leapfrogging Bangladesh with an enormous win over Thailand, assuming Pakistan win.
