Ireland struggling in run chase against Zimbabwe

Day 3 of Test match, Stormont

Zimbabwe 210 & 197 (71 overs): Myers 57, Williams 40; McBrine 4-38

Ireland 250 & 33-5 (8 overs): Stirling 10; Ngarava 4-12

Ireland request 125 much runs to win

Scoreboard

Zimbabwe paceman Richard Ngarava took 4 wickets successful a devastating spell to time off Ireland 33-5 successful a tally pursuit of 158 successful nan Test lucifer astatine Stormont.

The hosts were successful a commanding position aft bowling Zimbabwe retired for 197 connected Saturday afternoon.

But they were reduced to 6-3 and 21-5 arsenic Ngarava ripped done nan apical bid pinch Zimbabwe's complaint halted erstwhile bad ray brought a premature extremity of play.

There were ducks for PJ Moor, Curtis Campher and Harry Tector while Andrew Balbirnie (4) and Paul Stirling (10) besides fell cheaply.

Ngarava vanished nan time pinch career-best figures of 4-12 while Blessing Muzarabani besides picked up a wicket.

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