“Ireland and South Africa”, They first met in the ICC World Cup 2007. Both teams played against each other occasionally. In the last ODI series Ireland won the last match and ended their campaign against South Africa with a victory. And we have brought you the moments of the matches between these teams from their last bilateral series. We’ll go through the last match Ireland Cricket Team Vs South Africa National Cricket Team Match Scorecard and the series results.
Ireland Cricket Team Vs South Africa National Cricket Team Match Scorecard Of Latest Series
Besides the last ODI match from the series, South Africa defeated Ireland in both of the matches. Here we are mentioning the short results of the matches from the IRE Vs SA ODI scorecard.
ODI Series
| 1st ODI Match (2 Oct,2024) | |
| South Africa- 271/9 (50) | |
| Ryan Rickelton 91 (102) | Mark Adair 4/50 (10) |
| Tristan Stubbs 79 (86) | Craig Young 3/45 (10) |
| Bjorn Fortuin 28 (34) | Graham Hume 1/42 (8) |
| Ireland- 132/10 (31.5) | |
| George Dockrell 21 (32) | Lizaad Williams 4/32 (10) |
| Andrew Balbirnie 20 (28) | Bjorn Fortuin 2/28 (6.5) |
| Curtis Campher 20 (36) | Lungi Ngidi 2/35 (6) |
| South Africa won by 139 runs | |
| 2nd ODI Match (4 Oct,2024) | |
| South Africa- 343/4 (50) | |
| Tristan Stubbs 122* (81) | Curtis Campher 1/22 (3) |
| Kyle Verreynne 67 (64) | Andy McBrine 1/43 (10) |
| Wiaan Mulder 43 (34) | Gavin Hoey 1/49 (7) |
| Ireland- 169/10 (30.3) | |
| Craig Young 29* (21) | Lizaad Williams 3/36 (5) |
| Gavin Hoey 23 (25) | Bjorn Fortuin 2/36 (5.3) |
| Graham Hume 21 (22) | Lungi Ngidi 2/38 (7) |
| South Africa won by 174 runs | |
Series Results
South Africa won the series by winning the first matches of the series. In the last game of the series Ireland made a good comeback and defeated South Africa by 69 runs. And the final result of the Ireland Vs South Africa is 1-2.
Ireland Cricket Team Vs South Africa National Cricket Team Match Scorecard Of T20I Series
Here we are mentioning the short results from Ireland Cricket Team Vs South Africa National Cricket Team T20I series 2024.
| 1st T20I (27 Sep, 2024) | |
| Ireland | 171/8 (20) |
| South Africa | 174/2 (17.4) |
| South Africa won by 8 wickets | |
| 2nd T20I (29 Sep,2024) | |
| Ireland | 195/6 (20) |
| South Africa | 185/9 (20) |
| Ireland won by 10 runs | |
Series Results
South Africa started the T20I series with a win but, in the last match of the series Ireland backed itself and won a thriller to tie the series with South Africa.
Overview Of Ireland Cricket Team Vs South Africa National Cricket Team Match Scorecard Of 3rd ODI Match
South Africa and Ireland played an ODI series of 3 matches in the month of October, 2024. All matches of the series were played at ‘Sheikh Zayed Stadium’ of Abu Dhabi. South Africa dominantly won the first 2 matches of the series. But, in the last one Ireland made a comeback by winning the game. Here we are mentioning the Ireland Cricket Team Vs South Africa National Cricket Team Match Scorecard of the 3rd ODI match with a match summary.
