Zimbabwe Vs Ireland 2nd Odi 15 December 2023

2nd ODI • Harare

ZIM

166 (42.5)

IRE

170/6 (40.1)

IRE won by 4 wickets

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Playing XI

Player of the Match Josh Little

6/36

Player of the Series Curtis Campher

ZIM

IRE

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Zimbabwe

166/10 (42.5)

Batters

Joylord Gumbie

35.71

b Little

Tinashe Kamunhukamwe

133.33

c Balbirnie b Little

Milton Shumba

0.00

c Tucker b Little

Sikandar Raza

(C)

16.67

b Little

Ryan Burl

42.70

c Tucker b Tector

Clive Madande

78.57

c (sub Rock) b McBrine

Brandon Mavuta

33.33

lbw b Young

Wellington Masakadza

85.11

c Stirling b Little

Blessing Muzarabani

68.75

c Young b Adair

Richard Ngarava

25.00

b Little

Tanaka Chivanga

61.54

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 8, NB: 0, W: 8)

TOTAL

(42.5 Ov, RR: 3.88)

166/10

Did not Bat

Tony Munyonga

Bowlers

EXT

Mark Adair

7.5

2.94

3.60

3.75

6.00

3.40

2.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Tinashe Kamunhukamwe

c Balbirnie b Little

1-15

3.1

Milton Shumba

c Tucker b Little

2-15

3.3

Joylord Gumbie

b Little

3-16

3.5

Sikandar Raza

b Little

4-19

5.6

Clive Madande

c (sub Rock) b McBrine

5-64

18.2

Brandon Mavuta

lbw b Young

6-70

21.5

Ryan Burl

c Tucker b Tector

7-133

35.6

Wellington Masakadza

c Stirling b Little

8-144

37.5

Richard Ngarava

b Little

9-148

39.2

Blessing Muzarabani

c Young b Adair

10-166

42.5

Ireland

170/6 (40.1)

Batters

Andy Balbirnie

0.00

b Ngarava

Paul Stirling

(C)

43.75

b Muzarabani

Curtis Campher

92.96

b Mavuta

Harry Tector

56.76

b Mavuta

Lorcan Tucker

60.87

b Muzarabani

George Dockrell

34.78

c Raza b Chivanga

Mark Adair

86.21

Not out

Andy McBrine

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 6)

TOTAL

(40.1 Ov, RR: 4.23)

170/6

Did not Bat

Graham Hume, Craig Young, Josh Little

Bowlers

EXT

Richard Ngarava

8.1

5.27

2.30

6.71

3.70

2.50

4.33

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Andy Balbirnie

b Ngarava

1-0

0.1

Paul Stirling

b Muzarabani

2-29

9.2

Harry Tector

b Mavuta

3-81

19.3

Curtis Campher

b Mavuta

4-124

29.4

Lorcan Tucker

b Muzarabani

5-132

32.1

George Dockrell

c Raza b Chivanga

6-166

39.4

Match Info

Date & Time

15 Dec, 12:45 PM IST

Venue

Harare Sports Club

Match

2nd ODI,

Ireland tour of Zimbabwe

Umpires

Adrian Holdstock (South Africa), Forster Mutizwa (Zimbqbwe), Iknow Chabi (Zimbabwe, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Toss

Zimbabwe elected to bat

0 4 1wd 0 1 0 2

Over 38

Runs: 8

0 1 1 4 0 1wd 1

Over 39

Runs: 8

0 2 1 1wd W 0 0

Over 40

Runs: 4

Over 41

Runs: 4

All Overs

Player of the Match Josh Little

6/36

Player of the Series Curtis Campher

Commentary

That's all from the match center for now. But we have plenty of international cricket coming your way. Do follow us to catch the action. Bala and Pradeep signing off. Good-bye!

So, after the first game was abandoned due to inclement weather, Ireland win the second ODI to take an unassailable lead in the three-match series. The final ODI will be played here at Harare on Sunday. Make sure you once again follow the game with us.

