IRE vs SA 2024/25, IRE vs SA 3rd ODI Match Report, October 07, 2024

Eire 284 for 9 (Stirling 88, Tector 60, Williams 4-56) beat South Africa 215 (Smith 91, Hume 3-29, Younger 3-40) by 69 runs

Profitable the toss for the primary time within the sequence, Eire placed on their finest batting show earlier than their bowlers made essentially the most of pleasant circumstances below lights

Within the final two ODIs, Eire bore the brunt of getting to bat below the lights and suffered collapses. However on Monday, South Africa came upon simply how completely different a proposition it has been to bat second in Abu Dhabi.

With the brand new ball swinging appreciably extra below lights than within the final two video games (broadcast confirmed common swing of two.1 levels on Monday in comparison with 1.1 over the earlier two video games), Eire’s quicks made early inroads after their batters acquired them to a aggressive complete. Mark Adair had Ryan Rickelton edging to the slips cordon within the first over and trapped Rassie van der Dussen in entrance three overs later.

There was one other stand of resistance between Smith and Andile Phehlukwayo, however the latter scuffed a pull to wonderful leg to provide Fionn Hand a primary ODI wicket on debut.

Smith then took cost of the scoring, driving with authority on the off aspect, however misplaced companions on the different finish. Bjorn Fortuin hung round earlier than being bowled by left-arm spinner Matthew Humphreys. Younger then had Williams edging it to the keeper as he tried to ramp a brief ball.

Smith additionally launched Younger and Adair over the leg aspect for a few sixes after mentioning his maiden worldwide half-century. He moved into the eighties with a robust flick large of long-on off Adair within the forty third over, earlier than flicking him by means of midwicket for one more boundary. He completed that over by swatting the quick bowler over large long-on as he shortly moved into the nineties.

However Adair had the final chuckle when he caught Smith at deep level to finish his resistance because the batter sliced a large yorker from Hume. He hit 9 fours and 4 sixes in his 93-ball knock, which adopted a duck on ODI debut. Hume wrapped up the win when he had Lungi Ngidi edging behind with 23 balls to go.

Eire constructed their rating on the again of Stirling and Andy Balbirnie’s first 100-plus partnership in ODIs. They made essentially the most of excellent circumstances on a contemporary pitch, with Stirling beginning off with a robust cowl drive off Ngidi within the first over. There have been some edges that both went within the gaps or did not carry as Eire’s openers noticed out the powerplay.

Stirling even took on South Africa’s finest bowler within the sequence, Lizaad Williams, hooking him for six. Balbirnie was slower to begin, taking his time to settle in. It was within the thirteenth over that he actually acquired going, flicking Ngidi by means of midwicket for a boundary. In Ngidi’s subsequent over, Balbirnie hit him for six earlier than getting a few boundaries off Fortuin.

There have been a few quiet overs that adopted throughout which Stirling acquired to his half-century, however Balbirnie holed out as he miscued a pull off Williams. The 101-run stand between Stirling and Balbirnie was Eire’s second-highest in ODIs towards South Africa.

Stirling instantly tried to place the stress again on South Africa as he drove Williams by means of cowl earlier than hitting Fortuin large of long-on. Curtis Campher began shortly, choosing two boundaries off a Williams over earlier than clubbing Fortuin over large long-on for six. Stirling and Campher added 58 runs for the second wicket earlier than Campher tried to paddle Baartman solely to see the ball crash into the stumps.

Stirling went on to drive Ngidi over long-off for one more six earlier than crashing Baartman behind level for a boundary, however was then cleaned up by an in-ducker for the second straight recreation, falling 12 wanting a century.

Phehlukwayo struck once more in his subsequent over, as George Dockrell lower him straight to level.

Tector lofted Ngidi over long-on earlier than chopping him behind by means of level for 4 to achieve his half-century within the forty eighth over. Williams, who was not having his finest recreation of the sequence till this level, lastly made his mark within the penultimate over. He left the center stump damaged as Adair went throughout the stumps to try to scoop him. He then trapped Hand in entrance subsequent ball and yorked Hume off the ultimate ball to complete the sequence with 11 wickets.

Tector completed on 60 off 48 as he was run out within the closing over attempting to run a second to maintain strike.