Luke Jongwe and Donald Tiripano three-fors seal Zimbabwe win in low-scoring final match
Craig Ervine, the captain, led the batting charge for the visiting side with a 57-ball 67*
Craig Ervine, the captain, led the batting charge for the visiting side with a 57-ball 67*
Scorer: Vairavan | Commentator: Hemant Brar
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..."
JB Little run out 3 (9m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 75.00
Young on strike for the first time this over. Six needed
7 from 4
Young having a chat with Little. Ngarava to bowl the final over. Ireland need nine
Craig Ervine, the captain, led the batting charge for the visiting side with a 57-ball 67*