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Ireland leave out Curtis Campher, bring in Harry Tector
Toss Zimbabwe chose to bat against Ireland
Craig Ervine opted for first strike after winning the toss in cloudy conditions in Dublin on Sundat in the second of their T20Is against Ireland.
Zimbabwe were put in to bat on the same ground two days ago, and their bowlers went on to seal victory by three runs – their second-lowest successful defence in T20Is – to take a 1-0 series lead. They made no changes to the XI that won – Brendan Taylor continued to sit out – although there would be pressure on the batting line-up after only one of them, Regis Chakabva, made more than 20 in the series opener.
Ireland made one change to the team that lost on Friday. Curtis Campher, who made his debut in that match, was left out in favour of Harry Tector. Mark Adair remained unavailable as he recovered from back spasms, leaving Barry McCarthy, Craig Young and Shane Getkate to do the seam-bowling duties.
This will be the teams’ last outing in southern Ireland. The series moves to Bready for the next three T20Is and the Belfast for the ODI series.
Ireland: 1 Paul Stirling, 2 Kevin O’Brien, 3 Andy Balbirnie (capt), 4 Harry Tector, 5 George Dockrell 6 Neil Rock (wk), 7 Shane Getkate, 8 Simi Singh, 9 Craig Young, 10 Barry McCarthy, 11 Ben White
Zimbabwe: 1 Wessley Madhevere, 2 Tadiwanashe Marumani, 3 Regis Chakabva (wk), 4 Dion Myers, 5 Craig Ervine (capt), 6 Milton Shumba, 7 Ryan Burl, 8 Luke Jongwe, 9 Wellington Masakadza, 10 Tendai Chatara, 11 Richard Ngarava
Firdose Moonda is ESPNcricinfo’s South Africa correspondent
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