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Test No. 2581

Ireland tour of Zimbabwe 2025
2024-25 season
Zimbabwe vs Ireland - Only Test
06-10 February, 2025 (5-day match)

Ireland won one-off Test match

Venue : Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Toss : Ireland won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Ireland won by 63 runs


Ireland 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Peter Moor c Curran b Muzarabani
4 
6 
1 
0
66.67 
»
 Andy Balbirnie c sub b Muzarabani
9 
11 
1 
0
81.82 
»
 Curtis Campher b Ngarava
6 
9 
1 
0
66.67 
»
 Harry Tector c Kaitano b Muzarabani
0 
9 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Paul Stirling c Bennett b Muzarabani
10 
18 
1 
0
55.56 
»
 Lorcan Tucker b Gwandu
33 
28 
7 
0
117.86 
»
 Andy McBrine Not Out
90 
132 
12 
0
68.18 
»
 Mark Adair c Mayavo b Muzarabani
78 
91 
13 
0
85.71 
»
 Barry McCarthy c Madhevere b Muzarabani
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Craig Young c Bennett b Muzarabani
5 
13 
0 
0
38.46 
»
 Matthew Humphreys c Bennett b Ngarava
8 
24 
1 
0
33.33 
Extras B 6, LB 3, W 1, N 7
17
Total : (all out in 56.4 overs)
260
 RR : 4.59

Fall of wickets : 1-4 (Peter Moor, 0.6 ov), 2-17 (Curtis Campher, 3.5 ov), 3-19 (Andy Balbirnie, 4.3 ov), 4-20 (Harry Tector, 6.5 ov), 5-31 (Paul Stirling, 8.5 ov), 6-82 (Lorcan Tucker, 15.4 ov), 7-209 (Mark Adair, 44.6 ov), 8-211 (Barry McCarthy, 46.4 ov), 9-233 (Craig Young, 50.4 ov), 10-260 (Matthew Humphreys, 56.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Blessing Muzarabani
18
1 
58 
7
3.22
0
0
»
 Richard Ngarava
13
 .4
1 
65 
2
4.76
2
0
»
 Newman Nyamhuri
7
0 
42 
0
6.00
2
1
»
 Trevor Gwandu
6
1 
53 
1
8.83
3
0
»
 Brian Bennett
12
1 
33 
0
2.75
0
0

Zimbabwe 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Takudzwanashe Kaitano lbw b McCarthy
26 
66 
3 
0
39.39 
»
 Ben Curran c Tucker b McCarthy
12 
14 
2 
0
85.71 
»
 Nick Welch c Tector b Adair
90 
173 
9 
1
52.02 
»
 Brian Bennett b McCarthy
7 
18 
1 
0
38.89 
»
 Wessly Madhevere c Tucker b McBrine
26 
31 
2 
1
83.87 
»
 Johnathan Campbell c Tector b McBrine
4 
3 
1 
0
133.33 
»
 Nyasha Mayavo lbw b McBrine
18 
23 
2 
1
78.26 
»
 Newman Nyamhuri c Balbirnie b McCarthy
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Richard Ngarava c Stirling b Adair
15 
41 
1 
0
36.59 
»
 Blessing Muzarabani b Humphreys
47 
68 
6 
0
69.12 
»
 Trevor Gwandu Not Out
18 
79 
1 
0
22.78 
Extras LB 3, W 1
4
Total : (all out in 86.1 overs)
267
 RR : 3.10

Fall of wickets : 1-26 (Ben Curran, 5.5 ov), 2-77 (Takudzwanashe Kaitano, 23.2 ov), 3-97 (Brian Bennett, 29.6 ov), 4-143 (Wessly Madhevere, 41.1 ov), 5-147 (Johnathan Campbell, 41.4 ov), 6-171 (Nyasha Mayavo, 49.6 ov), 7-172 (Newman Nyamhuri, 50.4 ov), 8-192 (Richard Ngarava, 60.3 ov), 9-200 (Nick Welch, 62.2 ov), 10-267 (Blessing Muzarabani, 86.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mark Adair
18
4 
56 
2
3.11
0
1
»
 Barry McCarthy
22
2 
75 
4
3.41
0
0
»
 Craig Young
10
1 
36 
0
3.60
0
0
»
 Matthew Humphreys
15
 .1
1 
38 
1
2.51
0
0
»
 Andy McBrine
21
5 
59 
3
2.81
0
0

Ireland 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Peter Moor c Mayavo b Ngarava
30 
33 
5 
0
90.91 
»
 Andy Balbirnie lbw b Madhevere
66 
160 
2 
0
41.25 
»
 Curtis Campher c Mayavo b Gwandu
39 
99 
6 
0
39.39 
»
 Harry Tector lbw b Campbell
17 
43 
1 
0
39.53 
»
 Paul Stirling c Mayavo b Muzarabani
21 
29 
1 
2
72.41 
»
 Lorcan Tucker c Campbell b Ngarava
58 
95 
6 
1
61.05 
»
 Andy McBrine c Welch b Madhevere
16 
35 
0 
0
45.71 
»
 Mark Adair c Kaitano b Ngarava
15 
26 
0 
1
57.69 
»
 Barry McCarthy b Ngarava
11 
31 
0 
0
35.48 
»
 Craig Young b Gwandu
2 
5 
0 
0
40.00 
»
 Matthew Humphreys Not Out
1 
8 
0 
0
12.50 
Extras B 5, LB 13, W 1, N 3
22
Total : (all out in 93.3 overs)
298
 RR : 3.19

