New Zealand vs Ireland, Men's Tests 2026 Scorecard

Updated: 31 Oct 2026

New Zealand won by an innings and 79 runs. The top score was 186 from 292 balls by TA Blundell of New Zealand. The best bowling figures were 6/40 by NG Smith.

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New Zealand tour of Ireland

27 May 2026 · Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast

Ireland won the toss and chose to bowl.

Result: New Zealand won by an innings and 79 runs. Player of the match: TA Blundell.

New Zealand, 1st innings: 490/8d (119 ov)

New Zealand batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s
TWM Latham	b MR Adair	0	2	0	0
DP Conway	c L McCarthy b MR Adair	4	13	1	0
KS Williamson	lbw b L McCarthy	36	70	5	0
R Ravindra	c T Mayes b HT Tector	121	194	11	4
DJ Mitchell	c L Tucker b MR Adair	1	2	0	0
TA Blundell	c sub (MJ Humphreys) b R Wilson	186	292	22	3
D Foxcroft	c R Wilson b AR McBrine	98	129	6	1
NG Smith	run out (sub (Jake Egan)/L Tucker)	17	13	3	0
ZGF Foulkes	not out	0	2	0	0
Extras	b 2, lb 19, w 3, nb 3	27

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (TWM Latham, 0.2 ov), 2-21 (DP Conway, 6.1 ov), 3-85 (KS Williamson, 21.5 ov), 4-86 (DJ Mitchell, 22.1 ov), 5-303 (R Ravindra, 77.1 ov), 6-461 (TA Blundell, 113.5 ov), 7-486 (NG Smith, 118.0 ov), 8-490 (D Foxcroft, 119.0 ov)

Bowling against New Zealand
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MR Adair	20	6	66	3	3.30
T Mayes	23	9	52	0	2.26
R Wilson	25	2	89	1	3.56
L McCarthy	24	2	130	1	5.42
AR McBrine	22	2	99	1	4.50
HT Tector	5	0	33	1	6.60

Ireland, 1st innings: 179/10 (45 ov)

Ireland batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s
ST Doheny	lbw b NG Smith	0	2	0	0
A Balbirnie	b NG Smith	13	16	1	0
C Carmichael	c TWM Latham b NG Smith	0	4	0	0
HT Tector	lbw b ZGF Foulkes	16	32	3	0
C Campher	lbw b NG Smith	0	1	0	0
L Tucker	b NG Smith	0	4	0	0
AR McBrine	not out	73	105	12	0
MR Adair	c TA Blundell b NG Smith	40	86	5	0
T Mayes	c BV Sears b BM Tickner	3	12	0	0
L McCarthy	c KS Williamson b BV Sears	1	10	0	0
R Wilson	c KS Williamson b BV Sears	0	3	0	0
Extras	b 16, lb 12, w 0, nb 5	33

Fall of wickets: 1-26 (A Balbirnie, 7.0 ov), 2-34 (C Campher, 8.1 ov), 3-34 (L Tucker, 8.5 ov), 4-38 (HT Tector, 9.5 ov), 5-154 (MR Adair, 38.4 ov), 6-165 (T Mayes, 41.2 ov), 7-179 (L McCarthy, 44.3 ov), 8-179 (R Wilson, 45.0 ov)

Bowling against Ireland
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
NG Smith	14	3	40	6	2.86
ZGF Foulkes	11	3	32	1	2.91
BM Tickner	8	1	40	1	5.00
BV Sears	8	1	27	2	3.38
DJ Mitchell	3	0	12	0	4.00
D Foxcroft	1	1	0	0	0.00

Ireland, 2nd innings: 232/9 (63.2 ov)

Ireland batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s
ST Doheny	c DP Conway b BM Tickner	57	117	9	0
A Balbirnie	c TA Blundell b BM Tickner	14	23	3	0
C Carmichael	c TWM Latham b BM Tickner	6	17	0	0
T Mayes	c DJ Mitchell b NG Smith	5	25	1	0
HT Tector	c TWM Latham b BM Tickner	2	15	0	0
C Campher	retired hurt	4	20	1	0
L Tucker	c DJ Mitchell b NG Smith	50	70	8	1
AR McBrine	c NG Smith b ZGF Foulkes	13	23	2	0
MR Adair	not out	44	47	7	0
L McCarthy	run out (DP Conway/BM Tickner)	11	14	2	0
R Wilson	c DJ Mitchell b BM Tickner	4	13	1	0
Extras	b 14, lb 2, w 2, nb 4	22

Fall of wickets: 1-42 (A Balbirnie, 9.1 ov), 2-57 (C Carmichael, 13.3 ov), 3-70 (T Mayes, 21.0 ov), 4-75 (HT Tector, 25.4 ov), 5-104 (ST Doheny, 39.5 ov), 6-150 (AR McBrine, 49.2 ov), 7-170 (L Tucker, 54.1 ov), 8-223 (L McCarthy, 60.0 ov), 9-232 (R Wilson, 63.2 ov)

Bowling against Ireland
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
NG Smith	15	6	53	2	3.53
ZGF Foulkes	14	3	50	1	3.57
BM Tickner	17.2	3	76	5	4.38
BV Sears	15	6	37	0	2.47
DJ Mitchell	2	2	0	0	0.00

Scorecard calculated from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data, licensed under the Open Data Commons Attribution License. See Data Sources.