Ireland vs South Africa - 2nd T20I of the Ireland vs South Africa in UAE, 2024 at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
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1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO
Venue - Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
(i) Total Matches - T20s
Overall - 199
Avg 1st Innings - 160
Avg 2nd Innings - 144
Highest total - 225/7 (Ireland vs Afghanistan - 30th November'2013)
(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground
IRE - 21 - 15w/6l
SA - 5 - 4w/1l
(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s
IRE
Paul Stirling - Highest run scorer (602), Avg (33.44) - 19M/19I
Paul Stirling - 19th Highest wicket taker (13), SR (13.69) - 19M/12I
George Dockrell - 23rd Highest wicket taker (12), SR (27.50) - 17M/16I
Mark Adair - 36th Highest wicket taker (10), SR (14.40) - 6M/6I
Craig Young - 56th Highest wicket taker (8), SR (12) - 4M/4I
SA
Lungi Ngidi - 98th Highest wicket taker (6), SR (8) - 2M/2I
(iv) Recent Matches on this venue
1) Ireland vs South Africa - 27th September'2024
171/8 vs 174/2 (SA won by 8 wkts)
Pacers - 6w+2w=6w
Spinners - 2w+0w=4w
2) Dubai Capitals vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders - 13th February'2024
188/5 vs 103/10 (DUB won by 85 runs)
Pacers - 2w+5w=7w
Spinners - 3w+4w=7w
3) Dubai Capitals vs MI Emirates - 10th February'2024
147/9 vs 128/8 (DUB won by 19 runs)
Pacers - 3w+2w=5w
Spinners - 5w+6w=11w
4) Abu Dhabi Knight Riders vs Sharjah Warriors - 7th February'2024
94/10 vs 95/3 (SJH won by 7 wkts)
Pacers - 2w+1w=3w
Spinners - 7w+2w=9w
5) MI Emirates vs Desert Vipers - 4th February'2024
188/5 vs 158/8 (EMI won by 30 runs)
Pacers - 3w+6w=9w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w
6) Abu Dhabi Knight Riders vs Dubai Capitals - 3rd February'2024
183/10 vs 154/8 (ABD won by 29 runs)
Pacers - 7w+4w=11w
Spinners - 2w+4w=6w
7) Sharjah Warriors vs MI Emirates - 2nd February'2024
129/10 vs 133/2 (EMI won by 8 wkts)
Pacers - 4w+2w=6w
Spinners - 5w+0w=5w
8) Gulf Giants vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders - 31st January'2024
161/6 vs 164/4 (ABD won by 6 wkts)
Pacers - 4w+1w=5w
Spinners - 2w+3w=5w
SUMMARY
Pacers
1st Innings - 31w
2nd Innings - 23w
Spinners
1st Innings - 28w
2nd Innings - 21w
Overall
54w:49w (Pacers:Spinners)
(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue
Ireland (IRE)
1. Paul Stirling
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 35(29)&0w, 52(36)&0w, 16(12), 25(17)&3w, 16(20)&2w, 77(46)&4w, 17(16)&1w, 76(43)&0w, 2(6), 25(24), 72(58)&0w, 2(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(13)&2w, 28(19)&0w, 11(10), 62(36), 23(17), 11(8), 30(39)*&0w, 7(7)&1w
2. Ross Adair
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Lorcan Tucker
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Harry Tector
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(6), 16(15)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 21(16)*, 22(26), 3(6)
5. Curtis Campher
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 49(36)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(7)*&4w, 24(28)&0w
6. George Dockrell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 0(1)*, 2w, 13(10)*&1w, 1(1)&0w, 21(16)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 5(5)&2w, 1w, 0w, 13(10)*&0w, 1w
7. Gareth Delany
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(2)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 16(10)&1w, 11(8)*&1w, 44(29), 2(4)
8. Mark Adair
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(17)*&1w, 8(8)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 12(13)&0w, 10(4)*&2w, 3w, 2(3)&2w
9. Craig Young
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 4w, 0w
10. Ben White
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Graham Hume
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Fionn Hand
