Bavuma ton sets up crushing 206-run win
South Africa 354 for 5 (Bavuma 113, de Kock 82, Duminy 52*, Behardien 50) beat Ireland 148 (O'Brien 41, Duminy 4-16) by 206 runs
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Temba Bavuma became the second South African to score a century on ODI debut and shared in a Willowmoore Park record opening stand of 159 with Quinton de Kock to set up a dominant performance in their one-off ODI against Ireland. An 87-run fifth wicket stand in 40 balls from JP Duminy and Farhaan Behardien added to Ireland's pain before they were blown away with the ball to lose by more than 200 runs.
Ireland managed to better the 82 they scraped together against Pakistan in their last completed ODI but not by much. They collapsed against pace up front, displayed poor shot selection as the innings grew long and lost four wickets to the spin of Duminy, an unlikely hero with the ball. They will be disappointed with a showing that lacked energy in the field and at the crease.
Not only did Ireland err too much in length by routinely dropping it short, but they also squandered chances and fumbled far too many times to properly challenge a side fielding three debutants in their XI. Bavuma, Dwaine Pretorius and Andile Phehlukwayo all gave solid accounts of their abilities, none more so than Bavuma who is being looked at as a possible future opener.
In this match, Bavuma stood in for Hashim Amla, who is awaiting the birth of his third child. It was only the third time Bavuma had opened in List A cricket and the early nerves showed in leaden footwork that could have led to an early demise. In the second over, Bavuma drove carelessly at a Peter Chase delivery and got a healthy edge to second slip but Kevin O'Brien could not hold on.
De Kock shifted his weight more easily from front to back foot and Bavuma soon followed suit. The pair took advantage of Craig Young and Chase's generous lengths and Bavuma had soon caught up to de Kock's strike rate. Their half-centuries came within two overs of each other and Ireland looked out of ideas and then, out of luck.
They dropped de Kock twice in two overs, first when a slender bottom edge went through Gary Wilson's gloves and hit him in the chest and then when he pulled Young to deep midwicket but John Anderson spilled the chance and sent the ball over the boundary for four. De Kock was headed for three figures before O'Brien cramped him for room and forced an inside-edge on to leg stump
Despite the strong start, South Africa did not send in a pinch-hitter and Faf du Plessis was in at No. 3. Ireland took advantage of his cautious approach and created some pressure with three boundary-less overs before Bavuma, lacking control, top-edged Chase wide of the keeper.
Bavuma quickly composed himself, played his next pull to perfection and worked patiently through the 90s before lofting a drive a deep cover to bring up his century, off 110 balls, and cap off a breakthrough year for him as an international cricketer. In January, Bavuma scored his maiden Test century against England at Newlands; less than 10 months later, he has a first ODI century. The only other South African to reach three figures on debut was Colin Ingram, in 2010.
With the milestone out of the way, Bavuma looked to change gears but du Plessis remained stuck and saved Ireland from conceding 400, although Duminy and Behardien did their best to get close. Duminy survived an lbw appeal off Dockrell, which Ireland reviewed but replays showed he had managed a sliver of glove on the ball, and he was soon into his stride. He found the boundary through clever placement and excellent timing rather than flashy strokeplay, which he left to Behardien, who provided the impetus at the end. He scored 29 runs off eight balls, bringing up his fifty off just 21 balls, to take the South Africa total over 350.
Ireland's chase was over before it had properly begun when Porterfield was done for pace and trapped lbw by Kagiso Rabada off the second ball. The Ireland captain reviewed but the ball was pitching in line and clipping off stump. Rabada was also involved in the second dismissal, when Anderson swatted a pull to fine leg off Wayne Parnell.
Pretorius got in on the action when he had Wilson caught behind off a top edge after rushing him with a short ball and at 41 for 3 in the 11th over it was only a matter of time for Ireland. Paul Stirling and O'Brien mounted some resistance but South Africa's spinners, Aaron Phangiso and Duminy, accounted for six wickets between them. Duminy finished with a career-best 4 for 16 as Ireland lost their last seven wickets for 71 runs.
Firdose Moonda is ESPNcricinfo's South Africa correspondent
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Very glad that Bavuma got a good knock to start off. You must feel though that SA missed out on a bigger score that the 354 and that is due to Faf, he's batting way too slow for conditions. It's 100% if a guy wants to settle, but at ODI level in this day and time you settle at a run a ball. Miller was disappointing again, a great pity but you must feel that with Themba on his current form there is no more space for the likes of Miller.
