Ireland vs South Africa ODI series 2021
1st ODI:
First ODI of the series of 3 ODI matches between Ireland and South Africa is going to be played at the Village, Malahide, Dublin on July 11th 2021. The upcoming series will be the first between the teams, which contains more than 1 ODI.
Ireland vs South Africa History:
Overall:
Series:
This is going to be the third bilateral series between the teams, The host is searching for the first series victory. The visiting team won both the series.
The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 2 series in a span of 14 years, between 2007 to present, where the Ireland team won 0 times and South Africa team won twice.
The most consecutive winning streak for Ireland against South Africa was 0 series, till date.
The longest unbeaten streak for Ireland against South Africa was 0 series, till date.
The most consecutive winning streak for South Africa against Ireland was 2 series from 2007 to present.
The longest unbeaten streak for South Africa against Ireland was 2 series from 2007 to present.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Ireland against South Africa are LL – – -.
Matches:
The teams completed 5 meetings in the ODI format of cricket, till date. The host is searching for the first win, whereas the opponent won 5 times.
The most consecutive winning streak for Ireland against South Africa was 0 ODI, till date.
The longest unbeaten streak for Ireland against South Africa was 0 ODI, till date.
The most consecutive winning streak for South Africa against Ireland was 5 ODIs between 2007 to present.
The longest unbeaten streak for South Africa against Ireland was 5 ODIs between 2007 to present.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Ireland against South Africa are LLLLL.
Ireland Backyard:
Series:
When touring Ireland by South Africa, the teams met to play bilateral series just once, out of them, the host won the series 0 times and the visitors won once.
The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 1 series in 2007 to present, where the Ireland team won 0 times and South Africa team won the series.
The most consecutive winning streak for Ireland against South Africa in Ireland was 0 series, till date.
The longest unbeaten streak for Ireland against South Africa in Ireland was 0 series, till date.
The most consecutive winning streak for South Africa against Ireland in Ireland was 1 series from 2007 to present.
The longest unbeaten streak for South Africa against Ireland in Ireland was 1 series from 2007 to present.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Ireland against South Africa in Ireland are L – – – -.
Matches:
On the soil of Ireland, the teams faced each other just once. Out of them, Ireland received victory 0 times and defeated 1 times.
The most consecutive winning streak for Ireland against South Africa in Ireland was 0 ODI, till date.
The longest unbeaten streak for Ireland against South Africa in Ireland was 0 ODI, till date.
The most consecutive winning streak for South Africa against Ireland in Ireland was 1 ODI from 2007 to present.
The longest unbeaten streak for South Africa against Ireland in Ireland was 1 ODI from 2007 to present.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Ireland against South Africa in Ireland are L – – – -.
Points and Rankings:
The series is the comparison between the twelfth rank (Ireland) and fifth rank (South Africa) teams. The host is 64 points behind the visitors.
The Home Team:
In case, the host will win the series by 3-nil, then the host will earn 11 points and come to the eleventh position, but in case of losing the series with 3 defeats, then the team will lose the 2 points without impact in the position.
If the team will lose the series with the margin of 2 defeats, then the team will lose 1 point and no impact in the position. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 2, the team will earn 8 points and come to the eleventh position in the rankings.
If the team will lose the series with the margin of 1 defeat, then the team will either lose 1 point or earn 3 points without impact in the position. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 1, the team will earn 4 to 7 points and either stay at the current rank or improve by 1 rank in the table.
Drawing the series will help the team to earn 3 points with no impact in the position.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Ireland are LWLLL.
The Visiting Team:
In case, the visiting team will win the series by 3-nil, then the team will earn 1 points but no impact in the ranking table, but in case of losing the series with 3 defeats, then the team will lose 12 points with losing 1 rank in the position.
If the team will lose the series with the margin of 2 defeats, then the team will lose 9 points without impact in the rankings. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 2, the team will earn 1 point but no impact in the position.
If the team will lose the series with the margin of 1 defeat, then the team will lose 4 to 8 points without impacting the position. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 1, the team will lose 0 to 4 points and stay at the current rank.
Drawing the series will cause the team to lose 4 points with unaffected ranking.
Last 5 (completed) match results of South Africa are LWLWW.
The First Outing:
The result of the match will impact the team’s points, as if the result will go in favor of the host then the home team will gain 4 points and the visiting team will lose 4 points but no impact in the ranks for both the teams. On the other hand, in case of a reverse result, the visitors will neither gain nor lose either the points or the ranks, and the host will lose 1 point without impact in the position.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast of Dublin shows showers would be expected throughout the match duration in the weather. There is an extremely high chance of rain, as the precipitation percentage would be mostly nearly 50% and above. The temperature would be between 15-16 Celsius. The wind would be between 15 – 25 km/h. The wind would fluctuate and the temperature would decrease as the match will progress.
Toss and Pitch:
Teams preferred to field first after winning the toss, which happened 14 times out of 18 played games, and the selection favored the teams, as the teams won 7 times and lost 5 times. 2 matches concluded without any result and 2 were called off without a ball (abandoned).
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWLWL.
On the other hand, the teams who chose to bat first, never won, yet and lost both the times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LL – – -.
Overall, 7 times the teams won the toss, won the matches and lost 7 times, too.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WLLWL.
Particularly, for Ireland, the team won the toss 9 times in the 14 games and won twice the games and lost 6 times with 1 without any result.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Ireland at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLLLL.
The home side never won the match after winning the toss since 2014.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Ireland at the venue, while losing the toss, are LLLL -.
The first batting team won the match 5 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won the match 9 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LLLLW.
Score:
The lowest defended total was 289 runs in 2017, and the highest successful chase was 328 runs in 2019.
The first innings lowest total was 172 runs (according to RR) in 2014 and the highest total was 377 runs in 2016. For the second innings, the lowest total was 82 runs in 2016 and the highest was 331 runs in 2019.
The batting average of the first innings is 34.25 and 33.92 is for the second innings.
ODI History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams never faced each other at the venue, yet. The upcoming encounter will be the first between the teams.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Ireland against South Africa at the venue are – – – – -.
Teams’ ODI History at Venue:
The home side has an extremely poor record at the venue, and won twice with 10 losses out of 14 games, as 2 were concluded without any result. Whereas, the visiting team will play the first game.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Ireland at the venue are LLLLL.
Last 5 (completed) match results of South Africa at the venue are – – – – -.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Ireland:
The home side would go with the 3 pacers and 1 spinner combination, as the team has an all-rounder with pace, a batting all-rounder with spin and a bowling all-rounder with spin.
Ireland Eleven: P. Stritling, W. Porterfield, A. Balbirnie, H. Tector, C. Campher, L. Tucker, S. Singh, A. McBrine, B. McCarthy, J. Little, C. Young
South Africa:
The visiting team would like to go with 3 pacers and a spinner combination, as the team has a bowling all-rounders with pace.
South Africa Eleven: Q. de Kock, A. Markram, T. Bavuma, R. van der Dussen, D. Miller, H. Klaasen, A. Phehlukwayo, K. Rabada, A. Nortje, L. Ngidi, T. Shamsi
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: D means draw in “last five series results”. *Notes: T means tie in “last five match results”. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator.
