Zimbabwe 142 for six (Raza 34, Delany 2-5, Younger 2-38) vs Eire – No end result
A second washout in three video games handed Zimbabwe a 1-0 sequence win to finish their house summer time on a excessive. There was area for only one innings as rain delayed the toss by 45 minutes after which returned in the course of the mid-innings break to have the ultimate phrase.
The night began with Paul Stirling profitable the toss and Eire putting twice within the first three overs. Younger discovered seam motion to have Tadiwanashe Marumani caught behind. Matthew Humphreys then darted an arm ball from across the wicket to smash Wessly Madhevere’s stumps.
Raza began off with a streaky boundary over quick third earlier than earlier than going by means of a few tense moments. He was in ache after edging a mistimed pull onto his leg, he survived an lbw name off Josh Little within the seventh over, and an edge off his bat did not carry to wicketkeeper Lorcan Tucker within the eighth.
He did dispatch a Fionn Hand slower ball over long-on and pump Humphreys for a 4 and a six. However when he tried a flat-bat hit off Delany, the ball appeared to carry up within the pitch and ended up in Harry Tector’s palms at long-on.
Delany obtained Brian Bennett 4 balls later with ball that bounced low to take an edge and flatten leg stump as Zimbabwe slumped to 67 for 4. Nevertheless, that was the one over Delany bowled for the day.
Munyonga obtained a lucky boundary within the eleventh over as debutant Tim Tector, at long-on, got here in too shut and the ball soared over him for a boundary. Ryan Burl provided two close to possibilities within the following over off Hand, neither of which carried to the outfielders operating in. The duo picked up seven twos, 4 of them within the thirteenth over, of their 27-run stand. That was damaged by Little, who had Burl caught at deep third.
Musekiwa launched Younger for 2 sixes within the fifteenth over, the primary of which introduced up Zimbabwe’s hundred, earlier than pulling a half-tracker from Little into the grass banks. Musekiwa obtained a free hit after Hand, in a bid to maintain the ball out of the arc, delivered a ball so extensive that it was exterior the reduce strip. However a large later, he missed out on a full-toss free hit.
Munyonga had close to possibilities within the sixteenth over, each of which resulted in twos, however fell to Younger within the last over, swipe the ball over long-on. Wellington Masakadza obtained a boundary off his first ball however Younger bowled 4 yorkers on the bounce to maintain the batters quiet.
With dew round, Eire would have had fancied their probabilities of chasing down the full and guaranteeing that Zimbabwe completed their house summer time with no sequence win, nevertheless it was to not be.
