England captain Charlie Dean has surely shown this summer that she is the heir apparent to Nat Sciver-Brunt:

The way the girls went about it was brilliant. It was a tricky surface to bat on at the start. We were also clinical with the ball. It was a really good day.

To bat first today and get a decent total on the board was good and Sophia Dunkley was phenomenal. We left a few runs out there to be honest. But to come back and start with how we did with the ball was brilliant.

The way the girls have gone about it, they have shown real maturity. Now we are just looking to extend that even further. It’s really exciting times and looking forward to the future.”

I feel like every game, I am growing (as captain). The girls have been very supportive and credit to them for listening to what I’ve to say. Also the staff. A lot of work goes into planning and that makes my job easier.”

Ireland captain Gaby Lewis:

Throughout this series we’ve shown real positives with the bat and ball, just in different games. I think we did really well with the ball today. Definitely positives to take from this series.

Every series against these top quality players they’ll learn. A good build into the winter. These series are so valuable. Playing cricket is great, the more series we can have the better.”

Sophie Dunkley is player of the match, series and summer!

It was great to get the series win today. It was a little bit tricky and slow at the start.

Maia Bouchier was great at the other end. The longer you batted, the easier it got. It was nice to get through that period and then see us home.

It is important to be positive with the bat. If we can get on top at the start, we can continue playing that way.”

It is just about staying the present. I am enjoying it. It’s nice to be back at the top of the order in ODI cricket. I love opening in T20 cricket and also playing ODI cricket. It’s a big summer with the Ashes next year and it is one of my goals to stay at the top of the order.”

We’ll hear from the captains soon. Lauren Filer finished with 3-27 and Mady Villiers popped up to take 3-33.

Tilly Corteen-Coleman bagged a brace and Charlie Dean and Ryana MacDonald chipped in with one apiece.

A lovely moment as both sides give Arlene Kelly a guard of honour with the sun casting shadows of the cathedral across New Road. She walks through bashfully, a class act to the end.

43rd over: Ireland 173-8 (Murray 0, McBride 0) England need two more for the 3-0 series sweep.

42nd over: Ireland 171-7 (Paul 21, Murray 0) Cara Murray joins Paul. Lauren Filer is being summoned for a final burst to finish this off for England.

41st over: Ireland 168-6 (Paul 21, Kelly 1) Arlene Kelly arrives in the middle for her final act as an international cricketer and she gets off the mark with a single into the off. No ducks in the final act here thanks very much.

40th over: Ireland 165-5 (Paul 20, Little 13) Five off Dean. Ireland aren’t going anywhere and don’t look as if they are even going to chance their arm. It’s been the story of their innings.

39th over: Ireland 160-5 (Paul 18, Little 10) Paul attempts a reverse sweep but gets in a real tangle and is lucky not to be bowled.

38th over: Ireland 156-5 (Paul 15, Little 9) Dean back on, rattles through her fifth over for the cost of five runs. Corteen-Coleman is coming on for her second spell.

37th over: Ireland 151-5 (Paul 11, Little 8) That’s more like it! Some intent from Little who clears the ropes with a drive over long off for SIX. The boundary hitting has been a big difference between the two sides.

36th over: Ireland 142-5 (Paul 10, Little 2) Five off the over and it’s not enough for Ireland.

35th over: Ireland 137-5 (Paul 8, Little 0) Macdonald-Gay nearly pockets a maiden but Paul has other ideas. playing a dinky reverse ramp with aplomb to get four off the last ball.

33rd over: Ireland 129-4 (Prendergast 24, Paul 1) The left handed Leah Paul joins Prendergast, two singles at the end of the over. Ireland in all sorts.

32nd over: Ireland 127-3 (Prendergast 24, Stokell 7) Stop press! Orla Prendergast opens the shoulders and hits a SIX off Mady Villiers. Over long off, finally some aggressive intent from Ireland - that’s just their ninth boundary of the innings. More of that please!

31st over: Ireland 117-3 (Prendergast 20, Stokell 6) Three off Filer, she’s mixing up her pace at New Road, the final ball of the over down at the 50mph mark.

