Ireland vs New Zealand, Only Test, New Zealand tour of Ireland, 2026 - Player HighlightsIRE vs NZ, Only Test, New Zealand tour of Ireland, 2026 - Player Highlights

Nathan Smith to Thomas Mayes, 1 run, full delivery swinging down leg, Mayes flicks it through backward square leg to retain strike

Nathan Smith to Thomas Mayes, no run, pitched up on off, driven on the up to mid-off

Nathan Smith to Thomas Mayes, no run, short of length down leg, left alone

Nathan Smith to Thomas Mayes, no run, this one straightens a bit from a short of length on off, pushed off the outer half to the right of gully

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, 1 run, a short delivery around off, McBrine swivels across and pulls it nicely to long leg

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, 2 runs, length delivery angling in from around off, McBrine tucks it through mid-wicket and comes back for the second run

Nathan Smith to Thomas Mayes, no run, short of length around off, kept out watchfully. A wicket-maiden for Nathan Smith

Nathan Smith to Thomas Mayes, leg byes, FOUR, a stifled appeal for lbw! A good length delivery shaping towards leg-stump, Mayes moves inside the line a bit and tries to work it across but it deflects off his pads and beats the keeper to his left

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, out Caught by Blundell!! The short delivery does the trick! Nathan Smith gets a 6-wicket haul! It's a sharp short delivery that shapes towards the leg-stump. Adair moves inside the line and hops as he tries to fend it away but gets into an awkward position. It climbs up sharply on him and deflects off the shoulder of his bat behind. Tom Blundell moves across to his left to pouch it safely. A good knock from Adair nonetheless. Mark Adair c Blundell b Nathan Smith 40(86) [4s-5]

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, no run, a play and a miss! Shortish delivery shaping in on off, Adair arches back and tries to ramp it over the slip cordon but misses. He got beaten for pace there

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, no run, back of a length delivery angling in on middle and off, Adair hangs back and defends it towards mid-wicket

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, byes, FOUR, shortish delivery shaping down leg, Adair tries to swipe it across but misses. Tom Blundell moves to his left but can't stop it

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, no run, pitched up outside off, Adair drives it crisply but the fielder at extra cover makes a sharp stop. Was a bit uppish but fell in front of the fielder

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, no run, fullish delivery shaping in from outside off, Adair tries to drive it through covers but gets it off the inner half towards mid-on

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, no run, back of a length delivery shaping towards leg-stump, punched to mid-on

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, no run, skiddy good length delivery on off, Adair hangs back and pushes it to the off-side

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, no run, a sharp short delivery angling in towards the line of the stumps, Adair ducks under it

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, 2 runs, hard length delivery outside off, Mark Adair tries to punch it on the up but it flies off the outer half past gully. A couple results

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, no run, hard length delivery seaming in on middle and off, Adair hops and tucks it to mid-on

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, 1 run, shortish delivery angling down, McBrine moves inside the line and helps the pull to deep backward square leg

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, no run, short of length around off, McBrine shuffles across a bit and defends it to the left of Nathan Smith

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, no run, a bouncer on middle and off, McBrine ducks under it

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, no run, good length delivery on middle, kept out watchfully

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, no run, short of length on off, Adair hangs back and stonewalls it

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, no run, short of length around off, Adair covers the line and defends it in front of him

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, no run, skiddy back of a length delivery on off, Adair tucks it towards mid-wicket

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, 1 run, hard length delivery around off, McBrine punches it towards point for a brisk single

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, no run, short of length on off, McBrine covers the line and defends it towards cover-point

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, no run, pitched up around off, driven on the up to mid-off

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, FOUR, nicely played! Very full on middle, McBrine stays well-balanced and flicks it with good timing through mid-wicket. It's a teaser for the fielder who gives it a long hard chase but he only comes second best

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, no run, skiddy short of length delivery just outside off, Andy McBrine steers it to fourth slip who stops it nicely

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, FOUR, sublime! Fractionally overpitched outside off, Andy McBrine leans towards it and creams the drive through covers to find the fence

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, no run, short of length delivery on off, McBrine hangs back and blocks it solidly in front of him

