By Roger McCann
May 27-29, Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast
New Zealand 490-8 dec (Blundell 186, Ravindra 121, Adair 3-66, Wilson 1-89, Tector 1-33)
Ireland 179 (McBrine 73*, Adair 40, Smith 6-40, Sears 2-27) & 232 (Doheny 57, Tucker 50, Tickner 5-76, Smith 2-53)
New Zealand won by an innings and 79 runs
Toss: Ireland won the toss and decided to field
Officials: Alex Wharf, Rod Tucker, Roly Black, Andy Pycroft, Aidan Seaver
Barbecue weather in Belfast! All cricket discourse in Ireland has to include fatalistic predictions of the skies.
With Test matches sprinkled so li...
