Ireland vs New Zealand Only Test Match Scoreboard

Stumps • Starts 3:30 PM

Only Test, Belfast, May 27 - 30, 2026, New Zealand tour of Ireland

New Zealand 490/8d

Ireland (16 ov) (fo) 179 & 65/2

Day 2 - Ireland trail by 246 runs.

CRR: 4.06

 • Last 10 ov (RR): 31/2 (3.10)

New Zealand 1st Innings 

Batting R B 4s 6s SR

Tom Latham (c)

0 2 0 0 0.00

b Adair

Devon Conway 

4 13 1 0 30.76

c McCarthy b Adair

Kane Williamson 

36 70 5 0 51.42

lbw b McCarthy

Rachin Ravindra 

121 194 11 4 62.37

c Mayes b Tector

Daryl Mitchell 

1 2 0 0 50.00

c †Tucker b Adair

Tom Blundell †

186 292 22 3 63.69

c sub (MJ Humphreys) b Wilson

Dean Foxcroft 

98 129 6 1 75.96

c Wilson b McBrine

Nathan Smith 

17 13 3 0 130.76

run out (sub [Jake Egan]/†Tucker)

Zak Foulkes 

0 2 0 0 0.00

not out

Blair Tickner 

0 0 0 0 -

not out

Extras 27 (b 2, lb 19, nb 3, w 3)

Total 490/8d 

119 Ov

 (RR: 4.11)

Did not bat

Ben Sears 

Fall of wickets

1-4 (Tom Latham, 0.2 ov), 2-21 (Devon Conway, 6.1 ov), 3-85 (Kane Williamson, 21.5 ov), 4-86 (Daryl Mitchell, 22.1 ov), 5-303 (Rachin Ravindra, 77.1 ov), 6-461 (Tom Blundell, 113.5 ov), 7-486 (Nathan Smith, 117.6 ov), 8-490 (Dean Foxcroft, 118.6 ov)

Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB

Mark Adair

20 6 66 

3

3.30 0 0

Thomas Mayes

23 9 52 0 2.26 0 0

Reuben Wilson

25 2 89 

1

3.56 0 3

Liam McCarthy

24 2 130 

1

5.41 3 0

Andy McBrine

22 2 99 

1

4.50 0 0

Harry Tector

5 0 33 

1

6.60 0 0

Ireland 1st Innings 

Batting R B 4s 6s SR

Stephen Doheny 

0 2 0 0 0.00

lbw b Smith

Andy Balbirnie (c)

13 16 1 0 81.25

b Smith

Cade Carmichael 

0 4 0 0 0.00

c Latham b Smith

Harry Tector 

16 32 3 0 50.00

lbw b Foulkes

Curtis Campher 

0 1 0 0 0.00

lbw b Smith

Lorcan Tucker †

0 4 0 0 0.00

b Smith

Andy McBrine 

73 105 12 0 69.52

not out

Mark Adair 

40 86 5 0 46.51

c †Blundell b Smith

Thomas Mayes 

3 12 0 0 25.00

c Sears b Tickner

Liam McCarthy 

1 10 0 0 10.00

c Williamson b Sears

Reuben Wilson 

0 3 0 0 0.00

c Williamson b Sears

Extras 33 (b 16, lb 12, nb 5)

Total 179 

45 Ov

 (RR: 3.97)

Fall of wickets

1-0 (Stephen Doheny, 0.2 ov), 2-0 (Cade Carmichael, 0.6 ov), 3-26 (Andy Balbirnie, 6.6 ov), 4-34 (Curtis Campher, 8.1 ov), 5-34 (Lorcan Tucker, 8.5 ov), 6-38 (Harry Tector, 9.5 ov), 7-154 (Mark Adair, 38.4 ov), 8-165 (Thomas Mayes, 41.2 ov), 9-179 (Liam McCarthy, 44.3 ov), 10-179 (Reuben Wilson, 44.6 ov)

Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB

Nathan Smith

14 3 40 

6

2.85 0 2

Zak Foulkes

11 3 32 

1

2.90 0 0

Blair Tickner

8 1 40 

1

5.00 0 3

Ben Sears

8 1 27 

2

3.37 0 0

Daryl Mitchell

3 0 12 0 4.00 0 0

Dean Foxcroft

1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0

Ireland 2nd Innings (Following on) 

Batting R B 4s 6s SR

Stephen Doheny 

36 47 7 0 76.59

not out

Andy Balbirnie (c)

14 23 3 0 60.86

c †Blundell b Tickner

Cade Carmichael 

6 17 0 0 35.29

c Latham b Tickner

Thomas Mayes 

4 9 1 0 44.44

not out

Extras 5 (b 4, w 1)

Total 65/2 

16 Ov (RR: 4.06)

Yet to bat

Harry Tector, 

Curtis Campher, 

Lorcan Tucker †, 

Mark Adair, 

Andy McBrine, 

Reuben Wilson, 

Liam McCarthy 

Fall of wickets

1-42 (Andy Balbirnie, 9.1 ov), 2-57 (Cade Carmichael, 13.3 ov)

Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB

Nathan Smith

4 0 19 0 4.75 0 0

Zak Foulkes

3 1 16 0 5.33 0 0

Blair Tickner

5 2 14 

2

2.80 1 0

Ben Sears

4 1 12 0 3.00 0 0

Close of Play

• day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 361/5 (Tom Blundell 142*, Dean Foxcroft 38*, 94 ov)
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• day 2 - Ireland 2nd innings 65/2 (Stephen Doheny 36*, Thomas Mayes 4*, 16 ov)

Match Flow

• Day 2
• TA Blundell: 150 off 256 balls (19 x 4, 2 x 6)
• D Foxcroft: 50 off 73 balls (3 x 4)
• New Zealand: 400 runs in 105.1 overs (634 balls), Extras 23
• 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 171 balls (TA Blundell 33, D Foxcroft 58, Ex 9)
• Drinks: New Zealand - 431/5 in 111.0 overs (TA Blundell 179, D Foxcroft 66)
• New Zealand: 450 runs in 112.6 overs (681 balls), Extras 26
• 6th Wicket: 150 runs in 217 balls (TA Blundell 56, D Foxcroft 86, Ex 11)
• Innings Break: New Zealand - 490/8 in 119.0 overs (ZG Foulkes 0)
• Lunch: Ireland - 20/2 in 6.0 overs (A Balbirnie 11, HT Tector 8)
• Ireland: 50 runs in 11.3 overs (71 balls), Extras 10
• Drinks: Ireland - 84/6 in 19.0 overs (AR McBrine 19, MR Adair 19)
• 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 65 balls (AR McBrine 24, MR Adair 19, Ex 8)
• Ireland: 100 runs in 22.5 overs (141 balls), Extras 17
• AR McBrine: 50 off 64 balls (9 x 4)
• 7th Wicket: 100 runs in 131 balls (AR McBrine 50, MR Adair 37, Ex 13)
• Tea: Ireland - 139/6 in 32.0 overs (AR McBrine 50, MR Adair 37)
• Ireland: 150 runs in 37.6 overs (232 balls), Extras 23
• Innings Break: Ireland - 179/10 in 45.0 overs (AR McBrine 73)
• Innings Break: Ireland - 0/0
• Ireland: 50 runs in 10.6 overs (66 balls), Extras 0
• End Of Day: Ireland - 65/2 in 16.0 overs (ST Doheny 36, T Mayes 4)

Match Details

• Ground
• Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast
• Toss
• Ireland, elected to field first
• Series
• New Zealand tour of Ireland
• Season
• 2026
• Match number
• Test no. 2618
• Hours of play (local time)
• 11.00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
• Match days
• 27,28,29,30 May 2026 - day (4-day match)
• Test debut
• Liam McCarthy
• Reuben Wilson
• Thomas Mayes
• Dean Foxcroft
• Umpires
• England
• Alex Wharf
• Australia
• Rod Tucker
• TV Umpire
• Ireland
• Roly Black
• Reserve Umpire
• Ireland
• Aidan Seaver
• Match Referee
• Zimbabwe
• Andy Pycroft