Zimbabwe vs Ireland, 3rd T20I - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

21:48 Local Time, 19:48 GMT, 01:18 IST: The game has been called off! The rain came down after the first innings after disrupting the start of the game. The second time it took its toll on the game and we won't have a result. The groundsmen did try their best towards the end but sadly we had run out of time. Zimbabwe and Ireland would be gutted as this had the ingredients to be a good game but the hosts aren't complaining much. Zimbabwe had taken the ODI series 2-1 and now have pocketed the T20I series 1-0 as the first game also had fallen prey to the rain. That's it for the series. Ireland won the Test. But Zimbabwe have been the better side in white ball cricket. The emergence of few young players for the hosts will keep them in good stead going forward. Ireland will look to redraw their strategies a little. They have the personnel. Need more games under the belt I reckon. That's it for now, we will be back soon with more cricketing action.

Sikandar Raza: I thought Tony has been fantastic. Saw Burly hitting some big hits. The way Bennett has carried the team. Gwandu has been good. The bar has been set high by Blessing and Richard. So many positives. We put ourselves in good positions. Rain might have played a part. We will take the 1-0 win. The total was good under lights and on a slow track. Last day of the summer for us here at home. Now, we will be travelling. We should look to get our ceilings higher and higher. The end goal is to qualify for the T20 WC in India. We have our fitness program. Luckily, we have two days off. We have Canada coming in. We have Durham coming in as well. Stirling has been impressed with the crowd. They lift us up when the chips are down. Our crowd plays a huge part in our home games. Very soon they should be travelling abroad to support us as well.

Paul Stirling: I think it would have been a good game. It would have been an interesting chase. Young has been awesome. He missed the ODIs unexpectedly. Getting a Test win was exceptional. We should have capitalized in the ODI series. Have been to Zimbabwe so many times but would be roaming around this time.

21:44 Local Time, 19:44 GMT, 01:14 IST: There is some movement now. Few groundsmen are trying to peel off the big cover. This has to be considered as good news. We will have more information soon. For now, groundsmen are trying their best to drag off the covers without spilling much water on to the surface. The cut-off time for a five over game is only 18 minutes away. So, this is going to be a race against time I feel.

21:25 Local Time, 19:25 GMT, 00:55 IST: A few officials with umbrellas hoisted up have gathered near the covers. We are not privy to their confab but am sure they are discussing about the future course of action in this game and the conditions that are in place now. I guess the rain is still in the air as the umbrellas are up. Thus, the delay should continue. And as I type, they have walked back. Few of them walked back briskly and few are trudging their way back. If they don't restart in say around 30-40 minutes, the inevitable might happen!

21:16 Local Time, 19:16 GMT, 00:46 IST: Not a single groundsmen near the covers and the 22 yards anymore. The covers are firmly placed. The wait might well be longer and most certainly more overs will be deducted. We will keep you posted.

21:03 Local Time, 19:03 GMT, 00:33 IST: The covers are coming in now. The innings would have started in a few minutes from now. But the covers have been brought in. Remember the game has been shortened already and more loss in time would mean reduction in overs. A few umbrellas are up as well. More covers are being brought in now. Plenty of groundsmen dragging in a huge sheet.

20:55 Local Time, 18:55 GMT, 00:25 IST: This is a good total posted by Zimbabwe after being put into bat. They did not seem to get to 140 because of the slow start and losing a couple of early wickets. Raza though gave some impetus to the innings before perishing. But it was the 6th wicket partnership between Munyonga and Musekiwa that got Zimbabwe past the 140-mark. The pair batted with a bit of flair and kept picking up the boundaries. The wicket is not a belter nor is the outfield fast, so this will take some chasing from Ireland if they are to level the series. We'll be back soon with their reply..

Young to Wellington Masakadza, 1 run, yorker length close to off, Masakadza digs it out to mid-off and crosses over

Young to Tashinga Musekiwa, 1 run, very full delivery around off, Musekiwa squeezes the drive to mid-off and he's happy to take the single

Young to Tashinga Musekiwa, 2 runs, full and angling in, Musekiwa flicks it wide of long-on and Masakadza races back for the second

Young to Wellington Masakadza, 1 run, good length ball around leg, Masakadza whips it to long-on and settles with a single

Young to Wellington Masakadza, FOUR, that will do. Back of a length around leg, Masakadza stays inside the line and helps it over short fine

Wellington Masakadza, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Young to Munyonga, out Caught by Tector!! Young comes back and picks up a wicket. He has made it a habit of scalping crucial wickets. Short of length delivery and Munyonga gets hold of the pull, but he hits it flat and close to long-on, Tector moves to his right and takes a good sliding catch. End of a good cameo from Munyonga. Munyonga c Tector b Young 26(19) [4s-1 6s-1]

Young to Munyonga, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Craig Young [3.0-0-29-1] is back into the attack

Fionn Hand to Tashinga Musekiwa, no run, sprays it down leg, Musekiwa shuffles across and misses the glance. Not called a wide

Fionn Hand to Tashinga Musekiwa, no run, nails the yorker close to off, Musekiwa fails to squeeze it out. This is a good riposte from Hand

Fionn Hand to Tashinga Musekiwa, no run, low full toss around off, Musekiwa swings hard and does not connect. Missed out..