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After an encouraging start to their campaign over the weekend, Australia have a second chance to show their wares – and title credentials – against Ireland in Guyana.

Alyssa Healy put in a starring performance in that first game against Pakistan, claiming four dismissals and hitting 48 to guide the Southern Stars to a nerve-settling opening victory.

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Today, Ireland stand in their way. Some Australians have previously played for the Irish men’s cricket team, but Celeste Raack is the first Australian to play for Ireland’s women. The western Sydney-born woman will line up against the Southern Stars today, against her former junior teammates Ellyse Perry, Alyssa Healy and others. Raack qualifies through that old reliable, an Irish granny.