Zimbabwean cricket team in Ireland in 2019

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]

Zimbabwean cricket team in Ireland in 2019
 
  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]

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

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

Tour match

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50-over match: Ireland A vs Zimbabwe

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29 June 2019
10:45
Scorecard
Ireland A  
283/9 (50 overs)
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  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

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1st ODI

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1 July 2019
10:45
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  
254/9 (50 overs)
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  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

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4 July 2019
10:45
Scorecard
Ireland  
242/9 (50 overs)
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  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

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7 July 2019
10:45
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  
190 (46.5 overs)
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  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)

T20I series

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1st T20I

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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

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12 July 2019
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  
132/8 (13 overs)
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  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

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14 July 2019
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Ireland  
171/9 (20 overs)
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  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)

References

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