South Africa women cricket team in Ireland in 2016

South African women in Ireland
Ireland women
South Africa women
Dates 1 – 11 August 2016
Captains Laura Delany Dinesha Devnarain
Women's One Day International series
Result South Africa women won the 4-match series 3–1
Most runs Kim Garth (139) Laura Wolvaardt (215)
Most wickets Ciara Metcalfe (8) Suné Luus (14)
Player of the series Suné Luus (SA)[1]
Women's Twenty20 International series
Result 2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Clare Shillington (78) Mignon du Preez (66)
Most wickets Kim Garth (4) Ayabonga Khaka (2)
Marcia Letsoalo (2)
Suné Luus (2)
Player of the series Suné Luus (SA)[1]

South African women's cricket team toured Ireland in August 2016. The tour consisted of four Women's One Day International (ODI) matches and two Women's Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[2] South Africa won the ODI series 3–1 and drawn the T20I series 1–1. During the tour, Ireland recorded their first wins over South Africa in international cricket (male or female) by winning the 2nd T20I and the 4th ODI.[3][4]

Squads

T20Is ODIs
 Ireland[5]  South Africa[6]  Ireland[5]  South Africa[6]

WT20I series

1st T20I

1 August
16:00 IST
(UTC+1) (D/N)
Scorecard
Ireland 
140/4 (20 overs)
v
 South Africa
144/6 (20 overs)
Isobel Joyce 31* (24)
Suné Luus 2/24 (4 overs)
Mignon du Preez 55 (41)
Kim Garth 2/30 (4 overs)
South Africa won by 4 wickets
YMCA Cricket Club, Dublin
Umpires: Azam Baig (Ire) and Paul Reynolds (Ire)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • Laura Wolvaardt (SA) made her T20I debut.

2nd T20I

3 August
16:00 IST
(UTC+1) (D/N)
Scorecard
Ireland 
115/7 (20 overs)
v
 South Africa
95 (19.3 overs)
Clare Shillington 48 (41)
Marcia Letsoalo 2/17 (4 overs)
Trisha Chetty 27 (39)
Kim Garth 2/12 (4 overs)
Ireland won by 20 runs
YMCA Cricket Club, Dublin
Umpires: Azam Baig (Ire) and Paul Reynolds (Ire)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • This was Ireland's first ever (male or female) cricket win against South Africa.[3][4]

WODI series

1st ODI

5 August
10:45 IST
(UTC+1)
Scorecard
South Africa 
283/7 (50 overs)
v
 Ireland
194 (44.5 overs)
Chloe Tryon 92 (68)
Kim Garth 3/61 (9 overs)
Kim Garth 72* (79)
Suné Luus 6/36 (10 overs)
South Africa won by 89 runs
Merrion Cricket Club, Dublin
Umpires: Alan Neill (Ire) and Paul Reynolds (Ire)

2nd ODI

7 August
10:45 IST
(UTC+1)
Scorecard
South Africa 
272/6 (50 overs)
v
 Ireland
204 (48.2 overs)
Mignon du Preez 116* (99)
Ciara Metcalfe 2/40 (10 overs)
Mary Waldron 42 (72)
Masabata Klaas 2/6 (2 overs)
South Africa won by 68 runs
YMCA Cricket Club, Dublin
Umpires: Alan Neill (Ire) and Sum Wijesundera (Ire)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Mignon du Preez (SA) scored the second highest score by a South African player in women's ODI.[8]

3rd ODI

9 August
10:45 IST
(UTC+1)
Scorecard
South Africa 
260/6 (50 overs)
v
 Ireland
193 (45 overs)
Laura Wolvaardt 105 (125)
Ciara Metcalfe 2/37 (10 overs)
Isobel Joyce 57 (61)
Suné Luus 5/32 (10 overs)
South Africa won by 67 runs
The Village, Dublin
Umpires: Azam Baig (Ire) and Alan Neill (Ire)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Una Raymond-Hoey (Ire) and Lara Goodall (SA) made their ODI debuts.
  • Laura Wolvaardt (SA) became the second youngest women cricketer and the youngest South African player (male or female) to score a century in international cricket.[9]

4th ODI

11 August
10:45 IST
(UTC+1)
Scorecard
South Africa 
143 (46.4 overs)
v
 Ireland
146/3 (36.1 overs)
Andrie Steyn 43 (86)
Ciara Metcalfe 3/23 (8.4 overs)
Isobel Joyce 62* (71)
Chloe Tryon 1/22 (10 overs)
Ireland won by 7 wickets
The Hills Cricket Club, Dublin
Umpires: Alan Neill (Ire) and Paul Reynolds (Ire)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This was Ireland's first women's ODI win against South Africa.[10]

References

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