Ireland will take on Zimbabwe in the 2nd T20I of three-match series in Bready on Friday, July 12 and will be hoping to start with a victory after the first match got washed out due to rain.
Ireland, having swept the ODI series and now have their sights set on sweeping the T20I series as well. The Irish side will be hoping to carry out their batting form shown by Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie, and Lorcan Tucker under the different skipper Gary Wilson, who is expected to be behind the stumps for this T20I series. While looking at the bowling department Mark Adair and Boyd Rankin had done an excellent job in the ODI series and will be hoping to carry out the same in the T20I series. Beside that, the addition of left-arm orthodox George Dockrell in the T20 squad makes them more compact and complete.
While on the other hand, Zimbabwe had not made any changes in their squad since their 3-0 ODI series defeat against Ireland in the recently concluded ODI series. However, Zimbabwe will be hoping to put some better shown with the bat in the T20I series with the likes of Craig Ervine and Solomon Mire expected to continue their form with the bat along with the team is expecting a big knock from skipper Hamilton Masakadza and from wicket-keeper Brendan Taylor at the top of the order. While looking at the bowling department they had shown a decent performance by Tendai
Ireland will take on Zimbabwe in the 2nd T20I of three-match series in Bready on Friday, July 12 and will be hoping to start with a victory after the first match got washed out due to rain.
Ireland, having swept the ODI series and now have their sights set on sweeping the T20I series as well. The Irish side will be hoping to carry out their batting form shown by Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie, and Lorcan Tucker under the different skipper Gary Wilson, who is expected to be behind the stumps for this T20I series. While looking at the bowling department Mark Adair and Boyd Rankin had done an excellent job in the ODI series and will be hoping to carry out the same in the T20I series. Beside that, the addition of left-arm orthodox George Dockrell in the T20 squad makes them more compact and complete.
While on the other hand, Zimbabwe had not made any changes in their squad since their 3-0 ODI series defeat against Ireland in the recently concluded ODI series. However, Zimbabwe will be hoping to put some better shown with the bat in the T20I series with the likes of Craig Ervine and Solomon Mire expected to continue their form with the bat along with the team is expecting a big knock from skipper Hamilton Masakadza and from wicket-keeper Brendan Taylor at the top of the order. While looking at the bowling department they had shown a decent performance by Tendai Chatara and Ryan Burl will be their key bowlers in this series.
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Wicket-keeper: Gary Wilson (9 credits): Wilson, who did not get an opportunity to bat in the playing XI during the ODI series but, now he has the platform to showcase his talent. Moreover, Wilson averaging 29.14 in 2019 with one half-century.He could be a dark horse.
Batsman: Paul Stirling (10 credits): Stirling has been in red-hot form from the recently concluded ODI series against Zimbabwe. Moreover, his average in T20I in 2019 has been excellent where he's averaging 42 but, Ireland will rely on him in the top-order as he is their run-machine over the years. He's a must-have player for this match.
All-Rounder: Mark Adair (8 credits): Adair, who is yet to make his T20 International debut for Ireland and looks like the time has come for him after showing excellent performance in the ODI series where he picked six wickets in just three matches at an economy of 6.13. Overall, looking at his performance he is a must-have player in your team.
Bowler: Boyd Rankin (9 credits): The best quick bowler for Ireland who, had a decent ODI series with the ball where he picked three wickets in three matches but, the format has been changed since the start of 2019 Rankin picked nine wickets in six T20I matches we can expect him to pick at least two wickets here.
Captain: Paul Stirling
Vice-Captain: Craig Ervine
Predicted Playing XI:
Ireland: Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie, Kevin O'Brien, Lorcan Tucker, Gary Wilson (C, WK), Joshua Little Shane Getkate, George Dockrell, Mark Adair, Craig Young, Boyd Rankin
Zimbabwe: Hamilton Masakadza (c), Solomon Mire, Craig Ervine, Brendan Taylor (wk), Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Richmond Mutumbami, Ryan Burl, Donald Tiripano, Kyle Jarvis. Tendai Chatara
