Eire bounced again in type from two large defeats to attain a 69-run win over South Africa in Abu Dhabi, forward of a four-month hiatus earlier than their subsequent project. Paul Stirling (88) and Harry Tector (60) took the Irish to 284/9 earlier than 5 scalps within the first 20 overs helped sealed the deal.
Transient rating: IRE 284/9 (50) [Sitrling 88(92), Tector 60(48); Lizaad 4/56(10)] defeat SA [Jason 91(93), Verreyne 38(36); Hume 3/29(8.1)] by 69 runs
Batting first for the primary time within the collection, Eire received off to their greatest begin for fairly a while as Paul Stirling declared the intent early with a boundary off his very first ball. The skipper continued to dictate phrases all through the powerplay even because the likes of Lizaad Williams and Lungi Ngidi shackled Andy Balbirnie, the opening duo trickling the rating alongside to 37/0 on the finish of the powerplay. Within the seventeenth over, the Irish crossed the 70-run mark to register their highest ever opening stand in South Africa earlier than mentioning the century six overs later. Nevertheless, with the scoring price a substandard 4.39, the stress received to Balbirnie as he pulled a Lizaad bumper straight down sq. leg’s throat at hand the guests their first breakthrough. His successor Curtis Campher got here out all weapons blazing, smoking two early boundaries and a most to set the stage for a faster than run-a-ball 58-run stand however finally flew too near the solar as an tried paddle ended within the stumps. Baartman added a second in fast succession with an inseaming jaffa to citadel Stirling 12 in need of a century and Eire out of the blue discovered themselves at 179/3 after 35. Although the Irish stored going at run-a-ball thereafter, the Saffas seized additional management with two extra scalps by the forty fifth over however Tector stored the scoreboard ticking and punished Ngidi for 14 runs within the forty eighth over to carry up a 42-ball fifty. Nevertheless, Lizaad struck again instantly with three wickets within the penultimate over to limit the hosts to 284/9.
In response, Mark Adair received the Irish off to a flying begin by having Ryan Rickelton caught at slip on the fifth ball. The short alongwith Graham Hume managed to extract prodigous motion off the deck underneath the lights, courteys of which the later scalped Rasfeeza Hendricks for reasonable. Adair made it a triple whammy by trapping skipper Rassie van der Dussen plumb in entrance to depart the Proteas reeling at 10/3. Kyle Verreyne took the counterattacking path to stroke 5 boundaries within the powerplay and take the rating to 48/3 however the fast 38-run cameo was brilliantly ended by Craig Younger with one other inseamer within the thirteenth over. Tristan Stubbs tried to withstand the onslaught with some cautious batting, solely to find yourself nicking one finally with the scorecard studying 79/5. Jason Smith, who had to date been mirroring Stubbs’ method, broke free thereafter with 10 runs in three deliveries within the twenty ninth over, however the transfer backfired when Andile Phehlukwayo tried to copy the antics and holed out for 23. The asking price had skyrocketed previous seven and a half by then with 20 overs to go and stored getting worse, culminating in Mark Humphreys sounding Bjorn Fortuin the loss of life rattle within the thirty sixth over. However, Smith confirmed incredulous combat to race away to 91 however a mix of cramps and asking price noticed him succumb agonizingly near a ton because the Proteas folded out for 215.
What a save!
Batted single handedly!
Good stuff from Jason Smith to date 👌🔥#IREvsSA
— 🆁🅾🅻🅴🆇ᶜʳⁱᶜᵏᵉᵗᵍᵉᵉᵏ (@RoshanSriram123) October 7, 2024
🚨 JP DUMINY FIELDED FOR SOUTH AFRICA 🚨
– The coach was fielding them on account of fatigue for gamers on account of warmth.
– One of many uncommon incidents in cricket.
– Wonderful Fielding 👏👏🔥🔥#Eire #IREvsSA #SouthAfrica #TestCricket #ODI #JPDuminy #T20WorldCup2024 #INDvsBAN pic.twitter.com/pOLRmBeUKG— Monish (@Monish09cric) October 7, 2024
Yupe!
Jason Smith on some “do not bowl there…”
— Simnikiwe Xabanisa (@simxabanisa) October 7, 2024
What a expertise he’s!
Jason Smith placing us on his again rn🥺🔥
— I.am.Glen. (@GlenK2914) October 7, 2024
Jason Smith combating a lone battle.
— Vipul Ghatol 🇮🇳 (@Vipul_Espeaks) October 7, 2024
Nice with the bat!
Jason Smith, you will have my consideration 👀🏏
— Ta Lamzo 🇨🇩 (@LamaTheCule) October 7, 2024
LOL!
Lungi “cowl drive” Ngidi, kwedini 😋.
— Kate Nokwe (@This_Kate) October 7, 2024
Comon Eire 🔥#SAvsIRE
— kanagaraj Anniya (@Kanagaraj_Aniya) October 7, 2024
LOL?