Dalzell seals historic win off last ball after Armitage's blunder

Ireland secured a dramatic coup against England in the third one-day international at Stormont, overcoming the loss of three wickets in Mady Villiers' final over as Alana Dalzell struck her first ball for four to pull off a three-wicket win.

- Raf Nicholson

Hollie Armitage had successfully run out Una Raymond-Hoey earlier in the over but fumbled the final ball at long-on, allowing it to trickle over the boundary and seal Ireland's win.

The win was only Ireland's second against England in any form of cricket -the first was in 2001- and came two days after England pulled off a record 275-run win against the hosts.

"We were outplayed," England's captain, Kate Cross, said. "I've given Hollie a hug. These things happen.

When you have close games like that, there's loads of things that contributed to us not winning that game.

"I don't think we fielded very well and we didn't bowl as well as we could have done upfront." In a rain-reduced, 22-overs-a-side affair, Ireland's captain, Gaby Lewis, had struck a crucial 72 and shared 50 partnerships with the 18-year-old prodigy Amy Hunter and with Leah Paul, bringing her side to within 18 runs of victory. Ireland were helped along by some wayward bowling from England, who conceded a total of 14 wides.