Fall of wickets : 1-46 (Peter Moor, 7.6 ov), 2-121 (Curtis Campher, 36.2 ov), 3-153 (Harry Tector, 52.2 ov), 4-171 (Andy Balbirnie, 57.3 ov), 5-199 (Paul Stirling, 62.5 ov), 6-238 (Andy McBrine, 74.3 ov), 7-261 (Mark Adair, 83.1 ov), 8-281 (Barry McCarthy, 89.2 ov), 9-284 (Craig Young, 90.2 ov), 10-298 (Lorcan Tucker, 93.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Blessing Muzarabani
20
0 
70 
1
3.50
0
0
»
 Richard Ngarava
17
 .3
4 
55 
4
3.14
2
0
»
 Trevor Gwandu
11
0 
28 
2
2.55
1
0
»
 Newman Nyamhuri
8
0 
21 
0
2.63
0
0
»
 Brian Bennett
5
0 
11 
0
2.20
0
0
»
 Wessly Madhevere
18
1 
48 
2
2.67
0
0
»
 Johnathan Campbell
14
1 
47 
1
3.36
0
1

Zimbabwe 2nd Innings
(Target: 292 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Takudzwanashe Kaitano b Adair
14 
20 
3 
0
70.00 
»
 Ben Curran c Tucker b McCarthy
4 
20 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Nick Welch lbw b Humphreys
5 
20 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Brian Bennett c Tucker b Humphreys
45 
72 
3 
0
62.50 
»
 Trevor Gwandu b McCarthy
2 
18 
0 
0
11.11 
»
 Wessly Madhevere b Humphreys
84 
195 
8 
0
43.08 
»
 Johnathan Campbell c & b Humphreys
33 
62 
3 
0
53.23 
»
 Nyasha Mayavo c Stirling b Humphreys
8 
30 
2 
0
26.67 
»
 Newman Nyamhuri lbw b Humphreys
8 
34 
0 
0
23.53 
»
 Richard Ngarava b McBrine
14 
39 
1 
0
35.90 
»
 Blessing Muzarabani Not Out
1 
9 
0 
0
11.11 
Extras B 4, LB 6
10
Total : (all out in 86.3 overs)
228
 RR : 2.64

Fall of wickets : 1-18 (Ben Curran, 5.4 ov), 2-22 (Takudzwanashe Kaitano, 6.6 ov), 3-32 (Nick Welch, 11.4 ov), 4-40 (Trevor Gwandu, 15.6 ov), 5-105 (Brian Bennett, 35.5 ov), 6-161 (Johnathan Campbell, 53.1 ov), 7-173 (Nyasha Mayavo, 61.5 ov), 8-189 (Newman Nyamhuri, 73.1 ov), 9-218 (Wessly Madhevere, 83.1 ov), 10-228 (Richard Ngarava, 86.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mark Adair
19
3 
47 
1
2.47
0
0
»
 Barry McCarthy
8
0 
22 
2
2.75
0
0
»
 Matthew Humphreys
28
7 
57 
6
2.04
0
0
»
 Andy McBrine
23
 .3
4 
69 
1
2.94
0
0
»
 Craig Young
7
0 
20 
0
2.86
0
0
»
 Curtis Campher
1
0 
3 
0
3.00
0
0

Match details
Debuts: Johnathan Campbell, Nyasha Mayavo and Nick Welch (Zimbabwe)
Man of the Match: Andy McBrine (Ireland)
Umpires : Ahsan Raza (Pakistan) and Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Third Umpire: Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe)
Referee : Richie Richardson (West Indies)
Reserve Umpire: Iknow Chabi (Zimbabwe)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Thu, Feb 06 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 72/1 (Takudzwanashe Kaitano 26*, Nick Welch 33*, 21 ov)
Day 2 : Fri, Feb 07 - Ireland 2nd innings 83/1 (Andy Balbirnie 32*, Curtis Campher 14*, 21 ov)
Day 3 : Sat Feb 08 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 38/3 (Brian Bennett 15*, Trevor Gwandu 0*, 15 ov)
Day 4 : Sun, Feb 09 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 183/7 (Wessly Madhevere 61*, Newman Nyamhuri 5*, 68 ov)
Day 5 : Mon, Feb 10 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 228 (86.3 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Zimbabwe Ben Curran, Blessing Muzarabani, Brian Bennett, Johnathan Campbell (Capt.), Newman Nyamhuri, Nick Welch, Nyasha Mayavo (wk), Richard Ngarava, Takudzwanashe Kaitano, Trevor Gwandu, Wessly Madhevere
Ireland Andy Balbirnie (Capt.), Andy McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Craig Young, Curtis Campher, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Mark Adair, Matthew Humphreys, Paul Stirling, Peter Moor
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