Match Preview
South Africa and Ireland will be playing each other tomorrow for the second and final T20I of the series where South Africa has taken a lead of 1-0 and would look to vanquish the Irish completely in the second game as well. Keshav Maharaj is leading the team for the series and in the first game South Africa won the game by a margin of 21 runs and they were defending a massive target of 211.
Ireland on the other hand will have to look at what went wrong for them in the game. They did well to bring their score as close as possible to the Proteas but fell short in the end. Only Lorcan Tucker and George Dockrell had 20-plus scores in the game. But, the other batters not contributing meant that the Irish could muster only 190 on the board in their 20 overs. Ireland earlier also came close to the scores of India and New Zealand in their previous series.
Thus, tomorrow’s game will be a fighting contest between the two sides with South Africa looking to take away the series.
Match Details
Venue: County Ground, Bristol
Match Format: T20I, Match 2, T20I Series
Date: 5th August 2022
Time: 11:00 PM IST
Streaming Platform: Fan Code
Pitch Report
The pitch tomorrow will be more favourable to the batters while the pacers will have a bit more edge in the game during the initial overs. In the last 5 T20I matches here, the average score at this venue has been 178 runs.
Team News & Injury Updates for IRE vs SA Dream11 Match:
Kagiso Rabada of South Africa has suffered an ankle injury so his playing in tomorrow’s match will be a doubtful starter.
Complete Squad for IRE vs SA Dream11 Match:
Ireland
Andrew Balbirnie (c), Harry Tector, Andy McBrine, Curtis Campher, Fionn Hand, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Paul Stirling, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Stephen Doheny (wk), Barry McCarthy, Graham Hume, Joshua Little, Mark Adair
South Africa
Aiden Markram, David Miller, Rassie van der Dussen, Reeza Hendricks, Rilee Rossouw, Tristan Stubbs, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Quinton de Kock (wk), Anrich Nortje, Gerald Coetzee, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj (c), Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Wayne Parnell
Probable Playing XI for IRE vs SA Dream11 Match:
Ireland
Although playing well in their games, they have still not found the solution to finish the games. They will have to look into this department and deliberate their best playing XI for tomorrow’s match.
Predicted Playing XI:
Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie (c), Lorcan Tucker (wk), Gareth Delany, Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Andy McBrine, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little
South Africa
The Proteas have an excellent squad at the current moment. They will however miss the services of their star pacer Kagiso Rabada who is out due to an ankle injury. They are the clear favourites for tomorrow’s match.
Predicted Playing XI:
Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Tristan Stubbs, Dwaine Pretorius, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj (c), Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi
Top Picks for IRE vs SA Dream11 Match:
Ireland
Lorcan Tucker
The Irish wicketkeeper is in great form since the recent series against India and New Zealand. Against South Africa, he almost led his team to a victory by smashing 78 runs in just 38 balls. Also, this was Tucker’s 2nd 70-plus score in T20 cricket in his last three games.
Josh Little
Little has played a good part in Ireland’s almost win against the Proteas in the first T20I. His figures in the first match were 1/55 and he will be among the wicket-takers for his side tomorrow.
South Africa
Reeza Hendricks
The opener for South Africa is in prolific form and also smashed his fourth consecutive half-century against Ireland in the first T20I. Against England, Hendricks had three 50-plus scores and against the Irish, he played a knock of 74 from just 53 balls.
Dwaine Pretorius
The South African allrounder has done well for the team with both ball and bat. His was an impactful display in the first match against Ireland. He took one wicket and scored an unbeaten 21 from just 7 balls.
Players to avoid for the IRE vs SA Dream11 Match:
Heinrich Klaasen
The South African keeper-batter was not included in the first match of this series and thus he can be a doubtful player for the Proteas in tomorrow’s match.
Our Playing XI No.1 for IRE vs SA 2nd T20I Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
IRE VS SA: Quinton de Kock, Paul Stirling, Reeza Hendricks (c), Aiden Markram, Dwaine Pretorius, Gareth Delany, Tabraiz Shamsi, Joshua Little, Rassie van der Dussen (vc), Harry Tector, Wayne Parnell
Our Playing XI No.2 for IRE vs SA 2nd T20I Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
IRE VS SA: Quinton de Kock, Lorcan Tucker, Reeza Hendricks (c), Aiden Markram, Dwaine Pretorius (vc), Tabraiz Shamsi, Mark Adair, Harry Tector, Tristan Stubbs, Curtis Campher, Lungi Ngidi,
Probable Winner
For tomorrow’s contest, South Africa are the clear winners as they had a better performance than the Irish in the first match.
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