Zimbabwean cricket team in Ireland in 2019

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Zimbabwean cricket team in Ireland in 2019
  Cricket Ireland flag.svg Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
  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]

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]

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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

ODIsT20Is
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland [17] Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe [18] Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland [17] Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe [18]

Tour match

50-over match: Ireland A vs Zimbabwe

29 June 2019
10:45
Scorecard
Ireland A Cricket Ireland flag.svg
283/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  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

1st ODI

1 July 2019
10:45
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
254/9 (50 overs)
v
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  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

4 July 2019
10:45
Scorecard
Ireland  Cricket Ireland flag.svg
242/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  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

7 July 2019
10:45
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
190 (46.5 overs)
v
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  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

1st T20I

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

12 July 2019
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
132/8 (13 overs)
v
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  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

14 July 2019
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Ireland  Cricket Ireland flag.svg
171/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  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)

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