SA beat IRE, 1st T20: South Africa defeat Ireland by 33 runs

SA beat IRE, 1st T20: South Africa defeat Ireland by 33 runs to go 1-0 ahead- A clinical bowling performance from South Africa has helped the visitors win the opening T20I. Tabraiz Shamsi took 4 wickets while George Linde and Lungi Ngidi struck twice. Ireland kept losing wickets at regular intervals and as a result, lost the match. Harry Tector was the top scorer for Ireland with 36 runs.

“Happy with the way it came out today. Fortunate to get a few wickets as well. When we came to Ireland, we thought we were more of a supportive role to the pacers. I always try to do the same preparation that I have always done, assessing the pitch and doing a supporting role to the pacers.”

“But today the pitch was holding up a bit and helped the slower bowlers, in that sense I was lucky to come into the game today. I do have a few variations in the bank, I haven’t exposed all my tricks, and want to surprise the batsmen later. I just try and keep it simple, pitch the ball in the same area, was just trying to bowl according to a plan and keep things tight for the team,” Shamsi said after the match.

Earlier, an impressive bowling performance from Irish bowlers restricted South Africa to 165/7 in their allotted 20 overs. Mark Adair took 2 wickets while Simi Singh and Joshua Little scalped two wickets each. Aiden Markram was the top scorer for South Africa with 39 runs.

SA beat IRE, 1st T20: South Africa defeat Ireland by 33 runs to go 1-0 ahead

Ireland Innings 132/9 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Paul Stirling	b GF Linde	6	2	0	1	300.00
Kevin O’Brien	c & b K Rabada	0	1	0	0	0.00
Andrew Balbirnie (C)	c Q de Kock b L Ngidi	22	16	4	0	137.50
George Dockrell	c Q de Kock b L Ngidi	2	6	0	0	33.33
Harry Tector	st Q de Kock b T Shamsi	36	34	3	0	105.88
Simi Singh	b T Shamsi	4	8	0	0	50.00
Lorcan Tucker (WK)	b GF Linde	5	5	0	0	100.00
Shane Getkate	b T Shamsi	2	3	0	0	66.67
Mark Adair	c GF Linde b T Shamsi	0	2	0	0	0.00
Barry McCarthy	Not out	30	25	4	0	120.00
Joshua Little	Not out	15	18	0	1	83.33
Extra	10 (b 0, w 8, nb 0, lb 2)
Total	132/9 (20)
Yet To Bat

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
George Linde	4	26	2	6.50
Kagiso Rabada	4	28	1	7.00
Lungi Ngidi	4	18	2	4.50
Lizaad Williams	4	31	0	7.75
Tabraiz Shamsi	4	27	4	6.75

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
PR Stirling	1-6	0.2
KJ O’Brien	2-6	1.1
GH Dockrell	3-23	3.1
A Balbirnie	4-34	5.1
Simi Singh	5-46	7.5
L Tucker	6-63	10.2
SC Getkate	7-70	11.1
MR Adair	8-70	11.3
H Tector	9-88	13.4

SA beat IRE, 1st T20: South Africa defeat Ireland by 33 runs to go 1-0 ahead

South Africa Innings 165/7 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Temba Bavuma (C)	c L Tucker b Simi Singh	13	13	2	0	100.00
Quinton de Kock (WK)	c PR Stirling b MR Adair	20	9	3	1	222.22
Janneman Malan	c Simi Singh b MR Adair	4	5	0	0	80.00
Aiden Markram	st L Tucker b Simi Singh	39	30	2	2	130.00
Rassie van der Dussen	c A Balbirnie b J Little	25	18	2	1	138.89
David Miller	c L Tucker b J Little	28	21	3	0	133.33
George Linde	c Simi Singh b MR Adair	10	13	1	0	76.92
Kagiso Rabada	Not out	19	9	4	0	211.11
Lizaad Williams	Not out	2	2	0	0	100.00
Extra	5 (b 0, w 3, nb 0, lb 2)
Total	165/7 (20)
Yet To Bat	L Ngidi, T Shamsi

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Paul Stirling	3	29	0	9.67
Barry McCarthy	3	31	0	10.33
Mark Adair	4	39	3	9.75
Simi Singh	4	19	2	4.75
Joshua Little	4	27	2	6.75
George Dockrell	2	18	0	9.00

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
Q de Kock	1-31	2.4
JN Malan	2-37	4.2
T Bavuma	3-44	5.1
HE van der Dussen	4-79	10.2
AK Markram	5-115	14.1
GF Linde	6-143	17.5
DA Miller	7-144	18.1

Ireland won the toss and opted to field

Teams

South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, George Linde, Kagiso Rabada, Lizaad Williams, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi

Ireland (Playing XI): Andrew Balbirnie(c), Paul Stirling, Kevin O Brien, Harry Tector, George Dockrell, Lorcan Tucker(w), Shane Getkate, Simi Singh, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little

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