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Ireland tour of Zimbabwe, 2025, Zimbabwe vs Ireland, Only Test, Day 3, Match Update

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Ireland tour of Zimbabwe, 2025, Zimbabwe vs Ireland, Only Test, Day 3, Match Update

Ireland 260 & 298

Zimbabwe 267

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)	lbw b Madhevere	66	160	2	0	41.25
Curtis Campher	c †Mayavo b Gwandu	39	99	6	0	39.39
Harry Tector	lbw b Campbell	17	43	1	0	39.53
Paul Stirling	c †Mayavo b Muzarabani	21	29	1	2	72.41
Lorcan Tucker †	c Campbell b Ngarava	58	95	6	1	61.05
Andy McBrine	c Welch b Madhevere	16	35	0	0	45.71
Mark Adair	c Kaitano b Ngarava	15	26	0	1	57.69
Barry McCarthy	b Ngarava	11	31	0	0	35.48
Craig Young	b Gwandu	2	5	0	0	40.00
Matthew Humphreys	not out	1	8	0	0	12.50
Extras	(b 5, lb 13, nb 3, w 1)	22
Total	93.3 Ov (RR: 3.18)	298

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Blessing Muzarabani	20	0	70	1	3.50	0	0
Richard Ngarava	17.3	4	55	4	3.14	0	2
Trevor Gwandu	11	0	28	2	2.54	0	1
Newman Nyamhuri	8	0	21	0	2.62	0	0
Brian Bennett	5	0	11	0	2.20	0	0
Wessly Madhevere	18	1	48	2	2.66	0	0
Johnathan Campbell	14	1	47	1	3.35	1	0

Match Flow

Day 3

2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 117 balls (A Balbirnie 20, C Campher 24, Ex 6)
Ireland: 100 runs in 29.5 overs (181 balls), Extras 8
Drinks: Ireland - 118/1 in 35.0 overs (A Balbirnie 42, C Campher 38)
A Balbirnie: 50 off 106 balls (2 x 4)
Lunch: Ireland - 149/2 in 51.0 overs (A Balbirnie 53, HT Tector 17)
Ireland: 150 runs in 51.3 overs (312 balls), Extras 10
Ireland: 200 runs in 62.6 overs (381 balls), Extras 14
Drinks: Ireland - 212/5 in 68.0 overs (LJ Tucker 18, AR McBrine 7)
Ireland: 250 runs in 78.1 overs (472 balls), Extras 19
Tea: Ireland - 261/7 in 83.1 overs (LJ Tucker 38)
LJ Tucker: 50 off 86 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
Innings Break: Ireland - 298/10 in 93.3 overs (MJ Humphreys 1)
End Of Day: Zimbabwe - 38/3 in 15.0 overs (BJ Bennett 15, T Gwandu 0)