ZIM VS IRE - 2nd ODI, Ireland tour of Zimbabwe, 2023

Adios people!! We will be back on Sunday for the culmination of this series. Do remember to join us for that one. Cheers!!

Josh Little | Player of the Match: Nice to get a team win and it was a special day for me. To right handers coming round the wicket is a decent option as we have seen up and down (bounce) nature of the surface. I am pretty sore after that (spell) and will probably need a ice bath. Will come back Sunday and will look to win the series.

Paul Stirling | Ireland skipper: We keep getting better with each game. That was one of the best spells I have seen upfront, especially from Little and it was also backed up from the other end with a lot of dot balls. That Josh Little spell was the real difference. We have spoken about it as team, to come here hungry on Sunday and win the series.

Sikandar Raza | Zimbabwe skipper: As much as the batters tried, nothing to take away from Little. He bowled brilliantly and we lost 4 wickets for 19 runs and couldn't get the partnerships going. We are missing a couple of quality cricketers (Ervine and Sean Williams), but these are opportunities for others and unfortunately we haven't been able to grab them. Wellington and Burl got the partnership and gave our bowlers something to bowl at. Initially I didn't think we will get to (220-230), but after the partnership between Burl and Wellington. thought we will get close to that total but that didn't happen. Burl is now fifty-fifty (suffered a concussion while batting), he is in a pretty average state in the dressing room and the doctors will have a look at him.

16:12 local, 14:12 GMT, 19:42 IST: Although the wickets column might suggest a relatively close affair, make no mistake, this is a comprehensive win for Ireland. After losing the openers inside 10 overs, Curtis Campher stitched handy partnerships with Tector and Tucker to steady the ship, and help his side get closer to the winning line while at it. There was a brief rain delay around the 25th over, but the visitors were always in firm control and completed the chase with almost 10 overs to spare. It was Josh Little's 2nd over that knocked the life out of the Zimbabwe as he removed 3 of their top 4 in the space of 5 balls. In his very next over, he got rid of skipper Raza and allowed Ireland to dictate proceedings for the rest of the game. Stick around for the post-match reactions...

Ngarava to Mark Adair, FOUR, ramps the short ball to the third man fence with supreme ease. Ireland win by 4 wickets and go 1-0 up in the series.

Tanaka Chivanga to Andy McBrine, no run, full and angling away wide of off, McBrine shoulders arms

Tanaka Chivanga to Andy McBrine, no run, short of length on the stumps, punched back to the bowler

Andy McBrine, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Tanaka Chivanga to Dockrell, out Caught by Raza!! Anticlimactic. Dockrell looks to finish it off with a big hit, but the short ball got big on him and flew off the top-edge high into the air on the leg-side. Raza steadies himself at mid-wicket and takes it with glee. Dockrell c Raza b Tanaka Chivanga 8(23)

Tanaka Chivanga to Dockrell, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Tanaka Chivanga to Dockrell, wide, full toss sprayed down leg, Dockrell looks for a heave but no dice! Scores level

Tanaka Chivanga to Mark Adair, 1 run, short and angling down leg, Adair pulls it to the left of deep backward square leg

Tanaka Chivanga to Mark Adair, 2 runs, clears his front leg and slogs the full delivery to the right of mid-wicket, Muzarabani gives chase and keeps it down to a double

Tanaka Chivanga to Mark Adair, no run, banged in short outside off, Adair mistimes the slog and the fielder at mid-on misjudged it. Late to move forward and it dropped well short of him...

Ngarava to Mark Adair, 1 run, full toss outside off, Adair punches it to the left of extra cover

Ngarava to Mark Adair, wide, another short ball, but the line is well down leg and Ngarava will have to reload that

Ngarava to Mark Adair, no run, dug in short and drifting down leg, Adair hops and lets it go

Ngarava to Mark Adair, FOUR, juicy length delivery on the stumps, Adair swivels and slams the pull over the square leg umpire, the fielder in the deep had no chance whatsoever...

Ngarava to Dockrell, 1 run, back of a length at the hip, tucked away to the left of fine leg