Ireland vs Zimbabwe _ One Off Test _ Day 3 _ Full Highlights
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00:00It's going to be Marc Adair to get play underway this morning.
00:18And there's shape, gentle away swing as Adair gets loose, he's bowling to Joylord Gumby.
00:28That's very nicely bowled by Marc Adair.
00:30Well played, soft hands, worked through the gully region for the first boundary of the
00:34morning.
00:40That's off the hip, and it's going to beat fine leg, Matthew Humphreys down there, the
00:46second boundary of the morning.
00:52Spoke too soon, Barclay, an authoritative drive, well into it, good stride forward into
00:59the ball.
01:00Met the half volley, it's posited through the covers, the applause of Prince Muswary,
01:03the end of the 10th over.
01:08Edged away through that vacant area between third slip and gully, no deep third in place,
01:14four more to the total.
01:15Zimbabwe be more cautious, edged and gone, Young pitches it up.
01:22Balbirni takes the catch, look at how pumped up the Irish captain is, and Gumby is the
01:28first wicket to fall.
01:32Now there's a sound, but is it the edge?
01:35Yes it is, Prince Muswary's reaction is no it's not, the sound was soft, it wasn't like
01:42leather on wood, it was probably just brushed, the inner thigh pad, Muswary is not happy
01:50but he has to go.
01:51Has stuck now, edged but very played with control and real control, Mars will get off
01:57the mark, you've got to give credit to the batter here, nice delivery, yes from Young,
02:01four to the total.
02:02Short, wide and four, well played by Dion Mars, well fielded by the Irish batting coach
02:14Gary Wilson, that's wide, and latched on to from Dion Mars, is strong in that area,
02:25cut in front of the square for his second boundary of the morning, it's very special.
02:32Now big appeal, no shot offered, and the finger goes up, and Mark Adair loves every second
02:40of it, Irvine a misjudgment in a big way, Ireland know how big a wicket that is, the
02:50fact he didn't play the shot is ultimately what has led to the finger going up from Richard
02:56Kettlebrae, Irvine doesn't like it.
02:59This is another still three slips in place, was this bat, now I don't think it was from
03:06the initial indication from Mark Kettlebrae, he thinks it's come off the pad, so leg buys
03:11will be signalled, four to the total, arms moving up, arms moving over, nice play by
03:18Williams through the covers, gets right on top of the bounce, he's going to get four,
03:21it was back of a length from Curtis Camper, playing against my brother-in-law, Hearts
03:27of Years, this is going to be more runs than four of them, not in as much control this
03:34time, but there's a great little Zimbabwean section of the crowd that's enjoying, problem
03:43is he's bowling to Zimbabwe's best player of spin in the shape of Sean Williams, he'll
03:48pick up a brace prior to the lunch break, it'll be six runs from Humphreys first over,
03:54it means that Zimbabwe maybe just edged the latter half of that session, but Ireland have
04:00picked three wickets up, as it has throughout this Test match, it's intrigued us, it's enthralled
04:07us and neither side has ever got far ahead, it was a wicket apiece to Young, McCarthy
04:13and Adair, Ireland's three primary seamers, and Tina Moweo, it's hard to say that either
04:19side whilst they're having their lunch will be overly comfortable or confident yet of
04:23their position, big spell from the city end for Craig Young, starts short and it's hooked
04:31away and hooked away with real conviction, it's going to be four more to the total adding
04:36insult to the injury of that drop, concerned faces in the Irish support staff, batting
04:46looks to be getting easier and Sean Williams is exposing that brilliantly, just set up
04:52to be hit, one of Williams' favourite areas, a cut shot well in front of square, now a
05:03stroke of real confidence, almost a hint of arrogance to that and it has the Zimbabwean
05:08fans on the right of your screen, edged and gone and Young, well he's given Sean Williams
05:18a wee bit of a send off as well, furious with being hit for 15 in the previous over,
05:24he's got it fuller, it's been that length that's caused threat and Tucker gleefully
05:28takes the catch, big big wicket, big moment in the test match, a little bit too full and
05:37a stylish drive, one of Bennett's favourite strokes, beats the dive of Harry Tector at
05:42backward point and Zimbabwean players in the future, you see those, got him, gone straight
05:50to short leg and PJ Moore under the helmet takes the catch and gives Humphreys a test
05:57wicket here on home soil, well I have to say there's a ball lifted over mid wicket, it's
06:05an excellent shot, slightly back of a length and Clive Matanday has rocked back and picked
06:09that up over forward square leg, a terrific shot, Charles playing the game at the very
06:13bottom of that participation pyramid, the more we're going to see talent and we're just
06:17about to see another wicket and that's a carbon copy of the first innings, Clive Matanday
06:22trying to hit Andy McBride over the top, he's holed out to cover, Andy McBride has reminded
06:27him of that, a much needed wicket, 174 now for 6, every time somebody gets a little bit
06:33of a grip in this game, they loosen it and let the other team in, we're just 3 minutes
06:37from tee and a much needed wicket from the Irish team, oh that's out, there it is, that
06:46ball is kept very low, up goes Richard Kettleber's finger, Dion Myers has every right to be disappointed,
