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Ireland picked up victory in the first ODI of the series, bowling out South Africa cheaply before chasing their modest target down, piling pressure on the Proteas ahead of this next game.
DATE/TIME: Sunday 29th September 2024 – UK – 4:30pm / India – 9:00pm / US EST – 11:30am / US PST – 8:30am
VENUE: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
WEATHER: Extremely hot conditions with bright sunshine and temperatures in the high thirties.
HOW TO WATCH ON TV: UK – TNT Sports / India– Not Televised / US – Not Televised
HOW TO WATCH ONLINE: UK – discovery+ / India – Fancode / US – Cricket Ireland Youtube channel
IRELAND FORM: BOWLERS UNABLE TO STOP PROTEAS BATTERS
Ireland put 171/8 on the board in the first T20i between these two nations in the series, but their bowlers could not prevent their opponents from ploughing their way to the victory target in 17.4 overs.
LAST FIVE: LLALL
SOUTH AFRICA FORM: PROTEAS FINALLY END LOSING STREAK
South Africa’s four-game losing streak was snapped as they chased down 172 to beat Ireland with 2.2 overs remaining. Both openers recorded half-centuries, putting on 136 for the first wicket in a straightforward chase.
LAST FIVE: WLLLL
IRELAND BETTING ANALYSIS
Ireland openers Paul Stirling and Ross Adair could only add 21 for the first wicket and the way Stirling in particular plays is very much boom-or-bust. With that in mind, the chances of him being dismissed early on in his innings is high and backing Stirling to score under 20.5 match runs in this second encounter appears a shrewd play.
SOUTH AFRICA BETTING ANALYSIS
We mentioned the importance of this series from Reeza Hendricks’ point of view in our betting analysis for the first T20i and he did himself the world of good with a fast and furious 51 from 33 balls. He’ll want to back that up with another significant knock this time around, so explore backing him to gain 30+ runs for the second match running.
IRELAND VS SOUTH AFRICA EXPERT PREDICTION
South Africa are clearly the stronger side than Ireland, mainly due to their formidable stack of power-hitters across the Proteas’ top order. The Irish bowlers didn’t have an answer to them last time out and that is unlikely to have changed on this occasion. Therefore, back South Africa to make it two wins from two.
IRELAND VS SOUTH AFRICA TIP: SOUTH AFRICA TO WIN