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Ireland vs South Africa 1st ODI Predictions & Tips - Proteas backed to defeat Ireland

Ralph Staniforth

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Last updated: 01 Oct 2024

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Ireland and South Africa to clash in 1st ODI after a tied T20I series.
Key players: Ireland’s Paul Stirling and South Africa’s Aiden Markram.
South Africa aims to bounce back after a poor ODI series vs Afghanistan.

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Ireland will be pleased having drawn the T20I series against South Africa and will be out to prove they can perform in the 50-over contest as well. However, I am backing the Proteas to come out on top in this opener.

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Head to Head
Ireland Form
Ireland Injuries & Team News
South Africa Form
South Africa Injuries & Team News

Ireland won the 2nd T20I against South Africa.
Ireland have not played ODI cricket for a few months.
Ireland’s Paul Stirling scored 52 runs in the last T20I against South Africa.
South Africa lost their last ODI series to Afghanistan.
South Africa’s Aiden Markam scored 50+ runs in his last ODI match.

Head to Head

Proteas have won three of their four ODIs against Ireland.

Ireland Form

Ireland have not played ODI cricket for some time with focus being on the T20 World Cup earlier this year. Thereafter they played one Test and two T20I games.

Their two-match T20 series against South Africa over the last few days ended 1-1. Ireland lost the first game but came back in the second to win by 10 runs.

Ross Adair smashed 100 off 58 balls in the 2nd T20I and will look to carry that form in the ODI format.

Ireland Injuries & Team News

Paul Stirling captains a strong Irish side. Andy Balbirnie and Stirling will be key at the top of the order while Curtis Campher has proven himself a very good allrounder.

South Africa Form

South Africa reached the final of the T20 Cricket World Cup earlier this year but since that good run, things have gone downhill fast.

They recently lost an ODI series to Afghanistan 2-1. After losing the first two games, the Proteas got some pride back with victory in the third.

South Africa then traveled to Ireland, winning the first T20I but then lost the second to draw the series. They will be hoping for a far better performance in the ODIs.

South Africa Injuries & Team News

Temba Bavuma leads the side with some big names returning after the Afghanistan tour. All eyes will be on this series to see if the Proteas can bounce back.

Verdict

Ireland v South Africa - 1st ODI

I am backing Aiden Markram and Paul Stirling to top score for their respective sides.

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