London, June 18 -- Ireland head coach Lloyd Tennant has struck a measured but optimistic tone following his side's four-wicket defeat to England at the Hampshire Bowl, insisting that the performance against one of the tournament's heavyweights has given his team plenty to build on.
Ireland are making their fifth appearance at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup, competing in Group 2 alongside hosts England, Sri Lanka, Scotland, West Indies and defending champions New Zealand.
It has been a difficult start to the campaign with the team suffering back-to-back defeats to Scotland and England that have extended Ireland's winless run at ICC Women's T20 WorldCup tournaments to 19 matches.
The opening defeat to Scotland stung, but the coach was frank...