An unbeaten 118 from Ben Curran helped Zimbabwe cruise to a nine-wicket victory over Eire and clinch the three-match One Day Worldwide collection on the Harare Sports activities Membership on Tuesday.
Curran, whose two brothers play for England, steered Zimbabwe to a profitable tally of 246-1 in 39.3 overs, comfortably going previous Eire’s 50-over whole of 240-6.
The Irish have been put into bat with opener Andy Balbirnie prime scoring with 61 and that includes in an 86-run partnership with Harry Tector for the third wicket.
However Curran and fellow opener Brian Bennett shortly put Zimbabwe on its option to victory with 77 runs off the primary 10 overs in a quickfire response and was 109-0 within the seventeenth over when play was delayed for half-hour due to a passing rain bathe.
After play resumed, Bennett was harshly adjudged leg earlier than wicket for 48 and with no obtainable expertise, he was unable to evaluation the choice. Nevertheless, captain Craig Ervine joined Curran on the wicket and scored 69 runs off 59 balls to assist safe victory.