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, no run, pitched up on off, eased off the front foot to extra cover

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, 1 run, length delivery outside off, Adair taps it towards gully where the fielder dives to his right to make a half-stop

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, no run, hard length delivery seaming in on middle and off, Adair covers the line and tucks it to short mid-wicket

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, no run, this one straightens a bit from a length on off. Andy McBrine is squared up in his stance but manages to keep it out

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, no run, a stifled appeal for lbw! A good length delivery seaming in sharply from around off from round the wicket. Andy McBrine looks to tuck it across but is struck on the pads. That was going down leg

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, 1 run, skiddy good length delivery in the channel, Mark Adair tries to block but gets it off the inner half through backward square leg

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, no run, back of a length delivery around off, shoots off the deck, Mark Adair hops and tries to block but gets a bottom edge onto his pads

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, 1 run, pitched up delivery, driven to mid-off who fumbles to concede a single

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, no run, dropped! A back of a length delivery on the sixth stump channel, Andy McBrine tries to punch it on the up from the crease but gets a thick outside edge. Mitchell at first slip is late to react. He dives to his right and has a couple of attempts at it but it goes down. Mitchell is usually a great fielder, he has got bucket-like hands. He will be disappointed there

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, no run, full ball in the outside off channel, McBrine pokes and gets beaten on the outside-edge

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, byes, FOUR, ill-directed short ball. Way down leg and it flicks the gloves of the diving keeper to his right before racing away to the fine leg fence

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, FOUR, nicely timed! Punched off the back foot and McBrine got the ball past the diving right hand of the fielder at cover to claim his second boundary of the game

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, no run, goes wide of the crease and gets the ball to move in around off, McBrine looks for a tap-and-run single, but his partner was never interested in that

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, no run, this one angles in and shapes away late, past the fishing rod of Andy McBrine

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, no run, length delivery on the stumps, McBrine looks to work leg-side and misses

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, no run, good length just outside off, Adair knocks it into the off-side with soft hands

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, no ball, this one moved in late and beat Adair on the inside-edge. A front foot no ball from Nathan Smith. Reload please...

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, no run, fiery bumper on the stumps, Adair ducks under it

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, 2 runs, good length just outside off, Adair gets across and clips it past the fielder at short leg to his right

Nathan Smith to Mark Adair, FOUR, shuffles a long way across off and meets the full ball with a straight bat. Timed it well enough to beat the fielder at mid-on to his left

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, 1 run, taps the length delivery to the right of cover and gets off the mark with a quick single

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, no run, full ball on and around off, McBrine defends it with soft hands into the off-side

Nathan Smith to Andy McBrine, no run, good length just outside off, McBrine hops and defends it with soft hands. A double-wicket maiden for the second time in this Test match for Nathan Smith.

Nathan Smith to Lorcan Tucker, out Bowled!! My word. Nathan Smith is putting up a clinic here - A maiden five wicket haul for him in Test match cricket. This is almost identical to Balbirnie's dismissal. Touch fuller, wobbles in and sneaks through the bat-pad gate to hit the timber. Tucker had no clue about that one and Ireland find themselves in deep trouble here in Belfast. Lorcan Tucker b Nathan Smith 0(4)

Nathan Smith to Lorcan Tucker, no run, length delivery swinging down the leg-side, Tucker looks to flick and misses

Nathan Smith to Lorcan Tucker, no run, swinging away in the channel outside off, Tucker lifts his bat and lets it go

Nathan Smith to Lorcan Tucker, no run, good length outside off, left alone to the keeper

Nathan Smith to Curtis Campher, out Lbw!! Nathan Smith is on fire. Wicket number four for him. Curtis Campher is gone for a golden duck, but did he get unlucky? Got a stride forward and across to a full ball and the ball seemed to have hit him a shade outside the line of off stump. No doubt that was moving enough to hit the stumps, but the impact might be outside off. Rod Tucker had no hesitation whatsoever. Also Campher was well outside the crease and maybe a bit unfortunate for him. Curtis Campher lbw b Nathan Smith 0(1)

