Zimbabwe Vs Ireland 2nd T20i 09 December 2023

2nd T20I • Harare Sports Club • Harare

Zimbabwe

165/5 (20)

Ireland

166/6 (19.4)

IRE won by 4 wickets

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Player of the Match Harry Tector

48(38)

0/10

Player of the Series Curtis Campher

ZIM

IRE

Info

Zimbabwe

165/5 (20)

Batters

Wesley Madhevere

90.00

c Balbirnie b Adair

Tadiwanashe Marumani

0.00

lbw b Adair

Tinashe Kamunhukamwe

144.44

b Delany

Sean Williams

188.89

c Balbirnie b Campher

Ryan Burl

115.15

Not out

Brian Bennett

0.00

c Campher b Young

Clive Madande

112.82

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 6, NB: 0, W: 8)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.25)

165/5

Did not Bat

Luke Jongwe, Trevor Gwandu, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani

Bowlers

EXT

Mark Adair

7.00

Josh Little

8.25

Craig Young

8.25

Gareth Delany

6.50

Curtis Campher

7.00

Theo van Woerkom

10.00

Harry Tector

10.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Tadiwanashe Marumani

lbw b Adair

1-1

0.2

Wesley Madhevere

c Balbirnie b Adair

2-18

2.6

Sean Williams

c Balbirnie b Campher

3-65

6.6

Tinashe Kamunhukamwe

b Delany

4-77

7.6

Brian Bennett

c Campher b Young

5-78

8.3

Ireland

166/6 (19.4)

Batters

Andy Balbirnie

72.73

c Madande b Muzarabani

Paul Stirling

100.00

b Ngarava

Lorcan Tucker

100.00

c Muzarabani b Gwandu

Harry Tector

126.32

b Ngarava

Curtis Campher

154.17

c Jongwe b Bennett

George Dockrell

160.00

Not out

Mark Adair

146.15

c Bennett b Jongwe

Gareth Delany

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 1, W: 11)

TOTAL

(19.4 Ov, RR: 8.44)

166/6

Did not Bat

Theo van Woerkom, Craig Young, Josh Little

Bowlers

EXT

Richard Ngarava

8.25

Blessing Muzarabani

5.75

Sean Williams

8.00

Trevor Gwandu

12.00

Luke Jongwe

3.4

8.18

Ryan Burl

9.50

Wesley Madhevere

10.00

Brian Bennett

4.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Paul Stirling

b Ngarava

1-18

2.6

Andy Balbirnie

c Madande b Muzarabani

2-20

3.4

Lorcan Tucker

c Muzarabani b Gwandu

3-54

7.3

Curtis Campher

c Jongwe b Bennett

4-120

14.4

Harry Tector

b Ngarava

5-129

16.1

Mark Adair

c Bennett b Jongwe

6-159

19.1

Match Info

Date & Time

09 Dec, 04:30 PM IST

Venue

Harare Sports Club

Match

2nd T20I,

Ireland tour of Zimbabwe

Umpires

Iknow Chabi (Zimbabwe), Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe), Forster Mutizwa (Zimbabwe, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Toss

Ireland elected to bowl

W 2 4 0 1 1wd 4

Over 17

Runs: 12

1 1 0 2 0 6

Over 18

Runs: 10

1wd 1wd 1 1 1 1 1lb 1

Over 19

Runs: 8

W 1 2 4

Over 20

Runs: 7

All Overs

Player of the Match Harry Tector

48(38)

0/10

Player of the Series Curtis Campher

Commentary

Thank you for tuning in folks! It's a quick turnaround series and we have the final lined up within 24 hours which, by the looks of it, won't be anything but another thriller. Hope to see you then! For now, it's the pair of Rudransh and Mohul signing off for Sportskeeda!

Harry Tector is the Player of the Match! Here's what he has to say: It feels like every game we play against Zimbabwe goes to the last over. Great to get over the line today. 12-13 overs is a period we have spoken about and it's my area. Disappointed to get out when I did but happy to contribute. I am happy to bat at four. We have a world-class top-order, what they have done is top-class and long may that continue.

