Irish cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2022–23

The Ireland cricket team toured Zimbabwe in January 2023 to play three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.^[1][2] Zimbabwe won the T20I series 2–1.^[3] The ODI series was drawn 1–1 after the final match ended with no result due to rain.^[4]

Irish cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2022–23
	Zimbabwe	Ireland
Dates	12 – 23 January 2023
Captains	Craig Ervine[n 1]	Andrew Balbirnie[n 2]
One Day International series
Results	3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Ryan Burl (100)	Harry Tector (176)
Most wickets	Tendai Chatara (3)	Josh Little (5) Mark Adair (5)
Player of the series	Harry Tector (Ire)
Twenty20 International series
Results	Zimbabwe won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Craig Ervine (100)	Harry Tector (78)
Most wickets	Ryan Burl (7)	Harry Tector (5)
Player of the series	Ryan Burl (Zim)

Squads

ODIs		T20Is
Zimbabwe[5]	Ireland[6]	Zimbabwe[7]	Ireland[8]
Craig Ervine (c) Gary Ballance Ryan Burl Tendai Chatara Chamu Chibhabha Brad Evans Luke Jongwe Innocent Kaia Clive Madande (wk) Wessly Madhevere Tadiwanashe Marumani Wellington Masakadza Brandon Mavuta Richard Ngarava Victor Nyauchi Sikandar Raza	Andrew Balbirnie (c) Paul Stirling (vc) Mark Adair Curtis Campher Murray Commins Gareth Delany George Dockrell Stephen Doheny (wk) Graham Hume Tyrone Kane Josh Little Andy McBrine Barry McCarthy Harry Tector Lorcan Tucker (wk)	Craig Ervine (c) Gary Ballance Ryan Burl Tendai Chatara Brad Evans Luke Jongwe Innocent Kaia Clive Madande (wk) Wessly Madhevere Tadiwanashe Marumani Wellington Masakadza Tony Munyonga Richard Ngarava Victor Nyauchi Sean Williams	Andrew Balbirnie (c) Mark Adair Ross Adair Curtis Campher Gareth Delany George Dockrell Stephen Doheny (wk) Fionn Hand Graham Hume Tyrone Kane Barry McCarthy Neil Rock (wk) Harry Tector Lorcan Tucker (wk) Ben White

Before the start of the series, Ross Adair replaced Lorcan Tucker in Ireland's T20I squad, as Tucker was released to play in the 2022–23 International League T20 (ILT20).^[9] Paul Stirling and Josh Little were also missing from Ireland's T20I squad due to their participation in the ILT20 and the 2022–23 SA20, respectively, while Sikander Raza was unavailable for Zimbabwe due to the ILT20.^[10] Zimbabwe included former England player Gary Ballance in their T20I squad.^[11] Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie suffered a concussion during the first ODI, after scoring his eighth century in the format, which ruled him out of the remainder of the series.^[12] Murray Commins replaced Balbirnie in Ireland's squad for the last two ODIs,^[13] and Paul Stirling took over as captain.^[14]

T20I series

1st T20I

12 January 2023 13:00 Scorecard

Ireland  114 (19.2 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 118/5 (18 overs)
Gareth Delany 24 (20) Ryan Burl 3/29 (4 overs)		Sean Williams 34* (30) Mark Adair 2/12 (3 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim) Player of the match: Ryan Burl (Zim)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Gary Ballance (Zim), Ross Adair and Stephen Doheny (Ire) all made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I

14 January 2023 13:00 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  144 (20 overs)	v	Ireland 150/4 (19.4 ovres)
Craig Ervine 42 (40) Graham Hume 3/17 (4 overs)		Ross Adair 65 (47) Ryan Burl 2/26 (4 overs)

Ireland won by 6 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Christopher Phiri (Zim) Player of the match: Ross Adair (Ire)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to field.

3rd T20I

15 January 2023 13:00 Scorecard

Ireland  141/9 (20 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 146/6 (19 overs)
Harry Tector 47 (38) Wesley Madhevere 2/8 (2 overs)		Craig Ervine 54 (43) Ben White 2/26 (3 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 4 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Forster Mutizwa (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim) Player of the match: Ryan Burl (Zim)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

ODI series

1st ODI

18 January 2023 09:15 Scorecard

Ireland  288/4 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 214/7 (37 overs)
Andrew Balbirnie 121* (137) Victor Nyauchi 2/65 (10 overs)		Ryan Burl 59 (41) Mark Adair 2/40 (8 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 3 wickets (DLS method) Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Ryan Burl (Zim)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Zimbabwe were set a revised target of 214 runs in 37 overs due to rain.
• Stephen Doheny (Ire) made his ODI debut.
• Gary Ballance made his ODI debut for Zimbabwe after previously playing 16 ODIs for England, becoming the 16th cricketer to represent two international teams in ODIs.^[15]

2nd ODI

21 January 2023 09:15 Scorecard

Ireland  294/7 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 248 (47.3 overs)
Stephen Doheny 84 (111) Tendai Chatara 3/51 (10 overs)		Gary Ballance 52 (67) Josh Little 4/38 (10 overs)

Ireland won by 46 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Forster Mutizwa (Zim) Player of the match: Josh Little (Ire)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Murray Commins (Ire) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

23 January 2023 09:15 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  55/1 (13 overs)	v	Ireland
Innocent Kaia 24* (32) Mark Adair 1/15 (4 overs)

No result Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Langton Rusere (Zim)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• No further play was possible due to rain.

Notes

1. Sikandar Raza captained Zimbabwe in the second ODI.
2. Paul Stirling captained Ireland in the last two ODIs.