New Delhi. It is not known when cricket will change its course in a Test match. The same happened with Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwean team, which was moving towards a strong score against Ireland, suddenly got into a fall of wickets. The result was that a team which was in a strong position after scoring 193 runs for 4 wickets, collapsed for 210 runs. Zimbabwe lost its last 6 wickets by adding just 17 runs.
The test match between Zimbabwe and Ireland started on Thursday. This match is being played in Belfast. Ireland won the toss and chose to bowl first. At one point it seemed that their decision was wrong because Zimbabwe had scored 193 runs for 4 wickets. Then it seemed that Zimbabwe could score 350 or 400 runs. But this did not happen.
Zimbabwe gave advantage to Ireland by losing its last 6 wickets for 17 runs. Opener Prince Masvare scored the most runs in this match from Zimbabwe. He played an innings of 74 runs. The second opener Joylord Gumbi scored 49 runs. Sean Williams played an innings of 35 runs. Barry McCarthy and Andy McBrine took 3-3 wickets from Ireland.
Zimbabwe made three players debut in this match. These include opener Joylord, Brian Bennett and Clive Madande. Joylord missed out on a fifty in his debut match by one run. Wicketkeeper Madande could not even open his account. All-rounder Brian Bennett scored 8 runs. Zimbabwe’s team had defeated India in a T20 match 20 days ago. Both Brian Bennett and Clive Madande were playing in that match.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : July 26, 2024, 07:24 IST