Zimbabwe vs Ireland

Ireland tour of Zimbabwe - 2024/25 · Harare Sports Club, Harare · 14 February 2025

Zimbabwe won by 49 runs

Zimbabwe won by 49 runs. BJ Bennett top-scored with 169 for Zimbabwe. B Muzarabani took 4/51.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: Ireland tour of Zimbabwe - 2024/25
Ground: Harare Sports Club, Harare
Date: 14 February 2025
Toss: Ireland, chose to field
Result: Zimbabwe won by 49 runs
Player of the match: BJ Bennett
Debuts: BJ Curran (Zimbabwe), J Campbell (Zimbabwe), NT Nyamhuri (Zimbabwe)
Umpires: A Paleker and L Rusere
Match referee: RB Richardson

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Ireland won the toss and chose to field. BJ Curran, J Campbell and NT Nyamhuri played their first ODIs.

Zimbabwe batted first and made 299 for 5. BJ Bennett top-scored with 169 off 163 balls, and CR Ervine made 66. The innings was built on a 136-run stand for the second wicket between CR Ervine and BJ Bennett, 45% of the total. That was well above the 2020s average first-innings total at Harare Sports Club, 247 across 39 ODIs.

Chasing 300, Ireland made 250 all out. C Campher top-scored with 44 off 57 balls, and HT Tector made 39. B Muzarabani took 4 for 51 for Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe won by 49 runs.

ZIMBABWE: 299 FOR 5

Batter	How out	R	B
BJ Bennett	c A Balbirnie b MR Adair	169	163
BJ Curran	c MJ Humphreys b AR McBrine	28	44
CR Ervine	c MR Adair b GI Hume	66	61
Sikandar Raza	c PR Stirling b J Little	8	8
W Madhevere	c A Balbirnie b MR Adair	8	13
J Campbell	not out	6	8
T Marumani	not out	2	3

Did not bat: WP Masakadza, NT Nyamhuri, R Ngarava, B Muzarabani

Extras 12 · Total 299 for 5

Bowler (Ireland)	O	M	R	W
MR Adair	10	0	55	2
J Little	9	0	75	1
GI Hume	9	2	57	1
AR McBrine	10	0	53	1
MJ Humphreys	10	0	51	0
C Campher	2	0	5	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-95 (BJ Curran, 18 ov), 2-231 (CR Ervine, 40 ov), 3-242 (Sikandar Raza, 43 ov), 4-278 (W Madhevere, 47 ov), 5-295 (BJ Bennett, 49 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	BJ Curran (28) and BJ Bennett (63)	95
second	CR Ervine (66) and BJ Bennett (66)	136
third	Sikandar Raza (8) and BJ Bennett (3)	11
fourth	W Madhevere (8) and BJ Bennett (25)	36
fifth	BJ Bennett (12) and J Campbell (5)	17
sixth	J Campbell (0) and T Marumani (0)	4

IRELAND: 250 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
A Balbirnie	c T Marumani b R Ngarava	0	1
PR Stirling	c T Marumani b B Muzarabani	32	27
C Campher	c T Marumani b Sikandar Raza	44	57
HT Tector	c CR Ervine b W Madhevere	39	77
L Tucker	b B Muzarabani	31	38
GH Dockrell	c W Madhevere b B Muzarabani	34	34
MR Adair	c WP Masakadza b W Madhevere	2	2
AR McBrine	c WP Masakadza b B Muzarabani	32	32
GI Hume	not out	7	4
MJ Humphreys	c J Campbell b R Ngarava	0	1
J Little	c W Madhevere b R Ngarava	1	3

Extras 28 · Total 250 all out

Bowler (Zimbabwe)	O	M	R	W
R Ngarava	9	0	56	3
B Muzarabani	9	0	51	4
NT Nyamhuri	6	1	35	0
WP Masakadza	10	0	40	0
Sikandar Raza	10	0	54	1
W Madhevere	2	0	12	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (A Balbirnie), 2-55 (PR Stirling, 7 ov), 3-109 (C Campher, 21 ov), 4-155 (L Tucker, 32 ov), 5-163 (HT Tector, 33 ov), 6-169 (MR Adair, 35 ov), 7-242 (AR McBrine, 44 ov), 8-247 (GH Dockrell, 44 ov), 9-248 (MJ Humphreys, 45 ov), 10-250 (J Little, 45 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	A Balbirnie (0) and PR Stirling (0)	0
second	PR Stirling (32) and C Campher (18)	55
third	C Campher (26) and HT Tector (19)	54
fourth	L Tucker (31) and HT Tector (14)	46
fifth	HT Tector (6) and GH Dockrell (2)	8
sixth	MR Adair (2) and GH Dockrell (4)	6
seventh	AR McBrine (32) and GH Dockrell (28)	73
eighth	GH Dockrell (0) and GI Hume (5)	5
ninth	MJ Humphreys (0) and GI Hume (1)	1
tenth	J Little (1) and GI Hume (1)	2

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