Irish cricket team in South Africa in 2016–17

The Irish national cricket team toured South Africa in September 2016. They played two One day internationals, one each against South Africa and Australia.[1] They lost heavily in both matches, by 206 runs against South Africa and by nine wickets against Australia. Their match against South Africa was the first ODI to use the updated rules to the DRS system, which brought more of the stumps into play for LBW decisions.[2]

Squads

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  Ireland[3]   Australia[4]   South Africa[5]

AB de Villiers was originally named as the captain for the game against Ireland. However, he was still recovering from an injury, so Faf du Plessis took his place as captain and Rilee Rossouw was also added to the squad.[6] Chris Morris suffered a knee injury ruling him out for two months. He was replaced by Dwaine Pretorius.[7]

South Africa vs Ireland

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25 September 2016
Scorecard
South Africa  
354/5 (50 overs)
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  Ireland
148 (30.5 overs)
Temba Bavuma 113 (123)
Craig Young 3/81 (10 overs)
Kevin O'Brien 41 (36)
JP Duminy 4/16 (4.5 overs)
South Africa won by 206 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Joel Wilson (WI)
Player of the match: Temba Bavuma (SA)

Australia vs Ireland

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27 September 2016
Scorecard
Ireland  
198 (43.5 overs)
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  Australia
199/1 (30.1 overs)
John Anderson 39 (49)
Adam Zampa 3/37 (10 overs)
Usman Khawaja 82* (77)
Tim Murtagh 1/21 (6 overs)
Australia won by 9 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: Bongani Jele (SA) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
Player of the match: Usman Khawaja (Aus)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Daniel Worrall (Aus) made his ODI debut.
  • Bongani Jele (SA) stood in his first ODI match as an umpire.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "South Africa to tour Australia, New Zealand next season". Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. ^ "South Africa-Ireland ODI first to feature new DRS". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Dockrell recalled for Intercontinental Cup and South Africa tour". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Australia pick three uncapped quicks for SA ODIs". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  5. ^ "South Africa pick Phehlukwayo for Australia ODIs". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  6. ^ "AB de Villiers to miss ODI against Ireland". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Knee injury sidelines Morris for two months". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.