TestNo. 2581Men

Ireland v Zimbabwe

Ireland won by 63 runs

Ireland tour of Zimbabwe6 February 2025 to 10 February 2025Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Irelandbatted first

260 & 29893.3 ov

Zimbabwe

267 & 22886.3 ov

Ireland won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match AR McBrine

Ireland innings

26056.4 ov

Ireland batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
PJ Moor	c BJ Curran b B Muzarabani	4	6	1	0	66.7
A Balbirnie	c J Gumbie (sub) b B Muzarabani	9	11	1	0	81.8
C Campher	b R Ngarava	6	9	1	0	66.7
HT Tector	c T Kaitano b B Muzarabani	0	9	0	0	0.0
PR Stirling	c BJ Bennett b B Muzarabani	10	18	1	0	55.6
L Tucker	b T Gwandu	33	28	7	0	117.9
AR McBrine	not out	90*	132	12	0	68.2
MR Adair	c NP Mayavo b B Muzarabani	78	91	13	0	85.7
BJ McCarthy	c W Madhevere b B Muzarabani	0	6	0	0	0.0
CA Young	c BJ Bennett b B Muzarabani	5	13	0	0	38.5
MJ Humphreys	c BJ Bennett b R Ngarava	8	24	1	0	33.3
Extras	b 6, lb 3, w 1, nb 7	17
Total	all out, 56.4 overs, run rate 4.59	260

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 300

1-4 PJ Moor2-17 C Campher3-19 A Balbirnie4-20 HT Tector5-31 PR Stirling6-82 L Tucker7-209 MR Adair8-211 BJ McCarthy9-233 CA Young10-260 MJ Humphreys

Bowling to Ireland
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
B Muzarabani	18	1	58	7	3.22	78	7	0	0
R Ngarava	13.4	1	65	2	4.76	57	12	0	2
NT Nyamhuri	7	0	42	0	6.00	25	6	1	2
T Gwandu	6	1	53	1	8.83	22	10	0	3
BJ Bennett	12	1	33	0	2.75	48	2	0	0

Zimbabwe innings

26786.1 ov

Zimbabwe batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
T Kaitano	lbw b BJ McCarthy	26	66	3	0	39.4
BJ Curran	c L Tucker b BJ McCarthy	12	14	2	0	85.7
NR Welch	c HT Tector b MR Adair	90	173	9	1	52.0
BJ Bennett	b BJ McCarthy	7	18	1	0	38.9
W Madhevere	c L Tucker b AR McBrine	26	31	2	1	83.9
J Campbell	c HT Tector b AR McBrine	4	3	1	0	133.3
NP Mayavo	lbw b AR McBrine	18	23	2	1	78.3
NT Nyamhuri	c A Balbirnie b BJ McCarthy	0	1	0	0	0.0
R Ngarava	c PJ Moor b MR Adair	15	41	1	0	36.6
B Muzarabani	b MJ Humphreys	47	68	6	0	69.1
T Gwandu	not out	18*	79	1	0	22.8
Extras	lb 3, w 1	4
Total	all out, 86.1 overs, run rate 3.10	267

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 300

1-26 BJ Curran2-77 T Kaitano3-97 BJ Bennett4-143 W Madhevere5-147 J Campbell6-171 NP Mayavo7-172 NT Nyamhuri8-192 R Ngarava9-200 NR Welch10-267 B Muzarabani

Bowling to Zimbabwe
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
MR Adair	18	4	56	2	3.11	83	8	0	1
BJ McCarthy	22	2	75	4	3.41	92	7	0	0
CA Young	10	1	36	0	3.60	42	5	0	0
MJ Humphreys	15.1	1	38	1	2.51	70	3	1	0
AR McBrine	21	5	59	3	2.81	96	5	2	0

