Lahore, April 19 -- A century by Kathryn Bryce was not enough in the end as Ireland claimed a dramatic, one-wicket victory over Scotland, ending the latter's hopes of reaching the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 hosted by India.
The Scotland skipper was sensational with the bat, making an unbeaten 131 to help them to set Ireland a target of 269.
She then took three wickets with the ball, but Laura Delany's unbeaten 57 saw Ireland home off the final delivery, a pair of leg byes earning them their victory.
With this defeat, Scotland cannot catch up to Bangladesh who, along with the West Indies are now the two remaining teams who can compete to join Pakistan in progressing to the main event later
this year.
Scotland found themselves in...