ZIM vs IRE Dream11 Prediction: Today’s Match Only Test – Fantasy Cricket Tips, Captain Choices, Playing XI & Injury Updates

ZIM vs IRE Dream11 Team Prediction for Ireland tour of Zimbabwe 2025 Only Test Preview: Ireland are on tour in Zimbabwe for a multiformat series where both teams will play three ODIs, three T20Is, and one test. This tour will begin with a one-off Test between these two teams. That game will begin at 1:30 PM IST on Thursday at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. This is only the second time these two teams are facing each other in the longest format of the game.

These two sides play against each other in the white-ball formats, but playing a test match is a totally different challenge altogether. These sides have some really good and experienced players, which will bring more competitiveness in this contest. Both sides will want to win this game and take the psychological edge over the opposition into the coming ODI and T20I series after this.

ZIM vs IRE Match Preview (Overview)

League	Ireland tour of Zimbabwe 2025
Match	Ireland vs Zimbabwe, Only Test
Time	1:30 PM IST, Thursday-Monday, February 6-10, 2025
Venue	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

ZIM vs IRE Head-to-Head Record

Teams	Matches Won
Ireland	1
Zimbabwe	0

ZIM vs IRE Last 5 Match Record

Team	Last 5 Matches
Ireland	L, L, L, W, W
Zimbabwe	D, L, L, D, L

ZIM vs IRE Weather & Pitch Report

Temperature	29-31°C
Weather Forecast	50-55% Humidity with 40% chance of rain
Pitch Behavior	Batting Friendly
Best Suited To	Good for Batters
Average 1^st innings score	312

Record of chasing teams

Records	Average
Winning %	44%

ZIM vs IRE Only Test, Ireland tour of Zimbabwe 2025, Ground Stats

Queens Sports Club
Total	27
Team Bat 1st	5
Team Bat 2nd	12
Tie/ No Result	10
Average First Innings Score	312
Highest Score	713/3 (165.3 Ov) by SL vs ZIM
Lowest Score	104/10 (49 Ov) by ZIM vs WI

ZIM vs IRE Playing 11s (Predicted)

Ireland	Zimbabwe
Andrew Balbirnie	Joylord Gumbie
Peter Moor	Ben Curran
Curtis Campher	T Kaitano
Lorcan Tucker	Craig Ervine
Harry Tector	Sean Williams
Paul Striling	Blessing Muzarabani
Barry McCarthy	Richard Ngarva
Mark Adair	Newman Nyamhuri
Craig Young	Victor Nyauchi
Andy McBrine	Brian Bennett
Mathew Humphreys	Nick Welch

ZIM vs IRE Dream11 Prediction Small League Team:

ZIM vs IRE Captain and Vice-captain Choices:

Curtis Campher
Brian Bennett
Andy McBrine
Craig Ervine

ZIM vs IRE Dream11 Prediction Grand League Team:

ZIM vs IRE Captain and Vice-captain Choices Grand League:

Sean Williams
Mark Adair
Richard Ngarva
Craig Young

ZIM vs IRE Dream11 Team Prediction – Who Will Win?

Zimbabwe will have the home conditions on their side, and they know what to get from this match. Their bowlers are more aware of the length to bowl at this venue, which will surely be an advantage at the start. But Ireland have gone with a number of all-rounders who can perform in both departments; that is where they are strong. Zimbabwe have limited batting options, which can be one area of concern.

We will go by the history and back the visitors. As per our analysis and game stats and recent matches and squads of these two teams, there is a high probability that Ireland might win this match.

Although the winner can be entirely attributed to the ground stats and its records, so as per the ground stats, the chances of the team batting second are high, so the batting-first team will likely win the first TEST of the Ireland tour of Zimbabwe 2025. However, with cricket’s unpredictable nature and Ireland playing at home, this match could go either way. So please analyse on your part and then invest.

Ireland vs Zimbabwe Dream11 Prediction Today Match: Injury Updates

Ireland	Zimbabwe
No Injury Update.	No Injury Update.

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