ZIM vs IRE 1st Match Prediction

ZIM vs IRE Team Previews

Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwean batting order in this game will depend on experienced batters such as Craig Ervine, Sean Williams, and Sikandar Raza to score the most runs. Sikandar Raza has topped the batting charts since December 2021 for the Zim in the T20 internationals. He has played 35 games for Zimbabwe and has scored 1185 runs with an average of 39.50. He scored ten-and-a-half centuries in this period. Apart from Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams appears to be in good form with the bat.

Williams has scored 606 runs from his 24 attempts with a decent average of 27.54. He has scored four fifties in this period. Regarding the bowling department, the team will depend on bowlers such as Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chatara, and Sikandar Raza to get the side well-times breakthroughs. The spin bowling efforts from Sikandar Raza since 2021 have topped the bowling charts for Zim in the T20 format. Ngarava has also picked up 39 wickets from his last 35 games with an average of 17.10.

Ireland

The Irish skipper will rely on batters like Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Andre Balbirnie, and the skipper Paul Stirling to score the most runs. Andrew Balbirnie has led the batting charts for the Irish team since December 2021. In his 38 appearances for Ireland, Balbirnie has collected 862 runs at an average of 23.29. In the process, he has picked up six fifties. Ireland will rely on bowlers such as Joshua Little, Barry McCarthy, Curtis Campher, Craig Young, and Mark Adair to get them vital breakthroughs.

The Irish medium pacer Mark Adair topped the Irish bowling charts for the Irish outfit to pick up 48 wickets from 42 innings with an average of 24.85. Some excellent all-rounders are playing on the Irish team, such as Paul Stirling, Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, and Theo van Woerkom. The Irish team played their last T20I series against India earlier in the year. They lost both the games, although they put up a good fight in the series. Paul Stirling will expect a similar effort from his wards in this series.