Late Ngarava strikes leaves Ireland on the ropes: Only Test, Day 3 (Belfast)

Medium paceman Richard Ngarava took four wickets to leave Ireland tottering at 33-5 in a run chase of 158 to win the historical inaugural Test match in Belfast.

Zimbabwe were reduced to 66-3 but recovered with Dion Myers (57) and Sean Williams (40) putting on a 68-run partnership. The visitors were bowled out for 197.

Ireland 250 and 33 for 5 (Tucker 9*, Ngarava 4-12, Muzarabani 1-16) need 125 runs to beat Zimbabwe 210 and 197 (Myers 57, Williams 40, McBrine 4-38, Young 2-37, Adair 2-42).

July 2024.