IRE-W vs PAK-W Match Prediction : 6th Match, Women’s Tri-Series in Ireland, 2026
IRE-W vs PAK-W Win Probability
37%
IRE-W
63%
PAK-W
Ireland Women To Win, 2.55
The hosts have real momentum after back‑to‑back wins over Pakistan Women and West Indies Women.
Ireland Women have won three of the last four meetings between these two sides.
Orla Prendergast has been a genuine game‑changer with both bat and ball, scoring a half‑century and taking three wickets in the series so far.
IRE-W vs PAK-W Betting Tips
Orla Prendergast to score more than 22.5 runs
Orla Prendergast has been the rock of Ireland’s batting, with scores of 25, 33, and an unbeaten 71 in this series showing how reliably she scores in home conditions. With 12 WT20I fifties to her name, the Irish captain is one of the most dependable top‑order batters on display and looks well placed to clear a modest 22.5‑run line.
Ayesha Zafar not to score 50
Ayesha Zafar’s recent form makes a half‑century highly unlikely, with three single‑digit scores in her last five WT20I innings. She has found it difficult to adjust to Irish conditions, managing only 30 runs in three knocks this series, so opposing her to reach 50 runs is a logical conservative play.
Team form (Last 5 matches)
Ireland Women
Pakistan Women
Ireland have grown into this tri‑series superbly after bouncing back from a heavy defeat to West Indies Women. Their batting has stepped up under pressure and the bowling unit is increasingly effective and disciplined. Pakistan Women, by contrast, need both their batting and bowling units to fire together to avoid a second loss to Ireland in quick succession, and they have yet to show that complete performance.
Ireland Women vs Pakistan Women Head-to-Head Record
Ireland Women and Pakistan Women have shared five wins apiece across their last ten WT20I clashes, underlining how competitive this rivalry has been.
IRE-W vs PAK-W Team Previews
Ireland Women
Ireland Women have improved with every outing in this tournament, and their results reflect it as the wins start to stack up. Their seven‑wicket chase of 177 against Pakistan Women was especially impressive, with Rebecca Stokell smashing a match‑winning 60 off 42 balls and the top order maintaining a scoring rate north of nine an over.
Captain Orla Prendergast continues to drive the batting effort, piling up 129 runs in three innings so far, while seamer Ava Canning has been outstanding with the new ball, collecting six wickets in the series.
They backed that performance up with a dramatic DLS win over West Indies Women. Prendergast was the star again, belting 71 off 46 in a dominant all‑round display, and Ireland’s bowlers then held their nerve to restrict the Caribbean side to a modest 141 for eight. Canning delivered another superb spell with 2 for 11 in four overs, while Prendergast, Alana Dalzell, and Lara McBride all chipped in with wickets.
With batting, bowling, and fielding all coming together at the business end of this short WT20I series, Ireland Women look like a confident, settled unit at home in Dublin and are well placed to finish strongly.
Ireland Women Expected Playing 11
Arlene Kelly, Alana Dalzell, Rebecca Stokell, Orla Prendergast (c), Leah Paul, Alice Tector, Louise Little, Christina Coulter Reilly (wk), Ava Canning, Lara McBride, Cara Murray
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Pakistan Women
The pressure continues to mount on Pakistan Women as they remain winless in this tri-nation series. Even when they produced a strong batting display to post close to 180 against Ireland Women earlier in the tournament, an underwhelming bowling effort saw them fail to defend the total and lose in the final over.
Batting has been the more promising facet of their game but still lacks support around the main contributors. Muneeba Ali is the only Pakistan batter to register a half‑century so far, and she urgently needs others to stand up alongside her.
With the ball, their issues have been even more stark. Against West Indies Women, Pakistan conceded nearly 200 runs, a level of waywardness they simply cannot afford to repeat. Positive moments have been rare; Fatima Sana and Sadia Iqbal are still wicketless in this series, while Ayesha Zafar and Nashra Sandhu have taken just two wickets each and leaked runs at high economy rates.
While individual efforts occasionally shine through, Pakistan Women have yet to deliver a complete performance where both batting and bowling units click in the same match. Unless there is a dramatic uplift in both departments, another disappointing result looks likely.
Pakistan Women Expected Playing 11
Muneeba Ali (wk), Gull Feroza, Ayesha Zafar, Saira Jabeen, Rameen Shamim, Aliya Riaz, Fatima Sana (c), Eyman Fatima, Tuba Hassan, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal
IRE-W vs PAK-W Toss Prediction
Ireland have twice successfully chased in this series, which reinforces the value of bowling first at Castle Avenue. With mostly cloudy conditions favouring seam movement early on, both captains are likely to prefer bowling first, allowing their quicks to attack in the powerplay and then control a chase later.
Pitch Report and Weather Conditions
A potentially wet lead‑up to the game should keep the surface fresh, and seamers will fancy their chances of extracting movement off the pitch early. The powerplay will be the prime window for fast bowlers to hunt wickets, before conditions generally improve for batting as the match progresses. Teams batting first should be aiming for a total in excess of 155 to apply meaningful scoreboard pressure on this ground.
Most of the game is expected to be played under predominantly cloudy skies with only around a ten percent chance of rain interruptions. Temperatures will be on the cooler side, but high humidity will linger, further assisting swing and seam bowling.
IRE-W vs PAK-W: Who Will Win?
Ireland Women have quietly become the giant‑killers of this series, pulling off a stunning last‑over chase against Pakistan Women and then edging favourites West Indies Women by a single run in a rain‑affected thriller. Pakistan Women, on the other hand, have been below par with both bat and ball and have struggled to stitch together a complete performance.
Given Ireland’s home advantage, rising confidence, and the impact of Orla Prendergast with bat and ball, siding with the hosts is the more logical call.
Bet on Ireland Women to win.
