The 2nd T20I match of the series was played yesterday between Ireland vs Zimbabwe at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts, Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin, in which Ireland defeated Zimbabwe by 7 wickets.

Zimbabwe batted first after winning the toss, scored 152 runs for a loss of 5 wickets in a predictable 20 over. Zimbabwe started the inning not very well, Wesley Madhevere and Tadiwanashe Marumani came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone for 35 runs, Wesley Madhevere dismissed after scoring 21 runs in 18 balls, next batsman Regis Chakabva came to bat, meanwhile the second wicket has also gone for 39 runs, Tadiwanashe Marumani dismissed for 15 runs in 11 balls, next batsman Dion Myers came to bat, and he dismissed just for 1 run as third wicket, followed by Craig Ervine came to bat, and played well for a while with Regis Chakabva, the fourth wicket has gone for 64 runs, Craig Ervine dismissed after scoring 15 runs in 12 balls, next batsman Milton Shumba came to bat, menwhile the fifth wicket has also gone for 64 runs, Regis Chakabva dismissed for 10 runs in 12 balls, after that Ryan Burl came to bat, handled the inning and played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 37 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 3 boundaries in 33 balls with Milton Shumba, and Milton Shumba also played a brilliant unbeaten quick inning of 46 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 27 balls. In this way, Zimbabwe batted first after winning the toss, scored 152 runs after losing 5 wickets in a predictable 20 over, and set a target of 153 runs in front of Ireland.

Ireland bowler Shane Getkate performed brilliantly took 3 wickets just for 20 runs, and Benjamin White got 1 wicket.

Ireland chasing 153 runs in the 2nd inning, they achieved the target very easily for losing just 3 wickets in the third ball of the 19th over. Ireland started the inning very brilliantly Paul Stirling and Kevin O Brien came to start the inning and gave a brilliant start with half-century partnership of 59 runs, the first wicket has gone for 59 runs, Paul Stirling dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 37 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 5 boundaries in just 29 balls, the next batsman Andrew Balbirnie came to bat, and he good strike rotate withKevin O Brien, the second wicket has gone for 77 runs, Andrew Balbirnie dismissed just for 5 runs in 11 balls, followed by George Dockrell came to bat, handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 52 runs with Kevin O Brien, the third wicket has gone for 129 runs, Kevin O Brien dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 60 runs with the help of 1 six and 7 boundaries in just 41 balls, after that Harry Tector came to bat, and he remains unbeaten for 5 runs in 6 balls with George Dockrell, and George Dockrell played a brilliant unbeaten victory inning of 33 runs with the help of 3 boundaries in just 26 balls. In this way, Ireland chasing 153 runs in the 2nd inning, they achieved the target very easily by losing just 3 wickets in 18.3 overs and won the match by 7 wickets.

Zimbabwe bowlers Ryan Burl took 2 wickets, and Tendai Chatara got 1 wicket.

Ireland batsman Kevin O Brien selected the best player of the match, he played a brilliant half-century inning of 60 runs with the help of 1 six and 7 boundaries in just 41 balls.

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