New Zealand vs Ireland, Only Test - Scorecard

ResultTestNew Zealand tour of Ireland 2026· Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast· Wed 27 May, 14:00

New Zealand490/8d(119 ov)

Ireland179 & 232/9(63.2 ov)

New Zealand won by an innings and 79 runs

New Zealand 1st innings

490/8d (119 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tom Latham	b MR Adair	0	2	0	0	0.00
Devon Conway	c L McCarthy b MR Adair	4	13	1	0	30.77
Kane Williamson	lbw b L McCarthy	36	70	5	0	51.43
Rachin Ravindra	c T Mayes b HT Tector	121	194	11	4	62.37
Daryl Mitchell	c †L Tucker b MR Adair	1	2	0	0	50.00
Tom Blundell †	c sub (MJ Humphreys) b R Wilson	186	292	22	3	63.70
Dean Foxcroft	c R Wilson b AR McBrine	98	129	6	1	75.97
Nathan Smith	run out (sub (Jake Egan)/†sub (L Tucker))	17	13	3	0	130.77
Zakary Foulkes	not out	0*	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 19, w 3, nb 3)	27
Total	119 Ov (RR 4.12)	490/8d

Did not bat: Blair Tickner, Ben Sears

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (TWM Latham, 0.2 ov), 21-2 (DP Conway, 6.1 ov), 85-3 (KS Williamson, 21.5 ov), 86-4 (DJ Mitchell, 22.1 ov), 303-5 (R Ravindra, 77.1 ov), 461-6 (TA Blundell, 113.5 ov), 486-7 (NG Smith, 118 ov), 490-8 (D Foxcroft, 119 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mark Adair	20	6	66	3	3.30	92	7	1	0	0
Thomas Mayes	23	9	52	0	2.26	113	7	0	0	0
R Wilson	25	2	89	1	3.56	107	8	1	0	3
L McCarthy	24	2	130	1	5.42	83	15	2	3	0
Andrew McBrine	22	2	99	1	4.50	78	7	3	0	0
Harry Tector	5	0	33	1	6.60	16	4	1	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	TWM Latham 0(2) & DP Conway 0(0)	4	2
2nd	KS Williamson 13(22) & DP Conway 4(13)	17	35
3rd	R Ravindra 37(47) & KS Williamson 23(48)	64	94
4th	DJ Mitchell 1(2) & R Ravindra 0(0)	1	2
5th	TA Blundell 126(185) & R Ravindra 84(147)	217	330
6th	D Foxcroft 87(113) & TA Blundell 60(107)	158	220
7th	NG Smith 17(13) & D Foxcroft 8(12)	25	25
8th	D Foxcroft 3(4) & ZGF Foulkes 0(2)	4	6

Ireland 1st innings

179 (45 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Doheny	lbw b NG Smith	0	2	0	0	0.00
Andrew Balbirnie	b NG Smith	13	16	1	0	81.25
Cade Carmichael	c TWM Latham b NG Smith	0	4	0	0	0.00
Harry Tector	lbw b ZGF Foulkes	16	32	3	0	50.00
Curtis Campher	lbw b NG Smith	0	1	0	0	0.00
Lorcan Tucker †	b NG Smith	0	4	0	0	0.00
Andrew McBrine	not out	73*	105	12	0	69.52
Mark Adair	c †TA Blundell b NG Smith	40	86	5	0	46.51
Thomas Mayes	c BV Sears b BM Tickner	3	12	0	0	25.00
L McCarthy	c KS Williamson b BV Sears	1	10	0	0	10.00
R Wilson	c KS Williamson b BV Sears	0	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 16, lb 12, nb 5)	33
Total	45 Ov (RR 3.98)	179

