DUBLIN \u2013 Approval has been given for Ireland Women\u2019s star all-rounder, Orla Prendergast, to change her shirt number from 84 to 10.<\/p>\n
Speaking after one of the final training sessions before the Ireland Women\u2019s squad flies to South Africa, Orla said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve made the decision to change my shirt number from 84 to 10 \u2013 my dad\u2019s birthday. Since my dad passed last May, I\u2019m always trying to think of ways to keep him close to me and having the number 10 on my shirt is another way of doing so.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dad was always my biggest support in cricket \u2013 the first person I\u2019d go to on my good days and my bad days. He constantly told me how proud he was of me, and I hope to continue making him proud with the number 10 on my back in memory of him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m pretty superstitious, so it took a little bit of self-convincing to move on from number 84, but I\u2019m really looking forward to touring South Africa in a few weeks time with number 10 on my shirt.\u201d<\/p>\n
FIXTURES<\/p>\n
The matches are:<\/p>\n
5 December: South Africa Women v Ireland Women \u2013 1st T20I (Newlands; start time 2pm)7 December: South Africa Women v Ireland Women \u2013 2nd T20I (Boland Park; start time 2pm)10 December: South Africa Women v Ireland Women \u2013 3rd T20I (Willowmoore Park; start time 6pm)13 December: South Africa Women v Ireland Women \u2013 1st ODI (Buffalo Park Stadium; start time 10am)16 December: South Africa Women v Ireland Women \u2013 2nd ODI (St George\u2019s Park; start time 10am)19 December: South Africa Women v Ireland Women \u2013 3rd ODI (Wanderers Cricket Stadium; start time 2pm)<\/p>\n
[all times local to venue]<\/p>\n
SQUADS \u2013 Ireland Women<\/p>\n
Ireland T20I Squad<\/p>\n
\u2060Gaby Lewis (captain)Ava CanningChristina Coulter ReillyAlana DalzellLaura DelanyAmy HunterArlene Kelly\u2060Louise LittleAimee MaguireJane MaguireLara McBrideCara MurrayLeah Paul\u2060Orla PrendergastRebecca Stokell<\/p>\n
Ireland ODI Squad<\/p>\n
\u2060Gaby Lewis (captain)Ava CanningChristina Coulter ReillyLaura DelanyGeorgina DempseySarah ForbesAmy HunterArlene KellyAimee MaguireJane MaguireLara McBrideCara MurrayLeah Paul\u2060Orla PrendergastRebecca Stokell<\/p>\n
Head Coach: Lloyd Tennant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DUBLIN \u2013 Approval has been given for Ireland Women\u2019s star all-rounder, Orla Prendergast, to change her shirt number…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,68188,43,91579],"class_list":["post-164483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-ireland-women","tag-news","tag-orla-prendergast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}