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IRELAND 174/4 (20 OVERS)
- Kevin O'Brien47 (39)
- Paul Stirling39 (33)
- Wellington Masakadza2/22 (4)
- Richard Ngarava1/25 (3)
ZIMBABWE 110/9 (20 OVERS)
- Craig Ervine28 (30)
- Luke Jongwe*24 (20)
- Shane Getkate2/19 (4)
- Mark Adair4/23 (4)
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!
Around the stumps now
Young over the wicket
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