Fixture 07 Dec at 04:30 PM  • Harare
Ireland vs Zimbabwe  • 1st T20I (night)  • Ireland tour of Zimbabwe 2023
  • Ireland IRE
  • 147 / 8 ( 20 Ovs )
  • Zimbabwe ZIM
  • 148 / 9 ( 20 Ovs )
  • Zimbabwe won by 1 wicket (with 0 balls remaining)
    • 2 Runs
    CRR / RRR 7.4 / 0
    Partnership 2 Runs, 1 B (RR: 12)
    Last Wicket 146/9 (19.5 Ov)
    Target 148
    Recent Balls
    • 2W4120110W
    19.6
    2
    McCarthy to Muzarabani
    Inside edge, beats Tucker and Zimbabwe win! It is all happening and Harare finds its voice. Under lights for the first time. Ufff! McCarthy bowls to plan - full and just outside off. Muzarabani looks to hit one way but the ball goes the other. The wicketkeeper gets down but the ball beats him. And before fine leg cuts it off, they run two and seal the win that sees Zimbabwe go 1-0 up!
    19.5
    W
    McCarthy to Ngarava
    YOU CANNOT DO THAT MARK ADAIR! You cannot do that. Adair has pulled out one of the greatest catches in the sport. No exaggeration. McCarthy bowls another off-pace length ball angling away, instead of working it through the on side, Ngarava goes for the big heave across the line and gets a thick outside edge. Seems to have made enough contact to beat short third running back. But Adair, while doing so, has his eyes on the ball, leaps, dives takes it and lands on his neck. A calm clap from the bowler even as Adair gathers himself
    19.4
    4
    McCarthy to Ngarava
    Swings it through the leg side. Ngarava, you beauty. Gets the Harare crowd back on its feet. Sees the length ball from McCarthy around middle and leg. Gives it the almighty heave through square leg. Slower offcutter, change of pace, nothing matters for Ngarava and his agricultural pull
    19.3
    1
    McCarthy to Gwandu
    Cracking sound off the bat, when he heaved the length ball across the line. But it was hit straight to deep midwicket
    19.2
    2
    McCarthy to Gwandu
    Slaps it over the bowler's head, and they run back for two. Another slower length ball outside off, he thwacks it almost straight to the bowler
    19.1
    0
    McCarthy to Gwandu
    Length ball outside off, the slower one, he has a swing but misses
    18.6
    1
    Adair to Gwandu
    Slower full ball on middle, clipped through midwicket
    18.5
    1
    Adair to Ngarava
    Back of a length, angling away, he looks to heave it away but lobs it to the vacant mid-off region
    18.4
    0
    Adair to Ngarava
    Slower one angling away, he looks to go hard at that but misses
    18.3
    W
    Adair to Raza
    Massive wicket as Raza falls. Harare silenced. Adair deals a telling blow to once again swing the game. Lands it on a length outside off, takes the pace off. Raza backs away but then reaches out to hit it over extra cover but toe-ends it to Stirling, who comes forward and dives to pouch that. Is that it for Zimbabwe?
    18.3
    1
    Adair to Raza
    Very full and down leg, he misses the flick. Applause as wide is signalled
    18.2
    1
    Adair to Gwandu
    Slower full one around off, pushes it towards short midwicket and sets off. McCarthy gets around and under-arms the throw but misses at the bowler's end
    18.1
    W
    Adair to Jongwe
    The bouncer takes Jongwe by surprise. In line of the stumps, he goes for the pull before belatedly trying to back away. But the feather of the top edge was had and it flew straight to the wicketkeeper
    17.6
    1
    Little to Jongwe
    Full and outside off, drives it straight to mid-off and sets off. Dives desperately but the fielder misses the shy
    17.5
    1
    Little to Raza
    Full on leg, defends it to the on side and gets to the other end
    17.4
    1
    Little to Jongwe
    Full on middle, yes-no almost lands them in trouble but Dockrell fails to gather it in first go. Defensively pushes it towards short midwicket and sets off before stopping. Raza was already off from the other end and, as a result, Jongwe had to respond
    17.3
    0
    Little to Jongwe
    Full on off, hangs back and defends it to the off side
    17.2
    W
    Little to Madande
    Bowled him. Little lands one on a length angling away, Madande is not entirely forward and looks to flick it away. Gets a thick inside edge onto the stumps. End of an impressive cameo
    17.1
    2
    Little to Madande
    Full on the pads, clipped away through backward square leg
    16.6
    1
    McCarthy to Madande
    Another back of a length ball angling in, pulled to deep midwicket

    Match Info

    MATCH IRE Vs ZIM
    DATE 07 Dec, 2023
    TIME 04:30 PM UTC | 06:30 PM LOCAL
    VENUE Harare Sports Club
    TOSS
    UMPIRES Forster Mutizwa
    REFEREE Iknow Chabi

