Zimbabwe women's cricket team in Ireland in 2025
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| Zimbabwe women's cricket team in Ireland in 2025 | |||
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| Ireland | Zimbabwe | ||
| Dates | 20 – 28 July 2025 | ||
| Captains | Gaby Lewis | Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Ireland won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Orla Prendergast (117) | Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano (104) | |
| Most wickets | Lara McBride (5) | Loreen Tshuma (6) | |
| Player of the series | Orla Prendergast (Ire) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Ireland won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Gaby Lewis (154) | Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano (92) | |
| Most wickets | Cara Murray (7) |
Beloved Biza (2) Kudzai Chigora (2) Tendai Makusha (2) | |
| Player of the series | Gaby Lewis (Ire) | ||
The Zimbabwe women's cricket team toured Ireland in July 2025 to play the Ireland women's cricket team.[1][2] The tour consisted of two One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[3][4] In March 2025, the Cricket Ireland (CI) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, as a part of the 2025 home international season.[5]
Ireland won the first T20I by six wickets with Gaby Lewis scored 67 runs and Cara Murray's 3-for.[6] Gaby Lewis' 87 runs and Cara Murray's 3-for, the hosts won the second T20I by 65 runs and sealed the series.[7][8] Ireland won the third and last game of the T20I series by 51 runs, with Amy Hunter scored a half century and Sophie MacMahon took 3 wickets and the hosts clean swept the series 3-0.[9]
Ireland won the first ODI by 97 runs very comfortably with three half centuries such are Orla Prendergast (50), Sarah Forbes (54) and Gaby Lewis (51), and lead the series 1-0.[10][11] The hosts won the second and last ODI by four wickets, with the Orla Prendergast scord unbeaten 67 runs and Lara McBride took four wickets, and clean swept the series.[12][13]
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| ODIs[14] | T20Is[15] | ODIs & T20Is[16] |
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T20I series
1st T20I
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Gaby Lewis 67 (49) Kudzai Chigora 2/18 (3.5 overs) |
- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
- Lara McBride (Ire) and Tendai Makusha (Zim) both made their T20I debuts.
- Orla Prendergast (Ire) played in her 100th international match.
- Arlene Kelly (Ire) took her 100th wicket in international cricket.
- Amy Hunter (Ire) scored her 1,000th run in T20Is.[17]
- Gaby Lewis became the first Irish woman to pass 4,000 runs across all formats.[18]
2nd T20I
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Gaby Lewis 87 (50) Tendai Makusha 2/30 (4 overs) |
- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- Cara Murray (Ire) played her 50th T20I match.[19]
3rd T20I
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Amy Hunter 59 (40) Beloved Biza 2/21 (4 overs) |
- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Amy Hunter (Ire) scored her 2,000th run in international cricket.[20][21]