Irish confident for T20 series against England - Lewis

Gaby Lewis struck 10 boundaries as she made 72 from 56 balls on Wednesday

Ireland opener Gaby Lewis says the team hopes to carry the momentum from Wednesday's dramatic win over England into this weekend's T20 series at Clontarf.

Lewis hit a superb 72 to help Ireland to a final-ball DLS victory in Belfast, although England won the one-day series 2-1.

The sides meet again on Saturday and Sunday in Dublin with Lewis, who is acting captain in the absence of the injured Laura Delany, relishing the double-header.

"All I can remember is the buzz we had on Wednesday - we're looking to bring that positivity into these two games, especially as it was a shortened match it gives us confidence in the T20 format," she said.

Ireland have been forced into a late squad change with Louise Little coming in for Una Raymond-Hoey, who has withdrawn after a recurrence of a quad muscle injury.

The Irish again start as underdogs, sitting 10th in the T20 rankings and eight places behind England, but Lewis is predicting an upset.

"I'm looking forward to a 2-0 series win, especially as it's in the shortened format," she added.

"We're in a bit of a transition phase. We've such young players but they're constantly learning on the go - we're moving in the right direction and we're on the up."

England also boast a young squad and more new faces will have a chance to shine after securing the ODI series victory.

"To play away from home and win a series is always difficult but to do it with five or six new international players was pretty special and obviously we're going to see some debuts again in the T20 series," said skipper Kate Cross.

"I'm looking forward to seeing what the younger players can bring to the team and hopefully it will be a brilliant series as well."

Cross was impressed with Ireland, but Wednesday's rain-hit game provided some tips on how to combat the hosts in T20s.

"Ireland were brilliant but that game gave us ideas on how we are going to look to play and how they are going to target the bowlers.

"I thought there were some real glimpses of brilliance from all of our batters throughout the ODIs so it's just about who can put their hand up and get that match-winning performance for us."