30th over: Ireland 114-3 (Prendergast 19, Stokell 5) Villiers nearly gets another return catch but Prendergast stands her ground at the non striker’s end and Villiers can’t get round to the looping catch. All fair game. Five off the over, run rate creeping up to ten. Gulp.

29th over: Ireland 109-3 (Prendergast 17, Stokell 2) Filer is getting into a better groove with her bowling, She’s up into the mid seventies on the speed gun. Just a single off the over, Ireland need 181 from 21 overs. They’ve got to go some from here.

28th over: Ireland 108-3 (Prendergast 17, Stokell 1) One run and the wicket off Mady Villiers’ third over. She looks like she is having a ball out there too. Rebecca Stokell joins Prendergast and is off the mark with a push to long on.

27th over: Ireland 107-2 (Hunter 39, Prendergast 17) Filer returns for her fifth over. A sharp bouncer keeps Prendergast honest and Ireland can’t find the boundary once again, just two runs off the over and the pressure cooker hissing.

26th over: Ireland 105-2 (Hunter 38, Prendergast 16) Drop! Hunter clubs a full ball straight back at Villiers but it has too much pace and power on it and the bowler can’t hold on in her follow through. Just three off the over, the required rate creeping up to 8 rpo now.

25th over: Ireland 102-2 (Hunter 37, Prendergast 14) Ireland bring up their hundred in the 25th over. England were fifty runs ahead of them at this stage. Time to take some risks.

24th over: Ireland 97-2 (Hunter 36, Prendergast 10) Prendergast picks up two thanks to a misfield at backward point. I think it was Captain Dean who was the culprit. Just three off the over.

23rd over: Ireland 94-2 (Hunter 36, Prendergast 7) Charlie Dean landing it on a sixpence and rattling through her third over. Just two off it. Mady Villiers is coming into the attack for the next over, can she get herself into the wickets once again?

22nd over: Ireland 92-2 (Hunter 35, Prendergast 6) That’s more like it, TCC drops short and is punished on the pull by Hunter. Nine runs in total off the over with a more proactive approach.

21st over: Ireland 83-2 (Hunter 29, Prendergast 3) Charlie Dean is in and out of her over in warp speed, just two off it. The run rate worm rising like an angry cobra…

20th over: Ireland 81-2 (Hunter 29, Prendergast 1) Orla Prendergast joins Hunter and gets off the mark with a single into the off side first ball. Ireland have only hit six boundaries in their innings so far.

19th over: Ireland 74-1 (Tector 27, Hunter 24) Charlie Dean brings herself into the attack, can she get the wickets column shifting for England? Not in her first over but she skids the ball on and is only hit for three singles.

18th over: Ireland 74-1 (Tector 27, Hunter 24) TCC after the drinks break. No rocket fuel in the squash for Ireland who just manage to take three off the over.

17th over: Ireland 71-1 (Tector 26, Hunter 23) Ireland have to step it up after the drinks break, they’ve built a platform with only one wicket lost but the required run rate is already creeping up to 7s.

16th over: Ireland 64-1 (Tector 20, Hunter 22) Another tidy over from Corteen-Coleman, she gets the edge of Hunter’s blade with the first ball but there’s a vacant slip region! D’oh. Get one in there Deano!

15th over: Ireland 59-1 (Tector 19, Hunter 18) Just two runs off Gibson. Ireland on the New Road to nowhere.

14th over: Ireland 57-1 (Tector 18, Hunter 17) England are piling the pressure on Ireland. There have been nearly 60 dot balls in the innings so far, ten overs worth. Just two off TCC’s second over.

13th over: Ireland 55-1 (Tector 17, Hunter 16) Hunter uses her feet to get out to Gibson and drive for four through the covers. Tector at the other end should take note, get those feet moving!

12th over: Ireland 48-1 (Tector 16, Hunter 11) Tilly Corteen-Coleman is summoned for some spin. She settles into her groove straight away, four singles off the over.

This is from Matilda…

Tilly is indeed a Matilda. She was born 13 years after this was made though.

11th over: Ireland 44-1 (Tector 14, Hunter 9) five singles off Gibson, Ireland need to take a few risks, England aren’t under any pressure at all.

