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00:00We're at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi for this first T20 international
00:15between the hosts Ireland and South Africa.
00:21Here we go then.
00:22First of five white ball matches between these two sides.
00:29Straight away a bit of bounce for Williams there.
00:36It's over mid-on and just one bounce for four.
00:39Tremendous start that by Ross Adair.
00:45Stand and deliver from Ross Adair.
00:48No real foot movement but the swing of the bat is pure and he gets four more.
00:56Oh that's come right out of the middle of the bat and it's gone a long, long way.
01:01Up onto the bank.
01:02What a sweet sound that made and what a tremendous first over for Ireland after they've been
01:07put into bat.
01:0816 without loss.
01:21Not middled.
01:22It's gone up a long, long way.
01:25And Tristan Stubbs takes the catch.
01:29So Adair, he lived by the sword and he's eventually died by it.
01:36Ross Adair is so strong in that region.
01:39This occasion just dragging it back by Vian Mulder.
01:42He's hit it high up into the night sky.
01:45That's an excellent catch.
01:46Dangerous Adair.
01:48He goes for 18.
01:50Ireland 21 for 1.
01:54Bold.
01:55Bartman strikes in his first over.
01:58A little bit of an airy-fairy drive from Sterling.
02:03He's beaten through the gate.
02:05The gap between bat and pad and all of a sudden a disappointing start for South Africa has
02:09become a very good one.
02:11It's that back of a length.
02:14He's nor forward nor back.
02:15Not committing to the stroke.
02:18The dangerous Sterling.
02:19He goes for 2.
02:20Ireland 26 for 2.
02:24Edged.
02:25And that one's away.
02:26As is the way these days in T20 cricket, often don't have a third man in place.
02:30South Africa trying to cover their bases, having a slip and a man catching, unfortunately
02:35for Mulder.
02:36He doesn't find any hands and to the boundary she goes.
02:42That's not the best delivery from Mulder.
02:43He'd be disappointed with that.
02:44The other one, he was unlucky to go away to the fence.
02:46This one, unfortunately, it's bad bowling.
02:52That's nasty ball.
02:53But even more impressive is the way he's played with it.
02:55It wasn't a half volley, but boy, oh boy, has that been beautifully caressed through
02:59the covers by Kampha.
03:03Make that 16 of 12.
03:04That is the best one we've seen from him.
03:06Fantastic shot.
03:07Catch me, catch me.
03:08Giving it away.
03:13Up comes the reverse sweep.
03:16No turn to speak of.
03:18And Tector has given it away.
03:20In particular, the reverse sweep is difficult to play against him, but top edge, get a little
03:25bit of extra bounce on this surface.
03:27Nice hard surface and taken by Lizard-Williams.
03:31Tector goes for 16, Arden 64 for three.
03:38Edge that'll run away for four.
03:40The outfield is so true, it's so quick.
03:44May be fortunate, but they'll take him.
03:49Goes up and over extra cover.
03:50That's good placement.
03:51There is a sweeper back there and he makes a meal of it.
03:58There's the width.
03:59There's the gap.
04:00There's the execution.
04:01Brilliant.
04:02It's what we wanted, Polly.
04:04It's what we recommended.
04:08It's nasty play.
04:09I think that's off the middle enough.
04:10Yes, it is.
04:12He's waltzed across onto off stump, picked it up, and done it with a plump.
04:19That's a freebie, unfortunately.
04:21He won't be happy with that Kruger with fine leg being set up and Rock just waltzing onto
04:27that off stump.
04:28That was easy pickings.
04:32Early movement and that works out really, really well.
04:35Looking to open up deep extra cover and that worked out perfectly.
04:39Do play a part as the game goes on.
04:42That's nasty.
04:43Slug swept and it lands and bounces safely.
04:46I thought he had enough contact, but John T. Rhodes always used to say, unless you dive,
04:52you'll never know.
04:55Sweep shot doesn't get a hold of it this time, just skids on and crashes into the middle
05:00stump.
05:01It's a massive, massive moment in this game.
05:12Gone for 37, 123 for four.
05:20Another good shot.
05:21Brilliantly placed.
05:22Up and over extra cover.
05:28They'll just keep going away from the man at long off and all the way.
05:33That's a sweet stroke from Dockrell.
05:36Well, he's not going to get away with this one.
05:40You can stand and watch as it flies onto the bank and brings up the island 150.
05:51Bull toss, not meddled, but it's gone to the boundary.
05:55And that really, in a nutshell, sums up the way South Africa have been bowling today.
06:02It's gone high in the air and the catch is taken.
06:09It's Bartman and Kampha falls one short of a half century, a much needed wicket that
06:17for South Africa.
06:21Into the pitch, just on to Kampha, a little bit quicker than he was thinking it would.
06:26It's getting on a little bit.
06:27Good catch as well.
06:28Bartman, we saw him put one down earlier on, grabbed on this time.
06:31Kampha goes for 49, Ireland 158 for five.
06:39Was that off the glove?
06:42Kruger thinks so and it looks as though the dismissal has been given.
06:49So frustration for Dockrell, a good slower ball bouncer from Kruger.
06:53The last over, hangs it in short, yeah, it was the cue in.
06:57He middled the cue, but unfortunately it just popped up in the air for the man with the
07:01sore knee, Ryan Rickleton, to take the catch.
07:03Kicking them up at the regularity at the back end, meaning Ireland can't launch an attack.
07:0921 he goes for, 166.
07:15Fionn Hand in at number eight, and it's a brief stay for him.
07:20Kruger's on a hat trick now.
