| Ireland innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| WTS Porterfield | c Sibanda b Mpofu | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JP Bray | not out | 115 | 221 | 137 | 10 | 2 | 83.94 | |
| EJG Morgan | c Chigumbura b Brent | 21 | 37 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 77.77 | |
| NJ O'Brien† | c †Taylor b Chigumbura | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| AC Botha | b Chigumbura | 1 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| KJ O'Brien | c †Taylor b Rainsford | 10 | 33 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 35.71 | |
| AR White | lbw b Brent | 28 | 49 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 58.33 | |
| DT Johnston* | run out (Williams/Mpofu) | 20 | 49 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 83.33 | |
| WK McCallan | st †Taylor b Williams | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| D Langford-Smith | c †Taylor b Mpofu | 15 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 88.23 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 1, w 5, nb 3) | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets; 50 overs; 221 mins) | 221 | (4.42 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat WB Rankin |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| CB Mpofu | 10 | 3 | 58 | 2 | 5.80 | (2w) | ||
| EC Rainsford | 7 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 6.28 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| E Chigumbura | 6 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 3.50 | (2nb) | ||
| GB Brent | 10 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 4.00 | (2w) | ||
| P Utseya | 10 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2.90 | |||
| SC Williams | 6 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 3.50 | |||
| S Matsikenyeri | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Zimbabwe innings (target: 222 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| T Duffin | c †NJ O'Brien b Rankin | 12 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 54.54 | |
| V Sibanda | hit wicket b White | 67 | 121 | 84 | 9 | 0 | 79.76 | |
| CJ Chibhabha | c Langford-Smith b Johnston | 12 | 66 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| SC Williams | c Rankin b McCallan | 14 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 107.69 | |
| S Matsikenyeri | not out | 73 | 122 | 76 | 9 | 1 | 96.05 | |
| E Chigumbura | c Bray b McCallan | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| BRM Taylor† | run out (McCallan) | 24 | 57 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| GB Brent | lbw b Botha | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| P Utseya* | c Morgan b KJ O'Brien | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| CB Mpofu | run out (Johnston/†NJ O'Brien) | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| EC Rainsford | run out (†NJ O'Brien/White) | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 7, nb 2) | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 50 overs) | 221 | (4.42 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| D Langford-Smith | 9 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3.77 | (5w) | ||
| WB Rankin | 7 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 6.14 | (2w) | ||
| AC Botha | 10 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 3.20 | (2nb) | ||
| DT Johnston | 10 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 3.20 | |||
| WK McCallan | 9 | 1 | 56 | 2 | 6.22 | |||
| AR White | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 5.00 | |||
| KJ O'Brien | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss Zimbabwe, who chose to field Points Ireland 1, Zimbabwe 1 |
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Player of the match
JP Bray (Ireland) |
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Umpires
IJ Gould (England) and BG Jerling (South Africa) TV umpire BF Bowden (New Zealand) Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire SJA Taufel (Australia) |
| Match notes |
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Mar 15, 2007 The Ireland players run a lap of honour after their thrilling tie © AFP |
Mar 15, 2007 Andrew White and Ireland celebrate tying their thrilling match against Zimbabwe © AFP |
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