Ireland team has declared a 14 member squad for this series against Zimbabwe. They left out their best spinner G Dockrell and B Mccarthy from the last series and included Simi Singh and Shane Getkate into the squad. Ireland team is a very strong team as compared to Zimbabwe. They leveled their last series against Afghanistan last month. Paul Stirling and J McCollum will open the innings for Ireland. Stirling is a very attacking batsman. He scored 121 runs last series including 2 50s. McCollum failed in both the innings last series. Andrew Balbirnie will bat at 3. He is a technically strong batsman. He scored a brilliant 135 against Windies in tri-series last month. W Porterfield will bat at 4. He is the best batsman in Ireland. He has not been in best of his form but is a very good batsman.
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Experienced K O'Brien will bat next at 5. He is one of the key players for Ireland with both bat and bowl. He has scored 178 runs in last 5 games with an average of 45. Simi Singh is expected to bat next. He is a very good batsman and a good off Spinner. He scored 90 in a warm-up game and also took 1 wicket. Gary Wilson will bat next and will do the wicketkeeping duties for Ireland. Mark Adair will handle the All-Rounding section. He has impressed everyone last series with his medium pace bowling and Attacking batting. He took 7 wickets in 2 games in the last series. He can be promoted anytime for his big hitting. A McBrine will bat next and handle the spin department along with Simi Singh. Paul Stirling will assist him. B Rankin and T Murtagh will lead the pace attack while Mark Adair and K O'Brien will assist them. Rankin took 9 wickets in his last 4 ODIs.
They got a shocking loss in the last series against Nederlands. Zimbabwe team also lost their warm-up game against a weaker Ire A side. Solomon Mire and Hamilton Masakadza will open the innings for Zimbabwe. Both are attacking batsman but failed in the last series against Nederlands. Mire scored 35 and also took 1 wicket. Craig Ervine will bat at 3. He is a consistent performer for Zimbabwe and is a very good batsman. He scored 84 runs in last game of ODI series. Best Zimbabwean batsman Brendon Taylor will bat at 4. He is technically very strong and also an attacking batsman. He scored 122 runs in 2 games the last series. All-Rounder Sean Williams will bat at 5. He is the best all-rounder in Zimbabwe. He is in very good form. He scored a century in a warm-up game and also took 2 wickets. Sikandar Raza will bat next. He is another good Zimbabwean All-Rounder. He is a very attacking batsman and a handy off spinner. He had an ordinary series against Nederlands but is a very good player.
Wicketkeeper Peter Moor will bat next and also do the wicketkeeping duties. He is a very attacking batsman can change the course of the match within few overs. He scored 17 in a warm-up game. Ryan Burl will bat next. He is an attacking batsman and a good leg spinner. Sean Williams, Sikander Raza and R Burl will lead the spin attack of the team. Sean Williams took 6 wickets in the last series. Both Williams and Burl took 2 wickets each in a warm-up game. Kyle Jarvis and Tendai Chatara will lead the pace attack of the team while Donald Tiripano will assist them. Jarvis and Chatara are best bowlers of Zimbabwe. D Tiripano is known for his variations. Jarvis was wicketless last series but took 2 wickets in the warm-up game. While Tiripano took 1 wicketJarvis took 18 wickets in last 12 matches.