Nathan Smith to Balbirnie, out Bowled!! Nathan Smith is bowling superbly. You could sense a great amount of energy and intent in his run-up. The wobble seam length delivery, Balbirnie was rooted to the crease and left enough bat-pad gap in the process, allowing the ball to sneak in and hit the top of off. All three wickets to Nathan Smith so far. Balbirnie b Nathan Smith 13(16) [4s-1]

Nathan Smith to Balbirnie, no run, peach from Nathan Smith! Angles in and wobbles away late in the corridor of uncertainty, Balbirnie feels for it and gets beaten on the outside-edge

Nathan Smith to Balbirnie, byes, sprayed down leg, Balbirnie misses the flick and it beats the sliding keeper to his left. Looks like it deflected off the pad?

Nathan Smith to Balbirnie, 2 runs, inside-edge once again! Swinging in from a fuller length, Balbirnie looks to push in the V and ekes out a thick inside-edge that escapes the reach of the fielder at short leg to his right

Nathan Smith to Balbirnie, no run, slightly shorter this time and Balbirnie is happy to negate it off the back foot

Nathan Smith to Balbirnie, no run, pitched up outside off, Balbirnie looks to drive and drags it off the inside-edge to short leg

Nathan Smith to Harry Tector, no run, patted down into the off-side with soft hands

Nathan Smith to Harry Tector, no ball, was clipped down to mid-on and will have to re-bowl it as he has overstepped

Nathan Smith to Harry Tector, no run, angled in, on a length, Harry Tector looks to nudge it away and misses

Nathan Smith to Harry Tector, no run, on the pads, angled in, Harry Tector looks to clip it and the ball goes off the pads and down to mid-wicket

Nathan Smith to Harry Tector, no run, on a length, outside off, angled in, left alone

Nathan Smith to Balbirnie, 1 run, fuller length delivery, from wide of the crease, angled in, Andrew Balbirnie stabbed it wide of cover for a single

Nathan Smith to Balbirnie, FOUR, little wide outside off and has been cut away wide of point. The length was short as well and Andrew Balbirnie was quick to pounce on it

Nathan Smith to Harry Tector, no run, angles the ball in and has been nudged out wide of the man at FSL

Nathan Smith to Harry Tector, no run, drops his length, angles it in from wide of the crease, Harry Tector plays from the crease and pats it down into the off-side with soft hands

Nathan Smith to Harry Tector, no run, edged and lands short! The man at third slip dived to his right but it landed short. Was a fuller length delivery and nipped away to take the edge

Nathan Smith to Harry Tector, no run, goes wide of the crease, angles it in, nudged down into the deck

Nathan Smith to Harry Tector, no run, the ball lands outside off, nips away late and Harry Tector lets it go

Nathan Smith to Balbirnie, 1 run, stays back, stays leg-side of the ball and pats it down to cover for a quick single as the throw came in at the batter's end and was missed

Nathan Smith to Cade Carmichael, out Caught by Tom Latham!! The new ball is doing a bit. And Ireland are wilting. They are capitulating. Nathan Smith goes wide of the crease, angles it in, Cade Carmichael plays for the line and gets a thick edge. The ball flies to the man at third slip who takes it thigh high and gobbles it up with elan. Ireland are 2 down. Cade Carmichael c Tom Latham b Nathan Smith 0(4)

Nathan Smith to Cade Carmichael, no run, on a length, outside off, Cade Carmichael looks to defend and misses

Nathan Smith to Cade Carmichael, no run, short of length delivery, angled in, Cade Carmichael looks to tuck it and misses. The ball straightened a little after landing

Nathan Smith to Cade Carmichael, no run, on a length, outside off, left alone

Nathan Smith to Doheny, out Lbw!! Angled in, fuller length delivery, Stephen Doheny looks to nudge it and misses. The ball strikes the front pad and was given out. He tried playing it with the closed face of the bat and paid the price for it. Easy call it was for the umpire. He got a little squared up as well. Doheny lbw b Nathan Smith 0(2)

Nathan Smith to Doheny, no run, on a length, outside off, stabbed down to gully