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Ireland tour of Zimbabwe, 2025, Zimbabwe vs Ireland, Only Test, Day 2, Match Update, Ireland Lead By 76 Runs

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Ireland tour of Zimbabwe, 2025, Zimbabwe vs Ireland, Only Test, Day 2, Match Update, Ireland Lead By 76 Runs

Ireland 260 & 83/1

Zimbabwe267

Ireland Lead By 76 Runs

Ireland1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Peter Moor	c Curran b Muzarabani	4	6	5	1	0	66.66
Andy Balbirnie (c)	c sub (J Gumbie) b Muzarabani	9	11	26	1	0	81.81
Curtis Campher	b Ngarava	6	9	14	1	0	66.66
Harry Tector	c Kaitano b Muzarabani	0	9	16	0	0	0.00
Paul Stirling	c Bennett b Muzarabani	10	18	22	1	0	55.55
Lorcan Tucker †	b Gwandu	33	28	51	7	0	117.85
Andy McBrine	not out	90	132	235	12	0	68.18
Mark Adair	c †Mayavo b Muzarabani	78	91	139	13	0	85.71
Barry McCarthy	c Madhevere b Muzarabani	0	6	7	0	0	0.00
Craig Young	c Bennett b Muzarabani	5	13	16	0	0	38.46
Matthew Humphreys	c Bennett b Ngarava	8	24	28	1	0	33.33
Extras	(b 6, lb 3, nb 7, w 1)	17
Total	56.4 Ov (RR: 4.58, 285 Mins)	260

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Blessing Muzarabani	18	1	58	7	3.22	0	0
Richard Ngarava	13.4	1	65	2	4.75	0	2
Newman Nyamhuri	7	0	42	0	6.00	1	2
Trevor Gwandu	6	1	53	1	8.83	0	3
Brian Bennett	12	1	33	0	2.75	0	0

Zimbabwe1st Innings

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Takudzwanashe Kaitano	lbw b McCarthy	26	66	3	0	39.39
Ben Curran	c †Tucker b McCarthy	12	14	2	0	85.71
Nick Welch	c Tector b Adair	90	173	9	1	52.02
Brian Bennett	b McCarthy	7	18	1	0	38.88
Wessly Madhevere	c †Tucker b McBrine	26	31	2	1	83.87
Johnathan Campbell (c)	c Tector b McBrine	4	3	1	0	133.33
Nyasha Mayavo †	lbw b McBrine	18	23	2	1	78.26
Newman Nyamhuri	c Balbirnie b McCarthy	0	1	0	0	0.00
Richard Ngarava	c Moor b Adair	15	41	1	0	36.58
Blessing Muzarabani	b Humphreys	47	68	6	0	69.11
Trevor Gwandu	not out	18	79	1	0	22.78
Extras	(lb 3, w 1)	4
Total	86.1 Ov (RR: 3.09)	267

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Mark Adair	18	4	56	2	3.11	1	0
Barry McCarthy	22	2	75	4	3.40	0	0
Craig Young	10	1	36	0	3.60	0	0
Matthew Humphreys	15.1	1	38	1	2.50	0	0
Andy McBrine	21	5	59	3	2.80	0	0

Ireland2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Peter Moor	c †Mayavo b Ngarava	30	33	5	0	90.90
Andy Balbirnie (c)	not out	32	51	2	0	62.74
Curtis Campher	not out	14	43	2	0	32.55
Extras	(b 1, lb 5, nb 1)	7
Total	21 Ov (RR: 3.95)	83/1

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Blessing Muzarabani	6	0	31	0	5.16	0	0
Richard Ngarava	6	1	25	1	4.16	0	1
Trevor Gwandu	5	0	10	0	2.00	0	0
Newman Nyamhuri	3	0	8	0	2.66	0	0
Brian Bennett	1	0	3	0	3.00	0	0

Match Flow

Day 2

2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 100 balls (T Kaitano 13, NR Welch 38, Ex 0)
NR Welch: 50 off 78 balls (7 x 4)
Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 31.6 overs (192 balls), Extras 1
Drinks: Zimbabwe - 106/3 in 33.0 overs (NR Welch 54, W Madhevere 6)
Zimbabwe: 150 runs in 43.5 overs (263 balls), Extras 1
Lunch: Zimbabwe - 166/5 in 47.0 overs (NR Welch 76, NP Mayavo 14)
Drinks: Zimbabwe - 192/8 in 60.3 overs (NR Welch 83)
Zimbabwe: 200 runs in 62.1 overs (373 balls), Extras 2
Second new ball taken at 80.2 overs
Zimbabwe: 250 runs in 82.4 overs (496 balls), Extras 4
10th Wicket: 50 runs in 122 balls (B Muzarabani 37, T Gwandu 12, Ex 2)
Tea: Zimbabwe - 257/9 in 84.0 overs (B Muzarabani 41, T Gwandu 14)
Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 267/10 in 86.1 overs (T Gwandu 18)
Drinks: Ireland - 48/1 in 10.0 overs (A Balbirnie 16, C Campher 1)
Ireland: 50 runs in 10.2 overs (63 balls), Extras 1
Ireland: 50 runs in 11.2 overs (69 balls), Extras 1
End Of Day: Ireland - 83/1 in 21.0 overs (A Balbirnie 32, C Campher 14)