Ireland vs Zimbabwe One Off Test Day 1 Full Highlights
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00:00here's market there to open proceedings
00:18oh confusion between the two batsmen
00:22prince masao they seem to think that the single was on and i think it was joyload
00:25goombi wasn't looking for it just wonder if he wants to be playing those just a bit straighter
00:30with a firm bet at the ground there's an edge and it goes between third slip and gully it's
00:38going to be the first boundary of the day well bold marketer he'll take some heart from that
00:50worked very fine and that's going to beat craig young as i was saying earlier in the last over
00:55and if you go straight here that that brings that little leg slip option into play the
00:59strangle down the lakeside and to be very neatly tucked down lakeside big welcome to ireland
01:06this one's edged away you know deep third in place and that'll be for
01:10maybe the first time a real edge has been found by barry mccarthy more runs for zimbabwe
01:19that's nicely played again right on top of the bounce gumby
01:22he's ever so effective and right down towards the media tent it's the second
01:26boundary and three balls we're very much getting on top already
01:33edged and edged over the head of the four catching and waiting and that was a beauty
01:39from mccarthy it's done them all ends up but somehow gumby survives
01:44that is short and wide and given the treatment kitchen sink very much thrown
01:54at it and a little bit of flamboyance from gumby sparkling stroke for a boundary
02:02that's over pitched and driven pleasingly mccarthy goes for the dive meaning he's going to have a
02:07very long chase in fact andy mcbrine might be the only one who could cut it off but it's going
02:14to perfectly kiss that rope and give four
02:17not playing a lot of first class cricket at the moment there is always that challenge
02:23that is very nearly a chance it would have been spectacular
02:26to get anything on it the end result will be four
02:29and that's why he's got the helmet on pj more they're kind of a leg gully
02:34short and wide and clobbered away he is climbed into that in a big way prince
02:44that's where they and that's a very good stroke
02:49a beautiful shot full pitched driven comfortably through mid-off a shot of great authority
02:59another beautiful shot shot of great authority full
03:04and he's been driven comfortably through mid-off the second time in two hours
03:12quick single toy lord gumby will make it safely
03:18and that will be lunch on day one here at stormont zimbabwe having been put into bat
03:28by andy valverde 85 for no loss no doubt they will be very encouraged by how that first session
03:36has gone for them here's the batting card no wickets there from an ireland point of view
03:41joel or gumby one away from a becoming the 17th man i believe to make a 50 on taste debut
03:48a very solid innings prince maswari 35 from 75 balls just started to loosen there towards the
03:54end of the session but a very very impressive batting card from zimbabwe
04:00and the most important statistic there in the irish bowling is that there are zeros
04:05in the wickets column um all you know going at two and three runs and over you made the point
04:11there that's about we haven't got away that you know it's not bass ball and therefore there's
04:15still a lot you know ireland will hang on to the fact that two or three wickets early in the next
04:19session marco there will get things going but the second session he starts well wide outside
04:26the off stump get those early breakthroughs
04:32really good stroke and stands tall it's short and wide again ireland have not learned their lesson
04:37from that first session and prince maswari plays it really nicely right on top of the bounce
04:43now all that run away partially stopped but not enough to stop it from going down to the
04:54third man boundary now you can see again on that occasion he was looking to be expansive off that
04:59back foot gone right on the verge of that 50 a string of dots built up the pressure on gumby
05:11and he's ended up giving it away mccarthy as he so often does for ireland finds the wicket that
05:16they desperately needed and the opening partnership is broken just three runs shy
05:21of the century well he'll be disappointed joy lord gumby because how many times today have
05:27we seen him play that delivery along the ground through the onside you just wonder if those dot
05:33balls and just wonder if that thought of i'm going to get to a test match half century got
05:38too many thought let me force that in the air to get it away it's not to be unfortunately for joy
05:44lord gumby but it's been a wonderful contribution from him court mccarthy for 49 97 for one
05:55short ball didn't seem to get a lot of it but he certainly
05:59got enough of it let's go on down to the zimbabwean supporters in the corner there
06:04you can see the zimbabwean flags the delight
06:11drag down again dispatched over mid wicket second boundary of the over
06:21that is an absolute pearler from barry mccarthy dion mars gone nowhere in the crease and that's
06:28taken off stump back and a very well deserved wicket for the big pembroke fast bowler
06:34because it hadn't been here before nicely driven straight down the ground just over pitch by
06:41mccarthy masvere who's been the mainstay now since the dismissal of gumby he gets into the 60s with
06:49a perfect straight drive ross mccollum before him and the job that they have to do it's very easy i
06:53think the no miss field craig young has just dived over that one not an easy one as very continues
07:01to shine and there's some baffling fans starting to make more noise that you can skin a cat in many
07:07respects there's a top edge it's going to be a catch for andy mcbryan's underneath it and there
07:13it is it's a wicket for craig young the opposition captain craig urban has fallen into the trap
07:19hands alone and the mutsy the third wicket for the irish boys well unconfined joy for craig young
07:25because he has worked really hard for that irvine never looks settled at the crease at any point and
07:30it's really the first dismissal from a ball that's been back of a length
