6 days ago
Ireland seal T20 series victory against Zimbabwe
Second Twenty20 International, DublinIreland 176-4 (20 overs) Lewis 87, Prendergast 52; Makusha 2-30Zimbabwe 111-all out (20 overs) Ndlovu 46; Murray 3-17, Paul 2-9Ireland win by 65 runsMatch scorecardIreland clinched the three-match Twenty20 series against Zimbabwe with a 65-run victory at Sydney Parade in Sunday's six-wicket victory, Ireland wrapped up the series win with a game to spare thanks to another impressive won the toss and put Ireland in to bat and, despite getting off to a great start when Amy Hunter was caught lbw for one, they could not contain Ireland captain Gaby Lewis who produced another player-of-the-match performance to hit Prendergast chipped in with 52 before being bowled by Kelis Paul contributed 20 and Rebecca Stokell was 11 not out as the tourists a target of a bright start, Zimbabwe lost Modester Mupachikwa in the third over and, despite stout resistance from Ndlovu who put 46 runs on the board, the wickets began to tumble with Carla Murray taking three, while Prendergast and Paul grabbed two apiece as Zimbabwe's challenge four dismissals as wicketkeeper was also a record for Ireland's women in T20 will seek to sweep the series in the final T20 international on Wednesday before the one-day series starts on Saturday.