10th over: Ireland 39-1 (Tector 12, Hunter 6) Ree Mac has Tector on toast at the moment, moving the ball both ways and the Irish opener can’t lay a bat on it at currently. Powerplay done, Ireland have only lost the one wicket but they haven’t really gone anywhere.

9th over: Ireland 38-1 (Tector 12, Hunter 6) Dani Gibson replaces Filer. Her first ball is right on the money, stump to stump. Most of the over is too but she blots her copybook with the final ball, a smidge too full and Hunter dumps it over long on for four.

8th over: Ireland 34-1 (Tector 12, Hunter 2) Macdonald-Gay moves the first ball away from Hunter and then brings the next one back, how it misses the stumps I do not know! Close again! Another in-ducker sees Hunter inside edge past leg peg. Plenty of action on this white Kookaburra in the air and off the pitch.

7th over: Ireland 30-1 (Tector 11, Hunter 1) Tector latches onto a short ball from Filer and pulls for four. She looks much more at ease with the ball back of a length, with it swinging and pushed up there she looks much more ill at ease.

6th over: Ireland 25-1 (Tector 7, Hunter 0) Good probing over from Macdonald-Gay, she beats Tector’s outside edge a couple of times, the batter has her feet in treacle at the moment.

5th over: Ireland 24-1 (Tector 7, Hunter 0) Amy Hunter is the new batter. Ouchy! Filer greets her with a sharp ball that zips back and thuds into the hip. Filer has the breakthrough and gets a warm round of applause from the English in the crowd.

4th over: Ireland 20-0 (Tector 7, Lewis 12) Ryana MG gets some late shape away from Tector who plays and misses with a half hearted prod. England don’t have any slips in despite having a new ball zipping about and the best part of three hundred runs on the board. Riddle me that, Charlie Dean? Two singles off the over.

3rd over: Ireland 18-0 (Tector 6, Lewis 11) A better over from Filer who only goes for a single and completely cuts Lewis in half with a vicious nip backer that goes an inch over middle stump.

2nd over: Ireland 17-0 (Tector 5, Lewis 11) Decent start this by Ireland, they don’t want to be on the end of a quartz blue wash. Gaby Lewis absolutely maaaarmalises a length ball from Ryana Macdonald-Gay into the stands over the leg side for SIX. Some shot that. The ball has to be replaced as it was mangled on a concrete pillar. That’s an early badge of honour for Lewis. She then shows her timing with a classical cover drive for four more. Easy game!

1st over: Ireland 7-0 (Tector 5, Lewis 1) Lauren Filer is punished for sending down a wide ball with her sixth delivery, instead of getting out of her over for the cost of just two runs she has to bowl an extra ball that Tector duly glides with soft hands wide of point for four.

Thanks Tanya and hello all. Can Ireland make a decent fist of this chase? Let’s find out. Lauren Filer has the ball in hand, Alice Tector and Gaby Lewis are in the middle and will open up. Play!

A innings of two parts – bombast from Bouchier and the magnificent Dunkley, tepid water from most of the rest – Gibson and Grewcock excluded. And Capsey was very unlucky. It should still be more than enough to beat Ireland, though they will be boosted by their late resurgence in the field.

Jim will be your guide through Ireland’s chase, thanks for your company – bye!

48th over: England 288-8 (Gibson 41, Filer 0) Gibson thanks Filer for the offer of a single but says she’s on this.

46th over: England 277-7 (Gibson 36, MacDonald-Gay 3) Just one run off the first three balls, but then Gibson cuts a friendly offering from McBride away for four.

45th over: England 271-7 (Gibson 30, MacDonald-Gay 1) Villiers is nearly bowled, too early on a reverse-sweep first ball of Murray’s over, but must go three balls later. MacDonald-Gay slog-sweeps her second ball just out of Gaby Lewis’ reach.

44th over: England 268-6 (Gibson 30, Villiers 2) England can’t reach the rope again as McCartney’s spell comes to an end with a tidy over. One for 53 from her ten overs.