Paul Stirling, captain of Ireland: It was really nice to get over the line. There was a pretty good feeling in the dressing room after it happened. Our batters have shown a lot of maturity. T20 cricket is like this- we lost two early wickets but managed to build after that. We will try to come back tomorrow and showcase that we are not so bad on the field as we were today. We are happy with the win.

Ryan Burl, stand-in captain of Zimbabwe: It's just one of those things. Seems to be a niggle. We will have to see how Sean (Williams) is doing. There was a bit of a cluster of wickets that fell for us. We could consolidate towards the latter half but as it turned out, it was not enough. It was nice to get a couple of early wickets, but unfortunately, we did not have enough runs on the board. Playing the youngsters and giving them a chance was a high-risk and high-reward but they did well.

IRELAND LEVEL THE SERIES! THE FINAL OVER THRILLER THIS TIME GOES IRISH!

What a match. What a series so far. The finale is set up perfectly. This is a brilliant, underrated rivalry. Who said bilateral cricket was boring? Whoever did, just didn't watch the right matches!

Harry Tector 48 (38) | Mark Adair (2/28)
Clive Madande 44 (39) | Richard Ngarava (2/33)

This is a really good, confidence-lifting chase from Ireland. Before the innings started, they'd have felt they let a bit too many runs on the board. And those feelings would have peaked when Balbirnie and Stirling got out to a couple of good slower ones from Ngarva and Muzarabani.

After brilliant disciplined spells from the two new ball fast-bowlers, Zimbabwe struggled in the middle overs. This phase showed why they missed Raza's spin much, much more than his batting. Gwndu, Williams and Burl were all expensive and even though the former got Tucker out, he didn't back it up with any kind of consistency.

Tector and Campher then brought out their best to the fore. The minimised the dot balls and played a few overs of risk-free, singles and doubles based cricket. It took the part-time spin of Bennett and a poor shot from Campher to break the stand. Ngarava then came back and removed Tector as well.

Adair played a special knock, taking a bit of time early on, absorbing the pressure and thumping it at just the right moments. With Williams also picking up an injury mid-innings, Zimbabwe had the resources only to stretch the game to the last over, not to win it.

20.0

19.4 Luke Jongwe to George Dockrell, SLICED FOR FOUR! IRELAND WIN THIS GAME! Full and wide outside off. Dockrell throws his bat at it and slices it over the fielder at short third man for a boundary! That will be that- Ireland win this game in the last over!

OH NO! ZIMBABWE THAT'S THE MATCH! Ireland dropped catches aplenty in the first innings but you can't return the favor at this stage of the game!

19.3 Luke Jongwe to George Dockrell, DROPPED! COSTLY DROP! Full and wide outside off, moves away. Dockrell chips it towards deep cover, where the fielder runs in and yet fumbles with the catch! Two runs taken.

Delany misses the full toss! Should have got it away better.

19.2 Luke Jongwe to Gareth Delany, full toss wide outside off. Delany manages to pierce it through to deep cover and GET OFF THE MARK!

Gareth Delany, RHB, comes to the crease

Jongwe!!! WOW!

19.1 Luke Jongwe to Mark Adair, GONE FIRST BALL! At a length on off and middle, comes back in a tad. Adair plants his front foot and tries to heave it away to the on side. However, he does not connect too well and ends up hitting it straight to the man at long on for a simple catch!

Mark Adair c Brian Bennett b Luke Jongwe 19 (13b, 1x4, 1x6)

7 off 6 needed. Another final-over finish here. Third man up, backward point is very wide, fine leg is up. Jongwe to bowl..

overs

159 /5 score

1wd

1lb

runs

Mark Adair *

19 (12)

George Dockrell

10 (8)

Richard Ngarava

2 /33

18.6 Richard Ngarava to Mark Adair, at a length outside off, moves away. Adair gets it towards deep square leg. Single taken.

18.5 Richard Ngarava to George Dockrell, at a length on middle and leg. Dockrell glances at it off his pads but gets a leg bye.

18.4 Richard Ngarava to Mark Adair, at a length on off and middle. Adair whips it away towards deep midwicket and crosses over.

18.3 Richard Ngarava to George Dockrell, full and wide outside off, angles away. Dockrell pushes it towards wide of mid off for a run.

18.2 Richard Ngarava to Mark Adair, short of a length on off and middle, comes back in. Adair works it away towards midwicket. Single taken.

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