Ireland innings

29893.3 ov

Ireland batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
PJ Moor	c NP Mayavo b R Ngarava	30	33	5	0	90.9
A Balbirnie	lbw b W Madhevere	66	160	2	0	41.3
C Campher	c NP Mayavo b T Gwandu	39	99	6	0	39.4
HT Tector	lbw b J Campbell	17	43	1	0	39.5
PR Stirling	c NP Mayavo b B Muzarabani	21	29	1	2	72.4
L Tucker	c J Campbell b R Ngarava	58	95	6	1	61.1
AR McBrine	c NR Welch b W Madhevere	16	35	0	0	45.7
MR Adair	c T Kaitano b R Ngarava	15	26	0	1	57.7
BJ McCarthy	b R Ngarava	11	31	0	0	35.5
CA Young	b T Gwandu	2	5	0	0	40.0
MJ Humphreys	not out	1*	8	0	0	12.5
Extras	b 5, lb 13, w 1, nb 3	22
Total	all out, 93.3 overs, run rate 3.19	298

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 300

1-46 PJ Moor2-121 C Campher3-153 HT Tector4-171 A Balbirnie5-199 PR Stirling6-238 AR McBrine7-261 MR Adair8-281 BJ McCarthy9-284 CA Young10-298 L Tucker

Bowling to Ireland
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
B Muzarabani	20	0	70	1	3.50	80	9	0	0	0
R Ngarava	17.3	4	55	4	3.14	82	4	1	0	2
T Gwandu	11	0	28	2	2.55	48	3	0	0	1
NT Nyamhuri	8	0	21	0	2.63	29	1	0	0	0
BJ Bennett	5	0	11	0	2.20	23	0	0	0	0
W Madhevere	18	1	48	2	2.67	82	1	3	0	0
J Campbell	14	1	47	1	3.36	51	3	0	1	0

Zimbabwe innings

22886.3 ov

Zimbabwe batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
T Kaitano	b MR Adair	14	20	3	0	70.0
BJ Curran	c L Tucker b BJ McCarthy	4	20	0	0	20.0
NR Welch	lbw b MJ Humphreys	5	20	0	0	25.0
BJ Bennett	c L Tucker b MJ Humphreys	45	72	3	0	62.5
T Gwandu	b BJ McCarthy	2	18	0	0	11.1
W Madhevere	b MJ Humphreys	84	195	8	0	43.1
J Campbell	c & b MJ Humphreys	33	62	3	0	53.2
NP Mayavo	c PR Stirling b MJ Humphreys	8	30	2	0	26.7
NT Nyamhuri	lbw b MJ Humphreys	8	34	0	0	23.5
R Ngarava	b AR McBrine	14	39	1	0	35.9
B Muzarabani	not out	1*	9	0	0	11.1
Extras	b 4, lb 6	10
Total	all out, 86.3 overs, run rate 2.64	228

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 300

1-18 BJ Curran2-22 T Kaitano3-32 NR Welch4-40 T Gwandu5-105 BJ Bennett6-161 J Campbell7-173 NP Mayavo8-189 NT Nyamhuri9-218 W Madhevere10-228 R Ngarava

Bowling to Zimbabwe
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s
MR Adair	19	3	47	1	2.47	91	5
BJ McCarthy	8	0	22	2	2.75	37	2
MJ Humphreys	28	7	57	6	2.04	130	3
AR McBrine	23.3	4	69	1	2.94	104	8
CA Young	7	0	20	0	2.86	28	2
C Campher	1	0	3	0	3.00	4	0

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Player of the match

AR McBrineIreland

90*off 132 balls, 12 fours and 0 sixes, strike rate 68.2

3-59in 21 overs

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2581
Competition: Ireland tour of Zimbabwe
Toss: Ireland, chose to bat
Umpires: Ahsan Raza and HDPK Dharmasena
TV umpire: L Rusere
Match referee: RB Richardson
Season: 2024/25

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 30 / 17°C, dry
Day 2: 29 / 16°C, dry
Day 3: 27 / 16°C, 2.9 mm rain
Day 4: 28 / 17°C, 1.8 mm rain
Day 5: 28 / 18°C, 7.3 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2025-02-06-ireland-v-zimbabwe/scorecard200

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