TestNo. 2619Men

New Zealand v Ireland

New Zealand won by an innings and 79 runs

New Zealand tour of Ireland27 May 2026 to 29 May 2026Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast

New Zealandbatted first

490/8d119 ov

Ireland

179 & 232/963.2 ov

Ireland won the toss and chose to fieldPlayer of the match TA Blundell

New Zealand innings

490/8d119 ov

New Zealand batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	b MR Adair	0	2	0	0	0.0
DP Conway	c L McCarthy b MR Adair	4	13	1	0	30.8
KS Williamson	lbw b L McCarthy	36	70	5	0	51.4
R Ravindra	c T Mayes b HT Tector	121	194	11	4	62.4
DJ Mitchell	c L Tucker b MR Adair	1	2	0	0	50.0
TA Blundell	c MJ Humphreys (sub) b R Wilson	186	292	22	3	63.7
D Foxcroft	c R Wilson b AR McBrine	98	129	6	1	76.0
NG Smith	run out (Jake Egan (sub), L Tucker)	17	13	3	0	130.8
ZGF Foulkes	not out	0*	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 2, lb 19, w 3, nb 3	27
Total	8 wickets, 119 overs, run rate 4.12	490

Did not batBM Tickner, BV Sears

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 490

1-4 TWM Latham2-21 DP Conway3-85 KS Williamson4-86 DJ Mitchell5-303 R Ravindra6-461 TA Blundell7-486 NG Smith8-490 D Foxcroft

Bowling to New Zealand
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
MR Adair	20	6	66	3	3.30	90	7	1	0	0
T Mayes	23	9	52	0	2.26	110	7	0	0	0
R Wilson	25	2	89	1	3.56	104	8	1	0	3
L McCarthy	24	2	130	1	5.42	82	15	2	3	0
AR McBrine	22	2	99	1	4.50	77	7	3	0	0
HT Tector	5	0	33	1	6.60	16	4	1	0	0

Ireland innings

17945 ov

Ireland batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ST Doheny	lbw b NG Smith	0	2	0	0	0.0
A Balbirnie	b NG Smith	13	16	1	0	81.3
C Carmichael	c TWM Latham b NG Smith	0	4	0	0	0.0
HT Tector	lbw b ZGF Foulkes	16	32	3	0	50.0
C Campher	lbw b NG Smith	0	1	0	0	0.0
L Tucker	b NG Smith	0	4	0	0	0.0
AR McBrine	not out	73*	105	12	0	69.5
MR Adair	c TA Blundell b NG Smith	40	86	5	0	46.5
T Mayes	c BV Sears b BM Tickner	3	12	0	0	25.0
L McCarthy	c KS Williamson b BV Sears	1	10	0	0	10.0
R Wilson	c KS Williamson b BV Sears	0	3	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 16, lb 12, nb 5	33
Total	all out, 45 overs, run rate 3.98	179

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 490

1-0 ST Doheny2-0 C Carmichael3-26 A Balbirnie4-34 C Campher5-34 L Tucker6-38 HT Tector7-154 MR Adair8-165 T Mayes9-179 L McCarthy10-179 R Wilson

Bowling to Ireland
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
NG Smith	14	3	40	6	2.86	61	5	2
ZGF Foulkes	11	3	32	1	2.91	49	4	0
BM Tickner	8	1	40	1	5.00	33	6	3
BV Sears	8	1	27	2	3.38	31	4	0
DJ Mitchell	3	0	12	0	4.00	13	2	0
D Foxcroft	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0

Ireland innings

232/963.2 ov

Ireland batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ST Doheny	c DP Conway b BM Tickner	57	117	9	0	48.7
A Balbirnie	c TA Blundell b BM Tickner	14	23	3	0	60.9
C Carmichael	c TWM Latham b BM Tickner	6	17	0	0	35.3
T Mayes	c DJ Mitchell b NG Smith	5	25	1	0	20.0
HT Tector	c TWM Latham b BM Tickner	2	15	0	0	13.3
C Campher	retired hurt	4*	20	1	0	20.0
L Tucker	c DJ Mitchell b NG Smith	50	70	8	1	71.4
AR McBrine	c NG Smith b ZGF Foulkes	13	23	2	0	56.5
MR Adair	not out	44*	47	7	0	93.6
L McCarthy	run out (DP Conway, BM Tickner)	11	14	2	0	78.6
R Wilson	c DJ Mitchell b BM Tickner	4	13	1	0	30.8
Extras	b 14, lb 2, w 2, nb 4	22
Total	9 wickets, 63.2 overs, run rate 3.66	232

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 490

1-42 A Balbirnie2-57 C Carmichael3-70 T Mayes4-75 HT Tector5-104 ST Doheny6-150 AR McBrine7-170 L Tucker8-223 L McCarthy9-232 R Wilson

Bowling to Ireland
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
NG Smith	15	6	53	2	3.53	70	8	0	1	3
ZGF Foulkes	14	3	50	1	3.57	65	8	1	0	0
BM Tickner	17.2	3	76	5	4.38	70	12	0	1	1
BV Sears	15	6	37	0	2.47	75	6	0	0	0
DJ Mitchell	2	2	0	0	0.00	12	0	0	0	0

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Player of the match

TA BlundellNew Zealand

186off 292 balls, 22 fours and 3 sixes, strike rate 63.7

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2619
Competition: New Zealand tour of Ireland
Toss: Ireland, chose to field
Umpires: AG Wharf and RJ Tucker
TV umpire: R Black
Match referee: AJ Pycroft
Season: 2026

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 17 / 13°C, dry
Day 2: 16 / 12°C, 0.2 mm rain
Day 3: 17 / 12°C, 0.1 mm rain

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