Zimbabwe gained revenge for Sunday's loss as they earned a 38-run win over Ireland in the second game of their Under 19 World Cup warm-ups.

There was good news for Ireland though with the return of YMCA and Leinster Lightning speedster Reuben Wilson following a long injury lay-off with a stress fracture, and his express pace was evident as he skittled Sunday centurion Ryan Kamwenba with the second ball of the day.

Wilson (2-41) also gained a wicket in his third over as Zimbabwe struggled early on - a wicket for Hills' left-armer Matthew Weldon (3-48) reducing them to 28 for 3.

The African side rallied though after wickets for Harry Dyer and Scott Macbeth had further reduced them to 124 for 6.

Helped by 28 bowling extras (25 wides, 3 no-balls) they posted 242 for 9, with Newman Nyamhuri top-scoring with 57.

Ireland were at times well in contention in the chase, always up and ahead of the rate, but it was a tale of batters getting starts then finding ways of getting themselves out.

No fewer than nine reached double figures - skipper Phillipe Le Roux top-scoring with 31, Clontarf left-hander John McNally hitting 30. plus 20's for Kian Hilton, Harry Dyer and Macdara Cosgrave.

Despite the tail wagging the Irish were bowled out for 204 in the 43rd over.

They now face North West Colts on Thursday in their third unofficial warm-up game before they take on Zimbabwe  (Sunday) and Namibia (Tuesday) in their two official ICC warm-up matches.

MATCH SCORECARD

Zimbabwe U19 Vs Ireland U19
1-Innings Match Played At NW Uni No 1 Potchefstroom, 08-Jan-2024, U19s warm up
Zimbabwe U19 Win by 38 runs
Toss won by Zimbabwe U19
Home Side Zimbabwe U19
Zimbabwe U19 1st Innings 242/9 Closed (Overs 50)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
R Kamwemba   b R Wilson 0 3 2 0 0
P Taruvinga+   b SJ Macbeth 28 88 51 2 0
Campbell Macmillan c K Hilton b M Weldon 15 20 13 2 0
Ronak Patel   b R Wilson 0 7 4 0 0
Kohl Eksteen c M Cosgrave b H Dyer 33 27 19 6 0
MatthewSchonken* c K Hilton b H Dyer 19 62 40 2 0
Brendon Sunguro lbw b SJ Macbeth 35 71 65 6 0
Newman Nyamhuri c SJ Macbeth b M Weldon 57 84 64 7 1
Carlton Takawira   b M Weldon 22 43 40 2 0
Mashford Shungu not out   1 12 4 0 0
Shaun Dzakatira not out   1 1 1 0 0
extras   (b0 lb3 w25 nb3) 31        
TOTAL   9 wickets for 242        
FOW
1-0(R Kamwemba) 2-24(Campbell Macmillan) 3-28(Ronak Patel) 4-70(Kohl Eksteen)
5-102(P Taruvinga) 6-124(MatthewSchonken) 7-170(Brendon Sunguro)
8-229(Carlton Takawira) 9-241(Newman Nyamhuri)
 
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
R Wilson 9 0 49 2 2 1
M Weldon 8 0 48 3 11 -
J McNally 7 1 48 0 3 -
H Dyer 10 0 41 2 1 1
J Neill 6 0 29 0 4 1
SJ Macbeth 10 2 24 2 4 -
Ireland U19 1st Innings 204/10 All Out (Overs 42.2)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
J Neill c Kohl Eksteen b Mashford Shungu 16 29 17 2 1
R Hunter+ c P Taruvinga b Kohl Eksteen 19 23 24 3 0
G Roulston   b Kohl Eksteen 2 16 11 0 0
K Hilton   c&b Newman Nyamhuri 25 46 20 5 0
PD le Roux* c Mashford Shungu b MatthewSchonken 31 58 43 3 0
M Cosgrave   b MatthewSchonken 21 0 28 2 0
SJ Macbeth lbw b Carlton Takawira 1 4 5 0 0
J McNally c Campbell Macmillan b MatthewSchonken 30 0 31 4 0
H Dyer lbw b Newman Nyamhuri 22 30 24 2 0
R Wilson not out   15 35 21 0 1
M Weldon   b Newman Nyamhuri 10 28 30 0 0
extras   (b4 lb1 w7 nb0) 12        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 204        
FOW
1-27(R Hunter) 2-38(J Neill) 3-53(G Roulston) 4-91(K Hilton) 5-118(PD le Roux)
6-119(SJ Macbeth) 7-141(SJ Macbeth) 8-176(H Dyer) 9-178(J McNally) 10-204(M Weldon)
 
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
Mashford Shungu 5 0 36 1 1 -
Kohl Eksteen 8 1 30 2 3 -
Newman Nyamhuri 9.2 2 42 3 1 -
Shaun Dzakatira 5 1 17 0 - -
Carlton Takawira 4 0 23 1 - -
MatthewSchonken 10 0 44 3 2 -
Ronak Patel 1 0 7 0 - -