Ireland had ruined the wicket in the very beginning
The start of Ireland’s team, chasing the target, was not special. Opener batsman Captain Andrew Balbirnie was dismissed without scoring any run but Paul Stirling remained firm from the other end. During this, Andy McBrine, who came out to bat at number three, also went on to score 26 runs, but after that Harry Tactor, who came to bat, started taking the news of the New Zealand team along with Sterling and there was a partnership of 179 runs between the two.
Meanwhile, it looked like the match was out of New Zealand’s hands but Matt Henry gave a blow to Ireland’s hopes by dismissing Sterling. Sterling played an innings of 120 runs in 103 balls in which he also hit 14 fours and 5 sixes. At the same time, Harry Tactor was bowled after scoring 108 runs off the ball of Mitchell Santner. From here the New Zealand team did not give Ireland a chance to return.
Ireland lost despite two centuries
In this way, the team of Ireland, chasing the biggest target, came in the first place in the matter of losing the match despite the centuries of the two batsmen of the team. Earlier, the England team had lost the match in 2019 chasing the target of 349 runs given by Pakistan, in which Joe Root (107) and Jos Buttler (103) scored centuries for England.
At the same time, Matt Henry took 4 wickets for New Zealand in bowling. Apart from this, Mitchell Santner took three wickets while Blair Tickner got a breakthrough. In this way, the New Zealand team won the last match by winning the series 3-0.
At the same time, both the matches were also very close before this. In the first ODI, New Zealand had won only one wicket while in the second ODI they beat Ireland by three wickets.