ZIM vs IRE 3rd ODI Match Prediction

ZIM vs IRE Team Previews

Zimbabwe

There were 3 changes made to the Zim side ahead of their second game on Saturday in the one-day series against Ireland. They brought in Tadiwanashe Marumani, Tendai Chatara, and Chamu Chibhabha on the side. Chatara replaced the injured skipper, Craig Ervine. The other players that were replaced were Wellington Masakadza and Wesley Madhevere. The skipper Craig Irvine is likely to miss this one day as well and, in his absence, Sikandar Raza will be leading the Zim side.

One of the key players for the Zim side is Gary Ballance. This left-handed batsman formerly from England hit a half-century in the last game played by Zimbabwe. He will be keen to hit more fours in this match after scoring just 2 during a half-century. Sikandar Raza is a top all-rounder and a great player. He is unlikely to be affected by the captaincy. He is quite capable of winning the remaining one-day international single-handedly either with the bat or with the ball. A 31-year-old right-arm fast-medium bowler is playing on the team called Tendai Chatara.

Chatara opened the bowling for Zimbabwe but succeeded in picking wickets later on. He took the wickets of George Dockrell, Curtis Campher, and Harry Tector in the game on Saturday. The winning run from Zimbabwe in the one-day matches came to an end after their couple of wins over Ireland and Australia. Ryan Burl is another key all-rounder for the Zimbabwean outfit. He has scored 181 runs in his last 8 appearances for Zimbabwe with an average of 25.86 and has also picked up 9 wickets in 8 matches with a strike rate of 16.66.

Ireland

Ireland will not be looking to make any changes to their side after an unexpected win on Saturday. This win in the second match was achieved ahead of the addition of Murray Commins getting into the team ahead of Andy Balbirnie. Balbirnie had to miss the game because of a concussion and is also likely to miss this match. You can expect an unchanged eleven for this game on Monday. The stand-in skipper for Ireland on Saturday was Paul Stirling who hit 45 runs from 61 balls on the 2nd one day. 

When the opener tried to up the run rate for Ireland, he, unfortunately, lost the wicket. He also is a batsman that is feared by other teams. Harry Tector is in the middle of a terrific run in the one-day internationals. He hit 8 fours in his innings on Saturday and has an overall average of 53.55 in this format of the game. Josh Little is a 23-year-old fast bowler who picked up the player of the match award on Saturday. He will be relishing the thought of getting another chance of using the same batsmen on the same surface.

With a win on Saturday, Ireland succeeded in ending a run of 4 consecutive defeats and it was an emphatic victory on Saturday. Harry Tector has scored 628 runs in his last 10 matches for Ireland with an average of 89.71 and a strike rate of 90.35. A bowler that is doing a good job for Ireland is Andy McBrine who has picked up 15 wickets from 10 matches with a strike rate of 31.60. He is also bowling with a good economy rate of 4.56. Josh Little has picked up 14 wickets in his last 10 games for Ireland with a strike rate of 32.14.