Ireland Women v Scotland Women 2023/24

The fixture between Ireland Women and Scotland Women stands as the primary competitive rivalry in European women's cricket, defined by a structural disparity in international standing. Ireland Women hold Full Member status with the International Cricket Council, a designation granted in 2017 that confers automatic Test and One Day International status. This places them in the highest tier of global cricket, whereas Scotland Women remain Associate Members, though they have secured permanent One Day International status since 2022 and Twenty20 International status since 2018.

The two sides have contested 16 official international matches across One Day and Twenty20 formats since their first One Day International meeting in Dublin in 1991. Ireland leads the head-to-head record with nine victories to Scotland's seven. Ireland holds a dominant position in One Day Internationals, having won all recorded encounters between the teams, including a series sweep in Spain in October 2023. Scotland’s successes are concentrated in Twenty20 Internationals, highlighted by an eight-wicket victory in the semi-final of the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier, which secured their place in the global tournament.

Competition between the nations occurs primarily through bilateral series comprising three to five matches, alongside high-stakes knockout fixtures in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier. In the 2025 Europe Qualifier Division 1, the format involved a double round-robin among four teams, with Ireland winning the title. There is no permanent domestic league structure linking the two national teams; players compete in national domestic leagues, such as The Blaze in England for some participants, before meeting in international fixtures. The rivalry represents the ongoing battle for supremacy among European Associate nations, with Ireland aiming to maintain its Full Member standing while Scotland strives to bridge the gap to Full Member status.