South Africa Women and Ireland Women are ready to face each other in the second match of the three-match ODI series at St George’s Park, Gqeberha, on Tuesday, December 16. This match is scheduled to begin at 1:30 PM IST (10:00 AM local time). Stay tuned with our SA W vs IRE W prediction, team preview, pitch report, player stats and winner prediction ahead of this exciting contest.
South Africa women continued their impressive performance against Ireland, first winning the T20 series by 2-0 and then securing a one-sided victory in the first ODI. All the batsmen of the hosts performed well due to which they easily won the last match by 7 wickets. They surely want to continue their performance in the next game. On the other hand, Ireland Women are still looking for their first win in the tour. They have failed to achieve a single win so far. They played well in the last match as well but the bowlers failed to take early wickets.
Head-to-Head Record: A total of 21 ODI matches have been played between South Africa Women and Ireland Women so far, in which South Africa Women have won 19 matches, and Ireland has won 1. Moreover, South Africa Women also won all of the last five head-to-head games.
South Africa Women Preview
South Africa Women continued their good run as they defeated Ireland by 7 wickets in a one-sided match in the first ODI. Their team put up a superb bowling and batting display, first restricting Ireland to just 209 runs, and then losing just three wickets to win the match.
In the last match, almost all the batters performed well. Sune Luus and Miane Smit made a strong partnership and both scored half-centuries. Apart from her, Captain Laura Wolvaardt also gave an aggressive start at the top-order. They will definitely want to continue a similar performance in the next match.
South Africa Women have been consistently performing well with the ball. In the last game, Ireland got a good start, but due to well bowling from South African they managed to score only 209 runs. Nonkululeko Malbe performed well and took three wickets for 43 runs, while Tumi Sekhukhune also got two wickets. Now, their bowlers will be ready to perform well in the second match as well.
Ireland Women Preview
Ireland women’s disappointing performance continues; first they lost the T20 series and then they also lost the first ODI. From here, they seem to be struggling for a win on this tour of South Africa. In their last match, their batsmen did well, but their bowlers missed wicket-taking opportunities. However, they wanted to do well at any cost in the next game.
In batting, Ireland Women got a good start from top-order batsman Sarah Forbes, who scored a good 42 runs. Apart from her, Amy Hunter and Rebecca Stockel also played good innings of 32 and 39 runs respectively in the last match to take the team’s score forward. However, they will try to perform better in the second match.
The bowling of the Ireland women’s team has looked the weakest so far. Their batters try to bring them back in the game by performing very well but due to the less support from bowling, they lose matches again and again. However, Orla Prendergast and Cara Murray are in good form and can perform well in the next match.
SA W vs IRE W Probably Playing XI
South Africa Women: Laura Wolvaardt (c), Tazmin Brits, Lara Goodall, Sune Luus, Miane Smit, Dane van Niekerk, Karabo Meso, Eliz-Mari Marx, Tumi Sekhukhune, Ayanda Hlubi, Nonkululeko Mlabe
Ireland Women: Sarah Forbes, Gaby Lewis (c), Amy Hunter, Orla Prendergast, Leah Paul, Laura Delany, Rebecca Stokell, Arlene Kelly, Cara Murray, Georgina Dempsey, Lara McBride
SA W vs IRE W Pitch Report
The pitch at St George’s Park, Gqeberha, is considered a balanced surface that usually gives slightly upper hand to batters. However, pacers also get help from the surface. Moreover, the pacers get good swing and bounce here, which can cause some challenges for the batters. Generally, big scores are seen here in the first innings, which is likely to be in this match as well. The toss-winning team prefers to bat first if the conditions are good for batting.
SA W vs IRE W Winner Prediction
South African women have consistently shown excellent performances. So far, the difference between the two teams has been clearly visible. South Africa has not given Ireland a chance to win any match even once, hence they will be the favourites to win this match as well.
On the other hand, Irish women now need a match win to save their pride. Irish women need to adjust their strategy here. However, their all-rounders are performing well and can lead them to victory. But other players will also need to perform well. They will try their best to win the next match at any cost.
Our Prediction: South Africa Women
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