The
Irish national cricket team toured
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring coun ...
in September 2016. They played two
One day international
A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World C ...
s, one each against South Africa and Australia.
They lost heavily in both matches, by 206 runs against South Africa and by nine wickets against Australia. Their match against South Africa was the first ODI to use the updated rules to the
DRS system, which brought more of the stumps into play for
LBW decisions.
Squads
AB de Villiers was originally named as the captain for the game against Ireland. However, he was still recovering from an injury, so
Faf du Plessis
Francois "Faf" du Plessis ( ; born 13 July 1984) is a South African professional cricketer and former captain of the South Africa national cricket team. He is considered one of the greatest fielders of all time and is among the best all-forma ...
took his place as captain and
Rilee Rossouw
Rilee Roscoe Rossouw (born 9 October 1989) is a South African cricketer who played for South Africa between 2014 and 2016, before making a return to international cricket in July 2022. In South Africa he played domestic cricket for Knights and ...
was also added to the squad.
suffered a knee injury ruling him out for two months. He was replaced by
Dwaine Pretorius.
South Africa vs Ireland
Australia vs Ireland
See also
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Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2016–17
References
2016 in Irish cricket
2016 in South African cricket
Irish cricket tours abroad
International cricket competitions in 2016–17
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