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Best performances - Batsmen

KJ O'Brien
KJ O'Brien
47(39) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %89%
  • Productive Shot
  • square drive
  • 12 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
0 6 8 17 7 1 2 6
PR Stirling
PR Stirling
39(33) 4x4 - 0x6
Control %90%
  • Productive Shot
  • square drive
  • 11 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
8 1 0 7 9 5 2 7

Best performances - Bowlers

MR Adair
MR Adair
O4
M0
R23
W4
Eco5.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
SC Getkate
SC Getkate
O4
M0
R19
W2
Eco4.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Zimbabwe , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Ireland led the 5-match series 3-1

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

15.00 start, First Session 15.00-16.30, Interval 16.30-16.50, Second Session 16.50-18.20

Match days

2 September 2021 (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: Vairavan | Commentator: @himanshu_a30

END OF OVER:
20 | 10 Runs | ZIM: 110/9 (65 runs required, RR: 5.50)

  • Richard Ngarava11 (8b)
  • Luke Jongwe24 (20b)
  • Craig Young4-0-23-1
  • Barry McCarthy4-0-24-1

6.16pm A one-sided affair comes to an end. Zimbabwe lost the plot with the bat in the powerplay, where Adair struck thrice, enough for Ireland to push the visitors back early. 175 was always going to be a mountain of a chase once they were 30 for 4 at one stage.

Time for the presentation.

Adair is the Player of the Match: "It was nice to come back and make an impact. Generally as a bowling group we have been good. We look at that first T20I, and we looked at how we want to go about things. [Looking ahead to the T20 World Cup] Good to see the lads in form on the right time. We enjoy playing cricket here in the north-west. We played well against South Africa [too]. The plan is to win this series 4-1."

Here's Zimbabwe captain Ervine: "We never really got going. It is something we need to sort out. We were pleased to restrict Ireland to 174. Having new batters at the death helped us... [On Masakadza] He has been excellent. He has come leaps and bounds, and is one of the main bowlers. Unfortunately, we missed Ryan Burl today. Every game is important - obviously the series is gone - and we want to try different combinations, and Saturday allows us to do that."

The winning captain Balbirnie: "We weren't sure what was a good score. Probably 180 was a winning score - we didn't get there - but a pretty complete performance. We don't play a lot of T20 cricket. We can hopefully get the best out of people with the World Cup around. Adair has been bowing brilliantly - and Shane again! We want a squad of 15 who can all play on any given day. We also need to see what the other guys can do. Hopefully come the World Cup, we can put in the performances. It was a great atmosphere here like yesterday. We have won the series - that is great - but with the one-day games around the corner, we want some momentum."

That rounds up our coverage of the match, with only one T20I left before we head over to the ODIs. And until then, it is a goodbye from Vairavan, Hemant and me, Himanshu!

19.6
0
Young to Ngarava, no run, just past the off stump! He goes for the hoick to the leg side to this fullish ball outside off, but misses. With that, Ireland win by 64 runs and also take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the series
19.5
4
Young to Ngarava, FOUR, slashed to deep point, and beats the point fielder to his right. Makes room to this very full ball on off, and drills that away
19.4
4
Young to Ngarava, FOUR, bowls this from wide of the crease, but Ngarava manages to swipe this fullish ball wide of off by playing across the line. The ball races to deep square despite him almost playing after taking his eyes off
19.3
1
Young to Jongwe, 1 run, fullish on off, and heaved powerfully to long-on on the bounce
19.2
1
Young to Ngarava, 1 run, fuller on middle and off, and swung across the line behind the wicket to fine leg. Simi at deep square runs to his left to stop that

Around the stumps now

19.1
0
Young to Ngarava, no run, goes for the heave to this fullish ball on middle, and misses. Ireland appeal for a caught behind, but not given. Looked like it was off the thigh pad

Young over the wicket

Zimbabwe in Ireland and Scotland 2021 News

Zimbabwe 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st7W MadhevereT Marumani
2nd14RW ChakabvaW Madhevere
3rd4W MadhevereD Myers
4th5CR ErvineW Madhevere
5th18CR ErvineM Shumba
6th20CR ErvineDT Tiripano
7th4CR ErvineWP Masakadza
8th3LM JongweWP Masakadza
9th11LM JongweB Muzarabani
10th24LM JongweR Ngarava