Ireland
| Batting | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | S/R |
| Andrew Balbirnie (c Tristan Stubbs b Lizaad Williams) | 45 | 73 | 4 | 1 | 61.64 |
| Paul Stirling(c) (b Ottniel Baartman) | 88 | 92 | 8 | 3 | 95.65 |
| Curtis Campher (b Ottniel Baartman) | 34 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 94.44 |
| Harry Tector (run out Kyle Verreynne) | 60 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 125.00 |
| Lorcan Tucker(wk) (c Ryan Rickelton b Andile Phehlukwayo) | 26 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 92.86 |
| George Dockrell (c Reeza Hendricks b Andile Phehlukwayo) | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 85.71 |
| Mark Adair (b Lizaad Williams) | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 72.73 |
| Flonn Hand (lbw Lizaad Williams) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Graham Hume (b Lizaad Williams) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Matthew Humphreys | 2* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Craig Young | 0* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Total- 284/9 (50)
| Bowling | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
| Lungi Ngidi | 9.0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 7.78 |
| Lizaad Williams | 10.0 | 2 | 56 | 4 | 5.60 |
| Ottiniel Baartman | 8.0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 4.00 |
| Bjorn Fortuin | 8.0 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 5.50 |
| Jason Smith | 5.0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 5.80 |
| Andie Phelukwayo | 8.0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 4.00 |
| Tristan Stubbs | 2.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7.50 |
South Africa
| Batting | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | S/R |
| Ryan Rickelton(wk) (c Paul Stirling b Mark Adair) | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 |
| Reeza Hendricks (c Andrew Balbirnie b Graham Hume) | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 |
| Rassie van der Dussen(c) (lbw b Mark Adair) | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Kyle Verreynne (lbw b Craig Young) | 38 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 105.56 |
| Tristan Stubbs (c Lorcan Tucker b Craig Young) | 20 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 |
| Jason Smith (c Mark Adair b Graham Hume) | 91 | 93 | 9 | 4 | 97.85 |
| Andile Phehlukwayo (c Craig Young b Fionn Hand) | 23 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 82.14 |
| Bjorn Foutuin (b Matthew Humphreys) | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 57.89 |
| Lizaad Williams (c Lorcan Tucker b Craig Young) | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 |
| Lungi Ngidi (c Lorcan Tucker b Graham Hume) | 9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 42.86 |
| Ottniel Barrtman | 0* | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Total- 215/10 (46.1)
| Bowling | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
| Mark Adair | 9.0 | 1 | 54 | 2 | 6.00 |
| Graham Hume | 9.1 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 3.16 |
| Flonn Hand | 8.0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 5.50 |
| Craig Young | 8.0 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 5.00 |
| Curtis Campher | 5.0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 5.60 |
| Matthew Humphreys | 7.0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2.29 |
Ireland Won the match by 69 runs
Match Summary
‘Paul Stirling’ Ireland’s skipper won the toss and decided to bat first. To give you best summary we are providing you some tables.
First Innings
Ireland had a great start of the innings, captain Paul Stirling and Andrew Balbirnie built a 101 runs partnership. After the fall of Balbirnie, Campher continued the rhythm of Ireland team with skipper and added 50 runs to the total. After that South African bowlers made a comeback and took some wickets including Paul Stirling. He missed his century by 12 runs. ‘Harry Tector’ and ‘Lorcan Tucker’ played a good supportive innings for Ireland. Ireland lost 9 wickets as batting first but managed to reach the total of 284 runs.
Second Innings
South Africa lost their first wicket as ‘Ryan Rickelton’ in the very first over of the game. Both openers were back to the pavilion till the end of the 3rd over. On the first ball of the 4th over ‘Mark Adair’ picked South African captain ‘Rassie van der Dussen’. From this point South Africa was totally on the backfoot. In addition to that Ireland put them in pressure again by picking 2 more wickets. But, ‘Jason Smith’ played a good knock of 91 runs, unfortunately missed his century and got out in 45th over. After him Ireland easily wrapped up South African Innings on 215 runs and won the match by 69 runs.
Top Performers
Here are the top performers of the match from the IRE Vs SA ODI scorecard.
- Paul Stirling
- Harry Tector
- Andrew Balbirnie
- Graham Hume
- Craig Young
- Jason Smith
- Kyle Verreyne
- Lizaad Williams
History Of Ireland Cricket Team Vs South Africa National Cricket Team
Ireland and South Africa never played a test match till now, Ireland and South Africa played their first ODI match against each other in 2007 ICC World Cup. ‘Trent Johnston’ was leading Ireland, while ‘Graeme Smith’ was the captain of the South African team. South Africa won the match by 7 wickets and 21 balls left. ‘Jacques Kallis’ won the player of the match award for his performance.
Head To Head South Africa Vs Ireland
Ireland and South Africa have played a total 18 matches till now, Including 11 ODIs and 7 T20I matches. We have arranged all of their encounters in a head to head table.
ODI
| Ireland | Vs | South Africa |
| 11 | Matches Played | 11 |
| 2 | Won | 8 |
| 8 | Lost | 2 |
| 0 | Drawn | 0 |
| 1 | No Results | 1 |
T20I
| Ireland | Vs | South Africa |
| 7 | Matches Played | 7 |
| 1 | Won | 6 |
| 6 | Lost | 1 |
| 0 | Drawn | 0 |
| 0 | No Results | 0 |
Summary
In overall clashes and recent matches South Africa one sidedly dominated Ireland. Ireland used to be a strong team in the early 20’s, but eventually they faced downfall because many of the key players of Ireland shifted to other teams. In recent few decades Ireland recovered from the loss and produced some amazing players like- Paul Stirling, Harry Tector and more. And they are on the right path to regain the strength they had. So we hope that next time when these both teams compete again, then we’ll see more commitment from Ireland.
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