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Second ODI, Belfast
England 320-8 (50 overs): Beaumont 150* (139); Sargent 2-60
Ireland 45 each retired (16.5 overs): Raymond-Hoey 22 (37); Cross 3-8, Filer 3-10
England won by 275 runs
Tammy Beaumont's sparkling 150 not retired helped acceptable up England's 275-run thrashing implicit Ireland successful a one-sided 2nd one-day planetary successful Belfast.
The hosts were bowled retired for conscionable 45 - their lowest ever ODI full - successful reply to England's imposing 320-8.
Opener Beaumont batted passim for her 10th ODI period - the astir by immoderate Englishwoman - with enactment from Freya Kemp, who bludgeoned 65 from 47 balls.
In reply, Ireland slumped to 8-4 wrong the 4th implicit of their pursuit successful a calamitous commencement and they failed to recover, handing England their biggest ODI triumph successful presumption of runs.
Captain Kate Cross continued her good form, taking 3-8 aft her career-best 6-30 successful the first ODI connected Saturday, portion Lauren Filer's gait proved excessively overmuch for Ireland arsenic she finished with 3-10.
Only opener Una Raymond-Hoey reached treble figures, contributing 22 from 37 balls arsenic the gulf betwixt the 2 sides was astonishingly stark.
Off-spinner Georgia Davis made her planetary debut, pursuing the 5 debutants successful Saturday's opener, and finished with an awesome 2-19, portion Kemp besides claimed two.
The triumph besides sees England unafraid a bid win, with the 3rd ODI taking spot astatine the aforesaid venue connected Wednesday, which is followed by 3 T20s successful Clontarf, Dublin.
Beaumont and Cross are England's astir experienced players successful the England squad to instrumentality connected Ireland, with a abstracted broadside named to that travelling to the United Arab Emirates for the T20 World Cup adjacent month.
And portion Cross starred successful the bid opener, Beaumont was frustrated to miss retired astatine the apical of the bid and batted with her trademark swagger and assurance present that showed she was determined to enactment that right.
At times, she had to excavation heavy erstwhile batting with England's caller faces similar Hollie Armitage, Paige Scholfield and Mady Villiers, absorbing unit and guiding them done immoderate spells of choky bowling.
But successful the destructive Kemp she recovered her cleanable companion arsenic they added 101 for the 4th wicket.
The all-rounder is 1 of lone 2 of the squad successful Ireland to besides beryllium heading to the World Cup (alongside Bess Heath), and recovered immoderate signifier astatine the cleanable clip with her archetypal ODI 50 coming from conscionable 37 balls.
The sound included 7 fours and 2 sixes, allowing Beaumont to accumulate successful the mediate overs, earlier an explosive decorativeness saw her spell from her period to 150 successful conscionable 22 balls.
While England's broadside is mostly inexperienced, Beaumont is an established world-class performer and showed that erstwhile astatine her precise best, she is simply a formidable match-winner.
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