Irish cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2023–24 | |||
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Zimbabwe | Ireland | ||
Dates | 7 – 17 December 2023 | ||
Captains | Sikandar Raza [n 1] | Paul Stirling | |
One Day International series | |||
Results | Ireland won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||
Most runs | Joylord Gumbie (105) | Curtis Campher (106) | |
Most wickets | Brandon Mavuta (3) | Josh Little (7) | |
Player of the series | Curtis Campher (Ire) | ||
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | Ireland won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
Most runs | Clive Madande (91) | Harry Tector (126) | |
Most wickets | Richard Ngarava (5) | Craig Young (5) | |
Player of the series | Harry Tector (Ire) |
The Ireland cricket team toured Zimbabwe in December 2023 to play three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [1] [2] [3] The T20I series formed part of Ireland's preparation for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. [4]
The first T20I was the first international match to be played under flood lights in Zimbabwe. [5] [6] Ireland won the T20I series 2–1 to seal their first away T20I series win against a Full Member team. [7]
Ireland won the ODI series by 2–0, after first match was washed out by rain. [8] It was Ireland's first men's ODI series victory in Zimbabwe. [9] [10]
ODIs | T20Is | ||
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Zimbabwe [11] | Ireland [12] | Zimbabwe [13] | Ireland [14] |
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