@Dunger.Bob: greetings! Yes Aus vs SA is always good and competitive, regardless of who is playing. I like to watch guys who get less exposure, if only so I know what I'm talking about (sometimes not even then!). But this is the starters before the main dish of Tests in Australia. As for AB, I think he's been fighting a ticking clock for some time now with his body. Massive pity if he doesn't make it, but I wouldn't be suprised if he needs surgery.
@EM-JAY - I strongly agree with you. Yes he was dropped early and his feet looked sticky upfront, but he was on debut in an unfamiliar position. If we start nitpicking with all our players, then we could say that Miller missed out yesterday and Farhaan didn't, therefore noone can complain if Farhaan plays ahead of Miller.
I strongly agree with 2ND_SLIP & LUKIBOY in saying that Faf shouldn't have played but he did anyway, he's really scoring slow even against Ireland, duh, and I strongly feel that he should be replaced by Rilee Rossouw and it looks like his career is coming to an end as he's gonna struggle to come into the test team as well. And to WILDAWG, everyone saw that Themba was struggling in the first 5 overs, not only because he couldn't play nor move his feet but I thinks the nerves got to him that he was on debut and got better when he went on, I strongly believe even if he was playing against Aussies and was put down in the 2nd over he would have still made it when he got his groove on. Remember he opened also in the test match in India and did very well than our regular openers, let's always look on the positive side of the outcome instead of the negative one. Cheers
A fine debut century by Bavuma....... this was a special one, because he batted at unusual opening slot !!!
Well done Temba! Keep up the good work.
Nice knock by Bavuma, but lets be honest... even a blind squirrel can find an acorn once in a while! He should of been out early through a sitter of a catch, and his foot movement was... well... really bad. The Irish bowling up front was pathetic, and SA should have actually made 400+ on that track with that average bowling. I'm real happy for Bavuma, but I cannot see him as a regular ODI opener, especially against the best who will have him for breakfast with that lazy foot movement of his. As most the commentators and coaching staff put it - an excellent result from our "SA 2nd side". Nice to know we have good cover waiting in the wings.
questions have to be asked about the Irish side. since their new coach has been appointed, results have been disappointing especially in t20s and odis, especially the scale of the losses. is that the fault of the coach or players? a lot of the senior players are no longer performing. Let's hope the new domestic structure in domestic will produce some decent cricketers for Ireland.
In truth Ireland are not better than Zimbabwe. Just like one comment said below Id like to see this very same team play at least of the ODIs against Australia for them to really test themselves. It was no use playing Faf in this match. Could have easily gave an ODI debut to Adams or de Bruyn but alas..
south africa should have racked the 400 run mark....good win but could have been better
Very glad that Bavuma got a good knock to start off. You must feel though that SA missed out on a bigger score that the 354 and that is due to Faf, he's batting way too slow for conditions. It's 100% if a guy wants to settle, but at ODI level in this day and time you settle at a run a ball. Miller was disappointing again, a great pity but you must feel that with Themba on his current form there is no more space for the likes of Miller.
@Dunger.Bob: greetings! Yes Aus vs SA is always good and competitive, regardless of who is playing. I like to watch guys who get less exposure, if only so I know what I'm talking about (sometimes not even then!). But this is the starters before the main dish of Tests in Australia. As for AB, I think he's been fighting a ticking clock for some time now with his body. Massive pity if he doesn't make it, but I wouldn't be suprised if he needs surgery.
@EM-JAY - I strongly agree with you. Yes he was dropped early and his feet looked sticky upfront, but he was on debut in an unfamiliar position. If we start nitpicking with all our players, then we could say that Miller missed out yesterday and Farhaan didn't, therefore noone can complain if Farhaan plays ahead of Miller.
I strongly agree with 2ND_SLIP & LUKIBOY in saying that Faf shouldn't have played but he did anyway, he's really scoring slow even against Ireland, duh, and I strongly feel that he should be replaced by Rilee Rossouw and it looks like his career is coming to an end as he's gonna struggle to come into the test team as well. And to WILDAWG, everyone saw that Themba was struggling in the first 5 overs, not only because he couldn't play nor move his feet but I thinks the nerves got to him that he was on debut and got better when he went on, I strongly believe even if he was playing against Aussies and was put down in the 2nd over he would have still made it when he got his groove on. Remember he opened also in the test match in India and did very well than our regular openers, let's always look on the positive side of the outcome instead of the negative one. Cheers
A fine debut century by Bavuma....... this was a special one, because he batted at unusual opening slot !!!
Well done Temba! Keep up the good work.
