HARARE: The third One-day International (ODI) between Ireland and Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club produced another exciting day’s cricket, with Ireland scampering home by just two wickets in a low-scoring thriller on Tuesday.Zimbabwe’s 187 appeared well under par, particularly when Ireland cruised past 100 with just three wickets down
By our correspondents
October 14, 2015
HARARE: The third One-day International (ODI) between Ireland and Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club produced another exciting day’s cricket, with Ireland scampering home by just two wickets in a low-scoring thriller on Tuesday. Zimbabwe’s 187 appeared well under par, particularly when Ireland cruised past 100 with just three wickets down in the 28th over. But Zimbabwe kept chipping away, upping the pressure through two fine spells from spinners Wellington Masakadza and Tino Mutombodzi, as well as some astonishingly good fielding. Ireland slipped and stumbled to 160 for 8, but No 9 and 10, Andy McBrine and Tim Murtagh, had just enough gas in the tank to get their team over the line with just over three overs to spare. Score Board Ireland won toss Zimbabwe C J Chibhabha c N O’Brien b Murtagh 4 †R Mutumbami c Porterfield b Young 0 B B Chari b McBrine 17 S C Williams c N O’Brien b Stirling 51 *E Chigumbura c Balbirnie b Murtagh 34 Sikandar Raza b Murtagh 50 C T Mutombodzi run out 3 L M Jongwe run out 8 W P Masakadza c K O’Brien b Murtagh 0 J Nyumbu not out 7 T Muzarabani lbw b K O’Brien 3 Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 8) 10 Total (all out; 49.2 overs) 187 Fall: 1-2, 2-7, 3-56, 4-88, 5-159, 6-164, 7-171, 8-174, 9-175, 10-187 Bowling: Young 10-0-35-1 (4w); Murtagh 10-0-32-4 (2w); Dockrell 10-1-40-0; K O’Brien 4.2-0-14-1; McBrine 10-1-47-1; Stirling 5-0-17-1 (1w) Ireland *W T S Porterfield c Sikandar b Muzarabani 20 P R Stirling c Mutumbami b Jongwe 50 E C Joyce c Chari b Masakadza 7 A Balbirnie run out 24 N J O’Brien c Chibhabha b Mutombodzi 1 †G C Wilson c Nyumbu b Mutombodzi 19 K J O’Brien c sub (M Waller) b Masakadza 10 G H Dockrell c Nyumbu b Muzarabani 13 A R McBrine not out 14 T J Murtagh not out 19 Extras (lb 2, w 9, nb 1) 12 Total (8 wickets; 46.5 overs) 189 Did not bat: C A Young Fall: 1-31, 2-46, 3-94, 4-102, 5-119, 6-140, 7-148, 8-160 Bowling: Muzarabani 9.5-1-43-2 (1nb, 1w); Jongwe 9-1-35-1 (4w); Masakadza 8-1-31-2; Nyumbu 9-0-37-0 (1w); Mutombodzi 10-0-33-2 (1w); Chibhabha 1-0-8-0 Result: Ireland won by 2 wickets ODI debut: T Muzarabani (Zimbabwe) Umpires: J D Cloete (South Africa) and R B Tiffin. TV umpire: L Rusere. Match referee: J Srinath (India)
