Ireland beat Zimbabwe by 6 wickets and clinched the bilateral series by whitewashing them at Stormont, Belfast on Sunday. Zimbabwe bat first and posted 190 runs in total. Ireland clinched the victory easily for four wickets with 52 balls to spare. Irish pacer Tim Murtagh took three wickets in the match and nine wickets in the whole series. He was awarded as ”Man of the Series”.

Ireland clinched the whitewash by beating Zimbabwe in last ODI at Belfast

Let’s take a look at the summary of the match.

Zimbabwe Innings (146-10-46.5)
BATSMAN OUT / NOT OUT
R
B
4s
6s
 SR
Hamilton Masakadza (c) b Getkate 23 46  3  0 50.00
Ryan Burl c Lorcan Tucker b Murtagh  1  5  0  0 20.00
Craig Ervine b Mark Adair  8 10  2  0 80.00
Brendan Taylor (wk) c Porterfield b Murtagh  3 10  0  0 30.00
Sean Williams run out (Mark Adair) 67 103  6  0 65.05
Sikandar Raza lbw b Getkate  6  4  1  0 150.00
Solomon Mire b Mark Adair 14 27  1  0 51.85
Richmond Mutumbami c Lorcan Tucker b Rankin 28 33  4  0 84.85
Kyle Jarvis c (sub)Tyrone Kane b Rankin 28 33  3  1 84.85
Chris Mpofu not out  2  4  0  0 50.00
Tendai Chatara b Murtagh  1  6  0  0 16.67

Extras: 9(b 0, lb 4, w 5, nb 0, p 0)

Total: 190(10 wkts, 46.5 Ov)

Fall of Wickets: 3-1 (Ryan Burl, 2.3), 22-2 (Craig Ervine, 5.5), 31-3 (Brendan Taylor, 8.4), 58-4 (Hamilton Masakadza, 16.3), 66-5 (Sikandar Raza, 18.1), 88-6 (Solomon Mire, 24.5), 131-7 (Richmond Mutumbami, 35.1), 172-8 (Sean Williams, 44.3), 185-9 (Kyle Jarvis, 45.2), 190-10 (Tendai Chatara, 46.5)

BOWLER O M R W NB WD ECO
Tim Murtagh 9.5  2 39  3   0   0 3.97
Mark Adair  9  0 53  2   0   2 5.89
Boyd Rankin 10  0 39  2   0   1 3.90
Shane Getkate 10  1 30  2   0   2 3.00
Kevin O Brien  8  0 25  0   0   0 3.13
POWERPLAY    Overs    Runs
Mandatory    0.1-10      37

Zimbabwe Squad: Hamilton Masakadza (c), Solomon Mire, Craig Ervine, Brendan Taylor (wk), Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Ryan Burl, Richmond Mutumbami, Chris Mpofu, Kyle Jarvis, Tendai Chatara, Donald Tiripano, Peter Moor, Ainsley Ndlovu, Elton Chigumbura, Tinashe Kamunhukamwe

Playing XI: Hamilton Masakadza (c), Solomon Mire, Craig Ervine, Brendan Taylor (wk), Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Ryan Burl, Richmond Mutumbami, Chris Mpofu, Kyle Jarvis, Tendai Chatara

Bench: Donald Tiripano, Peter Moor, Ainsley Ndlovu, Elton Chigumbura, Tinashe Kamunhukamwe

Ireland Innings (191-4-41.2)
BATSMAN OUT / NOT OUT
R
B
4s
6s
 SR
Paul Stirling c Brendan Taylor b Chatara 32 44  5  0 72.73
James McCollum
c Ryan Burl b Mire
 54 69  6  1 78.26
Andrew Balbirnie c Mutumbami b Sean Williams  5  9  1  0 55.56
William Porterfield (c) b Ryan Burl 49 69  7  0 71.01
Kevin O Brien not out 35 44  4  0 79.55
Lorcan Tucker (wk) not out  8 13  1  0 61.54

Extras: 8(b 0, lb 7, w 1, nb 0, p 0)

Total: 191(4 wkts, 41.2 Ov)

Did not bat: Shane Getkate, Mark Adair, Andy McBrine, Tim Murtagh, Boyd Rankin

Fall of Wickets:  60-1 (Paul Stirling, 12.5), 67-2 (Andrew Balbirnie, 15.2), 110-3 (James McCollum, 25.1), 159-4 (William Porterfield, 36.2)

BOWLER O M R W NB WD ECO
Kyle Jarvis   8  0 29  0   0   0 3.63
Tendai Chatara
9.2
  1 32  1   0   0 3.43
Chris Mpofu   7  0 38  0   0   0 5.43
Sean Williams   4  0 14  1   0   0 3.50
Solomon Mire   4  0 22  1   0   1 5.50
Sikandar Raza   2  0 14  0   0   0 7.00
Ryan Burl   4  0 21  1   0   0 5.25
POWERPLAY Overs Runs
Mandatory 0.1-10 53

Ireland Squad: Paul Stirling, James McCollum, Andrew Balbirnie, William Porterfield (c), Kevin O Brien, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Shane Getkate, Mark Adair, Andy McBrine, Tim Murtagh, Boyd Rankin, Tyrone Kane, Simi Singh, Gary Wilson

Playing XI: Paul Stirling, James McCollum, Andrew Balbirnie, William Porterfield (c), Kevin O Brien, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Shane Getkate, Mark Adair, Andy McBrine, Tim Murtagh, Boyd Rankin

Bench: Tyrone Kane, Simi Singh, Gary Wilson

Zimbabwe’s bad days have been extended by this defeats to Ireland. This match is the last ODI match for Ireland in 2019. They will start the shortest format with a series starting on July 10 against Zimbabwe, followed by the Euro T20 Slam and the World T20 qualifiers in October. Ireland will also play a Test match against England on Lord’s, London. The Test match will happen between 24-27 July.