CAPTAIN Andy Balbirnie refused to criticise his Ireland team despite slipping to a five-run defeat to Zimbabwe in the fifth and final T20i at Bready yesterday.
The Irish put in their most disappointing display of the series as they fell just short of Zimbabwe’s 124-4.
But it mattered little as the Irish still celebrated a 3-2 series victory to take into the three-match One-Day series which starts on Wednesday, before Scotland have a go against the same opposition from September 15.
“[It’s] a bit of a blip today but really nice to win a series against a team like Z...