South Africa was defeated by the 13th ranked team in ODI rankings, this happened only for the second time in ODI cricket.

Ireland vs South Africa ODI Series: Ireland has done wonders by registering victory in the third ODI. Batting first, the team gave a target of 284 runs to the South African team, in response to which the South African team was reduced to only 215 runs. Paul Sterling played an excellent innings for Ireland and it is because of him that the team was successful in registering victory. South Africa's team is at third position in the ICC ODI rankings. Whereas the Irish team is at 13th position. In the history of ODI cricket, Ireland has won only its second match against South Africa. Ireland won the last ODI match against South Africa in the year 2021.

Paul Sterling played a strong innings

In the ODI match against South Africa, Ireland captain Paul Stirling won the toss and decided to bat first, which proved to be right. For the team, Andrew Balbirnie and Sterling gave a strong start to Ireland. These players made a partnership of 101 runs for the first wicket. Andrew Balbirnie (45 runs) and Stirling scored 88 runs. After this, Curtis Campher, Harry Tector and Lorcan Tucker presented excellent batting examples. Harry Tector played an inning of 60 runs in 48 balls and played an important role in helping the team reach 250 plus score. Due to the strong performance of the batsmen, the Irish team scored 284 runs. For South Africa, Lizard Williams took 4 wickets for 56 runs in 10 overs. But apart from him, other bowlers could not show much success.

South African batsmen were flops

The South African team, which came to chase the big target, had a very bad start. When openers Ryan Rickelton (4 runs) and Reeza Hendricks (1 run) returned to the pavilion early. After this, Rassie van Dussen (3 runs) also could not play a big innings. Jason Smith definitely played an inning of 91 runs. But he could not make the team win. He did not get support from the rest of the batsmen of the team. For this reason the team had to face defeat.

Ireland won only 2 ODI matches against South Africa

A total of 11 ODI matches have been played between Ireland and South Africa so far, out of which Africa has won 8 and the Irish team has won only two. One match has no result.

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