IRE vs NZ, Only Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
MATCH DETAILS
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Venue
Belfast
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Series
Ireland v New Zealand Test 2026 - Men
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Toss
Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
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Umpire
Alex Wharf , Rod Tucker
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Match Referee
Andy Pycroft
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Tv Umpire
Roly Black
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Man of the Match
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IRE
NZ
Key Stats
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Campher | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Mark Adair | 44 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 93.62 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|
63.2 Blair Tickner to Reuben Wilson
OUT! Blair Tickner to Reuben Wilson. No run
63.1 Blair Tickner to Mark Adair
62.6 Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson
Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson. No run
62.5 Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson
Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson. No run
62.4 Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson
Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson. No run
62.3 Ben Sears to Mark Adair
Ben Sears to Mark Adair. No movement short, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to deep extra cover for 1 run, fielded by Nathan Smith
62.2 Ben Sears to Mark Adair
Ben Sears to Mark Adair. No movement short, outside off no foot movement cut for no run
62.1 Ben Sears to Mark Adair
Ben Sears to Mark Adair. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot cut for no run
61.6 Blair Tickner to Mark Adair
Blair Tickner to Mark Adair. No movement length ball, outside off on the back foot playing a backward defensive shot mis-timed to third man for 1 run, fielded by Zak Foulkes
61.5 Blair Tickner to Mark Adair
Blair Tickner to Mark Adair. No movement short, outside off no foot movement leaving left alone through for no run
61.4 Blair Tickner to Reuben Wilson
Blair Tickner to Reuben Wilson. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot playing a backward defensive shot for 1 byes
61.3 Blair Tickner to Reuben Wilson
FOUR! Blair Tickner to Reuben Wilson. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot slogged for 4 runs
61.2 Blair Tickner to Reuben Wilson
Blair Tickner to Reuben Wilson. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot mis-timed to gully for no run, misfielded by Kane Williamson
61.1 Blair Tickner to Mark Adair
Blair Tickner to Mark Adair. Off cutter short, outside off no foot movement cut mis-timed to third man for 1 run
60.6 Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson
Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot for no run
60.5 Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson
Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson. No movement short, outside off no foot movement leaving left alone through for no run
60.4 Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson
Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson. No movement back of a length, outside off on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot mis-timed to extra cover for no run
60.3 Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson
Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson. No movement back of a length, outside off on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot mis-timed to bowler for no run, misfielded by Ben Sears
60.2 Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson
Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson. No movement back of a length, outside off on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot for no run
60.1 Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson
Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson. No movement back of a length, outside off no foot movement shoulders armssed left alone through for no run
59.6 Blair Tickner to Mark Adair
OUT! Blair Tickner to Mark Adair. No movement short, down leg no foot movement cut mis-timed to deep cover for 2 run, run out with throw by Devon Conway. Liam McCarthy Run Out for 11.
59.5 Blair Tickner to Mark Adair
Blair Tickner to Mark Adair. No movement short, wide down leg no foot movement leaving left alone through for no run
59.4 Blair Tickner to Mark Adair
FOUR! Blair Tickner to Mark Adair. No movement short, outside off on the back foot pulled well timed for 4 runs
59.3 Blair Tickner to Mark Adair
Blair Tickner to Mark Adair. No movement half tracker, outside off no foot movement leaving left alone through to fine leg for 4 byes, fielded by Tom Blundell
59.2 Blair Tickner to Mark Adair
FOUR! Blair Tickner to Mark Adair. No movement full, off stump no foot movement driving well timed for 4 runs
59.1 Blair Tickner to Mark Adair
Blair Tickner to Mark Adair. No movement full toss, leg stump no foot movement slogged for no run
63.2 Blair Tickner to Reuben Wilson
OUT! Blair Tickner to Reuben Wilson. No run
63.1 Blair Tickner to Mark Adair
Blair Tickner to Mark Adair. 1 run
62.6 Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson
Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson. No run
62.5 Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson
Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson. No run
62.4 Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson
Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson. No run
62.3 Ben Sears to Mark Adair
Ben Sears to Mark Adair. No movement short, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to deep extra cover for 1 run, fielded by Nathan Smith
62.2 Ben Sears to Mark Adair
Ben Sears to Mark Adair. No movement short, outside off no foot movement cut for no run
62.1 Ben Sears to Mark Adair
Ben Sears to Mark Adair. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot cut for no run
61.6 Blair Tickner to Mark Adair
Blair Tickner to Mark Adair. No movement length ball, outside off on the back foot playing a backward defensive shot mis-timed to third man for 1 run, fielded by Zak Foulkes
61.5 Blair Tickner to Mark Adair
Blair Tickner to Mark Adair. No movement short, outside off no foot movement leaving left alone through for no run
61.4 Blair Tickner to Reuben Wilson
Blair Tickner to Reuben Wilson. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot playing a backward defensive shot for 1 byes
61.3 Blair Tickner to Reuben Wilson
FOUR! Blair Tickner to Reuben Wilson. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot slogged for 4 runs
61.2 Blair Tickner to Reuben Wilson
Blair Tickner to Reuben Wilson. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot mis-timed to gully for no run, misfielded by Kane Williamson
61.1 Blair Tickner to Mark Adair
Blair Tickner to Mark Adair. Off cutter short, outside off no foot movement cut mis-timed to third man for 1 run
60.6 Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson
Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot for no run
60.5 Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson
Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson. No movement short, outside off no foot movement leaving left alone through for no run
60.4 Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson
Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson. No movement back of a length, outside off on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot mis-timed to extra cover for no run
60.3 Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson
Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson. No movement back of a length, outside off on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot mis-timed to bowler for no run, misfielded by Ben Sears
60.2 Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson
Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson. No movement back of a length, outside off on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot for no run
60.1 Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson
Ben Sears to Reuben Wilson. No movement back of a length, outside off no foot movement shoulders armssed left alone through for no run
59.6 Blair Tickner to Mark Adair
OUT! Blair Tickner to Mark Adair. No movement short, down leg no foot movement cut mis-timed to deep cover for 2 run, run out with throw by Devon Conway. Liam McCarthy Run Out for 11.