Nice knock by Bavuma, but lets be honest... even a blind squirrel can find an acorn once in a while! He should of been out early through a sitter of a catch, and his foot movement was... well... really bad. The Irish bowling up front was pathetic, and SA should have actually made 400+ on that track with that average bowling. I'm real happy for Bavuma, but I cannot see him as a regular ODI opener, especially against the best who will have him for breakfast with that lazy foot movement of his. As most the commentators and coaching staff put it - an excellent result from our "SA 2nd side". Nice to know we have good cover waiting in the wings.
questions have to be asked about the Irish side. since their new coach has been appointed, results have been disappointing especially in t20s and odis, especially the scale of the losses. is that the fault of the coach or players? a lot of the senior players are no longer performing. Let's hope the new domestic structure in domestic will produce some decent cricketers for Ireland.
In truth Ireland are not better than Zimbabwe. Just like one comment said below Id like to see this very same team play at least of the ODIs against Australia for them to really test themselves. It was no use playing Faf in this match. Could have easily gave an ODI debut to Adams or de Bruyn but alas..
south africa should have racked the 400 run mark....good win but could have been better
Gotta feel for the Irish. They're facing generational change and like a lot of teams they are finding out it's not that easy. As one generations stars begin to fade they struggle to replace them because they simply haven't got the player pool. This is one of the things that separates the top teams from the associates and that really only time and persistence can fix. .. As for the Saffa's, it's hard to see what more they could have done. You can only play what's in front of you and they did that comprehensively enough. .. @ Gimme-A-Greentop: There's been a bit said about the irrelevance of this series but I'm looking forward to the SA/Oz ODI's actually. We've got some new talent on show and so have you. As a development exercise for the C.T in England next year I think it has some decent value. I also hope AB is fit to tour. It wouldn't be quite the same without him.
would like to see a similar team take on the Aussies and see how they do. except a fit AB could take fafs place. want to see what the next generation can do.
highly disappointed in Sean Terry, he had a the potential to be a great player, hope he performs well in the future.
Great knock by Bavuma. Congratulations dear Bavuma for grear milestone achievement.
Ireland poor performance for 5th time 1.lost to oman 2.lost to hk 3.lost to srilanka by 136 runs 4.lost to pakistan by 255 runs 5.lost to sa by 202 runs
Great to see JP bowl with a bit of air today, which is how he used to bowl (getting nice loop and drift) before he reverted to darts. Maybe he feels more in control with flatter bowling, but you also take away your chance of wickets. I saw a fair amount of debate over Pretorius/Andile recently. Pretorius is very accurate but quite straight up and down (perhaps conditions). Andile looked like he has, or at least tried, a few more tricks - leg cutters, slower balls and a good bouncer etc. Both promising material. I still think Morris is better than both at this point, though.
Why isn't Bavuma playing against Australia?
Ireland are going through a semi transition at the moment . Really bad timing for it though . Theyve been the best associate for so long . Only recently have afg become their equal . Lets hope for their sake that the transition will end soon and they'll be back on track . After all their previous work they really cant afford to fall back . A few of their remaining players are aging too . Lots of pressure on the new blood
Temba! What a little beauty :)
Great work by the openers: de Kock and Bavuma and the finishers: Behardien and JP. Now let's see if the other "quota selection" Phehlukwayo can also do a Bavuma by out performing everyone in his discipline and silence us the "quota critics" lol ;)
South Africa can pass over 400.
Come on ireland . Lets see a good show
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Come on ireland . Lets see a good show
South Africa can pass over 400.
Great work by the openers: de Kock and Bavuma and the finishers: Behardien and JP. Now let's see if the other "quota selection" Phehlukwayo can also do a Bavuma by out performing everyone in his discipline and silence us the "quota critics" lol ;)
Temba! What a little beauty :)
Ireland are going through a semi transition at the moment . Really bad timing for it though . Theyve been the best associate for so long . Only recently have afg become their equal . Lets hope for their sake that the transition will end soon and they'll be back on track . After all their previous work they really cant afford to fall back . A few of their remaining players are aging too . Lots of pressure on the new blood
Why isn't Bavuma playing against Australia?
Great to see JP bowl with a bit of air today, which is how he used to bowl (getting nice loop and drift) before he reverted to darts. Maybe he feels more in control with flatter bowling, but you also take away your chance of wickets. I saw a fair amount of debate over Pretorius/Andile recently. Pretorius is very accurate but quite straight up and down (perhaps conditions). Andile looked like he has, or at least tried, a few more tricks - leg cutters, slower balls and a good bouncer etc. Both promising material. I still think Morris is better than both at this point, though.
Ireland poor performance for 5th time 1.lost to oman 2.lost to hk 3.lost to srilanka by 136 runs 4.lost to pakistan by 255 runs 5.lost to sa by 202 runs
Great knock by Bavuma. Congratulations dear Bavuma for grear milestone achievement.
highly disappointed in Sean Terry, he had a the potential to be a great player, hope he performs well in the future.