Zimbabwe have posted 299/5 in their 50 overs in the first ODI against Ireland in Harare on Friday. They got to that score courtesy of a fabulous century from opener Brian Bennett. He scored 169 off 163 deliveries and anchored the innings. He hit 20 fours and three sixes in his innings.
Bennett opened the innings with Ben Curran who scored 28 off 44 balls. He added an 95-run stand with the opener in 19 overs to lay the solid platform for the massive score in the end.
After Curran was dismissed, Zimbabwe skipper Craig Ervine scored 66 off 61 deliveries. He added a 136-run stand with the opener to take the Zimbabwe innings forward. The skipper was dismissed with the same score on 231 in the 41st over. There were hardly any contributions from the middle and the lower-order. Sikandar Raza was dismissed for just 8. The lower-order batters also scored in single digits.
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Brian Bennett Notches Up Maiden ODI Century
The opener almost carried his bat through finally losing his wicket with just four balls remaining in the innings. After the good start, Zimbabwe could muster just 68 runs in the final 10 overs of their innings. Meanwhile, Bennett scored his maiden ODI century and it was a timely knock for his side.
It was a tough day for the Irish pacers on the park. All of them proved to be expensive. Mark Adair picked up two for 55. Josh Little, Graham Hume, Andy McBrine, Matthew Humphreys all proved to be expensive. Little was the most expensive of them all going for 75 runs off his nine overs.
Meanwhile, Ireland have made a good start to their chase scoring at a rate of six runs per over in the first 10 overs. They have lost their openers Andrew Balbirnie (0 off 1 ball) and skipper Paul Stirling (32 off 28 balls). Harry Tector, their upcoming batting talent is batting at the moment and the responsibility will be on him to take his team through to a win.
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