Ireland vs South Africa 1st T20I_ 2024 _ Match Highlights(1080P_HD)
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00:00We're at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi for the first T20 international
00:04between the hosts Ireland and South Africa.
00:10It's over mid-on and just one bounce for four.
00:18Stand and deliver from Ross Adair.
00:22Oh that's come right out of the middle of the bat.
00:30Not middled, it's gone up a long long way and Tristan Stubbs takes the catch.
00:42Bold, Bartman strikes in his first over.
00:47A little bit of an eerie fairy drive from Sterling, he's beaten through the gate.
00:51Edged and that one's away as is the way these days.
00:59That's nasty bold but even more impressive is the way he's played with it. It wasn't a half volley
01:04but boy oh boy has that been beautifully caressed through the covers by Kampha.
01:10That's beautifully played again, we saw a relatively straight drive through the cover
01:14area. This one goes square with an over pitched again and this is a driving exhibition
01:22from Kampha. Brings up the 50 for Ireland.
01:28Giving it away, up comes the reverse sweep. No turn to speak of and Tector has given it away.
01:38There's up and over extra cover, that's good placement, there is a sweeper back there and he
01:41makes a meal of it. There's the width, there's the gap, there's the execution, brilliant.
01:52It's nicely played, I think that's off the middle enough, yes it is.
01:55He's waltzed across onto off stump, picked it up and done it with a plump.
02:01Oh that's a freebie unfortunately.
02:07Early movement and that works out really really well.
02:15Sweep shot, doesn't get a hold of it this time, just skids on and crashes into the middle stump.
02:25Another good shot, brilliantly placed, up and over extra cover.
02:29That'll just keep going away from the man at long off and all the way, that's a sweet stroke from
02:35Dockrell. Well he's not going to get away with this one, you can stand and watch.
02:47It's gone high in the air and the catch is taken, it's Bartman and Kampha falls wide.
02:59One short of a half century, a much needed wicket that for South Africa.
03:08Is that off the glove? Kruger thinks so and it looks as though the dismissal has been given.
03:18Hand in at number eight and it's a brief stay for him. Kruger's on a hat-trick now.
03:37And another wicket for Kruger, courted extra cover this time, Adair goes.
03:48Ireland will be a little bit disappointed that they didn't get more than 171. 171 is not a bad
03:56score at this venue, batting first, but they would have felt that 190-200 was well within
04:01their grasp, particularly with how well Curtis Kampha played for his 49 and Neil Rock for his 37.
04:09The South African fast bowlers went round the park at the beginning and then the spin was
04:13introduced. Markram, Peter and Fortune fought back and they held the Irish at
04:18bay before Williams was magnificent at the back end of the innings.
04:24So 172 is what South Africa need and there are a lot of 20 overs.
04:29Let's go and see how the chase goes.
04:34Shot four.
04:35And that's timed, did well, low full toss, finds the boundary again, that's back to back.
04:51Shot four.
04:54He's got off to a decent start here, Rickleton.
05:00And eventually Reza Hendricks gets one off the middle and that's nicely played,
05:03a little bit of shape which meant it went square within initially would have anticipated but
05:08that's nicely struck.
05:12It's another one away, also over pitched and just opens the face does Reza Hendricks.
05:20That's beautifully played, three boundaries for the over.
05:27That's well played again, he's now beaming in confidence,
05:30anything that's over pitched he's happy to trust the pace, the bounce and go up and over.
05:39No shape there, it's a length delivery and Rickleton's got underneath that beautifully.
05:44It's away for a maximum, there comes the 50 for South Africa.
05:50And this one's up and flicked away a la Quentin de Cox style, that's massive.
05:55That's made a lovely sound off the bat as well.
06:05There's an appeal for a catch and the fingers gone up and straight away Hendricks reviews.
06:13A flat line, ball passes the bat, still flat line, flat line,
06:20okay, due to change of decision to not out, we're on screen now.
06:40Pulled away by Rickleton, that'll be six more.
06:42That's 50 for Ryan Rickleton, just 30 deliveries, strike rate in excess of 166.
06:56It's his first half century for South Africa in international cricket
07:00and it really has been a terrific effort.
07:02Six, a long boundary out there, but Riza Hendricks has picked that one up nicely.
07:12That's beautifully dealt with by Ryan Rickleton. I think he'll be looking at how much required
07:18and thinking I have to get quite a high percentage of this to get my three figures.
07:24Straight away you saw the reaction from Riza Hendricks as the ball made contact with his pad
07:28and he's going to maybe try and rally up some support, but I don't think there's much
07:32going in his favor. I think that's on the back leg hitting the stumps
07:36and he's decided not to review, he's on his way.
07:41Oh, it's worked a treat, absolute treat. The last way he thought that he would have got out,
07:46Rickleton, would be to give himself room and pick out the man on the offside.
07:52On the reverse. Michael Dare, well, he's not going to hold that in.
07:56He's going to try and rally up some support, but I don't think there's much going in his favor.
08:01I think that's on the back leg hitting the stumps and he's decided not to review, he's on his way.
08:10Oh, that's short and it's been pumped, dispatched with ease for four.
08:23Oh, I tell you what, the sound of that sounded good
08:26and there's a very good reason for it because it's a maximum for Metro Brescia.
08:29We'll do the conference the world of good. That is the finishing moment for South Africa.
08:44It also concludes the highest successful run chase at this ground in 67 T20 internationals.
08:52South Africa winning this contest by eight wickets.