Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

CR Ervine
CR Ervine
67(57) 7x4 - 1x6
Control %77%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 14 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
10 10 8 6 12 10 6 5
D Myers
26(23) 1x4 - 1x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 10 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
1 1 7 6 0 0 3 8

Best performances - Bowlers

MR Adair
MR Adair
O4
M0
R23
W3
Eco5.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
LM Jongwe
LM Jongwe
O4
M0
R29
W3
Eco7.25
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Zimbabwe , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

Ireland won the 5-match series 3-2

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

4 September 2021 (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: Vairavan | Commentator: Hemant Brar

END OF OVER:
20 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | IRE: 119/10 (6 runs required, RR: 5.95)

  • Craig Young11 (9b)
  • Richard Ngarava4-0-14-1
  • Luke Jongwe4-0-29-3

Balbirnie lifts the trophy, with his team-mates cheering. Himanshu's report will be up soon. Do read it if you missed the game. That's all from our side for this game. See you soon.

Andy Balbirnie: I think we you lose any game, it's a concern. The guys are well aware of. We came back really well after the first game. A bit of a blip today but really nice to win a series against a team like Zimbabwe. We know what to expect when we come against them next week in the one-dayers. Looking forward to that.

Paul Stirling is the Player of the Series. "Disappointing day today but overall it was good series," he says. "Always good to set the tone [with Kevin O'Brien] and I hope we keep doing it. Delighted to get back to the ODI format, a series two very similar teams."

Craig Ervine is the Player of the Match. "It was nice for Myers to stick around," he says. "We felt we were 25-30 runs short. When you score runs, you get the confidence, that's what we are lacking at the moment. We didn't have a good series but this win is very important just for the team morale, to take into the ODI series next week."

Time for the presentation ceremony.

Phineas: "Ireland is highly dependant on Stirling...this is a very good example" --- Or at least on top three.

6.23pm Zimbabwe started the series by defending a low-scoring contest. They ended it in the same way. But in between, they lost the three games to end on the wrong side of a 3-2 series result. It wasn't a big total but Jongwe and Tiripano rocked the chase by picking up two wickets each early. Getkate and Rock put the chase back on track and run rate was never a problem. But Zimbabwe struck back to dismiss both in successive overs. The lower order failed to step up as Zimbabwe wrapped a five-run win.

Azweer: "Ngarava turning out to be "A Master of defending" in the last over..."

19.6
W
Ngarava to Young, OUT, victory for Zimbabwe. Length ball on the stumps, Young moves across and looks to flick it uppishly but misses. The ball hits him on the thigh and drops near the stumps. Ngarava collects it in his followthrough and breaks the stumps with an underarm throw to find Little short

JB Little run out 3 (9m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 75.00

19.5
0
Ngarava to Young, no run, fuller and wider. Young fails to get bat on it. He is distraught, on his knees

Young on strike for the first time this over. Six needed

19.4
1
Ngarava to Little, 1 run, walks across and hits this length ball just to the left of short fine leg
19.3
0
Ngarava to Little, no run, short of length angling in. Pace on. Looks to chop it away but misses

7 from 4

19.2
2
Ngarava to Little, 2 runs, fuller outside off, hits it hard towards extra cover, where the fielder gets a hand. But they are coming back for the second and they make it safely
19.1
0
Ngarava to Little, no run, fuller and wider outside off, reaches out for it but cannot connect

Young having a chat with Little. Ngarava to bowl the final over. Ireland need nine

Ireland 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st17KJ O'BrienPR Stirling
2nd5A BalbirniePR Stirling
3rd8PR StirlingHT Tector
4th0HT TectorNA Rock
5th21W McClintockNA Rock
6th36SC GetkateNA Rock
7th4AR McBrineNA Rock
8th13AR McBrineMR Adair
9th2CA YoungMR Adair
10th13CA YoungJB Little