06:52that ball has shot along the ground, Zimbabwe 174 for 7, the 4th innings, that ball has
07:02been picked up through the leg side, nonchalantly by Richard Ngarava and we talked about every
07:08run counting, well there's 4 to the Zimbabwean total, but it's noticeable that the hands
07:14are on the knees, that ball has been drilled through mid-on, Richard Ngarava's 2nd boundary,
07:20Andy McBride bowls yet again to Blessing Mizrampane who has skied that, Harry Tector is underneath
07:25it, it should be a straight forward catch and there it is, the ball has gone up, Blessing
07:30Mizrampane has taken the catch, great catch from Harry Tector, that's the 8th wicket and
07:38that is tee on day 3 of the Test match, Zimbabwe 182 for 8, a lead of 142 and I think the game
07:47has turned ever so slightly in the Irish favour, there's the card, caught Tector, bowled McBride
07:55for a duck is the last wicket of the fall, Blessing Mizrampane, a very fine innings from
08:00Dion Myers, very unfortunate to go LBW to mark a dirty ball, the kip low, the major
08:04partnership with Sean Williams of 40, broken, Zimbabwe on the precipice here at 182 for
08:108, and that's edged through 4th slip and that's going to run away for a boundary, nicely played,
08:21one of their two batting replacements, big appeal, that's going to be that for number
08:289, and we're going to find out quite quickly as to what will happen next, it's a little
08:34feather of an edge, and it doesn't look as though we will have a concussion replacement
08:38in the bowls bowl, just for a split second down the track, big shot attempted, now it's
08:43gone a long way up, Marc Adair who's suffered an injury to his left hand, but he holds on,
08:49and McBride does have 4, he's got 7 in the match, and Adair loves every second of it,
08:56Ireland know what they'll need to do, it's 158 they will require in the 4th innings of
09:05this historic test to make it back to back test match victories, and the men in green
09:11as they trudge off will be ecstatic, Andy McBride bowls 23 overs unchanged, he finishes
09:18with 4 for 38, and surely he's the hero for the Irish with the ball, it means that the
09:25visitors Zimbabwe have been bowled all out for 197, really good innings from young Dion
09:32Mars, 57 you've got to spare a thought for the delivery that he got, really one of the
09:37only ones to misbehave, it kept awfully low from a long way back of a length to be trapped
09:41LBW, but once Williams fell for 40, the game turned quickly Kyle, mid wickets in quite
09:49tight too, no one at deep third and no gully in place, we're all set, and you're not going
09:55to believe this, we've got buys to start the second innings, and poor old Clive Matanday
10:00says oh please not again, Andrew Leonard here with you, and I'm joined by Kyle McCallum
10:05the former Irish captain, and the first runs off the bat go to Ireland's captain, a little
10:14bit of a test of the outfield, Javanga Hares after it, and does really well, body on the
10:20line again, I think it's going to be a run saved, we may have a boundary check, gone,
10:31and PJ Moore has been plucked, that short leg by Joylord Gumby, that's N'Gorava's brilliant
10:38bouncer, and the early jitters are there again for Ireland, in a chase in the fourth innings
10:45of a test match, it's a fantastic piece of aggressive left arm bowling, a few more, Curtis
10:51Camford to the crease, gone, it's 2-2, Zimbabwe on fire, and it's Richard N'Gorava, Camford
11:05plays away from his body, remarkable stroke from his very first delivery, and a good sharp
11:11catch in the gully, Ireland rocked early, it's three, and Balberni now falls two, Zimbabwe
11:25elated, cannot quite believe what we're seeing here in the chase, it's Muzurabani getting
11:32into the act with his old pal N'Gorava, a fantastic tumbling catch held, Zimbabwe overjoyed,
11:41rocked, and in real trouble, full toss, and driven just to alleviate that pressure, he'll
11:51get four, Paul Sterling, and there are Rokas, cheers and applause, the bowlers will be needed,
12:02big appeal, gone, Hector can't believe it, he feels as though he's hit the ground, he does
12:09not feel as though it's the outside edge, it felt like only half an appeal, another Irish
12:14batter's headed back to the hutch, another one gone for zero, this time it's Harry Tector,
12:19and he can't quite believe it, he sees on a pair, and it's burst through the hands of
12:27Medande, it's four more buys to his tally, N'Gorava has built up a real head of steam,
12:34Ireland in all sorts of trouble,
12:40gone, and that's number five, Sterling looks to drive on the up, N'Gorava, they can't catch him,
12:47Ireland of half their batters back in the hutch, and this test match,
12:51well it could be all but over this evening, it's 21 for five,
12:57Tucker drives very confidently, with real elegance too, Campbell is so quick but even he can't cut
13:03that off, driven by Andy McBride, Campbell again is going to have another chase that will be a
13:12chase in vain, and that's a very nice way to get off the mark, it might not improve the mood too
13:18much of Andy Balberni, who sits with his arms folded,
13:22and they've decided that they will go off the field, Mitchell Kettlebrough has asked the
13:30ground staff to come on and cover the pitch,
13:35this tenno, I think it's, I think it's bad light,
13:40and the rain has actually got a little heavier as well, as the pitch is getting a little bit
13:45and the rain has actually got a little heavier as well, as they started to walk off.