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IRE vs SA Dream11 Prediction, Playing XI, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Pitch Report & Injury Updates for Ireland tour of South Africa in United Arab Emirates 2024, 1st ODI
Ireland won the second T20I of the two-match series recently against South Africa.
Preview
Ireland (IRE) will face South Africa (SA) in the first ODI of the three-match series on Wednesday, October 2, at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The series starts after the completion of the two-match T20I series. It was a historical outing for the Irish side as they won the second match and the series ended in a draw.
Ireland and South Africa have played a total of seven ODI matches so far. The Proteas have won six out of these seven matches, while Ireland have won one game. Ireland’s only win against South Africa came during South Africa’s tour of Ireland in July 2021.
Ireland last played an ODI game in March this year against Afghanistan. Afghanistan won the match by 117 runs. South Africa also faced Afghanistan in their last ODI match. The three-match series between the two teams ended in Afghanistan’s favor as Afghanistan won the first two matches and South Africa’s sole win came during the third match.
Match Information
Ireland vs South Africa, 1st ODI
Ireland tour of South Africa in United Arab Emirates, 2 Oct 2024, Wed, 5:00 PM IST ,Abu Dhabi
Probable PlayingXI
Ireland
A Balbirnie, PR Stirling(C), H Tector, Curtis Campher, GH Dockrell, L Tucker, Matthew Humphreys, MR Adair, AR McBrine, CA Young, GI Hume
Bench: N Rock, Fionn Hand, Gavin Hoey, S Doheny
South Africa
T Bavuma(C), T de Zorzi, HE van der Dussen, T Stubbs, Wiaan Mulder, AL Phehlukwayo, RD Rickelton, K Verreynne, BC Fortuin, N Peter, L Ngidi
Bench: JF Smith, OEG Baartman, N Burger, LB Williams
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Captains
Curtis Campher IRE | all
Campher has played just two ODI matches this year. However, he had a successful outing in ODIs last year and scored his maiden ODI century as well. He is 76 runs away from reaching the 1000-run mark in ODIs.
Wiaan Mulder SA | all
Mulder has emerged as an all-format player in recent times and can contribute with both bat and ball. In 18 ODI matches so far, Mulder has made 136 runs and taken 12 wickets.
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Ryan Rickelton SA | WK
Rickelton has played just two ODIs for the Proteas so far. However, he has a decent experience in domestic cricket. He has made 2963 runs in 73 List A games at an average of 46.29.
Lungi Ngidi SA | BOWL
Ngidi is just eight wickets away from picking 100 wickets in ODIs. He has a bowling average of 28.10. He has picked four wickets in three games so far this year.
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Rassie van der Dussen SA | bat
He is the highest-ranked Proteas batter in the ICC Rankings currently. Van der Dussen has not played an ODI game this year. Last year, he made 835 runs in 24 ODI matches at an average of 36.30.
Andile Phehlukwayo SA | all
Phehlukwayo has picked 93 wickets in 80 ODI matches at an average of 31.46, an economy of 5.79, and a strike rate of 32.5. With the bat, he has made 853 runs at a strike rate of 87.30.
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Kyle Verreynne
SA | WK
Matthew Humphreys
IRE | BOWL
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