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Best performances - Batsmen

A Balbirnie
A Balbirnie
102(117) 10x4 - 2x6
Control %77%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 24 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
6 5 12 20 35 1 2 21
JN Malan
JN Malan
84(96) 7x4 - 4x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 30 runs
  • 3x4 - 1x6
8 0 8 4 26 0 22 16

Best performances - Bowlers

AR McBrine
AR McBrine
O7
M0
R34
W2
Eco4.85
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
MR Adair
MR Adair
O8.3
M1
R43
W2
Eco5.05
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

South Africa , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Ireland led the 3-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

10.45 start, First Session 10.45-14.15 Interval 14.15-15.00, Second Session 15.00-18.30

Match days

13 July 2021 (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Ireland 10, South Africa 0

Scorer: Binoy George | Commentator: @himanshu_a30

Ireland take a 1-0 lead in the series with one match to go - the first was a washout - and South Africa must now win the final ODI to not lose the series. A complete all-round display from the hosts means the visitors are comfortably beaten. South Africa will have much to ponder about after this loss: they had no control with the ball at the death, they dropped four catches and their batters could never take off. But join us for the final match of the series in three days' time. Until then, it's a goodbye from Binoy, Vishal and me, Himanshu!

Asad Khubaib: "Upset of 2021"

Prashan W: "Congratulations and well done Ireland from a Sri Lankan fan."

Balbirnie, the Ireland captain, is also the Player of the Match: "Extremely proud. Put in on a greenish wicket. It was a tough wicket to take wickets on. It was a win we needed as a team. Really proud of the lads. We outfielded them, which made the difference. We need such efforts to beat these nations. Huge day for cricket in Ireland. We'll have a couple of beers and enjoy. But at the same time, we are hungry to win the series.

"[Exciting] to face players of that calibre, and get a decent score is great. We had a really bad series in the Netherlands, and we are really pushing that to get the [Super League] points."

Here's Bavuma after the game: "I wouldn't think we took it lightly [by resting de Kock and Ngidi]. There's a lot for us to work on, well done to them. Plan in the first powerplay was to take wickets. Our fielding let us down. Momentum was always on their side. No partnerships of significance except the one between Janneman and Rassie."

Time for the presentations.

Josh Bone: "Look at that bowling card. The definition of a team effort"

Vrushabh Shetty: "My word IRELAND have outclassed SOUTH AFRICA "

justin smyth: "Yes, Yes, Yes, what a way to finish it. Stumps get knocked over and Ireland win. A massive 10 points for us!"

6.20pm So Ireland win by 43 runs, and beat South Africa for the first time in an ODI, with the sides yet to clash in any other format. A huge, morale-boosting win for the hosts, who posted 290 after being inserted by the visitors. They raked up runs at will at the death, and hit with the ball each time it mattered. Credit to Balbirnie, Dockrell and Tector for setting up with the bat, before all the bowlers chipped in to contribute.

48.3
W
Adair to Nortje, OUT, yorker, hits leg stump and game over. Nortje moves across his stumps, but this is an inswinging yorker on middle, as the batter gets an inside edge on to the leg stump to finish it off

A Nortje b Adair 10 (15m 8b 1x4 0x6) SR: 125.00

Shamsi is the last man in, but at the other end

48.2
W
Adair to Maharaj, OUT, caught at long-on for further joy in the Ireland camp. Low, dipping full-toss on middle. Maharaj tries to hammer that beyond the boundary, but gets it off the toe end of the bat

KA Maharaj c Tector b Adair 17 (36m 19b 1x4 0x6) SR: 89.47

Vrushabh P SHET: "Phew!!!! Was watching pak vs eng... Suddenly remembered that there is another match going on... Switched over to Cricinfo to be dumbstruck ...My word!!! Ireland have done something unexpected... "

48.1
1
Adair to Nortje, 1 run, makes room to slash that to long-off, as the bowler goes short on off

END OF OVER:
48 | 6 Runs | SA: 246/8 (45 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 5.12, RRR: 22.50)

  • Anrich Nortje9 (6b)
  • Keshav Maharaj17 (18b)
  • Josh Little10-0-45-2
  • Mark Adair8-1-42-0
47.6
1
Little to Nortje, 1 run, stays deep in the crease, and opens the bat face to this full ball on off. A single to third man
47.5
2
Little to Nortje, 2 runs, continues bowling full and wide of off. Nortje drives that along the ground to deep point to collect two
47.4
1
Little to Maharaj, 1 run, goes across to push that full and wide ball outside off to long-off

South Africa 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st28AK MarkramJN Malan
2nd23T BavumaJN Malan
3rd108HE van der DussenJN Malan
4th1HE van der DussenK Verreynne
5th24DA MillerK Verreynne
6th15DA MillerAL Phehlukwayo
7th2KA MaharajDA Miller
8th33KA MaharajK Rabada
9th13KA MaharajA Nortje
10th0T ShamsiA Nortje