    Ireland (Batting) : 147/8 (20 Ovs)

    Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
    A Balbirnie
    b Sikandar Raza
    		 32 25 6 1 128
    PR Stirling
    lbw b Ngarava
    		 14 10 3 0 140
    LJ Tucker
    c Burl b Williams
    		 21 19 1 0 110.52
    HT Tector
    lbw b Sikandar Raza
    		 24 21 2 0 114.28
    C Campher
    b Sikandar Raza
    		 8 6 1 0 133.33
    GH Dockrell
    b Muzarabani
    		 4 8 0 0 50
    MR Adair
    c Williams b Ngarava
    		 7 12 1 0 58.33
    GJ Delany
    not out
    		26 11 2 2 236.36
    BJ McCarthy
    c Williams b Muzarabani
    		 1 2 0 0 50
    CA Young
    not out
    		5 6 0 0 83.33
    JB Little
    Total 147/8 (20 Ovs)      Extras: 5      ( b 0 , lb 3 , w 2 , nb 0 , p 0)

    Fall of Wickets

    Wkt # Player Runs Ovs
    1 PR Stirling
    lbw b Ngarava
    		 44 4.3
    2 A Balbirnie
    b Sikandar Raza
    		 53 6.2
    3 LJ Tucker
    c Burl b Williams
    		 84 11.2
    4 C Campher
    b Sikandar Raza
    		 97 12.5
    5 GH Dockrell
    b Muzarabani
    		 107 14.4
    6 HT Tector
    lbw b Sikandar Raza
    		 115 15.6
    7 MR Adair
    c Williams b Ngarava
    		 115 16.5
    8 BJ McCarthy
    c Williams b Muzarabani
    		 116 17.1

    Bowling

    Bowler O M R W WD NB ECO
    R Ngarava 4 0 23 2 0 0 5.75
    B Muzarabani 4 0 24 2 0 0 6
    T Gwandu 3 0 38 0 1 0 12.66
    Sikandar Raza 4 0 28 3 0 0 7
    RP Burl 2 0 13 0 0 0 6.5
    SC Williams 3 0 18 1 1 0 6

    Zimbabwe (Batting) : 148/9 (20 Ovs)

    Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
    W Madhevere
    b Dockrell
    		 25 26 3 0 96.15
    T Marumani
    c Tector b McCarthy
    		 1 6 0 0 16.66
    SC Williams
    b Little
    		 4 4 1 0 100
    Sikandar Raza
    c Stirling b Adair
    		 65 42 5 2 154.76
    RP Burl
    c †Tucker b Young
    		 12 13 1 0 92.3
    BJ Bennett
    c Tector b Young
    		 1 4 0 0 25
    C Madande
    b Little
    		 20 11 2 1 181.81
    LM Jongwe
    c †Tucker b Adair
    		 2 4 0 0 50
    T Gwandu
    not out
    		5 5 0 0 100
    R Ngarava
    c Adair b McCarthy
    		 5 4 1 0 125
    B Muzarabani
    not out
    		2 1 0 0 200
    Total 148/9 (20 Ovs)      Extras: 6      ( b 0 , lb 4 , w 2 , nb 0 , p 0)

    Fall of Wickets

    Wkt # Player Runs Ovs
    1 T Marumani
    c Tector b McCarthy
    		 15 2.6
    2 SC Williams
    b Little
    		 21 3.5
    3 W Madhevere
    b Dockrell
    		 53 8.4
    4 RP Burl
    c †Tucker b Young
    		 91 12.6
    5 BJ Bennett
    c Tector b Young
    		 97 14.3
    6 C Madande
    b Little
    		 132 17.2
    7 LM Jongwe
    c †Tucker b Adair
    		 135 18.1
    8 Sikandar Raza
    c Stirling b Adair
    		 137 18.3
    9 R Ngarava
    c Adair b McCarthy
    		 146 19.5

    Bowling

    Bowler O M R W WD NB ECO
    MR Adair 4 0 36 2 1 0 9
    JB Little 4 0 17 2 1 0 4.25
    BJ McCarthy 4 0 37 2 0 0 9.25
    CA Young 4 0 20 2 0 0 5
    GJ Delany 3 0 25 0 0 0 8.33
    GH Dockrell 1 0 9 1 0 0 9

    Ireland Partnerships

    A Balbirnie
    28 (17)     		44 (27)
    4.3 Ovs     		PR Stirling
    14 (10)
    A Balbirnie
    4 (8)     		9 (11)
    1.5 Ovs     		LJ Tucker
    5 (3)
    LJ Tucker
    16 (16)     		31 (30)
    5 Ovs     		HT Tector
    14 (14)
    C Campher
    8 (6)     		13 (9)
    1.3 Ovs     		HT Tector
    4 (3)
    GH Dockrell
    4 (8)     		10 (11)
    1.5 Ovs     		HT Tector
    6 (3)
    MR Adair
    7 (7)     		8 (8)
    1.2 Ovs     		HT Tector
    0 (1)
    MR Adair
    0 (5)     		0 (5)
    0.5 Ovs     		GJ Delany
    0 (0)
    BJ McCarthy
    1 (2)     		1 (2)
    0.2 Ovs     		GJ Delany
    0 (0)
    CA Young
    5 (6)     		31 (17)
    2.5 Ovs     		GJ Delany
    26 (11)

