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Ireland tour of Zimbabwe, 2025, Zimbabwe vs Ireland, Only Test, Day 5, Match Result, Ireland Won By 63 Runs

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Ireland tour of Zimbabwe, 2025, Zimbabwe vs Ireland, Only Test, Day 5, Match Result, Ireland Won By 63 Runs

Ireland 260 & 298

Zimbabwe 267 & 228

Ireland Won By 63 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)	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

Zimbabwe2nd Innings (Target:- 292 Runs)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Takudzwanashe Kaitano	b Adair	14	20	3	0	70.00
Ben Curran	c †Tucker b McCarthy	4	20	0	0	20.00
Nick Welch	lbw b Humphreys	5	20	0	0	25.00
Brian Bennett	c †Tucker b Humphreys	45	72	3	0	62.50
Trevor Gwandu	b McCarthy	2	18	0	0	11.11
Wessly Madhevere	b Humphreys	84	195	8	0	43.07
Johnathan Campbell (c)	c & b Humphreys	33	62	3	0	53.22
Nyasha Mayavo †	c Stirling b Humphreys	8	30	2	0	26.66
Newman Nyamhuri	lbw b Humphreys	8	34	0	0	23.52
Richard Ngarava	b McBrine	14	39	1	0	35.89
Blessing Muzarabani	not out	1	9	0	0	11.11
Extras	(b 4, lb 6)	10
Total	86.3 Ov (RR: 2.63)	228

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Mark Adair	19	3	47	1	2.47	0	0
Barry McCarthy	8	0	22	2	2.75	0	0
Matthew Humphreys	28	7	57	6	2.03	0	0
Andy McBrine	23.3	4	69	1	2.93	0	0
Craig Young	7	0	20	0	2.85	0	0
Curtis Campher	1	0	3	0	3.00	0	0

Match Flow

Day 5

Zimbabwe: 200 runs in 76.1 overs (457 balls), Extras 6
Zimbabwe: 200 runs in 76.4 overs (460 balls), Extras 6
Drinks: Zimbabwe - 213/8 in 80.0 overs (W Madhevere 79, R Ngarava 9)