Scotland and Ireland have qualified for this summer’s Women’s T20 World Cup after comprehensive wins.

The two countries have been playing qualifying matches in Nepal for the past two weeks to secure qualification for the T20 World Cup to be held in England from June 12 to July 5. sky sports.

They have both progressed through the group stages into the Super Six, with the top four qualifying for the World Cup but needing a win in Sunday’s final game to join already-qualified Bangladesh and Netherlands.

Ireland beat Thailand by 62 points to qualify for a fifth time, having failed to do so last time in 2024.

Openers Gaby Lewis and Amy Hunter helped Ireland get off to a good start with 24 and 25 points respectively, and Orla Prendergast added 24 more points as Ireland targeted a target of 121 points.

Arlene Kelly, who celebrated her 100th match appearance, did her damage with figures of 4-7, including two wickets from two balls.

Scotland beat the USA by 41 runs as Darcey Carter’s 52, Ailsa Lister’s 43 and Priyanaz Chatterji’s 32 helped them to 178 points.

The US never looked like threatening the target as Katherine Blythe, Priyanaz Chatterjee, Rachel Slater and Chloe Abell all took two wickets each.

This is the second time Scotland have qualified for the T20 World Cup after their first appearance in the T20 World Cup two years ago.

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