42nd over: England 256-4 (Kemp 22, Gibson 25) A first six of the innings! Gibson clubs McCartney over long off like a caveman on an away day, but the rest of the over is more gently recieved.

41st over: England 248-4 (Kemp 21, Gibson 18) A missed chance by Ireland as England take a punt on the mid-off fielder. Kemp would have been trudging off if the fielder had hit.. Six singles off McBride.

40th over: England 242-4 (Kemp 18, Gibson 15) Ireland’s fielding has not been outstanding today, as another ball is fumbled at backward point. Gibson gets going with cross batted four which flies over the fielder and gallops over the rope. Ten overs to go.

39th over: England 236-4 (Kemp 17, Gibson 10) An interesting conversation on TMS, saying that some of these Ireland players should be playing Ireland’s men’s club cricket to get more cricket in. And that they are hamstrung by classed as overseas cricketers in English county cricket. OH and that’s s lovely shot by Freya Kemp, standing tall, crouching low, whips four through covers off Little.

38th over: England 228-4 (Kemp 11, Gibson 8) McBride keeps England quiet.

37th over: England 224-4 (Kemp 10, Gibson 5) Murray’s over finishes with a glorious full-stop four through extra cover from Kemp that a diving Gaby Lewis can’t stop.

36th over: England 217-4 (Kemp 5, Gibson 3) A brilliant innings by Dunkley that, wonderfully entertaining, foot-down confident and strong. But Ireland now have to cope with Kemp and Gibson.

35th over: England 210-3 (Dunkley 115, Kemp 5) Overnight rain has added some extra green to the New Road outfield. A reverse-sweep by Dunkley off Murray brings three, and a slip on the boundary brings Kemp her first four, a majesterial cut.

34th over: England 202-3 (Dunkley 112, Kemp 0 ) Rotten luck for Capsey that. She had turned McCartney into the legside to bring up the England 200 and to, fatefully, reach the non striker’s end. McCartney in big sunglasses and long , long pony tail, stops at the top of her mark, bowls and puts out a desperate – and wicket-taking – hand.

33rd over: England 197-2 (Dunkley 110, Capsey 7) Murray starts with a wide and England seem content to keep scoring in singles – three and a half overs since the last boundary.

32nd over: England 189-2 (Dunkley 106, Capsey 4) Five easy singles.

31st over: England 184-2 (Dunkley 104, Capsey 1) Pleasingly, Dunkley’s hundred came off exactly 100 balls. Ah, that’s a shame for Grewcock she’d started to look more relaxed. Enter Capsey, settling into position as England’s keeper.

30th over: England 181-1 (Dunkley 103, Grewcock 34) A checked drive by Grewcock, for four, very nice. I’m enjoying the way she holds the pose after a shot.

28th over: England 167-1 (Dunkley 96, Grewcock 28) A slower ball from Kelly is dispatched through long over by Dunkley who rocks into the 90s. And rocks closer still to 100 with a lovely hoe legside, albeit off a pretty ropey ball.

27th over: England 156-1 (Dunkley 86, Grewcock 26) A quiet over, just three singles off Little.

26th over: England 153-1 (Dunkley 85, Grewcock 24) Kelly returns. The fielder at mid-off nearly gets a mouthful of sawdust scrabbling for the ball. Three singles then a crouched cut for four by Dunkley, her eleventh. So dominant.

25th over: England 146-1 (Dunkley 80, Grewcock 22) Little tries the short ball against Dunkley. Dunkley shies away. A nice crowd in now in the New Road stands as we reach the half way stage with England sailing away.

24th over: England 141-1 (Dunkley 77, Grewcock 20) It was worth waiting for – a gorgeous on-drive, classical, gives Grewcock her first boundary off her 26th ball. A less classical backfoot swipe past cover brings Dunkley another four.

23rd over: England 130-1 (Dunkley 72, Grewcock 14) Grewcock still yet to reach the rope. Just three singles and wide off Little’s over.

22nd over: England 126-1 (Dunkley 71, Grewcock 12) On TMS a commentator (I’m not sure who, apologies) criticises the lack of revs the Irish spinners are getting on the ball. McBride continues. A booming drive by Dunkley is well stopped on the boundary.

