28 May 2009

Black Caps beat Ireland

6:54 pm on 28 May 2009

The New Zealand cricketers have beaten Ireland by 7 wickets in a World twenty20 warmup match in Derby.

Ireland made 152 for 5 off their 20 overs with Jessie Ryder taking 3 wickets for 4 runs from his 2 overs.

New Zealand reached their target with 3 overs to spare with Ross Taylor thumping 74 off 36 balls.

New Zealand beat Bangladesh off the last ball yesterday.

The Black Caps have warmup matches against India and Australia next week before the tournament starts the following weekend.