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Test No. 2619

New Zealand tour of Ireland 2026
2026 season
Ireland vs New Zealand - Only Test
27-29 May, 2026 (4-day match)

New Zealand won the one-off match

Venue : Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast
Toss : Ireland won the toss and elected to field first
Result : New Zealand won by an innings and 79 runs


New Zealand 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Tom Latham b MR Adair
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Devon Conway c L McCarthy b MR Adair
4 
13 
1 
0
30.77 
»
 Kane Williamson lbw b L McCarthy
36 
70 
5 
0
51.43 
»
 Rachin Ravindra c Mayes b HT Tector
121 
194 
11 
4
62.37 
»
 Daryl Mitchell c Tucker b MR Adair
1 
2 
0 
0
50.00 
»
 Tom Blundell c sub b Wilson
186 
292 
22 
3
63.70 
»
 Dean Foxcroft c Wilson b McBrine
98 
129 
6 
1
75.97 
»
 Nathan Smith run out
17 
13 
3 
0
130.77 
»
 Zakary Foulkes Not Out
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 2, LB 19, W 3, N 3
27
Total : (8 wickets dec in 119.0 overs)
490
 RR : 4.12

did not bat: Blair Tickner, Ben Sears

Fall of wickets : 1-4 (Tom Latham, 0.2 ov), 2-21 (Devon Conway, 6.1 ov), 3-85 (Kane Williamson, 21.5 ov), 4-86 (Daryl Mitchell, 22.1 ov), 5-303 (Rachin Ravindra, 77.1 ov), 6-461 (Tom Blundell, 113.5 ov), 7-486 (Nathan Smith, 117.6 ov), 8-490 (Dean Foxcroft, 118.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mark Adair
20
6 
66 
3
3.30
0
0
»
 Thomas Mayes
23
9 
52 
0
2.26
0
0
»
 Reuben Wilson
25
2 
90 
1
3.60
3
0
»
 Liam McCarthy
24
2 
130 
1
5.42
0
3
»
 Andy McBrine
22
2 
99 
1
4.50
0
0
»
 Harry Tector
5
0 
33 
1
6.60
0
0

Ireland 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Stephen Doheny lbw b Smith
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Andy Balbirnie b Smith
13 
16 
1 
0
81.25 
»
 Cade Carmichael c Latham b Smith
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Harry Tector lbw b Foulkes
16 
32 
3 
0
50.00 
»
 Curtis Campher lbw b Smith
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Lorcan Tucker b Smith
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Andy McBrine Not Out
73 
105 
12 
0
69.52 
»
 Mark Adair c Blundell b Smith
40 
86 
5 
0
46.51 
»
 Thomas Mayes c Sears b Tickner
3 
12 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Liam McCarthy c Williamson b Sears
1 
10 
0 
0
10.00 
»
 Reuben Wilson c Williamson b Sears
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 16, LB 12, N 5
33
Total : (all out in 45.0 overs)
179
 RR : 3.98

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Stephen Doheny, 0.2 ov), 2-0 (Cade Carmichael, 0.6 ov), 3-26 (Andy Balbirnie, 6.6 ov), 4-34 (Curtis Campher, 8.1 ov), 5-34 (Lorcan Tucker, 8.5 ov), 6-38 (Harry Tector, 9.5 ov), 7-154 (Mark Adair, 38.4 ov), 8-165 (Thomas Mayes, 41.2 ov), 9-179 (Liam McCarthy, 44.3 ov), 10-179 (Reuben Wilson, 44.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Nathan Smith
14
3 
40 
6
2.86
2
0
»
 Zakary Foulkes
11
3 
32 
1
2.91
0
0
»
 Blair Tickner
8
1 
40 
1
5.00
3
0
»
 Ben Sears
8
1 
27 
2
3.38
0
0
»
 Daryl Mitchell
3
0 
12 
0
4.00
0
0
»
 Dean Foxcroft
1
1 
0 
0
0.00
0
0

Ireland 2nd Innings (f/o)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Stephen Doheny c Conway b Tickner
57 
117 
9 
0
48.72 
»
 Andy Balbirnie c Blundell b Tickner
14 
23 
3 
0
60.87 
»
 Cade Carmichael c Latham b Tickner
6 
17 
0 
0
35.29 
»
 Thomas Mayes c Mitchell b Smith
5 
25 
1 
0
20.00 
»
 Harry Tector c Latham b Tickner
2 
15 
0 
0
13.33 
»
 Curtis Campher retire hurt
4 
20 
1 
0
20.00 
»
 Lorcan Tucker c Mitchell b Smith
50 
70 
8 
1
71.43 
»
 Andy McBrine c Smith b Foulkes
13 
23 
2 
0
56.52 
»
 Mark Adair Not Out
44 
47 
7 
0
93.62 
»
 Liam McCarthy run out
11 
14 
2 
0
78.57 
»
 Reuben Wilson c Mitchell b Tickner
4 
13 
1 
0
30.77 
Extras B 14, LB 2, W 2, N 4
22
Total : (all out in 63.2 overs)
232
 RR : 3.66

Fall of wickets : 1-42 (Andy Balbirnie, 9.1 ov), 2-57 (Cade Carmichael, 13.3 ov), 3-70 (Thomas Mayes, 20.6 ov), 4-75 (Harry Tector, 25.4 ov), 4-88* (Curtis Campher, retired not out), 5-104 (Stephen Doheny, 39.5 ov), 6-150 (Andy McBrine, 49.2 ov), 7-170 (Lorcan Tucker, 54.1 ov), 8-223 (Liam McCarthy, 59.6 ov), 9-232 (Reuben Wilson, 63.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Nathan Smith
15
6 
53 
2
3.53
3
1
»
 Zakary Foulkes
14
3 
50 
1
3.57
0
0
»
 Blair Tickner
17
 .2
3 
76 
5
4.38
1
1
»
 Ben Sears
15
6 
37 
0
2.47
0
0
»
 Daryl Mitchell
2
2 
0 
0
0.00
0
0

Match details
Debuts: Liam McCarthy, Reuben Wilson and Thomas Mayes (Ireland); Dean Foxcroft (New Zealand)
Man of the Match: Tom Blundell (New Zealand)
Umpires : Alex Wharf (England) and Rod Tucker (Australia)
Third Umpire: Roly Black (Ireland)
Referee : Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Reserve Umpire: Aidan Seaver (Ireland)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Wed, May 27 - New Zealand 1st innings 361/5 (Tom Blundell 142*, Dean Foxcroft 38*, 94 ov)
Day 2 : Thu, May 28 - Ireland 2nd innings 65/2 (Stephen Doheny 36*, Thomas Mayes 4*, 16 ov)
Day 3 : Fri, May 29 - Ireland 2nd innings 232 (63.2 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Ireland Curtis Campher, Reuben Wilson, Thomas Mayes, Stephen Doheny, Mark Adair, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Liam McCarthy, Harry Tector, Cade Carmichael, Andy McBrine, Andy Balbirnie (Capt.)
New Zealand Zakary Foulkes, Tom Latham (Capt.), Tom Blundell (wk), Rachin Ravindra, Nathan Smith, Kane Williamson, Devon Conway, Dean Foxcroft, Daryl Mitchell, Blair Tickner, Ben Sears
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