Zimbabwe and Ireland Test set for tense finish

Andrew Balbirnie's Ireland side need three wickets on Monday to repeat the victory that the clinched over Zimbabwe in Belfast last July

One-off Test, Bulawayo (day four of five):

Ireland 260 (56.4 overs): McBrine 90*, M Adair 78; Muzarabani 7-58 & 298 (93.3 overs): Balbirnie 66, Tucker 58; Ngarava 4-55

Zimbabwe 267 (86.1): Welch 90, Muzarabani 47; McCarthy 4-75, McBrine 3-59 & 183-7 (68.0 overs): Madhevere 61*, Bennett 44, Campbell 33; Humphreys 4-41, McCarthy 2-22

Zimbabwe require 109 runs to win with three wickets left

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Ireland's one-off Test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo is set for a tense finish on Monday as the hosts require 109 runs to win with only three wickets remaining.

Rain meant only 53 overs were possible on Sunday's day four as Zimbabwe - chasing 292 for victory - moved from 38-3 to 183-7.

The hosts' hopes for victory look likely to mainly rest with Wesley Madhevere who is unbeaten on 61 after his patient knock off 147 balls.

Madhevere came to the crease after Barry McCarthy bowled Trevor Gwandu with Zimbabwe having only added two runs to their overnight total.

A 65-run fifth-wicket partnership between Madhevere and Brian Bennett - which came either side of the lengthy rain interruption - boosted the hosts before the latter departed for 45 as Ireland spinner Matthew Humphreys picked up his second wicket.

Madhevere and skipper Johnathan Campbell (33) then produced another productive 55-run stand which was again broken by Humphreys after he caught and bowled the captain.

Humphreys' fourth wicket, when he dismissed Nyasha Mayavo with Paul Stirling taking the catch, left Zimbabwe on 173-7 and the hosts added 10 more runs before the close.

The Bulawayo contest is Ireland's first Test match since they defeated Zimbabwe by four wickets in Belfast last July.