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Matthew Humphreys
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Neil Rock
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(28)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3)
South Africa (SA)
1. Reeza Hendricks
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(5), 51(33)
2. Ryan Rickelton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 76(48)
3. Aiden Markram
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 42(29)&0w, 40(36)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(4), 17(12)*&0w
4. Tristan Stubbs
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Jason Smith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Matthew Breetzke
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 19(14)*
7. Wiaan Mulder
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
8. Patrick Kruger
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w
9. Andile Simaline
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Ottneil Baartman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
11. Bjorn Fortuin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
12. Lizaad Williams
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
13. Nandre Burger
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Lungi Ngidi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 3w
15. Nqaba Peter
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
2. HEAD TO HEAD
(i) Overall
6 - 6w/0l (In Favour of SA)
(ii) On This Venue
1 - 1w/0l (In Favour of SA)
(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches
1) Ireland vs South Africa - 27th September'2024
171/8 vs 174/2 (SA won by 8 wkts)
Curtis Campher - 49(36)
Neil Rock - 37(28)
George Dockrell - 21(16)
Mark Adair - 1w
Craig Young - 1w
Ryan Rickelton - 76(48)
Reeza Hendricks - 51(33)
Patrick Kruger - 4w
Bjorn Fortuin - 1w
Wiaan Mulder - 1w
Nqaba Peter - 1w
Ottneil Baartman - 1w
2) South Africa vs Ireland - 5th August'2022
182/6 vs 138/10 (SA won by 44 runs)
Reeza Hendricks - 42(40)
Aiden Markram - 27(10)
Lungi Ngidi - 1w
Paul Stirling - 28(16)
Curtis Campher - 19(17)
Gareth Delany - 2w
Mark Adair - 1w
3) South Africa vs Ireland - 3rd August'2022
211/5 vs 190/9 (SA won by 21 runs)
Reeza Hendricks - 74(53)
Aiden Markram - 56(27)
Lungi Ngidi - 1w
Lorcan Tucker - 78(38)
George Dockrell - 43(28)
Gareth Delany - 2w
4) South Africa vs Ireland - 24th July'2021
189/2 vs 140/9 (SA won by 49 runs)
Reeza Hendricks - 69(48)
Lorcan Tucker - 19(12)
Paul Stirling - 18(14)
5) South Africa vs Ireland - 22nd July'2021
159/7 vs 117/10 (SA won by 42 runs)
Lungi Ngidi - 1w
Aiden Markram - 1w
George Dockrell - 20(20)
Paul Stirling - 19(23) & 2w
Mark Adair - 15(16)* & 2w
6) South Africa vs Ireland - 19th July'2021
165/7 vs 132/9 (SA won by 33 runs)
Aiden Markram - 39(30)
Lungi Ngidi - 2w
Harry Tector - 36(34)
Josh Little - 15(18)* & 2w
Mark Adair - 2w
(v) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)
Ireland (IRE)
1. Paul Stirling
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(11), 6(2)&0w, 19(23)&2w, 18(14), 28(16)
2. Ross Adair
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Lorcan Tucker
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 78(38), 5(5), 12(10), 19(17), 0(1)
4. Harry Tector
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(15)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(8), 36(34), 3(3), 5(6), 34(31)
5. Curtis Campher
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 49(36)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2)&0w
6. George Dockrell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(16)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 43(28)&0w, 2(6)&0w, 20(20), 3(4)
7. Gareth Delany
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(4)&2w, 0(2)&2w
8. Mark Adair
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(8)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(5)&0w, 0(2)&3w, 15(16)*&2w, 8(9)&0w, 2(4)&1w