21st over: England 122-1 (Dunkley 68, Grewcock 11) Lewis has a good long chat with Prendergast at the top of the run. But after all that chat about the field, Prendergast sends down something short and wide and Dunkley tucks in with four through backward point. Grewcock isn’t racing through the gears but drives nicely through the covers with high elbow. Dunkley upper cuts four, one foot off the ground this time. And a single from a fumbled throw.

20th over: England 111-1 (Dunkley 57, Grewcock 10) A handful of singles off McBridge.

18th over: England 99-1 (Dunkley 49, Grewcock 7) They pause for drinks, then more offspin from McBride. We haven’t had a TV shot of the cathedral but somewhere over the boundary it has its eye on proceedings. Short from McBride. Grewcock pulls but well saved on the rope.

17th over: England 94-1 (Dunkley 47, Grewcock 4) Murray tosses one up, Dunkley licks her lips but can only dink the ball to extra cover. The scoring has slowed since Bouchier was out.

16th over: England 91-1 (Dunkley 45, Grewcock 3) Ireland’s third spinner enters the arena, MacBride with her first bowl of the series. Runs here and there.

15th over: England 86-1 (Dunkley 41, Grewcock 2) A nice little overhead dab by Dunkley over her own head for a couple. Another couple from a sweep. A quick single, just quick enough.

14th over: England 81-1 (Dunkley 36, Grewcock 2) Grewcock still finding her way.

13th over: England 77-1 (Dunkley 33, Grewcock 1) Another change, Murray, in shades, bounces in with her legspin. A quieter over.

11th over: England 68-0 (Bouchier 36, Dunkley 29) Bouchier squirts an outside edge off Little but it lands safely. Little steams in, pistoning arms. Dunkley leans back and cuts the penultimate ball fiercely for four.

10th over: England 61-0 (Bouchier 33, Dunkley 25) Better from McCartney but that’s a super power play from England.

9th over: England 58-0 (Bouchier 31, Dunkley 24) Louise Little starts with a wide and Bouchier flames her next straight down the ground. A few dots follow but Dunkley then ducks her head and flips her for four more.

8th over: England 48-0 (Bouchier 26, Dunkley 20) Lewis plumps for the spin of the long auburn ponytailed McCartney. Four dots but Dunkley dances and stretches and flames her through extra cover for four.

7th over: England 43-0 (Bouchier 25, Dunkley 16) Wow! Dunkley, an uppercut, fancy, in mid air, like a mucketeer off Prendergast. And next ball she pulls four more on one knee with quick arms.

6th over: England 35-0 (Bouchier 25, Dunkley 8) Dunkley gets in on the act, dropping her knee and tonking Kelly to long off for four. And four more for Bouchier, cross battted through midwicket. England press the accelerator.

5th over: England 26-0 (Bouchier 21, Dunkley 3) A second boundary of the day for Bouchier, she turns it off her boot ends, fumbled on the rope by Little, and then a third played way out of her crease, through point with a flourish. And a fourth! Another flick round the corner. A costly over for Ireland.

4th over: England 14-0 (Bouchier 9, Dunkley 2) An immaculate maiden from Kelly, some yes-no running from England.

3rd over: England 14-0 (Bouchier 9, Dunkley 3) I’m deeply envious of the sunshine at Worcester, summer already feels as if it has slipped out of reach in Manchester. Prendergast throws down a couple of bouncers which Dunkley ducks and then takes on the body.

2nd over: England 10-0 (Bouchier 8, Dunkley 0) The retiring Kelly starts her final bowl for Ireland. Bouchier drives her gorgeously straight down the ground for four.

1st over: England 2-0 (Bouchier 1, Dunkley 0) Welsh Fire’s Prendergast with the first over which is, a wide apart, on the money. Dunkley is given out lbw to a ball nipping in as Dunkley jackknifes back. But she appeals immediately and the replay shows an inside edge.

Here we go!

Our woman on the ground (Raf) reports blazing sunshine at New Road: “Richard Starkie from Noughtie Child says he is regretting not bringing his sun hat. (Written press are outdoors so very grateful for the weather!)“