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Best performances - Batsmen

AR McBrine
AR McBrine
90(132) 12x4 - 0x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 22 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
22 9 19 9 13 5 1 12
NR Welch
90(173) 9x4 - 1x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 17 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
8 8 20 6 7 11 13 17

Best performances - Bowlers

B Muzarabani
B Muzarabani
O18
M1
R58
W7
Eco3.22
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
4W
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
MJ Humphreys
O28
M7
R57
W6
Eco2.03
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Ireland , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Ireland won the one-off match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00

Match days

6,7,8,9,10 February 2025 (5-day match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorecard Summary

IRELAND 260(56.4 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

ZIMBABWE 267(86.1 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

IRELAND 298(93.3 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

ZIMBABWE 228(86.3 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Scorer: Harshith Gowda | Commentator: S Sudarshanan

Balbirnie accepts the trophy and then his Ireland team-mates join him for photos. They now pose behind the board that says "WINNERS" and cheers ring around the Queens Sports Club. Well done Ireland, commiserations to Zimbabwe. That is not all from this tour. The two teams indulge in three ODIs followed by three T20Is. The first ODI is on February 14 in Harare. We'll be on for that, so do join us for that. Before that, you can check out Ekanth's report here soon. On behalf of him and our scorer Harshith, this is Sudarshanan signing off. Goodbye, take care! Ciao, aficionados!

10:52am Time for the presentations

Andy McBrine, Player of the Match: "[Approach at 31 for 5] Kept it very simple as possible. Blessing started well, got extra bounce. But we batted well. We got a few partnerships, tried to keep ourselves going, that worked out."

Johnathan Campbell, Zimbabwe captain: "Bless bowled well upfront, lots of ifs and buts but we did not bat well in the first innings. The bowlers bowled well all Test match. We let it slip with the bat. A couple of good individual performance but lacked cohesiveness. Reflect individually, I gave it away in the second innings, kicked myself for it. [Madhevere] He had a fighting knock, Nick in his first match. There's exciting talent in Zimbabwe, we are not far off. Ireland are a well-formed unit, they stuck in there, hung in there. McBrine hung in there, we need to find a way to get him out."

Andy Balbirnie, Ireland captain: "Very rewarding. Test cricket is tough. To go into five days, with weather around. We love Test cricket as a team, need to work hard. To do it a couple of times in the last two series is great. All our seamers worked hard, took wickets at key time. Humphreys was superb, McBrine does it every time he wears the Irish jersey. [Winning first three Tests] Just waiting for the DVD to come out! We are desperate to play, we don't know when our next Test match is. We had a long winter, prepped in Dubai. Our guys have been brought up on one day and T20 cricket but they prepared well. Sometimes it won't go our way but happy with how it is going."

10:40am Heartbreak for Zimbabwe as Ireland win by 63 runs. A superb bowling show from Ireland this. A chase of 292 with over two days left, Zimbabwe could have fancied it given there was not much on the surface. But Ireland kept at it with some disciplined bowling. Inclement weather threatened the victory charge but they made enough inroads in the pockets of play yesterday and ran throw the lower order today to finish the job. This is their third Test win in a row

Ireland's bowling charge was led by Humphreys, the left-arm spinner. He struck early in the dying moments of day three and then broke the back of the middle order yesterday. Today, he bowled well with the old and new ball to pick two more, including that of Zimbabwe's hero Madhevere. As long as he was in the middle, the hosts were in with an unlikely chance. But Humphreys attacked the stumps constantly to ask the right questions and return with the best Test figures for Ireland

86.3
W
McBrine to Ngarava, OUT, Bowled him! McBrine cleans Ngarava up and Ireland register a memorable win in Bulawayo. Flights it up and lands it full on middle, Ngarava can't resist the big heave-ho down the ground and sees middle pegged back. Smiles and hugs in the Ireland camp and well-deserved that

R Ngarava b McBrine 14 (39b 1x4 0x6) SR: 35.89

86.2
0
McBrine to Ngarava, no run, Full on middle, he strides forward and defends it
86.1
2
McBrine to Ngarava, 2 runs, Tossed up on middle, he lofts it in the air and well wide of long-off

END OF OVER:
86 | 5 Runs | ZIM: 226/9

  • Blessing Muzarabani1 (9b)
  • Richard Ngarava12 (36b)
  • Matthew Humphreys28-7-57-6
  • Andy McBrine23-4-67-0
85.6
0
Humphreys to Muzarabani, no run, Quicker on middle, he comes forward to defend it to the on side
85.5
1
Humphreys to Ngarava, 1 run, Flatter and outside off, he goes back and punches it through cover
85.4
4b
Humphreys to Ngarava, 4 byes, Misses everything as he swings across the line. Flighted ball, spins in, past the inside edge and past leg

Zimbabwe 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st18T KaitanoBJ Curran
2nd4T KaitanoNR Welch
3rd10NR WelchBJ Bennett
4th8T GwanduBJ Bennett
5th65W MadhevereBJ Bennett
6th56W MadhevereJ Campbell
7th12NP MayavoW Madhevere
8th16W MadhevereNT Nyamhuri
9th29R NgaravaW Madhevere
10th10R NgaravaB Muzarabani