9. Craig Young
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Ben White
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Graham Hume
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Fionn Hand
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Matthew Humphreys
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Neil Rock
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(28)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
South Africa (SA)
1. Reeza Hendricks
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 74(53), 69(48), 42(40)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 51(33)
2. Ryan Rickelton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 76(48)
3. Aiden Markram
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 56(27), 39(30), 8(6)&1w, 27(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(12)*&0w
4. Tristan Stubbs
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 24(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Jason Smith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Matthew Breetzke
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 19(14)*
7. Wiaan Mulder
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
8. Patrick Kruger
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w
9. Andile Simaline
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Ottneil Baartman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
11. Bjorn Fortuin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
12. Lizaad Williams
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
13. Nandre Burger
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Lungi Ngidi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Nqaba Peter
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
3. PLAYER BATTLES
IRE BATTING vs SA BOWLING
1. Paul Stirling
vs Ngidi - 22r, 16b, 1w
vs Fortuin - 20r, 17b, 0w
vs Burger -
vs Lizaad - 1r, 3b, 1w
vs Mulder -
vs Markram -
vs Baartman -
2. Ross Adair
vs Ngidi -
vs Fortuin -
vs Burger -
vs Lizaad -
vs Mulder -
vs Markram -
vs Baartman -
3. Harry Tector
vs Ngidi - 7r, 13b, 0w
vs Fortuin -
vs Burger -
vs Lizaad - 8r, 6b, 0w
vs Mulder - 1r, 3b, 1w
vs Markram - 3r, 3b, 1w
vs Baartman -
4. Lorcan Tucker
vs Ngidi -
vs Fortuin -
vs Burger -
vs Lizaad -
vs Mulder -
vs Markram -
vs Baartman -
5. Curtis Campher
vs Ngidi -
vs Fortuin -
vs Burger -
vs Lizaad - 2r, 2b, 0w (ODI)
vs Mulder -
vs Markram -
vs Baartman -
6. George Dockrell
vs Ngidi - 2r, 3b, 1w
vs Fortuin -
vs Burger -
vs Lizaad -
vs Mulder - 11r, 6b, 0w
vs Markram - 2r, 2b, 0w
vs Baartman -
7. Gareth Delany
vs Ngidi -
vs Fortuin -
vs Burger -
vs Lizaad -
vs Mulder -
vs Markram -
vs Baartman -
SA BATTING vs IRE BOWLING
1. Reeza Hendricks
vs Mark Adair - 18r, 18b, 0w
vs Young - 9r, 7b, 0w
vs White - 19r, 13b, 0w
vs Hand -
vs Hume -
vs Campher - 3r, 5b, 0w
vs Delany - 19r, 17b, 2w
vs Dockrell - 9r, 4b, 0w
vs Stirling -
2. Ryan Rickelton
vs Mark Adair -
vs Young -
vs White -
vs Hand -
vs Hume -
vs Campher -
vs Delany -
vs Dockrell -
vs Stirling -
3. Aiden Markram
vs Mark Adair - 12r, 7b, 1w
vs Young - 0r, 1b, 0w
vs White -
vs Hand -
vs Hume -
vs Campher - 6r, 7b, 0w
vs Delany - 16r, 9b, 2w
vs Dockrell - 6r, 7b, 0w
vs Stirling - 12r, 6b, 0w
4. Tristan Stubbs
vs Mark Adair - 16r, 5b, 0w
vs Young -
vs White -
vs Hand -
vs Hume -
vs Campher -
vs Delany - 1r, 1b, 0w
vs Dockrell -
vs Stirling -
5. Wiaan Mulder
vs Mark Adair - 12r, 5b, 0w
vs Young - 6r, 4b, 1w
vs White -
vs Hand -
vs Hume -
vs Campher -
vs Delany -
vs Dockrell -
vs Stirling - 2r, 2b, 0w
6. Matthew Breetzke
vs Mark Adair -
vs Young -
vs White -
vs Hand -
vs Hume -
vs Campher -
vs Delany -
vs Dockrell -
vs Stirling -
4. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING
A) IRELAND (IRE) SQUAD :
Probable XI
1) Paul Stirling - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 2, 4, 22, 4, 22, 10, 90, 2, 0w, 32, 1, 9
