WBSC Women's Softball World Cup Group A - Day 3 Live Blog
Welcome to the live blog of the WBSC Women's Softball World Cup Group A taking place in Balbriggan, Ireland. Day three has dawned fine and the forecast for Thursday is for it to continue with a high of 18 degrees. Here's hoping the rain predicted this evening stays away for the big game - Ireland v Great Britain.
After two day's of great action in the premier international women's softball tournament, day three sees four terrific games at the Balbriggan All Weather Field.
- Australia v Botswana 10:00 Live Scoring/Play By Play Live Streaming
- Botswana v Chinese Taipei 12:30
- Australia v United States 15:00
- Ireland v Great Britain 18:30
- Tournament Website
- Photos
- Watch Live on GameTime.Sport
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Australia v Botswana
The sun is out, the teams are on the field and the first game of the day is underway.
Botswana looking for their first win of the tournament having lost to Ireland and USA so far while Australia have a loss to Great Britain and a win over Ireland to their name.
Previous Play
- Day 2 Review
- Great Britain v Chinese Taipei 2-0 Box Score/Play by Play Highlights
- Ireland v Australia 0-4 Box Score/Play by Play Highlights
- United States v Botswana 15-0 Box Score/Play by Play Highlights
- Chinese Taipei v Ireland 11-1 Box Score/Play by Play Highlights
- Day 1 Review:
- Ireland beat Botswana 7-0: Box Score/Play by Play Highlights
- USA beat Chinese Taipei 5-0: Box Score/Play by Play Highlights
- Great Britain beat Australia 2-0: Box Score/Play by Play Highlights
- First time the new two-stage format is being used in a WBSC tournament.
- First time that Ireland hosts a WBSC tournament.
- New sustainable Mizuno ball - the M170 - in play.
- Six teams participating in three groups. Top two teams from Group A “punch a ticket” to the Finals next year. Learn more about the tournament format here.
- World No. 1 and 12-time champions USA lead the field in Ireland with world No. 9 Australia, No. 3 Chinese Taipei, No. 16 Great Britain, No. 17 Ireland and No. 43 Botswana also in action. Check out the tournament preview.