07:21He's got a lot of slower delivery, so the lap shot, the ramps, they're not the options,
07:26not enough pace on the ball.
07:29It's straight to the fielder.
07:31Fionn Hand goes without scoring, Ireland 169 for seven now.
07:39And another wicket for Kruger.
07:42That extra cover this time, and there it goes.
07:47At the back end as a bowler, sometimes you can be made to look like a kippy where you
07:50could disappear all around the ground, but he's been looked like a king today as King
07:54Kruger.
07:55And there it goes for eight, 170 for eight.
07:58Pleased with how they've finished up, and especially pleased with Neil Rock coming in
08:01at number five, took his opportunity, 37 for him.
08:05Campfer was the best for Ireland today, 49 from 36, Adair up the top.
08:11Another made himself felt coming into the team, 18 for him.
08:14Yeah, best bowling figures in his career for Kruger, four for 27, finished strong most
08:18of deliveries as well.
08:21It's a word that's banded around quite often now in T20 cricket, matchups.
08:32Generally the left arm spinner doesn't want to bowl to the left-hander, particularly in
08:36a power play.
08:40Shot four.
08:48That's timed, did well, low full toss, finds the boundary again.
08:51That's back to back.
08:56Shot four.
09:00He's got off to a decent start here, Rickleton.
09:05And eventually Reza Hendricks gets one off the middle, and that's nicely played.
09:08A little bit of shape, which meant it went square within initially would have anticipated,
09:12but that's nicely struck.
09:17It's another one away, also over-pitched, and just opens the face does Reza Hendricks.
09:26That's beautifully played.
09:27Three boundaries for the over.
09:34That's well played again, he's now beaming in confidence.
09:37Anything that's over-pitched, he's happy to trust the pace, the bounce, and go up and
09:41over.
09:42He uses his feet and gets this one away to the fence as well, so trying to change up
09:48the length.
09:49Two deliveries landed in the right area, Hendricks says, OK, I'm going to mess with you a little
09:52bit.
09:53He charges down, and then the extra drag down with Young seeing him coming means that he
09:58can just help it on his way.
10:00No shape there, it's a length delivery, and Rickleton's got underneath that beautifully.
10:07It's away for a maximum, there comes the 50 for South Africa.
10:13And this one's up and flicked away, a la Quentin de Kock style, that's massive.
10:21That's made a lovely sound off the bat as well.
10:25One of the biggest boundaries here at the Zide Cricket Stadium, and Rickleton's cleared
10:30it comfortably.
10:35Pulled away by Rickleton, that'll be six more.
10:45Six.
10:46It's a long boundary out there, but Reza Hendricks has picked that one up nicely.
10:52Oh, that's a gift, that's a real drag down, and Hendricks is into position early, and
10:58he doesn't miss out.
11:01That's another example of an eased batting, this is going to be a great shot, over extra
11:06cover for another maximum.
11:10Free hit.
11:11Oh, this might be two, it might be back to back free hits, but more importantly for Reza
11:15Hendricks, that takes him to his 16th T2050.
11:19That's beautifully dealt with by Ryan Rickleton, I think he'll be looking at how much required
11:29and thinking, I have to get quite a high percentage of this to get my three figures.
11:35That could be close, and he is, his finger goes up.
11:42Straight away you saw the reaction from Reza Hendricks, as the ball made contact with his
11:46pad and he's going to maybe try and rally up some support, but I don't think there's
11:49much going in his favour.
11:51I think that's on the back leg, hitting the stumps, and he's decided not to review, he's
11:55on his way.
11:56Reza Hendricks goes for 51, South Africa lose their first, they're 136 for one.
12:01The short pitch delivery or Yorker leg stump?
12:04No?
12:05Oh, it's worked a treat, absolute treat.
12:08The last way you thought that he would have got out, Rickleton, would be to give himself
12:12room and pick out the man on the offside.
12:16Looks to lift it over the offside field instead, he's just lifted it into the hands of the
12:20waiting fielder, Curtis Camper, it takes an easy one.
12:27A little shimmy down the surface, that's good batting, really clever and a couple of bounces
12:31and trickles into the ropes.
12:36On the reverse, Mark O'Dear, well, he's not going to hold that in, that's clever batting.
12:42Only one man there, we saw Ireland try it, with two men positioned there, boundary to
12:46finish, 10 off it, 149 for two.
12:51Well, that's short and it's been pumped, dispatched, with ease for four.
13:02Excellent shot from Aidan Markham, using the pace, understanding, point and third minutes
13:07up in the ring and dissecting the two fielders.
13:12Oh, I tell you what, the sound of that sounded good and there's a very good reason for it
13:17because it's a maximum for Matthew Brianska.
13:23They'll do their confidence the world of good.
13:26And that is the finishing moment for South Africa.
13:33It also concludes the highest successful run chase at this ground in 67 T20 internationals.
13:41South Africa winning this contest by eight wickets.
13:45South Africa won the toss, entering Ireland into the batting arena.
13:50Ireland managed to get the 17148.
13:53Kampha and Rock, those were the two substantial run getters for Ireland, but Kruger, he was
14:00the man that did all the damage towards the back end to curb Ireland from getting to a
14:06big score here this evening.
14:08Well, in pursuit, South Africa, Ryan Rickleton and Reza Hendricks, that opening partnership
14:13yielding 136 runs.
14:16We really set the tone for the South African lineup.
14:20Getting themselves to 174 for two, a convincing run chase.
14:25We see South Africa winning this contest by eight wickets and leading the series 1-0.