Ireland vs Zimbabwe Match Stats

 OUT! BOWLED! That should be the game. The skipper of Zimbabwe has to head back and he looked like the last hope for the visitors to win this game. Now, with him gone, the game looks to be in Ireland's grasp. On a length, around middle and leg, the ball stays slightly low as Craig Ervine looks to force this through the leg side but misses. The furniture behind takes a beating. 75 needed in 41 balls! 

Fuller, outside off, Wellington Masakadza swings at this but misses. 

Back of a length, around off, worked to sweeper cover for one. 

On the pads, flicked to deep square leg for one. 

WIDE. This is slipped down the leg side, Wellington Masakadza looks to flick but misses. Wide signalled. 

Around off, on a length, worked through mid on for a run. 

Good-length ball on middle, worked through square leg and one more run is taken. 

Shortish, outside off, Burl looks to slash it away but he misses. 

Around off, flatter too, punched off the back foot through covers and the batters come back for the second. 

Floats it up, outside off, pushed through covers for one. 

Loopy, outside off, Wellington Masakadza gets low and drags his sweep to deep mid-wicket and the man in the deep does well to dive and stop the ball. Saves a couple of runs for his side. 

Leg bye. Outside off, Wellington Masakadza steps out but misses his shot. The ball takes the pad and goes to the off side, for a leg bye. 

Around off, pushed through mid off for one. 63 more needed in 30 balls!

Good-length ball, outside off. Ryan Burl advances down the track and swings his bat but only connects it with thin air around him.

FOUR! Streaky! Short of a length, outside off. Ryan Burl looks to guide it to third man but miscues. The ball goes off the top edge over the keeper's head for a boundary. 

Fuller in length, outside off. Burl again swings his bat and again fails to connect. 

 Good-length ball on middle, Burl defends it down onto the deck. The batters take off for a quick single. Little quickly runs and kicks the ball and hits the stumps. Wellington Masakadza was well in though.

OUT! TIMBER! Josh Little bags his second. A touch fuller and on off, Wellington Masakadza looks to work it on the leg side and exposes his stumps. He misses and the ball skids through to rattle the stumps. 

Length ball on off, Chatara hits it to cover. 58 needed from 24 balls.

FOUR! Nicely played! Length ball well outside off, Ryan Burl gets into the line of the ball and laps it towards fine leg for a boundary. 

SIX! SLAMMED! Right in the slot, on off. Ryan Burl stands tall and hammers it over long on for a maximum. That went miles over. 

Full and wide outside off, Burl drags it down to long on for one.

Full again on middle and leg, clipped on the leg side for a single.

A low full toss outside off, Burl smashes it to wide of long off but only for a single.

On leg, Chatara tucks it to short fine leg. He takes off for a single but is sent back by Burl. 45 needed from 18 balls.

Just short of the deep square leg fielder. Fuller in length, on leg. Ryan Burl whips it towards deep square leg. The fielder there runs ahead in an attempt to catch the ball but it falls just short of him. A run taken.

Back of a length, outside off. Chatara looks to play it away from the body and misses. 

On off, guided to third man for one.

OUT! TAKEN! Mark Adair gets his third wicket. He serves a short-of-a-length ball on leg, Ryan Burl goes for the pull shot, but he holes out to the fine leg fielder where Simi Singh takes a good low catch. 

On the pads, Ngarava looks to work it on the leg side but inside-edges it to fine leg for one.

On a length around off, Tendai Chatara cuts it through point for a single. 

Good-length ball outside off, Chatara looks to cut but misses. 

OUT! RICHARD NGARAVA IS RUN OUT! That is the end of the game. Fuller in length on leg, Chatara squeezes it out to mid-wicket. He takes off for a single but then says no. In the meantime, Richard Ngarava is already halfway down the track. He tries to get back to the crease but Shane Getkate picks up the ball and hits the stumps at the bowler's end. IRELAND WIN BY 40 RUNS.