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  1. Blundell, Foxcroft and Smith give New Zealand vice-grip on Ireland Test<\/a>  ESPNcricinfo<\/font><\/li>\n
  2. IRE vs NZ, Only Test, New Zealand tour of Ireland, 2026 – Commentary<\/a>  Cricbuzz<\/font><\/li>\n
  3. Ireland v New Zealand: Nathan Smith stars as tourists dominate at Stormont in day two<\/a>  BBC<\/font><\/li>\n
  4. Ravindra finds Test groove in face of a new challenge<\/a>  ESPNcricinfo<\/font><\/li>\n
  5. Smith devastates Ireland with five-wicket burst<\/a>  cricket.com.au<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n


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    Blundell, Foxcroft and Smith give New Zealand vice-grip on Ireland Test  ESPNcricinfo IRE vs NZ, Only Test, New Zealand tour of Ireland, 2026 – Commentary  Cricbuzz Ireland v New Zealand: Nathan Smith stars as tourists dominate at Stormont in day two  BBC Ravindra finds Test groove in face of a new challenge  ESPNcricinfo Smith devastates Ireland with five-wicket burst  cricket.com.au … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/J6_coFbogxhRI9iM864NL_liGXvsQp2AupsKei7z0cNNfDvGUmWUy20nuUhkREQyrpY4bEeIBucs0-w300-rw.webp","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":173837,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=173837","url_meta":{"origin":173819,"position":0},"title":"IRE vs NZ, One-off Test: Nathan Smith rips through Ireland with a 29-ball five-for as New Zealand tightens grip on Day 2","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"May 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Fast bowler Nathan Smith took five wickets in 29 deliveries as New Zealand continued to stifle Ireland in their one-off test at Stormont on Thursday. 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