IRE VS RSA - 1st ODI, Ireland v South Africa in UAE, 2024

That is all from the first ODI. South Africa's seamers were superb this evening, but Ireland's batting left a lot to be desired as well. They'll hope for a much better performance on Friday. Hope you enjoyed our coverage. This is Sagar Chawla signing off on behalf of Anurag Hegde and Raju Peethala. Goodbye!

Temba Bavuma | South African skipper: It is a good start to the series, top innings by Rickelton and Stubbs and then with tail wagging in. We thought the seamers did really well. Top effort from them. He (speaking about Tony de Zorzi) is going for scans tomorrow. We tried to play what is in front of us and we got guys who can do a bit of both (swing and seam), so quite a nice variety from those three (the pace trio of Ngidi, Williams and Baartman) and it was just a matter of keeping up the pressure and challenging them.

Paul Stirling | Ireland skipper: Feels nice, my dad is here, so really happy (talking about becoming the first player to make 400 apperances for Ireland). It (the surface) did a couple of things I didn't expect, it did move around in the evening. Few disappointing things and hopefully we can comeback better on Friday. That (dropped catches) could have possibly cost us and not the only thing that cost us, probably would have made things easier for us. He (Gavin Hoey) bowled well and came back brilliantly in the last 5 overs.

Ryan Rickelton | Player of the Match: When Tristan came and joined me, we were in a bit of bother and we wanted to take time and we always knew we would be able to catch and it was nice to have that partnership. The tail wagged nicely for us and credit has to go to them because those runs are really valuable.

Lizaad Williams: We did a lot of analysis. We had a box as a target and tried to land most of our balls there. I don't get a lot of bounce, the wobble seam is more effective for me. There was a bit of wind and it did give me a bit of boost.

Ireland had the opportunity earlier with the ball to restrict South Africa to a low score after reducing them to 39/3. However, Ryan Rickelton and Tristan Stubbs poured cold water on their plans with a 152-run stand for the fourth wicket. Stubbs was dropped early in his innings and it proved costly as he went on to lead the recovery along with the left-handed opener who carried on his good form from the T20Is. Rickelton is named Player of the Match, let's listen in.

22:16 Local Time, 18:16 GMT, 23:46 IST: The South African bowlers, led by Lizaad WIlliams, have made short work of Ireland, bundling them out for just 132. A lot of the damage was done in the first 15 overs as the new balls nipped around under lights and South Africa made the most of it. Williams, in particular, was superb with the areas he hit. He also showed great stamina while bowling eight overs in a row in this heat, and picked up three wickets in his opening spell before coming back later on to finish with a four-fer. He set the tone, and the rest of the bowlers backed him up as Ireland were never allowed any let-off from either end.

Fortuin to Hume, out Caught by Ottneil Baartman!! All over. Hume steps out and drives firmly, but he hits it straight to Baartman at mid-off. Fortuin picks up his second and wraps things up as South Africa go 1-0 up in the series. Hume c Ottneil Baartman b Fortuin 9(22) [4s-2]

Fortuin to Hume, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Fortuin to Hume, no run, tossed up around off, Hume shimmies down and defends

Fortuin to Hume, no run, some width outside off, Hume hangs back and cuts to backward point

Fortuin to Young, 1 run, dances down for a lofted shot but the ball is fired in at 95kph. Young is slightly late on it and gets an inside edge onto his leg. He's in some pain and hobbles across for a single

Fortuin to Young, no run, flat outside off, back of a length, Young cuts to cover

Wiaan Mulder to Hume, no run, short ball on off, Hume arches back and sways out of the way

Mulder from over the wicket now

Wiaan Mulder to Hume, FOUR, superbly played. Short of length on off, Hume arches back, gets under it and ramps it over the keeper

Wiaan Mulder to Hume, no run, swing and a miss outside off as he goes after the slower ball

Wiaan Mulder to Young, leg byes, 1 run, Young gets a blow on the body! He backs away, Mulder follows him with a short ball and takes him by surprise. He takes his eyes off it and gets hit on the chest

Wiaan Mulder to Hume, 1 run, short of length outside off, Hume cuts nicely to third man

Wiaan Mulder to Hume, no run, short of length on off, blocked from the crease