59.5 Blair Tickner to Mark Adair
Blair Tickner to Mark Adair. No movement short, wide down leg no foot movement leaving left alone through for no run
59.4 Blair Tickner to Mark Adair
FOUR! Blair Tickner to Mark Adair. No movement short, outside off on the back foot pulled well timed for 4 runs
59.3 Blair Tickner to Mark Adair
Blair Tickner to Mark Adair. No movement half tracker, outside off no foot movement leaving left alone through to fine leg for 4 byes, fielded by Tom Blundell
59.2 Blair Tickner to Mark Adair
FOUR! Blair Tickner to Mark Adair. No movement full, off stump no foot movement driving well timed for 4 runs
59.1 Blair Tickner to Mark Adair
Blair Tickner to Mark Adair. No movement full toss, leg stump no foot movement slogged for no run
IRE Batting: 232/9 in 63.2 ov
| Batsmen | How Out | R | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Doheny | c: Devon Conway b: Blair Tickner | 57 (117) | 9 | 0 | 48.72 |
| Andrew Balbirnie | c: Tom Blundell b: Blair Tickner | 14 (23) | 3 | 0 | 60.87 |
| Cade Carmichael | c: Tom Latham b: Blair Tickner | 6 (17) | 0 | 0 | 35.29 |
| Harry Tector | c: Tom Latham b: Blair Tickner | 2 (15) | 0 | 0 | 13.33 |
| Curtis Campher | retired not out | 4 (20) | 1 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Lorcan Tucker | c: Daryl Mitchell b: Nathan Smith | 50 (70) | 8 | 1 | 71.43 |
| Andy McBrine | c: Nathan Smith b: Zak Foulkes | 13 (23) | 2 | 0 | 56.52 |
| Mark Adair | not out | 44 (47) | 7 | 0 | 93.62 |
| Tom Mayes | c: Daryl Mitchell b: Nathan Smith | 5 (25) | 1 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Liam McCarthy | run out (Devon Conway) | 11 (14) | 2 | 0 | 78.57 |
| Reuben Wilson | c: Daryl Mitchell b: Blair Tickner | 4 (13) | 1 | 0 | 30.77 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Smith | 15 | 6 | 53 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3.53 |
| Zak Foulkes | 14 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.57 |
| Blair Tickner | 17.2 | 3 | 76 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4.38 |
| Ben Sears | 15 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.47 |
| Daryl Mitchell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
IRE Batting: 179/10 in 45.0 ov
| Batsmen | How Out | R | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Balbirnie | b: Nathan Smith | 13 (16) | 1 | 0 | 81.25 |
| Stephen Doheny | lbw: Nathan Smith | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Cade Carmichael | c: Tom Latham b: Nathan Smith | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Harry Tector | lbw: Zak Foulkes | 16 (32) | 3 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Curtis Campher | lbw: Nathan Smith | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lorcan Tucker | b: Nathan Smith | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mark Adair | c: Tom Blundell b: Nathan Smith | 40 (86) | 5 | 0 | 46.51 |
| Andy McBrine | not out | 73 (105) | 12 | 0 | 69.52 |
| Tom Mayes | c: Ben Sears b: Blair Tickner | 3 (12) | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Reuben Wilson | c: Kane Williamson b: Ben Sears | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Liam McCarthy | c: Kane Williamson b: Ben Sears | 1 (10) | 0 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Smith | 14 | 3 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2.86 |
| Zak Foulkes | 11 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.91 |
| Blair Tickner | 8 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Ben Sears | 8 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Daryl Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Dean Foxcroft | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
NZ Batting: 490/8 in 119.0 ov
| Batsmen | How Out | R | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Latham | b: Mark Adair | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Devon Conway | c: Liam McCarthy b: Mark Adair | 4 (13) | 1 | 0 | 30.77 |
| Kane Williamson | lbw: Liam McCarthy | 36 (70) | 5 | 0 | 51.43 |
| Rachin Ravindra | c: Tom Mayes b: Harry Tector | 121 (194) | 11 | 4 | 62.37 |
| Daryl Mitchell | c: Lorcan Tucker b: Mark Adair | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Tom Blundell | c: (Sub) b: Reuben Wilson | 186 (292) | 22 | 3 | 63.70 |
| Dean Foxcroft | c: Reuben Wilson b: Andy McBrine | 98 (129) | 6 | 1 | 75.97 |
| Nathan Smith | run out (Lorcan Tucker) | 17 (13) | 3 | 0 | 130.77 |
| Zak Foulkes | not out | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Blair Tickner | Did not bat | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ben Sears | Did not bat | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Adair | 20 | 6 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.30 |
| Tom Mayes | 23 | 9 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.26 |
| Reuben Wilson | 25 | 2 | 89 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.56 |
| Liam McCarthy | 24 | 2 | 130 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5.42 |
| Andy McBrine | 22 | 2 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Harry Tector | 5 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 |
Blair Tickner to Mark Adair. 1 run