Irish cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2015–16

Irish cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2015–16
		Zimbabwe		Ireland
Dates		9 October 2015 – 20 October 2015
Captains		Elton Chigumbura		William Porterfield
One Day International series
Result		Zimbabwe won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs		Craig Ervine (161)		Gary Wilson (154)
Most wickets		Wellington Masakadza (4)		Tim Murtagh (6)
Player of the series		Sikandar Raza (Zim)

The Irish cricket team toured Zimbabwe between 9 and 20 October 2015.^[1] The tour consisted of three One Day International (ODI) matches and a four-day game.^[2] Zimbabwe won the three-match ODI series 2–1 and the tour match was drawn.

Squads

Zimbabwe[3]	Ireland[4]
Elton Chigumbura (c) Brian Chari Chamu Chibhabha Craig Ervine Luke Jongwe Neville Madziva Wellington Masakadza Taurai Muzarabani Richmond Mutumbami Taurai Muzarabani John Nyumbu Tinashe Panyangara Sikandar Raza Malcolm Waller Sean Williams	William Porterfield (c) Andrew Balbirnie George Dockrell Ed Joyce John Mooney Tim Murtagh Andrew McBrine Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien Stuart Poynter Max Sorensen Paul Stirling Stuart Thompson Gary Wilson Craig Young

ODI series

1st ODI

9 October 2015 Scorecard

Ireland  219/8 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 222/8 (49 overs)
Gary Wilson 70* (88) John Nyumbu 2/35 (10 overs)		Sikandar Raza 60* (72) George Dockrell 2/29 (10 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 2 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Sikandar Raza (Zim)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Wellington Masakadza (Zim) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

11 October 2015 Scorecard

Ireland  268/7 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 270/5 (48.3 overs)
Paul Stirling 72 (77) Sikandar Raza 3/49 (10 overs)		Craig Ervine 101* (122) Kevin O'Brien 2/46 (10 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim) Player of the match: Craig Ervine (Zim)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

13 October 2015 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  187 (49.2 overs)	v	Ireland 189/8 (46.5 overs)
Sean Williams 51 (69) Tim Murtagh 4/32 (10 overs)		Paul Stirling 50 (92) Wellington Masakadza 2/31 (8 overs)

Ireland won by 2 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Tim Murtagh (Ire)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
• Taurai Muzarabani (Zim) made his ODI debut.

Tour match

First-class: Zimbabwe A vs Ireland

17 – 20 October Scorecard

Zimbabwe A	v	Ireland
392 (102.3 overs) Malcolm Waller 138 (183) John Mooney 4/74 (21 overs)		353 (95.4 overs) Stuart Poynter 125 (166) Trevor Garwe 4/61 (19.4 overs)
346/6d (71 overs) Malcolm Waller 118 (166) Kevin O'Brien 2/34 (10 overs)		271/5 (81.5 overs) John Mooney 65 (106) Brian Vitori 2/51 (16 overs)

Match drawn Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Owen Chirombe (Zim)

• Zimbabwe A won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "Ireland to travel to Zimbabwe next month for one-day series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
2. "Ireland to tour Zimbabwe for three ODIs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
3. "Masakadza dropped from Zimbabwe squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
4. "Kevin O'Brien returns for Zimbabwe, Namibia tour". ESPNcricinfo (ESPN Sports Media). 16 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo