Ireland has done wonders as soon as they won the third ODI match. Batting first, the team gave South Africa a target of 284 runs, in response to which South Africa's team was reduced to just 215 runs. Paul Stirling played a brilliant innings for Ireland and because of him the team has been successful in registering a win. South Africa's team is at number three in the ICC ODI rankings. At the same time, the Ireland team occupies the 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 Stirling 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. Andrew Balbirnie and Stirling gave Ireland a strong start for the team. These players shared a 101-run partnership for the first wicket. Andrew Balbirnie (45 runs) and Stirling scored 88 runs. After this, Curtis Campher, Harry Tector and Lorcan Tucker displayed excellent batting. Harry Tector scored 60 runs in 48 balls and played an important role in taking the team to a score of 250+. Due to the strong performance of the batsmen, the Ireland team scored 284 runs. For South Africa, Lizard Williams took 4 wickets for 56 runs in 10 overs. But apart from him, the rest of the bowlers could not perform well.

South African batsmen flopped
The South African team, which came out 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 Dusen (3 runs) also could not play a big innings. Jason Smith definitely played an innings of 91 runs. But he could not make the team win. The rest of the batsmen of the team did not support him. Due to this 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 South Africa has won 8 and Ireland has won only two. One match has not resulted in any result.