South Africa won the ODI series 2-1 despite Ireland’s 69-run victory, while the T20I series ended in a 1-1 draw between the two teams.
On Monday, October 7, Ireland defeated South Africa by 69 runs in their last one-day encounter played at St George’s Oval in Port Elizabeth. Ireland scored 284/9 thanks to their finest batting effort of the series, which was driven by the whole team. In the 47th over, South Africa was knocked out for 215 by the bowling trio of Craig Young, Mark Adair, and Graham Hume.
When Smith came to bat in the fourteenth over, he had a difficult time at first, failing to score on his first nine deliveries. But he quickly got comfortable and kept hitting boundaries in a series of drives that culminated with Hume catching him in deep third as he scored 91 off 93 balls. Nine fours and four sixes made up Smith’s innings. With scores of 3-29, 3-40, and 2-54, Hume, Young, and Adair dominated the Irish bowling attack.
Ireland’s greatest opening stand against South Africa came from Stirling and Andy Balbirnie, whose 101 runs together set the stage for a solid game. After the first wicket stand, Lorcan Tucker and Curtis Campher added 26 and 34 runs, respectively.
