Blair Tickner probes away from the Dundonald End but Stephen Doheny is well set and looks comfortable in defence before slicing away through point for the first boundary of the day.

Tom Mayes looks solid enough as he fends off Nathan Smith in a maiden over.

Blair Tickner in now to Tom Mayes - the nightwatchman defends well before getting an inside edge, thick enough to miss the stumps and run away for a single.

Nathan Smith, fresh from his six wickets in the first innings, starts from his favoured City End and opens with a maiden.

Stephen Doheny and nightwatchman Tom Mayes take to the field with Ireland in a precarious position.

Doheny fell for a duck in the first innings but has impressed in his second knock with a fluent 36.

The hosts need the opener to stick around and keep this match alive.

West Indies secured a comfortable eight-wicket victory against Ireland in the opening match of the Tri-Nation series at Clontarf Cricket Club.

Batting first, Ireland struggled early on and were reduced to 23 for three during the powerplay.

Captain Orla Prendergast, leading the side in the absence of Gaby Lewis, top scored with 25 and combined for a 44-run partnership with Leah Paul.

However, the home side were eventually bowled out for 103 in 17 overs.

West Indies also lost early wickets with Ava Canning dismissing Deandra Dottin and Qiana Joseph.

Captain Hayley Matthews then guided her side to the victory and registered an unbeaten 82 runs from 44 balls to take West Indies to their 104 target with more than eight overs to spare.

Ireland batting coach Gary Wilson speaking to BBC Sport NI about his side's performance on day two: "Obviously we are behind the eight-ball, no doubt. I think sometimes you have to give credit to how the opposition go about things.

"It was a really good spell from Nathan Smith, it asked us a lot of questions and I think you could see it’s a new ball wicket and you could see that in both innings.”

New Zealand's Dean Foxcroft speaking to BBC Sport NI after he finished two short of a first Test century on day two: "You'd take 98, it's obviously better than a duck. I was so close to the century, but at the end of the day the team is in a great position to win this game.

"In terms of the match, I'm delighted where we are at the moment. We've got eight more wickets to go and looking ahead to tomorrow morning, we are hoping we can put Ireland under pressure.

"For us, enforcing the follow-on was all about momentum. We will want to try and finish the game off and then we can think about England next week."

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New Zealand took control against Ireland on the second day of the one-off Test with Nathan Smith claiming an international career best of 6-40 at Stormont.

After recovering from a poor start on the first day to reach 361-5, the Black Caps continued in a similar vein on the second day in the Belfast sun, reaching 490-8 before captain Tom Latham declared.

New Zealand enforced the follow-on and Ireland's response was dealt an early blow when Stephen Doheny and Cade Carmichael were dismissed in the first over and they then lost four more in quick succession after lunch as Smith claimed his first five-wicket haul.

Mark Adair and Andy McBrine steadied the ship, but Ireland were 179 all out before performing much better in the second innings as they ended the day on 65-2, trailing New Zealand by 246 runs.

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Welcome to our coverage of the day three action between Ireland and New Zealand at a rather cloudy Stormont.

The tourists are in the box seat with Ireland ending day two on 65-2 and trailing by 246 runs after New Zealand enforced the follow-on.

There's been a few drops of rain this morning but it's dry now and let's hope it stays that way.

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