2) Ross Adair - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 18, 57r 0w, 36*, 15r 3w, 64r 0w, 116, 7, 0, 0r 0w, 14r 1w
3) Harry Tector - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 16r 0w, 5r 1w, 1r 3w, 4, 4r 0w, 4, 0, 0r 1w, 8r 1w, 0
4) Curtis Campher - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 49, 8r 2w, 50r 1w, 12r 3w, 14r 1w, 21r 1w, 7r 4w, 10r 1w, 8r 1w, 0r 0w, 0
5) Neil Rock - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 37, 5, 0, 10, 11, 4, 1, 35, 19
6) George Dockrell - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 21, 9r 0w, 1, 4r 0w, 1w, 1, 41r 1w, 45r 1w, 20
7) Mark Adair - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 8r 1w, 14r 0w, 4r 1w, 1w, 0r 2w, 24r 2w, 15r 1w, 34r 1w, 3r 1w, 1r 1w, 19r 2w, 3w
8) Fionn Hand - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 0w, 4w, 7r 0w, 1w, 2w, 15r 3w, 1w, 34r 1w, 79r 0w, 0w, 0w, 13r 3w
9) Matthew Humphreys - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 8r 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 27r 1w, 1w, 4r 5w, 5w, 25r 2w, 3w, 39r 0w, 1w
10) Craig Young - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w
11) Ben White - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 10r 0w, 9r 2w, 5r 1w, 2r 1w, 1w, 0w
BENCH
12) Gareth Delany - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 6r 0w, 15r 3w, 0r 0w, 31r 0w, 3r 1w, 26, 4r 0w, 2r 1w, 1r 1w, 19
13) Lorcan Tucker - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 72*, 8, 0, 60*, 32, 31, 0, 56, 125*, 1, 2
14) Graham Hume - LHB, RAM
Last 10 - 79r 2w, 11r 1w, 3w, 53r 0w, 0w, 10r 0w, 2r 1w, 5r 1w
Safe C/VC choices
Curtis Campher, Paul Stirling
B) SOUTH AFRICA (SA) SQUAD:
Probable XI
1) Reeza Hendricks - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 51, 18, 17, 9, 9, 44, 4, 39, 17, 4*, 27, 34, 10, 23, 1
2) Ryan Rickelton - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 76, 27, 20, 4, 19, 80, 0, 0, 89, 29, 4
3) Matthew Breetzke - RHB
Last 10 - 19*, 128, 4, 36, 74, 28, 5, 76, 21, 20, 34, 10
4) Aiden Markram - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 17r 0w, 69r 0w, 21r 1w, 2r 1w, 20, 19r 0w, 14r 0w, 14, 51, 9r 1w, 38r 0w, 82, 4r 0w, 23*, 18r 1w, 1r 0w, 46r 0w
5) Tristan Stubbs - RHB, RAO, WK
Last 10 - 26*, 5, 0, 40, 28, 76, 26, 24, 20, 68, 8, 31, 29, 12*, 20*
6) Wiaan Mulder - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 2r 0w, 52r 0w, 1*, 0r 4w, 34r 2w, 41r 0w, 0w, 17r 0w, 53r 2w, 21r 1w, 13r 0w, 16r 0w, 9r 1w, 2r 2w, 10r 0w, 20r 1w
7) Patrick Kruger - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 4w, 20r 1w, 10r 0w, 0w, 6r 2w, 44r 0w, 16r 0w, 4r 1w, 12r 1w, 0r 0w, 3r 0w, 6r 1w
8) Ottneil Baartman - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 4w, 1w, 3w
9) Nqaba Peter - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 5r 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 4w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 3w
10) Bjorn Fortuin - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 0w, 16r 2w, 1w, 0w, 11r 1w, 0w, 9r 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 11r 0w, 7r 1w
11) Lizaad Williams - LHB, RAM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w
BENCH
12) Andile Simelane - RHB, RAF
Last 10 - 3r 0w, 27r 2w, 110r 1w, 1w, 48r 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 3w
13) Lungi Ngidi - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w
14) Nandre Burger - LHB, LAM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 23r 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w
15) Jason Smith - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 0, 51, 30*, 41*, 19*, 28*, 9, 10, 3, 14*
Safe C/VC choices
Aiden Markram, Reeza Hendricks
Differential GL C/VC choices
IRE - Gareth Delany, George Dockrell
SA - Patrick Kruger, Tristan Stubbs
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