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Zimbabwe Vs Ireland
2-Innings Match Played At Bulawayo Athletic Club, 06-Feb-2025, Test
Round 1130
Toss won by Ireland
Umpires Ahsan Raza (Pak) - Kumar Dharmasena (SL) - L Rusere (Zim)
Umpire notes Match referee: Richie Richardson. Res ump: Iknow Chabi (Zim)
Home Side Zimbabwe
Comment 1130/44 5-day Match.
J Gumbie fielded sub and caught A Balbirnie
Close
Day 1- Thur 6 Feb 2025 - Zimbabwe 1st inns71-2 (21ov T Kaitano 26*, N Welch 33*)
Day 2 - Fri 7 Feb 2025- Ireland 2nd inns 83-1 (21 ov. A Balbirnie 32*, C Campher 14*)
Ireland 1st Innings 260/10 All Out (Overs 56.4)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
PJ Moor c B Curran b B Muzarabani 4 5 6 1 0
A Balbirnie* c sub b B Muzarabani 9 26 11 1 0
C Campher   b R Ngarava 6 14 9 1 0
HT Tector c T Kaitano b B Muzarabani 0 16 9 0 0
PR Stirling c B Bennett b B Muzarabani 10 22 18 1 0
LJ Tucker+   b T Gwandu 33 51 28 7 0
AR McBrine not out   90 235 132 12 0
MR Adair c B Bennett b B Muzarabani 78 139 91 13 0
BJ McCarthy c W Madhevere b B Muzarabani 0 7 6 0 0
CA Young c B Bennett b B Muzarabani 5 16 13 0 0
MJ Humphreys c B Bennett b R Ngarava 8 28 24 1 0
extras   (b6 lb3 w1 nb7) 17        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 260        
FOW
1-4(PJ Moor) 2-17(C Campher) 3-19(A Balbirnie) 4-20(HT Tector) 5-31(PR Stirling)
6-82(LJ Tucker) 7-209(MR Adair) 8-211(BJ McCarthy) 9-233(CA Young)
10-260(MJ Humphreys)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
B Muzarabani 18 1 58 7 - -
R Ngarava 13.4 1 65 2 - 2
N Nyamhuri 7 0 42 0 1 2
T Gwandu 6 1 53 1 - 3
B Bennett 12 1 33 0 - -
Zimbabwe 1st Innings 267/10 All Out (Overs 86.1)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
T Kaitano lbw b BJ McCarthy 26 102 66 3 0
B Curran c LJ Tucker b BJ McCarthy 12 23 14 2 0
N Welch c HT Tector b MR Adair 90 249 173 9 1
B Bennett   b BJ McCarthy 7 32 18 1 0
W Madhevere c LJ Tucker b AR McBrine 26 51 31 2 1
J Campell* c HT Tector b AR McBrine 4 2 3 1 0
N Mayavo+ lbw b AR McBrine 18 28 23 2 1
N Nyamhuri c A Balbirnie b BJ McCarthy 0 3 1 0 0
R Ngarava c PJ Moor b MR Adair 15 40 41 1 0
B Muzarabani   b MJ Humphreys 47 97 68 6 0
T Gwandu not out   18 85 79 1 0
extras   (b0 lb3 w1 nb0) 4        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 267        
FOW
1-26(B Curran) 2-77(T Kaitano) 3-97(B Bennett) 4-143(W Madhevere) 5-147(J Campell)
6-171(N Mayavo) 7-172(N Nyamhuri) 8-192(R Ngarava) 9-200(N Welch)
10-267(B Muzarabani)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
MR Adair 18 4 56 2 1 -
BJ McCarthy 22 2 75 4 - -
CA Young 10 1 36 0 - -
MJ Humphreys 15.1 1 38 1 - -
AR McBrine 21 5 59 3 - -
Ireland 2nd Innings 83/1 All Out (Overs 21)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
PJ Moor c N Mayavo b R Ngarava 30 39 33 5 0
A Balbirnie* not out   32 98 51 2 0
C Campher not out   14 57 43 2 0
HT Tector dnb            
PR Stirling dnb            
LJ Tucker+ dnb            
AR McBrine dnb            
MR Adair dnb            
BJ McCarthy dnb            
CA Young dnb            
MJ Humphreys dnb            
extras   (b1 lb5 w0 nb1) 7        
TOTAL   1 wickets for 83        
FOW
1-46(PJ Moor)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
B Muzarabani 6 0 31 0 - -
R Ngarava 6 1 25 1 - 1
T Gwandu 5 0 10 0 - -
N Nyamhuri 3 0 8 0 - -
B Bennett 1 0 3 0 - -
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