I might have thought that Zimbabwe would take a much bigger lead against Ireland, but that was not possible in reality, instead Zimbabwe has held a 7-run lead so far. Andy McBrine and Mark Adair, in addition to their batting prowess, also performed well with their bowling, taking two and three wickets respectively. Almost all the batsmen in Zimbabwe tried to put in some performance but only one batsman, Nick Welch, played an innings of 90 runs. Muzarabani played an innings of 47 runs, meaning that Zimbabwe could not take such a big lead, as we might have thought, so the match will now be decided in the second innings.