Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

KJ O'Brien
KJ O'Brien
60(41) 7x4 - 1x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 19 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
1 12 1 8 21 8 3 6
M Shumba
46(27) 4x4 - 2x6
Control %77%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 15 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
0 8 1 8 17 4 3 5

Best performances - Bowlers

SC Getkate
SC Getkate
O4
M0
R20
W3
Eco5.00
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
RP Burl
RP Burl
O4
M0
R24
W2
Eco6.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Scorer: Vairavan | Commentator: Hemant Brar

That's all from our side. Hope you enjoyed our coverage. See you soon.

Andy Balbirnie: I said at the start what a good score was. To chase it down with three down was a good feeling. Really happy for Kevin, he works as hard as anyone in the nets. In the last game, early wickets had put us on the back foot. A couple of lean games and people were asking for Kevin's head. We know how good Simmi is, he has been our standout player this year.

Craig Ervine: We were happy the way we finished our innings. Shumba and Burl gave us the momentum going into the second innings. You always want to start off the innings well, in the powerplay, so that's a bit of concern. We have got the youngsters who can throw themselves around in the field. Today, Kevin batted well and everyone just batted around him.

Kevin O'Brien is the Player of the Match. "It's always good to score runs but after coming off 0, 0 and 2 in the last three games, it was good to spend time in the middle," he says. "I am at that stage of the career where I know how to score runs. It was good to score runs and keep people quite for a while."

So the series stands at 1-1 with three games to go. We will have the presentation soon, stay tuned.

3.15pm A victory with nine balls to spare, no miracle this time for Zimbabwe as Dockrell finishes it off in a jiffy. Paul Sterling laid the foundation and once he departed Kevin O'Brien took over, smashing 60 off 41 balls. By the time he was dismissed, Ireland needed only 24 from 26 balls. Dockrell and Tector ensured there were no hiccups.

Dharshanaj: "Oh no.. Ngarava... you are my last over bowler... "

18.3
4
Ngarava to Dockrell, FOUR, and that's it. Three fours in three balls to seal the win. Not a great shot but Ireland won't mind that. A length ball around off, Dockrell swings at it, gets a top edge over short third man for another boundary
18.2
4
Ngarava to Dockrell, FOUR, fuller and wider outside off and almost an action replay of the last ball. Another hit over covers. This time way too high for the fielder to even try getting a hand
18.1
4
Ngarava to Dockrell, FOUR, fuller outside off and smashed over covers after taking his front leg out. The fielder at extra cover had no chance

12 required from 12. Ngarava to bowl

END OF OVER:
18 | 5 Runs | IRE: 141/3 (12 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.83, RRR: 6.00)

  • George Dockrell21 (23b)
  • Harry Tector5 (6b)
  • Luke Jongwe3-0-26-0
  • Richard Ngarava3-0-22-0
17.6
1
Jongwe to Dockrell, 1 run, fuller outside off, drills it towards deep extra cover
17.5
2
Jongwe to Dockrell, 2 runs, brilliant effort at deep midwicket. Fuller on the stumps, and clipped over by Dockrell. It was going away from the fielder who dived this his left to stop the boundary

Dharshanaj: "Ngarava will defend anything above 05 in the last over.. hope so.. Sri Lankan fan supporting Zimbabwe.."

17.4
1
Jongwe to Tector, 1 run, fuller around off, smashed but straight towards mid-off

Ireland 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st59KJ O'BrienPR Stirling
2nd18KJ O'BrienA Balbirnie
3rd52KJ O'BrienGH Dockrell
4th24GH DockrellHT Tector