
Zimbabwe rain supreme in Harare
Zimbabwe won a T20I series against Ireland 1-0 on Tuesday after rain forced a shortened final match of three to be abandoned with no result.
Zimbabwe won a T20I series against Ireland 1-0 on Tuesday after rain forced a shortened final match of three to be abandoned with no result.
Rain forced the first T20I between Zimbabwe and Ireland on Saturday to be abandoned with no result after the hosts made 77-5 in a match reduced to nine overs-a-side.
Ben Curran struck an ODI career-best 118 to steer Zimbabwe to a nine-wicket triumph over Ireland in Harare, and a 2-1 series victory.
Captain Paul Stirling and Curtis Campher played pivotal roles as Ireland beat Zimbabwe by six wickets to level the ODI series with one match left.
Brian Bennett struck an ODI career-best 169 as Zimbabwe defeated Ireland by 49 runs in Harare on Friday in the first of the three-match series.
Spinner Matthew Humphreys starred again in Bulawayo on Monday, adding two wickets to four earlier in the innings as Ireland wrapped up a 63-run win over Zimbabwe in a one-off Test.
Spinner Matthew Humphreys took four wickets as Ireland reduced Zimbabwe to 183-7 on a rain-hit fourth day, leaving them well-poised for victory in Bulawayo.
Andy Balbirnie and Lorcan Tucker scored half-centuries as Ireland posted 298 in their second innings to take control of a one-off Test against Zimbabwe on Saturday.
A superb 67-run 10th-wicket partnership between Blessing Muzarabani and Trevor Gwandu earned Zimbabwe a seven-run first-innings lead over Ireland on Friday in a one-off Test.
Andy McBrine struck a Test-best 90* as Ireland recovered from a dismal start to post 260 all out on the first day of a one-off match against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo.
Star leg spinner Rashid Khan took his seventh wicket of the innings as Afghanistan speedily wrapped up a 72-run victory over Zimbabwe on Monday to win the two-Test series.
Leg-spinner Rashid Khan took six wickets in a row to put Afghanistan on the verge of victory in the series-deciding second Test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on Sunday.
Rahmat Shah struck 139 in Bulawayo to revive Afghanistan hopes of winning a series-deciding second Test against Zimbabwe before rain stopped play late on day three.
Afghanistan veteran Hashmatullah Shahidi and Zimbabwe rookie Brian Bennett starred as the first Test was drawn after a rain-shortened final day in Bulawayo.
Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi was unbeaten on 179 as Afghanistan trailed Zimbabwe by 71 runs after a rain-shortened fourth day of the first Test in Bulawayo.