IRE vs NZ Live Cricket Score

37.3 OUT! LBW! Gareth Delany strikes and that will bring an end to a fantastic knock by Martin Guptill! A big breakthrough for Ireland the one they badly needed. This is a googly that pitches on middle and turns back on. Martin Guptill goes for a big slg-sweep across the line. He misses and gets hit on his back leg. There is a huge appeal and the umpire raises his finger much to the delight of the Irish fans. 242/4

9.2 OUT! CAUGHT! Finally, a bit of reprieve for Ireland! This is short again and on off stump, there to be hit. Finn Allen swivel-pulls it in the air but doesn't quite get the timing right. The ball flies down to the man at the backward square leg fence and George Dockrell takes a good catch. Allen punches his bat in disappointment but Josh Little has done the trick for his side. 78/1

12.2 OUT! RUN OUT! Will Young has thrown away his wicket here, brilliant fielding from Curtis Campher though and New Zealand lose their second. This is fuller on off. Young drives it to mid off and sets off for a single. However, it was always going to be a tough run, Curtis Campher at mid off runs to the ball, collects it with right hand and fires a direct hit. The leg umpire takes it upstairs and Young is short of his crease. Big breakthrough for Ireland! Tom Latham is the next man in. 86/2

23.1 OUT! CAUGHT! Curtis Campher, the man with the golden arm has done it again! Campher delivers this one on a good length and angles it into the off pole. The ball just shoots iup off the length and Tom Latham is completely taken by surprise. Latham tries to fend it off the back foot but the ball pops up off the shouler of the bat towards backward point. Harry Tector takes a simple catch and Ireland have a much-needed breakthrough. The skipper departs after a positive start. 146/3

43.5 OUT! TIMBER! Craig Young does the trick on his return and gets the big fish! Yet another slower delivery, this time on a length and on off stump. Henry Nicholls gets low and looks to slog it away but completely misses the ball and the death rattle is heard as the ball crashes into off stump. Nicholls will be a bit disappointed to have missed out on a ton but Young has the breakthrough the Irish so desperately needed. 296/5

47.4 OUT! TAKEN! Really well held by Curtis Campher and Glenn Phillips departs just shy of his fifty! Josh Little deliver it on a length and wide outside off, inside the tramline. Phillips reaches out and tries to slash it over the point fence. Campher charges in from the backward point fence and holds onto it. Phillips departs after a fiery knock and Little does get a wicket. 341/6

34.4 OUT! CAUGHT! Matt Henry has the last laugh as he gits rid of the dangerous Paul Stirling! This is banged in short again and over off but Henry takes some pace off the ball. Stirling fetches it and tries to muscle it over the mid-wikcet fence but his feet don't move and Stirling ends up hitting it down the throat of the man in the deep. Glenn Phillips takes an assured catch and Stirling departs after a fantatsic innings, gets a huge round of applause from the crowd too. 120 needed now off 92 balls. Do New Zealand sense an opening now? 241/3

2 OUT! LBW! Matt Henry strikes with the new ball again and Andy Balbirnie's torrid run with the bat in this series continues. Matt Henry goes full on middle. It swing into Andy Balbirnie as he looks to flick it away. He misses and the ball hits his pads. The Kiwi players appeal and the umpire raises his finger. Andy Balbirnie knows this is dead plumb and walks back without even thinking of a review. 7/1

9.4 OUT! CAUGHT! Ohh...this is a big wicket and completely against the run of play! Andy McBrine looked so comfortable in the middle throughout his innings but departs now and Ireland lose their second. Henry goes a bit fuller on middle. Andy McBrine looks to clip it towards the leg side but does so a bit early. The ball takes the leading edge of his blade and goes towards backward point. Will Young takes an easy catch there and Henry gets his second wicket. 62/2

43.3 OUT! BOWLED! Mitchell Santner strikes and gets rid of Harry Tector here! Big, big wicket this and Mitchell Santner with his clever bowling has brought Kiwis back in this game. Harry Tector looks to go for that reverse-hit. Mitchell Santner spots it and fires it on middle and leg. Tector fails to connect and the ball knocks over the stumps. This is a big moment in the game! 310/6

38.4 OUT! TAKEN! Martin Guptill at his athletic best and he has taken a one-handed stunner! Mitchell Santner holds it back again and delivers it on a length and very wide of the off stump. Gareth Delany rocks back before trying to fetch it and looks to slap it over covers. The ball is just a bit too wide to get any sort of control on the shot and Delany doesn't get enough elevation. Guptill jumps up and sticks out a right hand to take the catch. Delany goes after a breezy cameo. 271/4

39.4 OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Blair Tickner comes back into the attack and provides a breakthrough for his side. Bowls it on a hard length and on off stump, Curtis Campher in a moment of madness tries to have a big swipe across the line. The ball lobs up off the splice of the bat and just to the left of the bowler. Tickner settles under it and takes a simple catch. Ireland losing wickets in a heap now and New Zealand regaining control of the game. 83 needed now off 62 balls. 278/5

45.3 OUT! CAUGHT! Mitchell Santner gets another one and Ireland are losing wickets in heap now. Santner continues with the shorter length and angles it on leg. Tucker looks to pull it but hits it straight to Matt Henry at short fine leg. Seven wicket down now, 41 needed from 27 balls now. 320/7

48.3 OUT! CAUGHT! George Dockrell departs and there is another twist in the tale here! Henry lands on a length, on off. George Dockrell sees this slot delivery and looks to slam it over long on. However, he does not get the middle of his blade and ends up hitting it straight down the throat of long on. Michael Bracewell there takes a pressure catch and  Ireland now need 13 runs from 9 balls! 348/8

49.4 OUT! RUN OUT! Craig Young departs and the game just keeps on turning on its head. This is slower from Blair Tickner and bowled into the pitch. Young looks to launch it over long on but mistimes it badly. The ball is skied around the vacant mid on region. The ball falls safely as the batters push for two. Martin Guptill gets across from mid off and somehow manages to throw it towards the keeper. Tom Latham fetches the wide throw and whips off the bails. The replays show that Young was short depsite the dive and New Zealand are one wicket away from victory. 357/9