07:39edged and edged oh agonizingly wide for ireland's sake of the third slip who can't get anything on
07:46it it will be a first boundary for williams but not in the fashion that he would have liked
07:50actual angle rather than the depth that you're at that beats the outside edge from around the
07:56slightly round arm action now are we going to have time for one more before tea the two umpires have
08:04a look at each other and they say no it's time for a cuppa and time to walk off it's the end
08:09of the second session it's one that well ireland have aged maybe not dominantly but they'll be
08:15just delighted to be on the board of the three wickets and for zimbabwe 153 for three i still
08:22they'd have taken that if they were offered it having lost the toss this morning a little look
08:26at the batting card the mainstay of the innings prince masuary 70 from 137 balls joy lord gumby
08:34falling one short of a debut 50 and the wickets of mars and irvine for relatively few but the
08:41game is finally poised yeah it means that that second session for zimbabwe they've posted 68
08:50for the loss of three wickets in 23 overs a slightly abridged session as we were off for
08:56rain for about 12 minutes the wicket takers two to barry mccarthy one to craig young it means that
09:02we'll leave you for about 15 minutes or so don't go anywhere too far well without a doubt to
09:07zimbabwe's best player of spin sean williams all set for the third session and we're underway
09:12you would imagine with 40 overs to ball we might not get all of that into the very short
09:17use of the feet and well maybe one of the shots of the day
09:22right to the pitch of the ball cover andrew balberni's very tight
09:29and the leg side big appeal and gone you felt camphor was building up to something and he's
09:35earned that and it's a career best into the 70s for the first time from asmere but now he falls
09:42now he falls it's uh well it's an unlucky dismissal you always feel a bit unlucky
09:48strangle down the leg side good catch from lorkin tucker ireland of number four
09:55yeah no wonderful nicely pumped down the ground williams such a fine player of spin
10:01and he's showing that immediately you wonder may there be a pretty prompt change here because
10:07this is playing into sean williams strength fuller and really that's a half ollie
10:14striving for that wicket of bennett and the first international boundary and test cricket for him
10:23you and i were as sean williams pulls a short ball from andrew mcbride for four you and i were very
10:30good at handling out the abuse and and the practical jokes and it really irked us whenever
10:34we were on the receiving end that's a beautifully pulled by andrew mcbride he spun it out of the
10:43foothold and that's the end of williams a massive wicket for ireland and a beautiful piece of all
10:47spin bowling zimbabwe five down and as we were just saying there was some talk that this pitch
10:56will turn and turn more increasingly this seems to have gone and gone quite a lot yeah
11:04and that's a first ball it's been hit straight the middle off taken by craig young andy mcbrine
11:11gonna be on a hat trick clive my dandy what were you doing first ball up in the test he's run down
11:18tried to hit andy mcbrine over the top hold out the mid off if it comes off it's wonderful when
11:23it doesn't come off people be asking serious questions would you have got a sympathetic
11:28hearing there's another wicket short ball gloves through to the keeper lorcan tucker makes no
11:35mistake the zimbabweans have lost their seventh wicket 194 for seven they've lost three for one
11:42margaret dower picks up his first wicket on in belfast a little bit of pace off and temp them
11:48here and there we go and he's he's hit that nicely it's landed just inside the rope beats
11:55harry tector and gone for four but a good piece of bowling from andy mcbrine and much deeper that's
12:02a that's another wicket caught beautifully by paul sterling next through the next through the first
12:08slip andy mcbrine has the final say a boundary and out for the big fast bowler zimbabwe might
12:15struggle to even get 200 thereafter yeah this has gone a long way up into the air it's going to be
12:23number nine it's the 201st international wicket for market air moments after getting to that
12:29landmark it's handshakes all around for ireland matthew humphries he's the one who takes the catch
12:37ireland on the brink of a remarkable turnaround and getting themselves well ahead in this test
12:42match he'd probably deserve a third and he's got the third right on cue
12:50well maybe the best of ireland's bowlers with the ball he's going to finish with 15.3 overs
12:56three for 42 at ireland from 97 for none where zimbabwe were placed have turned it all around
13:04they've taken 10 wickets in quick succession including six for just 16 runs to close out the
13:13innings and zimbabwe have been bowled all out for 210 it's a very very top heavy scorecard
13:20great efforts from the two openers who initially put on 97 for the first wicket and at one point
13:25when sean williams was going they were still in a good position at 193 for four but it's actually
13:3217 runs is all they've posted for the last six wickets as mcbrine mccarthy market there
13:42sliced through the lower middle order in a quite remarkable turnaround and as you'll see tino we
13:48saw the card a little earlier just 97 for that opening partnership almost nothing else of any
13:52note yeah nothing else really to speak of and that's what's disappointing 24 22 24 and 26 that
13:58tells you that those betters who were involved in those partnerships had got themselves going
14:03but just didn't manage to carry on from there so lessons to be learned from zimbabwe in that
14:07second innings well a quite brilliant turnaround all five bowlers used they all took a wicket and
14:15i think mccarthy was the pick of them with three for 42 but certainly a great fight back from andy
14:19mcbrine having been expensive at first to finish with three for 37 as well two wickets for market
14:25including the landmark of a 200th international wicket for him across test matches odis and t20
14:31eyes and a wicket apiece for craig young and curtis camphor