ABU DHABI: Ryan Rickelton and Reeza Hendricks blasted South Africa to an eight-wicket win over Eire in a Twenty20 on Friday.
Rickelton’s career-best 75 and Hendricks’ 16th fifty powered South Africa to 178 for two within the 18th over in reply to Eire’s 171 for 8.
Eire regarded like it could move 180 however misplaced three wickets in its final over as medium-pacer Patrick Kruger completed with a career-best four for 27 in his fifth T20.
Rickelton’s earlier finest rating in six T20Is was 27, and he handed that after consecutive sixes off medium-pacer Fionn Hand. Rickelton then took Matthew Humphreys over cow nook and smoked Ben White over deep midwicket. He reached his maiden T20 fifty off 30 balls.
White went for an additional couple of sixes within the 11th over and South Africa’s run fee handed 10.
Hendricks reached his fifty off 31 balls by hitting Hand for six over deep sq. leg and was out within the subsequent over, pinned in entrance by Craig Younger for 51 off 33.
Rickelton was caught within the following over, the 14th, for 76 off 48.
Rickelton and Hendricks scored 136 collectively and introduced the run fee required right down to lower than a run a ball.
Matthew Breetzke and captain Aiden Markram had no hassle knocking off the final runs and preserving South Africa’s unbeaten document towards Eire in T20s.
Eire began nicely when Ross Adair took a six and two boundaries off Lizaad Williams within the first over, and Curtis Campher and Harry Tector carried them by the powerplay.
Campher and Neil Rock then mixed for 59 in practically seven overs till Rock was bowled by leg-spinner Nqabayomzi Peter.
Campher, dropped on 17, was caught on the second likelihood by Ottneil Baartman on the boundary, however solely after he’d hit 49 off 36.
Eire was 169 for five going into the final over however Kruger deflated its cost by bowling an excellent three-wicket maiden over.
The Irish moved the tour to the United Arab Emirates as a result of it was cheaper to organise right here than at house.
The groups play yet one more T20I on Sunday, adopted by three one-day internationals.