Josh Little is adjudged Player of the Match for his spell of 6 for 36. Here is what he has to say: Nice to get a team win, and nice to have a good personal performance in my 100th cap. The first few games did not allow the ball to shape with the abrasive nature. Managed to swing a few today. (Coming round the stumps) It was a plan, particularly to right-hander. The pitches have been a bit up and down all tournament, so definitely a plan. Pretty sore after that (spell), have been in the ice bath since. Hopefully, (I) can come back up (for Sunday's game)

Paul Stirling (Ireland captain): We're getting better in each game, we were disappointed in that rain game as we were ahead, but happy with the result. It was one of the best spells I've seen up front. Josh Little, 6 wickets was outstanding, but the dot ball pressure from the other end was key, bowling in partnership was key. I thought, it was one of the surfaces, it was a close game, 200 on this track would've been interesting, that Little's spell was the difference in the end. We've spoken about it as a team, we wanted to go 1-0 up and managed to do it, there's a series here to win and will come back hungry and do well in the last game.

Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe captain): Things didn't quite go well for us, nothing to take away from Little and Adair's bowling, that put us on the backfoot, we needed partnerships but when you lose four wickets in the first 10 overs, it's a rescue operation from there on and hopefully we can start scoring some runs at the start so that we can have a good total on the board. It's one thing not to have Craig and Sean, but there's opportunities for others, they need to grab it with both hands and that's how careers are made, but unfortunately we haven't been able to do that and Burl and Wellington gave us something to bowl us at the end. But, credit to our bowlers, lot of the inside edge's didn't go our way and we need to work several things, try and execute it better. Initially I didn't think we would get to where we finished, but the way Burl and Wellington batted, we thought we could get there but we fell short by plenty. Burl is in a 50-50 shot, he had a concussion, he battled on and got some runs, but not in great state at the moment, doctors are keeping an eye on him.

Ireland 170/6 (40.1 overs)
Curtis Campher 66(71) | Lorcan Tucker 28(46)
Blessing Muzarabani 2/23 (10) | Brandon Mavuta 2/37 (10)

Ireland have reached the modest target of 166 runs with relative ease in the end. But one cannot say that there weren't any skirmishes in that chase. Zimbabwe bowlers did bowl their heart out and made the best of what they had, but the total proved to be well below-par even on a surface that offered a bit for the bowlers.

There was excitement right at the start with Richard Ngarava sending Andrew Balbirnie's off-stump for a walk off the first delivery of the Irish innings. The new ball pair of Ngarava and Blessing Muzarabani conceded just 29 runs in the ten overs, with Paul Stirling following his opening partner back into the pavilion in the final over of the powerplay.

Tanaka Chivanga, who played the part of the third seamer, could not keep up the pressure though. Boundaries started leaking as Curtis Campher and Harry Tector rebuilt the innings. They kept the momentum going until the spinners came into play and Mavuta spun one past the outside edge of Tector.

Campher played a good knock either side of the rain break and took the game away from the opposition. He pressed his foot on the gas after reaching his half-century. Campher fell to Mavuta in the end going for a slog sweep, but not before scoring 66 runs and taking his side to a point of comfort.

There were a couple of quick wickets towards the end, but the partnerships in the middle ensured that Ireland reached home comfortably in the end. Blessing Muzarabani was the pick of the bowlers for Zimbabwe picking up two wickets an conceding just 23 runs in his spell.

Ireland win by 4 wickets with 59 balls to spare!

40.1 Richard Ngarava to Mark Adair, FOUR! IRELAND TAKE A 1-0 LEAD! Adair hits the winning runs, back of a length on the off-stump. Adair leans back and ramps it over the keeper's head, runs away and finds the ropes.

Chivanga gets his first wicket of the day, but it has all come a bit too late for his side. Just 1 run required now. Adair is on strike.

overs

166 /6 score

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