Ireland v New Zealand, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, Only Test, New Zealand tour of Ireland, 2026

New Zealand tour of Ireland Only Test: Ireland v New Zealand at Belfast, May 27, 2026

Ireland

IRE

179/10 (45) & 232/10 (63.2)

New Zealand

490/8d (119)

Finished

NZ won by an inning and 79 runs

New Zealand 1st InningNZ 1st Inning490/8 (119 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Tom Latham(C)	b MR Adair	0	2	0	0	0.00
b MR Adair
Devon Conway	c Liam McCarthy b MR Adair	4	13	1	0	30.77
c Liam McCarthy b MR Adair
Kane Williamson	lbw b Liam McCarthy	36	70	5	0	51.43
lbw b Liam McCarthy
Rachin Ravindra	c T Mayes b HT Tector	121	194	11	4	62.37
c T Mayes b HT Tector
Daryl Mitchell	c LJ Tucker b MR Adair	1	2	0	0	50.00
c LJ Tucker b MR Adair
Tom Blundell(WK)	c (sub M Humphreys) b RB Wilson	186	292	22	3	63.70
c (sub M Humphreys) b RB Wilson
Dean Foxcroft	c RB Wilson b A McBrine	98	129	6	1	75.97
c RB Wilson b A McBrine
Nathan Smith	runout (LJ Tucker / (sub J Egan ))	17	13	3	0	130.77
runout (LJ Tucker / (sub J Egan ))
Zakary Foulkes	Not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	27 (b 2, w 3, nb 3, lb 19)
Total	490/8 (119)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Mark Adair	20	6	66	3	3.30
Thomas Mayes	23	9	52	0	2.26
Reuben Wilson	25	2	89	1	3.56
Liam McCarthy	24	2	130	1	5.42
Andy McBrine	22	2	99	1	4.50
Harry Tector	5	0	33	1	6.60

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (T Latham - 0.2 ov), 2-21 (D Conway - 6.1 ov), 3-85 (K Williamson - 21.5 ov), 4-86 (D Mitchell - 22.1 ov), 5-303 (R Ravindra - 77.1 ov), 6-461 (TA Blundell - 113.5 ov), 7-486 (N Smith - 117.6 ov), 8-490 (D Foxcroft - 118.6 ov)

Ireland 1st InningIRE 1st Inning179/10 (45 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Stephen Doheny	lbw b N Smith	0	2	0	0	0.00
lbw b N Smith
Andy Balbirnie(C)	b N Smith	13	16	1	0	81.25
b N Smith
Cade Carmichael	c T Latham b N Smith	0	4	0	0	0.00
c T Latham b N Smith
Harry Tector	lbw b Z Foulkes	16	32	3	0	50.00
lbw b Z Foulkes
Curtis Campher	lbw b N Smith	0	1	0	0	0.00
lbw b N Smith
Lorcan Tucker(WK)	b N Smith	0	4	0	0	0.00
b N Smith
Andy McBrine	Not out	73	105	12	0	69.52
Not out
Mark Adair	c TA Blundell b N Smith	40	86	5	0	46.51
c TA Blundell b N Smith
Thomas Mayes	c B Sears b BM Tickner	3	12	0	0	25.00
c B Sears b BM Tickner
Liam McCarthy	c K Williamson b B Sears	1	10	0	0	10.00
c K Williamson b B Sears
Reuben Wilson	c K Williamson b B Sears	0	3	0	0	0.00
c K Williamson b B Sears
Extra	33 (b 16, w 0, nb 5, lb 12)
Total	179/10 (45)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Nathan Smith	14	3	40	6	2.86
Zakary Foulkes	11	3	32	1	2.91
Blair Tickner	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

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (S Doheny - 0.2 ov), 2-0 (C Carmichael - 0.6 ov), 3-26 (A Balbirnie - 6.6 ov), 4-34 (C Campher - 8.1 ov), 5-34 (LJ Tucker - 8.5 ov), 6-38 (HT Tector - 9.5 ov), 7-154 (MR Adair - 38.4 ov), 8-165 (T Mayes - 41.2 ov), 9-179 (Liam McCarthy - 44.3 ov), 10-179 (RB Wilson - 44.6 ov)

Ireland 2nd InningIRE 2nd Inning232/10 (63.2 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Stephen Doheny	c D Conway b BM Tickner	57	117	9	0	48.72
c D Conway b BM Tickner
Andy Balbirnie(C)	c TA Blundell b BM Tickner	14	23	3	0	60.87
c TA Blundell b BM Tickner
Cade Carmichael	c T Latham b BM Tickner	6	17	0	0	35.29
c T Latham b BM Tickner
Thomas Mayes	c D Mitchell b N Smith	5	25	1	0	20.00
c D Mitchell b N Smith
Harry Tector	c T Latham b BM Tickner	2	15	0	0	13.33
c T Latham b BM Tickner
Curtis Campher	Retired out	4	20	1	0	20.00
Retired out
Lorcan Tucker(WK)	c D Mitchell b N Smith	50	70	8	1	71.43
c D Mitchell b N Smith
Andy McBrine	c N Smith b Z Foulkes	13	23	2	0	56.52
c N Smith b Z Foulkes
Mark Adair	Not out	44	47	7	0	93.62
Not out
Liam McCarthy	runout (BM Tickner / D Conway)	11	14	2	0	78.57
runout (BM Tickner / D Conway)
Reuben Wilson	c D Mitchell b BM Tickner	4	13	1	0	30.77
c D Mitchell b BM Tickner
Extra	22 (b 14, w 2, nb 4, lb 2)
Total	232/10 (63.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Nathan Smith	15	6	53	2	3.53
Zakary Foulkes	14	3	50	1	3.57
Blair Tickner	17.2	3	76	5	4.38
Ben Sears	15	6	37	0	2.47
Daryl Mitchell	2	2	0	0	0.00

Fall of wickets: 1-42 (A Balbirnie - 9.1 ov), 2-57 (C Carmichael - 13.3 ov), 3-70 (T Mayes - 20.6 ov), 4-75 (HT Tector - 25.4 ov), 5-88 (C Campher - 32.5 ov), 6-104 (S Doheny - 39.5 ov), 7-150 (A McBrine - 49.2 ov), 8-170 (LJ Tucker - 54.1 ov), 9-223 (Liam McCarthy - 59.6 ov), 10-232 (RB Wilson - 63.2 ov)

Man of the Match

Tom Blundell

Date

2026-05-27 15:30 PM

Venue

Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast

Toss

Ireland elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee