ZIM vs IRE Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, Ireland vs Zimbabwe 2025

1st ODI • Harare Sports Club • Harare

Zimbabwe

299/5 (50)

Ireland

250 (46)

ZIM won by 49 runs

Info

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Date & Time

14 Feb, 01:00 PM IST

Venue

Harare Sports Club

TV/Streaming

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Match

1st ODI,

Ireland vs Zimbabwe 2025

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Allahuddien Paleker (South Africa), Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe), Forster Mutizwa (Zimbabwe, TV)

Referee

Richie Richardson (West Indies)

Toss

Ireland elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchFast & Bounce

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionLow Scoring

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

233Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

81.21Avg SR

2nd Innings

198Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

79.69Avg SR

Weather Update

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

ZIM

3- 7

IRE

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Zimbabwe

Ireland

Player of the Match Brian Bennett

169(163)

ZIM

IRE

Info

Zimbabwe

299/5 (50)

Batters

Brian Bennett

169

163

103.68

c Balbirnie b Adair

Ben Curran

63.64

c Humphreys b McBrine

Craig Ervine

108.20

c Adair b Hume

Sikandar Raza

100.00

c Stirling b Little

Wesley Madhevere

61.54

c Balbirnie b Adair

Johnathan Campbell

66.67

Not out

Tadiwanashe Marumani

66.67

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 1, W: 8)

TOTAL

(50 Ov, RR: 5.98)

299/5

Did not Bat

Wellington Masakadza, Newman Nyamhuri, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani

Bowlers

EXT

Mark Adair

5.50

Josh Little

8.33

Graham Hume

6.33

Andy McBrine

5.30

Matthew Humphreys

5.10

Curtis Campher

2.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Ben Curran

c Humphreys b McBrine

1-95

18.4

Craig Ervine

c Adair b Hume

2-231

40.6

Sikandar Raza

c Stirling b Little

3-242

43.1

Wesley Madhevere

c Balbirnie b Adair

4-278

47.1

Brian Bennett

c Balbirnie b Adair

5-295

49.2

Ireland

250/10 (46)

Batters

Andy Balbirnie

0.00

c Marumani b Ngarava

Paul Stirling

114.29

c Marumani b Muzarabani

Curtis Campher

77.19

c Marumani b Raza

Harry Tector

50.00

c Ervine b Madhevere

Lorcan Tucker

81.58

b Muzarabani

George Dockrell

97.14

c Madhevere b Muzarabani

Mark Adair

100.00

c Masakadza b Madhevere

Andy McBrine

100.00

c Masakadza b Muzarabani

Graham Hume

175.00

Not out

Matthew Humphreys

0.00

c Campbell b Ngarava

Josh Little

33.33

c Madhevere b Ngarava

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 3, W: 23)

TOTAL

(46 Ov, RR: 5.43)

250/10

Bowlers

EXT

Richard Ngarava

6.22

Blessing Muzarabani

5.67

Newman Nyamhuri

5.83

Wellington Masakadza

4.00

Sikandar Raza

5.40

Wesley Madhevere

6.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Andy Balbirnie

c Marumani b Ngarava

1-0

0.1

Paul Stirling

c Marumani b Muzarabani

2-55

7.6

Curtis Campher

c Marumani b Raza

3-109

21.2

Lorcan Tucker

b Muzarabani

4-155

32.2

Harry Tector

c Ervine b Madhevere

5-163

33.6

Mark Adair

c Masakadza b Madhevere

6-169

35.2

Andy McBrine

c Masakadza b Muzarabani

7-242

44.3

George Dockrell

c Madhevere b Muzarabani

8-247

44.6

Matthew Humphreys

c Campbell b Ngarava

9-248

45.2

Josh Little

c Madhevere b Ngarava

10-250

45.6

Match Info

Date & Time

14 Feb, 01:00 PM IST

Venue

Harare Sports Club

TV/Streaming

FanCode

Match

1st ODI,

Ireland vs Zimbabwe 2025

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Allahuddien Paleker (South Africa), Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe), Forster Mutizwa (Zimbabwe, TV)

Referee

Richie Richardson (West Indies)

Toss

Ireland elected to bowl

0 1 1lb 1wd 1 1 1

Over 43

Runs: 6

1 1lb 1 2 0 1

Over 44

Runs: 6

1 1 W 4 1 W

Over 45

Runs: 7

1 W 0 1 1 W

Over 46

Runs: 3

All Overs

Player of the Match Brian Bennett

169(163)

Commentary

End of Match! Zimbabwe win by 49 runs.

