South Africa won by 21 runs
PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Reeza Hendricks
Batter
Bowler
So South Africa go 1-0 up and they would be looking to notch up another series win when they play the last T20I on Friday. We will be there to bring you all the action from that one. Meanwhile do catch up on the mountain of action, analysis, news and other stuff on this platform. Till next time, signing off from here. Be well and take care. Ta, ta!
Keshav Maharaj | South Africa skipper: Woke up with a niggle, hopefully he will be fine on Friday [on David Miller]. Good atmosphere, boys did well. The guys who got the opportunity really put their hands up during the England series, healthy competition for places, which is good, it makes the coaches' job tougher. Tucker and Dockrell did well, but the bowlers stuck to their plans and came up trumps. A day of rest tomorrow [on plans for tomorrow].
Andy Balbirnie | Ireland skipper: No I don't think so, in T20s currently, [on 211 being too much] the pitches are pretty good, thought we were in it for most parts of the chase but the two wickets in two balls of the set batters cost us. That's the turning point of the game. It's smaller than the other grounds, but we had good phases in both batting and bowling, hopefully we could change things on Friday. It is, playing an expansive game, but there's only so many times we can be happy with our performances, we need to get the results as well. We are looking for a complete performance on Friday.
Reeza Hendricks: That's a tricky question [on what he has been doing right of late]. I have been working hard for the last couple of months, a bit of momentum is behind me, hoping to ride it. Seems to be [on his form in the English conditions]. Unfortunately we lost Quinton early and Aiden played a fantastic innings along with me in that partnership which helped set up a total. There is competition going on for places which is always good and there is a lot of quality on the side as well.
Reeza Hendricks is the Player of the Match.
21:53 Local Time, 20:53 GMT, 02:23 IST: A gallant effort from Ireland but South Africa prevail. After slipping to 84/5, the unlikely revival came in the form of Tucker and Dockrell who kept the crowd entertained for a while during their 84-run stand but Shamsi got the former with the last ball of his spell and that was the game. Dockrell went next ball and the finishing touches were applied by Ngidi and Parnell who bowled 5 dots in a row in the last over. Also South Africa's spinners Maharaj and Shamsi were too good for the Irish batsmen as they shared 4 wickets between them. Tucker was very impressive but had a little too much to do after the big guns failed to fire. Stay tuned for the presentation...
END OF OVER 20
6 Runs
IRE: 190 - 9
0 0 0 0 0 6
Barry McCarthy
8 (8)
Joshua Little
0 (0)
Wayne Parnell
4-0-36-2
Parnell to McCarthy, SIX, the last ball is a six but won't matter as South Africa win by 21. Full on off, Parnell misses the yorker and McCarthy stays back to loft straight and that's a good end to the game for Ireland
Parnell to McCarthy, no run, this is a low full-toss outside off, angled across, McCarthy shuffles across to try and get some bat on it, fails to do so
Parnell to McCarthy, no run, four in a row. Parnell keeps angling the yorker length delivery outside off, McCarthy fails to get bat again
Parnell to McCarthy, no run, the wide away-angling yorker length delivery outside off, beats McCarthy
Parnell to McCarthy, no run, another yorker curving away from outside off, goes under the bat as McCarthy swings and misses
Parnell to McCarthy, no run, yorker length outside off, McCarthy fails to dig it out
Wayne Parnell [3.0-0-30-2] is back into the attack
Joshua Little, right handed bat, comes to the crease
END OF OVER 19
9 Runs
IRE: 184 - 9
0 W 1 6 1 W1
Barry McCarthy
2 (2)
Andy McBrine
10 (4)
Lungi Ngidi
4-0-39-1
Ngidi to McCarthy, out Andy McBrine Run Out!! 1 run completed. Andy McBrine wanted the second after this was slugged wide of deep square leg, he is halfway down when he is sent back, the throw is right on top of the stumps, on the bounce, de Kock does the rest. Andy McBrine run out (Klaasen/de Kock) 10(4) [6s-1]
Ngidi to McCarthy, THATS OUT!! Run Out!!
Ngidi to Andy McBrine, 1 run, slower delivery outside off on a good length, swatted straight to the fielder at deep mid-wicket
Ngidi to Andy McBrine, SIX, dropped in the crowd at deep square leg. Andy McBrine picks the off-cutter and heaves it with the angle, good connection and now it's 30 off 8!
Ngidi round the wicket to Andy McBrine
Ngidi to McCarthy, 1 run, this off-cutter outside off, is slogged on the bounce to deep mid-wicket