victory for Zimbabwe. Length ball on the stumps, Young moves across and looks to flick it uppishly but misses. The ball hits him on the thigh and drops near the stumps. Ngarava collects it in his followthrough and breaks the stumps with an underarm throw to find Little short
Ireland vs Zimbabwe, 5th T20I at Bready, SCOT v ZIM, Sep 04 2021 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Balbirnie lifts the trophy, with his team-mates cheering. Himanshu's report will be up soon. Do read it if you missed the game. That's all from our side for this game. See you soon.
Andy Balbirnie: I think we you lose any game, it's a concern. The guys are well aware of. We came back really well after the first game. A bit of a blip today but really nice to win a series against a team like Zimbabwe. We know what to expect when we come against them next week in the one-dayers. Looking forward to that.
Paul Stirling is the Player of the Series. "Disappointing day today but overall it was good series," he says. "Always good to set the tone [with Kevin O'Brien] and I hope we keep doing it. Delighted to get back to the ODI format, a series two very similar teams."
Craig Ervine is the Player of the Match. "It was nice for Myers to stick around," he says. "We felt we were 25-30 runs short. When you score runs, you get the confidence, that's what we are lacking at the moment. We didn't have a good series but this win is very important just for the team morale, to take into the ODI series next week."
Time for the presentation ceremony.
Phineas: "Ireland is highly dependant on Stirling...this is a very good example" --- Or at least on top three.
6.23pm Zimbabwe started the series by defending a low-scoring contest. They ended it in the same way. But in between, they lost the three games to end on the wrong side of a 3-2 series result. It wasn't a big total but Jongwe and Tiripano rocked the chase by picking up two wickets each early. Getkate and Rock put the chase back on track and run rate was never a problem. But Zimbabwe struck back to dismiss both in successive overs. The lower order failed to step up as Zimbabwe wrapped a five-run win.
Azweer: "Ngarava turning out to be "A Master of defending" in the last over..."
fuller and wider. Young fails to get bat on it. He is distraught, on his knees
Young on strike for the first time this over. Six needed
walks across and hits this length ball just to the left of short fine leg
short of length angling in. Pace on. Looks to chop it away but misses
7 from 4
fuller outside off, hits it hard towards extra cover, where the fielder gets a hand. But they are coming back for the second and they make it safely
fuller and wider outside off, reaches out for it but cannot connect
Young having a chat with Little. Ngarava to bowl the final over. Ireland need nine
a slower one, fuller outside off. Smashed past the cover fielder, who gets a hand to it. They are coming back for the second, which means Little will be on strike for the next over
Ahsan Butt: "This chase is quite similar to the one that Pakistan botched against the same side not too long ago!"
short of length outside off, cuts it towards deep extra cover and sprints back for the second
fuller around off, gets under it, clears the front leg and smashes it for a straight six
a slower one. Swings across the line but the ball sneaks through to the keeper
length outside off, swings at it and misses
length ball around off, pushes it back towards the bowler but Adair is desperate ton go to the other end and leaves his crease early. Jongwe fields the ball and breaks the stumps
19 needed from 12. Two wickets in hand. Here's Jongwe
short of length around off, gets on his toes and dabs it towards short midwicket
length ball on the pads, goes for the flick and sprints across for a single
Craig Young walks in but he is at the other end at the moment
pressure! McBrine looks for the big hit but ends up helping this length ball around off straight down the throat of deep square leg
length outside off, push at it but fails to beat backward point
short of length this time, pulled towards deep square leg
Ireland need a boundary here
length ball outside off, throws his bat at it. Not from the middle of the bat but gets it over point. Sweeper keeps it to one
23 needed from 18. Advantage Zimbabwe. Tiripano to bowl his last
short of length around off and middle. Defended on the back foot
short of length outside off. Attempts a cut and is beaten again