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Zimbabwe vs Ireland Scorecard, Match 4, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Oct 17 2022, Mon - 02:31 PM (IST)
ZIMBABWE174/7
IRELAND143/9
Zimbabwe won by 31 runs
CRR:7.15
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Oct 17 2022, Mon - 02:31 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Australia |
| City: | Hobart |
| Venue: | Blundstone Arena |
| Toss: | Ireland won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Ireland Playing XI: | Andrew Balbirnie (c), Paul Stirling, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Simi Singh, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little |
| Zimbabwe Playing XI: | Regis Chakabva (wk), Craig Ervine (c), Wesley Madhevere, Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Milton Shumba, Ryan Burl, Luke Jongwe, Tendai Chatara, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani |
- Ireland lost their most recent men’s T20I against Zimbabwe by 5 runs on 4 September 2021, having won each of three such prior games against them in the format.
- Zimbabwe have won nine games in men’s T20I format in the ongoing calendar year, their most in a single calendar year in the format.
- This will be the second game played between Ireland and Zimbabwe in men’s T20 World Cup, with the Irish winning the previous such game by three wickets on 17 March 2014.
- Ireland (four) and Zimbabwe (five) have won the least number of games in men’s T20 World Cup amongst all full-member sides.
- This will be the first time that Blundstone Arena, Hobart will act as a neutral venue to a T20I game after having already hosted three T20I games including home side Australia.
- Ireland have a catch success rate of 89% in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2022, the best of all full-member sides having caught 78 of their 88 chances presented to them during this period.
- Zimbabwe have conceded 327 runs while bowling in the death overs of men’s T20I cricket since the beginning of 2022, the least of all full-member sides.
- Joshua Little (Ireland) has scalped 28 wickets in the men’s T20I format since the beginning of 2022, the second-most wickets for a pacer this year after Bhuvneshwar Kumar (32).
- Luke Jongwe (Zimbabwe – 48 wickets) is two wickets away from becoming the first Zimbabwean bowler to scalp 50 wickets in men’s T20I cricket; only against Pakistan (12) and Bangladesh (10) has Jongwe bagged more wickets in the format than Ireland (seven).
- Paul Stirling (Ireland – 3011 runs) is three runs away from becoming the fifth-leading run-getter in men’s T20I cricket leapfrogging Australian skipper Aaron Finch who has scored 3013 runs in the format.