Match Highlights:
Brian Bennett: 169(163)
Craig Ervine: 66(61)
Blessing Muzarabani: 4/51
Richard Ngarava: 3/56

45.6 Richard Ngarava to Josh Little, Wicket, c W Madhevere b R Ngarava, Caught out !! fast ball, good length, on the off stump, Josh Little hangs in the crease, takes a big risk by attempting cut towards short cover, but unfortunately, the ball flies towards Wesley Madhevere, who displays excellent fielding skills to complete the catch, resulting in the dismissal of Josh Little.

45.5 Richard Ngarava to Graham Hume, 1 run, Graham Hume goes back and plays a well-timed pull off an bouncer delivers at a back of length by the bowler, but the ball lands safely in the hands of the fielder at deep square leg for 1 run.

45.4 Richard Ngarava to Josh Little, 1 run, Josh Little hangs in the crease and plays a well-timed drive off an fast ball delivers at a full length by the bowler, but the ball lands safely in the hands of the fielder at short cover for 1 run.

45.3 Richard Ngarava to Josh Little, no run, Dot Ball !! slower ball, back of length, on the stumps, and Josh Little hangs on and tries to hit uppercut, but misses it completely as ball beats the bat, goes to the keeper.

45.2 Richard Ngarava to Matthew Humphreys, Wicket, c J Campbell b R Ngarava, Caught out !! fast ball, good length, on the off stump, Matthew Humphreys hangs in the crease, takes a big risk by attempting cut towards point, but unfortunately, the ball flies towards Johnathan Campbell, who displays excellent fielding skills to complete the catch, resulting in the dismissal of Matthew Humphreys.

45.1 Richard Ngarava to Graham Hume, 1 run, Graham Hume hangs in the crease and plays a well-timed pull off an fast ball delivers at a good length by the bowler, but the ball lands safely in the hands of the fielder at deep mid wicket for 1 run.

44.6 Blessing Muzarabani to George Dockrell, Wicket, c W Madhevere b B Muzarabani, Caught out !! fast ball, good length, on the stumps, George Dockrell hangs in the crease, takes a big risk by attempting sloge sweep towards long on, but unfortunately, the ball flies towards Wesley Madhevere, who displays excellent fielding skills to complete the catch, resulting in the dismissal of George Dockrell.

44.5 Blessing Muzarabani to Graham Hume, 1 run, Graham Hume hangs in the crease and plays defensive shot off an fast ball delivers at a full length by the bowler, edged!! and the ball lands safely in the hands of the fielder at deep square leg for 1 run.

44.4 Blessing Muzarabani to Graham Hume, Four, Four !! fast ball, good length, on the off stump. Graham Hume hangs in the crease and tries cut, edged!! in the gap towards third man, and ball finds the ropes in a flash for four.

44.3 Blessing Muzarabani to Andy McBrine, Wicket, c W Masakadza b B Muzarabani, Caught out !! fast ball, good length, on the stumps, Andy McBrine hangs in the crease, takes a big risk by attempting pull towards deep square leg, but unfortunately, the ball flies towards Wellington Masakadza, who displays excellent fielding skills to complete the catch, resulting in the dismissal of Andy McBrine.

44.2 Blessing Muzarabani to George Dockrell, 1 run, George Dockrell hangs in the crease and plays a well-timed cut off an fast ball delivers at a fulltoss by the bowler, but the ball lands safely in the hands of the fielder at deep point for 1 run.

44.1 Blessing Muzarabani to Andy McBrine, 1 run, Andy McBrine goes back and plays a well-timed cut off an fast ball delivers at a good length by the bowler, but the ball lands safely in the hands of the fielder at deep point for 1 run.

43.6 Sikandar Raza to Andy McBrine, 1 run, Andy McBrine hangs in the crease and plays a well-timed flick shot off an off break ball delivers at a good length by the bowler, but the ball lands safely in the hands of the fielder at deep mid wicket for 1 run.

43.5 Sikandar Raza to Andy McBrine, no run, Dot Ball !! off break ball, yorker, on the off stump, and Andy McBrine hangs on and tries to hit cut, but misses it completely as ball beats the bat, goes to the keeper.

43.4 Sikandar Raza to Andy McBrine, 2 runs, Andy McBrine hangs in the crease and plays a well-timed flick shot off an off break ball delivers at a good length by the bowler, but the ball lands safely in the hands of the fielder at deep mid wicket for 2 runs.

43.3 Sikandar Raza to George Dockrell, 1 run, George Dockrell goes back and plays a well-timed pull off an off break ball delivers at a good length by the bowler, but the ball lands safely in the hands of the fielder at long on for 1 run.

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