Zimbabwean cricket team in Ireland in 2019

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Zimbabwean cricket team in Ireland in 2019
  Cricket Ireland flag.svg Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
  Ireland Zimbabwe
Dates 29 June – 14 July 2019
Captains William Porterfield (ODIs)
Gary Wilson (T20Is)		 Hamilton Masakadza
One Day International series
Results Ireland won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs James McCollum (148) Craig Ervine (156)
Most wickets Tim Murtagh (9) Solomon Mire (5)
Player of the series Tim Murtagh (Ire)
Twenty20 International series
Results 3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Paul Stirling (83) Craig Ervine (123)
Most wickets Mark Adair (4) Tendai Chatara (3)
Kyle Jarvis (3)
Player of the series Craig Ervine (Zim)[1]

The Zimbabwe cricket team toured Ireland in June and July 2019 to play three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[2] All the matches were played at the Stormont Cricket Ground in Belfast and the Bready Cricket Club Ground in Magheramason.[3][4] Zimbabwe last toured Ireland in 2003.[5]

Cricket Ireland had considered cancelling the tour, following poor ticket sales for international matches earlier in the season, but the International Cricket Council (ICC) provided a US $500,000 bailout.[6] The T20Is were scheduled to take place on the same days and venues as the corresponding women's fixtures.[7][8] However, in June 2019, the women's tour was cancelled 48 hours before it was due to take place, due to a funding issue from Zimbabwe Cricket.[9][10] With the cancellation of the women's matches, Cricket Ireland revised the start time of the first men's T20I fixture.[11]

Ireland won the first two ODIs of the tour, taking an unassailable lead in the series, and their first series win at home against a Full Member side.[12] It was Ireland's first ODI series win at home since beating Scotland in September 2014.[13] Ireland won the third match by six wickets to win the series 3–0,[14] their first clean-sweep in ODIs against a Full Member team.[15] The T20I series was tied 1–1, after the first match was washed out.[16]

Squads[]

ODIs T20Is
 Ireland[17]  Zimbabwe[18]  Ireland[17]  Zimbabwe[18]

Tour match[]

50-over match: Ireland A vs Zimbabwe[]

29 June 2019
10:45
Scorecard
Ireland A
283/9 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
256 (47.2 overs)
Simi Singh 90 (104)
Kyle Jarvis 2/41 (10 overs)
Sean Williams 104 (90)
Peter Chase 3/44 (7.2 overs)
Ireland A won by 27 runs
Woodvale Road, Eglinton
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Philip Thompson (Ire)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

ODI series[]

1st ODI[]

1 July 2019
10:45
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
254/9 (50 overs)
v
 Ireland
258/6 (48.3 overs)
Craig Ervine 105 (117)
Mark Adair 4/73 (10 overs)
Andrew Balbirnie 101 (112)
Tendai Chatara 3/36 (9 overs)
Ireland won by 4 wickets
Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Mark Hawthorne (Ire)

2nd ODI[]

4 July 2019
10:45
Scorecard
Ireland 
242/9 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
237/9 (50 overs)
James McCollum 73 (92)
Solomon Mire 4/43 (8 overs)
Sean Williams 58 (84)
Tim Murtagh 5/21 (10 overs)
Ireland won by 5 runs
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Shaun George (SA)

3rd ODI[]

7 July 2019
10:45
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
190 (46.5 overs)
v
 Ireland
191/4 (41.2 overs)
Sean Williams 67 (103)
Tim Murtagh 3/39 (9.5 overs)
James McCollum 54 (69)
Sean Williams 1/14 (4 overs)
Ireland won by 6 wickets
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Shaun George (SA)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Shaun George (SA) umpired in his 50th ODI.[22]
  • William Porterfield (Ire) scored his 4,000th run in ODIs.[23]
  • This was William Porterfield's 50th win as captain of Ireland in ODIs.[24]

T20I series[]

1st T20I[]

10 July 2019
12:30
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Alan Neill (Ire)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

2nd T20I[]

12 July 2019
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
132/8 (13 overs)
v
 Ireland
134/1 (10.5 overs)
Craig Ervine 55 (32)
Mark Adair 4/40 (3 overs)
Paul Stirling 83* (36)
Tendai Chatara 1/23 (2 overs)
Ireland won by 9 wickets (DLS method)
Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Mark Hawthorne (Ire)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ireland were set a revised target of 134 runs from 13 overs due to rain.
  • Mark Adair and Gareth Delany (Ire) both made their T20I debuts.

3rd T20I[]

14 July 2019
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Ireland 
171/9 (20 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
172/2 (16.4 overs)
Gary Wilson 47 (47)
Kyle Jarvis 3/38 (4 overs)
Craig Ervine 68* (47)
George Dockrell 1/16 (2 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 8 wickets
Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Alan Neill (Ire)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
  • Craig Ervine and Sean Williams scored an unbeaten 111 runs for the third wicket, the highest partnership for any wicket for Zimbabwe in T20Is.[25]

References[]

  1. ^ "Zimbabwe thump Ireland to level series". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. ^ "West Indies announced as fifth touring side to visit Ireland in 2019". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Windies confirmed as fifth touring side to Ireland in 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Ireland to play West Indies and Bangladesh in ODI series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Andy McBrine discusses July internationals as Zimbabwe name touring squad". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  6. ^ "ICC bailout Ireland after fraud shock". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Three double-headers announced among 12-match international summer schedule for Ireland Women". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Ireland Women to play West Indies, Zimbabwe and Scotland in summer series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Zimbabwe cancel women's tour". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Zimbabwe women's tour to Ireland cancelled because of funding issues". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Changes to Ireland Women schedule and amended start time to Ireland Men's 1st T20I against Zimbabwe". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  12. ^ "First-ever series win at home against a Full Member, as Ireland go 2-0 up against Zimbabwe". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Ireland hold off Zimbabwe to clinch historic series win". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  14. ^ "ODI series: Ireland defeat Zimbabwe to complete ODI series whitewash". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Ireland cruise to historic ODI series sweep". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Zimbabwe beat Ireland at Bready to tie T20 series at 1–1". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  17. ^ a b "Ireland Men's and Ireland Wolves squads announced for Zimbabwe series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  18. ^ a b "Masakadza, Taylor back for Zim". News Day. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  19. ^ a b "Rankin relishing Bready return". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  20. ^ "Mire's middle overs magic keeps Ireland modest". CricBuzz. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  21. ^ "Tim Murtagh's maiden five-for wraps up series win for Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  22. ^ "CSA congratulates Shaun George on his 50th ODI appointment". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  23. ^ "McCollum and Murtagh seal Ireland's 3–0 sweep". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  24. ^ "Ireland completes 3–0 clean sweep of ODI series against Zimbabwe". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  25. ^ "Ervine, Williams help Zimbabwe level T20I series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

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