Summary

  • Ireland beat Zimbabwe by five runs

  • Defeat eliminates Zimbabwe

  • Ireland 331-8: Joyce 112, Balbirnie 97

  • Zim 326 (49.3): Taylor 121, Wiliams 96

  • Pakistan beat South Africa by 29 runs (D/L)

Live Reporting

Phil Dawkes, Jamie Lillywhite and Marc Higginson

  1. So, Zimbabwe will need 332 to win the match and stay competitive in the tournament.

  2. Ire 331-8

    Zimbabwe coach Dav Whatmore looks like he's going to give his side the hairdryer when they get back into the dressing room. His side have paid the price for a number of dropped catches and Ireland will be delighted to march off with a record 331 runs to their name.

  3. Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "Cracking knock, it was desperation to get back on strike that made him come back. He hit it fairly well, the ball got there quickly, and by the time he got to turn, the ball was already in the fielder's hands, and with a fairly short boundary he never had a hope."

  4. Pakistan v South Africa latest

    Rahat AliReuters

    Rahat Ali bowls right into the blockhole of David Miller and traps him leg before wicket for a duck. The batsman decides to review it but there's no way out of this one, the ball slamming into the back pad and pretty central too.

    South Africa 77-5 now, having been 67-1. Pakistan bouncing around but South Africa looking shell-shocked. So much rests on De Villiers...

    "This is turning into a cracking match," cries Geoffrey Boycott on TMS.

  5. WICKET

    What a shame. Andrew Balbirnie, who has struggled to get the strike in the last few overs, is run out for 97 off 79 balls following a fine throw from Chakavba at deep cover - despite a desperate dive. A maiden international hundred is so near yet so far.

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  6. Ire 325-7 (Balbirnie 96, Dockrell 2)

    George Dockrell joins Balbirnie at the crease and creams the first delivery he faces down the ground, only to see the ball drop dead in the outfield. Two taken. Birbirnie has the strike for the final over.

  7. Pakistan v South Africa scorecard

    AB de VilliersReuters

    South Africa 76-4 from 15 overs (target 232 - Duckworth/Lewis)

    Batsmen: De Villiers 3, Miller 0

    Fall of wickets: 0-1 (De Kock 0), 67-2 (Du Plessis 27), 67-3 (Amla 38), 74-4 (Rossouw 6)

    Bowling figures: Irfan 4-0-28-1, Sohail 3-0-23-0, Rahat Ali 4-1-18-1, Afridi 1-0-6-0, Riaz 3-2-1-2

    Pakistan 222 (46.4 overs): Misbah 56, Steyn 3-30

    South Africa won toss; match reduced to 47 overs because of rain

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  8. Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "Advanced down the wicket, Niall O'Brien, it came straight off the toe of the bat, the chalk end, and that's three Zimbabwean catches in a row without any drops."

  9. WICKET

    Chatara is just too fast for Niall O'Brien, who top-edges a simple catch to third man. But at least the batsmen crossed and Andrew Balbirnie, on 95 off 77 balls, has the strike.

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  10. Pakistan v South Africa latest

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "Bowl with aggression and intensity and put people under pressure and mistakes will come. I've been impressed with Pakistan's bowling. They've got good lines, good pace and have bowled with discipline."

  11. Ire 320-6

    Just two overs left. Andrew Balbirnie and Niall O'Brien at the crease.

  12. Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "Mooney missed out on the easiest ball to hit for six, it was right on a length with the short boundary begging. It was very close to being another no ball by the spinner too!"

  13. WICKET

    Here comes John Mooney. He hits back-to-back fours either side of the wicket and is then bowled aiming to clear the mid-wicket fence.

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  14. Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "Cracking knock from Gary Wilson, kept the momentum going for Ireland. Still no Niall O'Brien, he's been one of their best batsmen."

  15. WICKET

    Four and out. Playing a selfless knock, Gary Wilson sweeps to the boundary and then, from the very next ball, perishes when he powers a catch to the cover fielder.

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  16. Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "If the bowlers are not bowling to their fields, 10 an over is an absolute walk in the park from here on in."

  17. Ire 304-4 (Wilson 21 off 11)

    Gary Wilson doesn't have the highest strike-rate in this Ireland team - it's 74 in ODI cricket - but he's taking Chatara apart here as he powers four through the off side and then middles a maximum over square leg. That's the 300 up for Ireland.

  18. Pakistan v South Africa latest

    Rilee RossouwReuters

    Very much game on as Pakistan celebrate taking a third wicket for the addition of only seven runs. Rilee Rossouw is the man out, caught at fine leg for six off the fired-up Wahab Riaz. His team-mates jump all over the fielder Sohail Khan as they sense a turning point in this match.

    SA 74-4 from 12.2 overs.

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  19. Ire 289-4 (Balbirnie 93, Wilson 9)

    Ireland still have plenty of firepower to come and Gary Wilson helps himself to four through the off side but the momentum has stalled slightly. Just ones and twos for the rest of the over.

  20. Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "One thing teams could do is watch the way Australia and South Africa are making these scores of over 400. They're hitting boundaries but they're scoring off every ball."