{"id":1060,"date":"2023-01-15T06:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T06:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/zimbabwe-v-ireland-t20-series-adair-shines-as-ireland-secure-six-wicket-win-to-level-series\/"},"modified":"2023-01-15T06:31:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T06:31:02","slug":"zimbabwe-v-ireland-t20-series-adair-shines-as-ireland-secure-six-wicket-win-to-level-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/zimbabwe-v-ireland-t20-series-adair-shines-as-ireland-secure-six-wicket-win-to-level-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe v Ireland T20 series: Adair shines as Ireland secure six-wicket win to level series"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Andrew Balbirnie contributed 33 in Ireland’s innings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Second T20 of three, Harare<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zimbabwe 144 (20 overs):<\/strong> Ervine 42, Kaia 25; Hume 3-17, Tector 2-22<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ireland 150-4 (19.4 overs): <\/strong>Adair 65, Balbirnie 33, Tector 26; Burl 2-26<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ireland won by six wickets<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scorecard<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Ross Adair top-scored with 65 as Ireland beat Zimbabwe by six wickets to level the T20 series between the sides in Harare with one to play.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Captain Craig Ervine scored 42 as Zimbabwe made 144 off their 20 overs, Graham Hume with 3-17 and Harry Tector 2-22 the pick of the Irish bowlers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Openers Adair and Andrew Balbirnie (33) put on 48 for the first wicket in reply and Ireland progressed towards victory.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adair and Harry Tector (26) put on a third-wicket partnership of 59.<\/span><\/p>\n

Former Ulster rugby player Adair was playing only his second match for Ireland, having made his debut in the <\/span>five-wicket defeat<\/span><\/a> by Zimbabwe on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

He smashed his 65 off just 47 balls, including four sixes and two fours.<\/span><\/p>\n

The final match in the three-match series will take place on Sunday, followed by a three-match series of one-day internationals.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Andrew Balbirnie contributed 33 in Ireland’s innings Second T20 of three, Harare Zimbabwe 144 (20 overs): Ervine 42, Kaia 25; Hume 3-17, Tector 2-22 Ireland 150-4 (19.4 overs): Adair 65, Balbirnie 33, Tector 26; Burl 2-26 Ireland won by six wickets Scorecard Ross Adair top-scored with 65 as Ireland beat Zimbabwe by six wickets to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1062,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060\/revisions\/1062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}