19.6: Richard Ngarava to Josh Little, Short ball on middle. Little looks to play to third man but misses. Zimbabwe win by 31 runs.
0
19.5: Richard Ngarava to Josh Little, A slower bumper on middle. Little lets it go.
4
19.4: Richard Ngarava to Josh Little, FOUR! A length ball, outside off. Little slaps it hard through covers for a boundary. These runs will make a difference eventually in the net run rate.
0
19.3: Richard Ngarava to Josh Little, On a length and outside off. Little shuffles to paddle it but misses.
0
19.2: Richard Ngarava to Josh Little, Short again. Little fails to connect his bat.
0
19.1: Richard Ngarava to Josh Little, Short in length and on middle. Little looks to ramp it away but misses.
End of over 19
IRE139/9
IRE Batting B McCarthy 22(16) J Little 3(5)
6
18.6: Blessing Muzarabani to Barry McCarthy, SIX! Ireland are not giving away still! Tad short and outside off. McCarthy pulls it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.
1
18.5: Blessing Muzarabani to Josh Little, On middle on a length. Little flicks it to deep mid-wicket for one.
1
18.4: Blessing Muzarabani to Barry McCarthy, Short of a length and outside off. McCarthy pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
0
18.3: Blessing Muzarabani to Barry McCarthy, Slower ball again. McCarthy looks to heave but misses.
0
18.2: Blessing Muzarabani to Barry McCarthy, A slower full ball, outside off. McCarthy swings and misses.
0
18.1: Blessing Muzarabani to Barry McCarthy, FOUR LEG BYES! Zimbabwe are untidy at the backend! Short in length and on off. McCarthy looks to pull but misses. It goes off his body and past the diving keeper to third man.
End of over 18
IRE127/9
IRE Batting B McCarthy 15(11) J Little 2(4)
1
17.6: Richard Ngarava to Barry McCarthy, The wait continues for Zimbabwe! Touch short and on middle. McCarthy again mistimes his pull. The ball goes to deep square leg where the fielder runs in but fails to judge the flight of the ball.
4
17.5: Richard Ngarava to Barry McCarthy, FOUR! This is full and on leg. McCarthy makes room and lofts it straight down for a boundary.
0
17.4: Richard Ngarava to Barry McCarthy, Short ball on middle. McCarthy looks to pull but misses.
1
17.3: Richard Ngarava to Josh Little, Outside off, played to third man for a single.
0
17.2: Richard Ngarava to Josh Little, Outside off. Little has a wild swing and misses.
1
17.1: Richard Ngarava to Barry McCarthy, Zimbabwe have to wait a bit more! Short and on middle. McCarthy looks to pull but gets a top edge. It goes high and to square leg. The keeper calls and dives but fails to pouch it cleanly. A single. Was just away from his reach.
End of over 20
ZIM174/7
ZIM Batting S Raza 82(48) L Jongwe 20(10)
0
19.6: Mark Adair to Sikandar Raza, OUT! TIMBER! No, he can't! This is full and on middle. Raza clears his front leg and tries to smash it away on the leg side but misses and the ball hits the stumps. ZIMBABWE END WITH 174.
1
19.5: Mark Adair to Luke Jongwe, Outside off, this is hit to long off for a single. Can Sikandar Raza finish with a boundary?
4
19.4: Mark Adair to Luke Jongwe, FOUR! through the gap! Fuller ball, outside off. Jongwe puts his bat on it, the ball goes off the outside edge and through the gap between backward point and short third man.
1
19.3: Mark Adair to Sikandar Raza, Full and outside off, driven through covers for a single.
2
19.2: Mark Adair to Sikandar Raza, A low full toss on middle. Raza whacks it to long on. Excellent running as they get two runs.
1
19.1: Mark Adair to Luke Jongwe, Short in length, outside off. Jongwe pulls it wide of deep mid-wicket for a single.
End of over 19
ZIM165/6
ZIM Batting L Jongwe 14(7) S Raza 79(45)
1
18.6: Barry McCarthy to Luke Jongwe, Outside off, cut to deep point for a single. 15 runs off the penultimte over.
4
18.5: Barry McCarthy to Luke Jongwe, FOUR! Another boundary! Short in length and outside off. Jongwe slashes it to deep point. There is a fielder patrolling but he is 5-6 yards away from the ropes.
1WD
18.5: Barry McCarthy to Luke Jongwe, Wide! Tries the slower ball but bowls way outside off. Jongwe slashes and misses.
1
18.4: Barry McCarthy to Sikandar Raza, This is slow, length and way outside off. Raza tries to drag it to deep mid-wicket but does not hit well. Luckily for him, the ball falls in the vacant region. A single.
1WD
18.4: Barry McCarthy to Sikandar Raza, Wide! This is way over the tramline. Wided.
1
18.3: Barry McCarthy to Luke Jongwe, A single as this is hit to cover.
2
18.2: Barry McCarthy to Luke Jongwe, Full and outside off. Jongwe goes inside-out over covers for a brace.
4
18.1: Barry McCarthy to Luke Jongwe, FOUR! Too much width, outside off. Jongwe slaps it through point late for a boundary.
End of over 18
ZIM150/6
ZIM Batting L Jongwe 2(2) S Raza 78(44)
1
17.6: Josh Little to Luke Jongwe, Leg bye! Little follows on the leg side. Jongwe misses his clip and it goes to the left of the keeper for a leg bye. 150 up!
1
17.5: Josh Little to Sikandar Raza, On the pads, whipped behind square leg for one.
2
17.4: Josh Little to Sikandar Raza, On a length and on middle. Raza makes room to go over mid off. He hits from the upper half of the bat and the man at mid off was excited for a second but the ball goes above him. Two runs.
4
17.3: Josh Little to Sikandar Raza, FOUR! A welcome boundary and it comes from Raza's blade! This is short and on leg. Raza whacks it over square leg for a boundary.
1
17.2: Josh Little to Luke Jongwe, On the hips, nudged to square leg for a single.
0
17.1: Josh Little to Ryan Burl, OUT! This is full and outside off. Burl tries to break the shackles as n boundary was scored in the last three overs. He swings across but only to hit it high and to long on where Mark Adair takes the skier.
