ICC WT20 2022: ZIM vs IRE Match Report – Zimbabwe secured a dominating win against Ireland by 31 runs

Match no.4 of the ICC men’s T20 World Cup 2022 between Zimbabwe and Ireland happened on October 17, Monday in Hobart.

Batting first Zimbabwe finished well with 174 runs on the board at the loss of 7 wickets. West Indies only managed to score 118 runs and got all out in 18.3 overs. For Zimbabwe, their star batter scored 82 runs only in 48 balls. Ireland won the toss and opted to field first in the Group B match. Zimbabwe scored a healthy total with a strong finish, thanks to Sikander Raza and L Jongwe in the first innings. Sikander Raza remained the highest scorer of the match. He smashed 5 fours and 5 sixes in his innings of 82. For Ireland, Joshua Little took 3 wickets. Simi Singh and Mark Adair took 2 wickets each. In the second innings, Ireland could never get the momentum in the chase. They lost early wickets in the innings. The top order collapsed and was reduced to 22 for 4 in the powerplay.
Zimbabwe never gave Ireland any chance to free its hands in the chase. Medium pacer Blessing Muzarbani took 3 wickets by giving only 23 runs in his spell. Richard Ngarava and Tendai Chatara took 2 wickets each.

Zimbabwe gained crucial 2 points in the First Round. They are now in the Top 2 of the Points Table.

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