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (ST Doheny, 0.2 ov), 0-2 (C Carmichael, 1 ov), 26-3 (A Balbirnie, 7 ov), 34-4 (C Campher, 8.1 ov), 34-5 (L Tucker, 8.5 ov), 38-6 (HT Tector, 9.5 ov), 154-7 (MR Adair, 38.4 ov), 165-8 (T Mayes, 41.2 ov), 179-9 (L McCarthy, 44.3 ov), 179-10 (R Wilson, 45 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	NB
Nathan Smith	14	3	40	6	2.86	65	5	2
Zakary Foulkes	11	3	32	1	2.91	50	4	0
Blair Tickner	8	1	40	1	5.00	35	6	3
Ben Sears	8	1	27	2	3.38	33	4	0
Daryl Mitchell	3	0	12	0	4.00	14	2	0
Dean Foxcroft	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	ST Doheny 0(2) & A Balbirnie 0(0)	0	2
2nd	C Carmichael 0(4) & A Balbirnie 0(0)	0	4
3rd	A Balbirnie 13(16) & HT Tector 8(21)	26	36
4th	HT Tector 8(6) & C Campher 0(1)	8	7
5th	L Tucker 0(4) & HT Tector 0(0)	0	4
6th	AR McBrine 0(1) & HT Tector 0(5)	4	6
7th	MR Adair 40(86) & AR McBrine 58(90)	116	173
8th	T Mayes 3(12) & AR McBrine 4(4)	11	16
9th	L McCarthy 1(10) & AR McBrine 11(10)	14	19
10th	R Wilson 0(3) & AR McBrine 0(0)	0	3

Ireland 2nd innings (following on)

232/9 (63.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Doheny	c DP Conway b BM Tickner	57	117	9	0	48.72
Andrew Balbirnie	c †TA Blundell b BM Tickner	14	23	3	0	60.87
Cade Carmichael	c TWM Latham b BM Tickner	6	17	0	0	35.29
Thomas Mayes	c DJ Mitchell b NG Smith	5	25	1	0	20.00
Harry Tector	c TWM Latham b BM Tickner	2	15	0	0	13.33
Curtis Campher	retired hurt	4*	20	1	0	20.00
Lorcan Tucker †	c DJ Mitchell b NG Smith	50	70	8	1	71.43
Andrew McBrine	c NG Smith b ZGF Foulkes	13	23	2	0	56.52
Mark Adair	not out	44*	47	7	0	93.62
L McCarthy	run out (DP Conway/BM Tickner)	11	14	2	0	78.57
R Wilson	c DJ Mitchell b BM Tickner	4	13	1	0	30.77
Extras	(b 14, lb 2, w 2, nb 4)	22
Total	63.2 Ov (RR 3.66)	232/9

Fall of wickets: 42-1 (A Balbirnie, 9.1 ov), 57-2 (C Carmichael, 13.3 ov), 70-3 (T Mayes, 21 ov), 75-4 (HT Tector, 25.4 ov), 104-5 (ST Doheny, 39.5 ov), 150-6 (AR McBrine, 49.2 ov), 170-7 (L Tucker, 54.1 ov), 223-8 (L McCarthy, 60 ov), 232-9 (R Wilson, 63.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nathan Smith	15	6	53	2	3.53	71	8	0	1	3
Zakary Foulkes	14	3	50	1	3.57	67	8	1	0	0
Blair Tickner	17.2	3	76	5	4.38	74	12	0	1	1
Ben Sears	15	6	37	0	2.47	75	6	0	0	0
Daryl Mitchell	2	2	0	0	0.00	12	0	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	ST Doheny 28(32) & A Balbirnie 14(23)	42	55
2nd	C Carmichael 6(17) & ST Doheny 4(9)	15	26
3rd	T Mayes 5(25) & ST Doheny 8(20)	13	45
4th	ST Doheny 3(13) & HT Tector 2(15)	5	28
5th	C Campher 4(20) & ST Doheny 8(23)	13	43
5th	L Tucker 10(22) & ST Doheny 6(20)	16	42
6th	AR McBrine 13(23) & L Tucker 29(34)	46	57
7th	MR Adair 8(15) & L Tucker 11(14)	20	29
8th	L McCarthy 11(14) & MR Adair 32(25)	53	35
9th	R Wilson 4(13) & MR Adair 4(7)	9	20