Ireland Vs New Zealand
2-Innings Match Played At Stormont, Belfast, 27-May-2026, Test
New Zealand Win Outright by an Inns and 79 runs
Round 1156
Toss won by Ireland
Umpires RJ Tucker (Australia) - Alex G Wharf (England) - Roly Black (Ire)
Scorers David Irvine - E Macbeth
Umpire notes Match referee: Andy Pycroft. Res. ump Aidan Seaver
Home Side Ireland
Player of Match T Blundell
Comment 1156/23 - 4 day match 27-30 May
In NZ 1st inns subs M Humphreys ct Bliundell & J Egan ran out Smith
Close
Day 1 - Wed 27 May - New Zealand 1st inns 361-5 (94 ov. T Blundell 142*, D Foxcroft 38*)
Day 2 - Thu 28 May - Ireland 2nd inns (Follow-on Enforced) 65-2 (16 ov. S Doheny 36*, T Mayes 4*)
Day 3 - Fri 29 May - Ireland 2nd inn 232-9 closed (63.2 ov) - end of match
New Zealand 1st Innings 490/8 Declared (Overs 119)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
TWM Latham*   b MR Adair 0 1 2 0 0
D Conway c L McCarthy b MR Adair 4 27 13 1 0
K Williamson lbw b L McCarthy 36 108 70 5 0
R Ravindra c T Mayes b HT Tector 121 315 194 11 4
DJ Mitchell c LJ Tucker b MR Adair 1 3 2 0 0
T Blundell+ c sub b RB Wilson 186 398 292 22 3
D Foxcroft c RB Wilson b AR McBrine 98 191 129 7 1
N Smith run out J Egan/LJ Tucker   17 17 13 0 0
Z Foulkes not out   0 7 2 0 0
BMTickner dnb            
B Sears dnb            
extras   (b2 lb19 w3 nb3) 27        
TOTAL   8 wickets for 490        
FOW
1-4(TWM Latham) 2-21(D Conway) 3-85(K Williamson) 4-86(DJ Mitchell)
5-303(DJ Mitchell) 6-461(T Blundell) 7-487(N Smith) 8-491(D Foxcroft)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
MR Adair 20 6 66 3 - -
T Mayes 23 9 52 0 - -
RB Wilson 25 2 89 1 - 3
L McCarthy 24 2 130 1 3 -
AR McBrine 22 2 99 1 - -
HT Tector 5 0 33 1 - -
Ireland 1st Innings 179/10 All Out (Overs 45)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
ST Doheny lbw b N Smith 0 1 2 0 0
A Balbirnie*   b N Smith 13 30 16 0 0
C Carmichael c TWM Latham b N Smith 0 3 4 0 0
HT Tector lbw b Z Foulkes 16 41 32 3 0
C Campher lbw b N Smith 0 6 1 0 0
LJ Tucker+   b N Smith 0 3 4 0 0
AR McBrine not out   73 169 105 12 0
MR Adair c T Blundell b N Smith 40 130 86 5 0
T Mayes c B Sears b BMTickner 3 13 11 0 0
L McCarthy c K Williamson b B Sears 1 15 10 0 0
RB Wilson c K Williamson b B Sears 0 3 2 0 0
extras   (b16 lb12 w0 nb5) 33        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 179        
FOW
1-0(ST Doheny) 2-0(C Carmichael) 3-26(A Balbirnie) 4-34(C Campher) 5-34(LJ Tucker)
6-38(HT Tector) 7-154(MR Adair) 8-165(T Mayes) 9-179(L McCarthy) 10-179(RB Wilson)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
N Smith 14 3 40 6 - 2
Z Foulkes 11 3 32 1 - -
BMTickner 8 1 40 1 - 2
B Sears 8 1 27 2 - -
DJ Mitchell 3 0 12 0 - -
D Foxcroft 1 1 0 0 - -
Ireland 2nd Innings (Follow-on Enforced) 232/9 Closed (Overs 63.2)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
ST Doheny c D Conway b BMTickner 57 183 117 9 0
A Balbirnie* c T Blundell b BMTickner 14 39 23 3 0
C Carmichael c TWM Latham b BMTickner 6 21 17 0 0
T Mayes c DJ Mitchell b N Smith 5 32 25 1 0
HT Tector c TWM Latham b BMTickner 2 30 20 1 0
C Campher Retired Not Out   4 31 20 1 0
LJ Tucker+ c DJ Mitchell b N Smith 50 108 70 8 1
AR McBrine c N Smith b Z Foulkes 13 48 23 2 0
MR Adair not out   44 76 47 7 0
L McCarthy run out D Conway/BMTickner   11 36 14 2 0
RB Wilson c DJ Mitchell b BMTickner 4 16 13 0 0
extras   (b14 lb2 w2 nb4) 22        
TOTAL   9 wickets for 232        
FOW
1-42(A Balbirnie) 2-57(C Carmichael) 3-70(T Mayes) 4-75(HT Tector)
5-104(ST Doheny) 6-150(AR McBrine) 7-170(LJ Tucker) 8-223(L McCarthy)
9-232(RB Wilson)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
N Smith 15 6 53 2 1 3
Z Foulkes 14 3 50 1 - -
BMTickner 17.2 3 76 5 1 1
B Sears 15 6 37 0 - -
DJ Mitchell 2 2 0 0 - -