The son of former Zimbabwe cricketer Kevin Curran and brother of England internationals Tom and Sam Curran faced 112 balls, and his knock included 14 fours.

Captain Paul Stirling made 89 and Curtis Campher 63 as Ireland reached 249-4 in reply to Zimbabwe’s total of 245 to claim victory with eight balls to spare.

Bennett, whose previous best ODI knock was 37, said: "I was lucky to get a chance to open and lucky that things went in my favour."