Ireland vs New Zealand Scorecard, 27 May 2026

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Wed 27 May v

New Zealand won by an innings and 79 runs

Top performers

The Statz MVP, the top bat and the top bowl

Updated 27 May 2026

Tom BlundellTop bat186 (292 balls, 22 fours, 3 sixes)
Nathan SmithTop bowl8/93 (29 ov), 136 dots, 17 (13 balls)

1st innings

490/8d119 ov

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tom Latham (c)b Mark Adair	0	2	0	0	0.0
Devon Conwayc Liam McCarthy b Mark Adair	4	13	1	0	30.8
Kane Williamsonlbw b Liam McCarthy	36	70	5	0	51.4
Rachin Ravindrac Thomas Mayes b Harry Tector	121	194	11	4	62.4
Daryl Mitchellc Lorcan Tucker b Mark Adair	1	2	0	0	50.0
Tom Blundell (wk)c Matthew Humphreys b Reuben Wilson	186	292	22	3	63.7
Dean Foxcroftc Reuben Wilson b Andy McBrine	98	129	6	1	76.0
Nathan Smithrun out (Jake Egan)	17	13	3	0	130.8
ZF Zakary Foulkesnot out	0*	2	0	0	0.0
Blair Ticknernot out	0*	0	0	0	–
Extras	27 (b 2, lb 19, w 3, nb 3)
Total	490/8d (119 ov)

Fall of wickets

1-4 Tom Latham 0.2 ov, 2-21 Devon Conway 6.1 ov, 3-85 Kane Williamson 21.5 ov, 4-86 Daryl Mitchell 22.1 ov, 5-303 Rachin Ravindra 77.1 ov, 6-461 Tom Blundell 113.5 ov, 7-486 Nathan Smith 117.6 ov, 8-490 Dean Foxcroft 118.6 ov

Did not bat

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mark Adair	20	6	66	3	3.30
TM Thomas Mayes	23	9	52	0	2.26
RW Reuben Wilson3 nb	25	2	89	1	3.56
Liam McCarthy3 wd	24	2	130	1	5.42
Andy McBrine	22	2	99	1	4.50
Harry Tector	5	0	33	1	6.60

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Dohenylbw b Nathan Smith	0	2	0	0	0.0
Andrew Balbirnie (c)b Nathan Smith	13	16	1	0	81.3
Cade Carmichaelc Tom Latham b Nathan Smith	0	4	0	0	0.0
Harry Tectorlbw b Zakary Foulkes	16	32	3	0	50.0
Curtis Campherlbw b Nathan Smith	0	1	0	0	0.0
Lorcan Tucker (wk)b Nathan Smith	0	4	0	0	0.0
Andy McBrinenot out	73*	105	12	0	69.5
Mark Adairc Tom Blundell b Nathan Smith	40	86	5	0	46.5
TM Thomas Mayesc Ben Sears b Blair Tickner	3	12	0	0	25.0
Liam McCarthyc Kane Williamson b Ben Sears	1	10	0	0	10.0
RW Reuben Wilsonc Kane Williamson b Ben Sears	0	3	0	0	0.0
Extras	33 (b 16, lb 12, nb 5)
Total	179 (all out, 45 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Nathan Smith2 nb	14	3	40	6	2.86
ZF Zakary Foulkes	11	3	32	1	2.91
Blair Tickner3 nb	8	1	40	1	5.00
Ben Sears	8	1	27	2	3.38
Daryl Mitchell	3	0	12	0	4.00
Dean Foxcroft	1	1	0	0	0.00

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Dohenyc Devon Conway b Blair Tickner	57	117	9	0	48.7
Andrew Balbirnie (c)c Tom Blundell b Blair Tickner	14	23	3	0	60.9
Cade Carmichaelc Tom Latham b Blair Tickner	6	17	0	0	35.3
TM Thomas Mayesc Daryl Mitchell b Nathan Smith	5	25	1	0	20.0
Harry Tectorc Tom Latham b Blair Tickner	2	15	0	0	13.3
Curtis Campherretired hurt	4*	20	1	0	20.0
Lorcan Tucker (wk)c Daryl Mitchell b Nathan Smith	50	70	8	1	71.4
Andy McBrinec Nathan Smith b Zakary Foulkes	13	23	2	0	56.5
Mark Adairnot out	44*	47	7	0	93.6
Liam McCarthyrun out (Devon Conway)	11	14	2	0	78.6
RW Reuben Wilsonc Daryl Mitchell b Blair Tickner	4	13	1	0	30.8
Extras	22 (b 14, lb 2, w 2, nb 4)
Total	232/9 (63.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Nathan Smith1 wd, 3 nb	15	6	53	2	3.53
ZF Zakary Foulkes	14	2	50	1	3.57
Blair Tickner1 wd, 1 nb	17.2	3	76	5	4.38
Ben Sears	15	6	37	0	2.47
Daryl Mitchell	2	2	0	0	0.00

Ireland vs New Zealand starts at 11:00 UK time on Wednesday 27 May 2026, at Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast.

Ireland have won 0 and New Zealand 1 of their 1 meetings.

Ireland's last five, newest first: L L L W W.

New Zealand's last five, newest first: W W L W W.

The first innings has averaged 350 over the last 2 Test matches at Civil Service Cricket Club, the side batting first winning 50% of them.

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