    Zimbabwe Partnerships

    W Madhevere
    14 (12)     		15 (18)
    3 Ovs     		T Marumani
    1 (6)
    SC Williams
    4 (4)     		6 (5)
    0.5 Ovs     		W Madhevere
    1 (1)
    Sikandar Raza
    22 (16)     		32 (29)
    4.5 Ovs     		W Madhevere
    10 (13)
    Sikandar Raza
    22 (13)     		38 (26)
    4.2 Ovs     		RP Burl
    12 (13)
    Sikandar Raza
    5 (5)     		6 (9)
    1.3 Ovs     		BJ Bennett
    1 (4)
    Sikandar Raza
    15 (6)     		35 (17)
    2.5 Ovs     		C Madande
    20 (11)
    Sikandar Raza
    1 (1)     		3 (5)
    0.5 Ovs     		LM Jongwe
    2 (4)
    Sikandar Raza
    0 (1)     		2 (2)
    0.2 Ovs     		T Gwandu
    1 (1)
    R Ngarava
    5 (4)     		9 (8)
    1.2 Ovs     		T Gwandu
    4 (4)
    B Muzarabani
    2 (1)     		2 (1)
    0.1 Ovs     		T Gwandu
    0 (0)

    Ireland (Batting) Overs

    # Bowler Runs W B TR TW ORR
    1 Richard Ngarava
    0 4 4 1 1 4     		14 0 6 14 0 14
    2 Blessing Muzarabani
    		11 0 12 25 0 12.5
    3 Trevor Gwandu
    		13 0 18 38 0 12.66
    4 Blessing Muzarabani
    		4 0 24 42 0 10.5
    5 Richard Ngarava
    		5 1 30 47 1 9.4
    6 Trevor Gwandu
    		5 0 36 52 1 8.66
    7 Sikandar Raza
    		4 1 42 56 2 8
    8 Ryan Burl
    		5 0 48 61 2 7.62
    9 Sikandar Raza
    		8 0 54 69 2 7.66
    10 Sean Williams
    		5 0 60 74 2 7.4
    11 Ryan Burl
    		8 0 66 82 2 7.45
    12 Sean Williams
    		7 1 72 89 3 7.41
    13 Sikandar Raza
    		9 1 78 98 4 7.53
    14 Sean Williams
    		7 0 84 105 4 7.5
    15 Blessing Muzarabani
    		3 1 90 108 5 7.2
    16 Sikandar Raza
    		7 1 96 115 6 7.18
    17 Richard Ngarava
    		1 1 102 116 7 6.82
    18 Blessing Muzarabani
    		7 1 108 123 8 6.83
    19 Richard Ngarava
    		4 0 114 127 8 6.68
    20 Trevor Gwandu
    		20 0 120 147 8 7.35

    Zimbabwe (Batting) Overs

    # Bowler Runs W B TR TW ORR
    1 Mark Adair
    1 1 4 0 1 0     		7 0 6 7 0 7
    2 Josh Little
    		1 0 12 8 0 4
    3 Barry McCarthy
    		7 1 18 15 1 5
    4 Josh Little
    		6 1 24 21 2 5.25
    5 Barry McCarthy
    		1 0 30 22 2 4.4
    6 Mark Adair
    		13 0 36 35 2 5.83
    7 Craig Young
    		4 0 42 39 2 5.57
    8 Gareth Delany
    		9 0 48 48 2 6
    9 George Dockrell
    		9 1 54 57 3 6.33
    10 Gareth Delany
    		6 0 60 63 3 6.3
    11 Craig Young
    		9 0 66 72 3 6.54
    12 Gareth Delany
    		13 0 72 85 3 7.08
    13 Craig Young
    		6 1 78 91 4 7
    14 Josh Little
    		5 0 84 96 4 6.85
    15 Craig Young
    		2 1 90 98 5 6.53
    16 Mark Adair
    		12 0 96 110 5 6.87
    17 Barry McCarthy
    		20 0 102 130 5 7.64
    18 Josh Little
    		5 1 108 135 6 7.5
    19 Mark Adair
    		4 2 114 139 8 7.31
    20 Barry McCarthy
    		9 1 120 148 9 7.4
    6
    Sixes
    29
    Fours
    17
    Wickets
    30
    Sixes
    150
    Fours
    70
    Wickets
    6
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