{"id":80326,"date":"2022-08-06T16:05:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T16:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=80326"},"modified":"2022-08-06T16:05:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T16:05:55","slug":"five-wicket-parnell-strikes-as-south-africa-sweep-ireland-t20-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=80326","title":{"rendered":"Five-wicket Parnell strikes as South Africa sweep Ireland T20 series"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Sports Desk:<\/strong> Wayne Parnell's maiden five-wicket Twenty20 international haul led South Africa to a convincing 44-run victory over Ireland at Bristol on Friday as the Proteas completed a 2-0 series win.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old left-arm quick took 5-30 as Ireland, chasing 183 to win, were dismissed for 138 in what was their eighth successive defeat at this level ahead of a T20 World Cup where South Africa will be one of the leading contenders on this form.<\/p>\n

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“It was just about keeping things simple, doing the basics,” said Parnell at the presentation ceremony.<\/p>\n

Ireland have run India and New Zealand close this season and they only lost Wednesday's series opener against the Proteas, who've now won four of their last five T20s following a 2-1 success against England, by 21 runs.<\/p>\n

But Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie accepted his side had been well-beaten on this occasion.<\/p>\n

“We didn't show up with the bat,” he said. “It gets very hard when you lose so many wickets.”<\/p>\n

Parnell put a dent in Ireland's chase early on, reducing them to 2-2 with two wickets in consecutive balls.<\/p>\n

Balbirnie fell for a duck when he chipped to cover and Lorcan Tucker, fresh from his 78 in the first T20, went first ball when he miscued to mid-on.<\/p>\n

The in-form Harry Tector survived the hat-trick, and with the experienced Paul Stirling started to repair the damage.<\/p>\n

Stirling had hit two fours and two sixes in a score of 28 when he was struck a painful blow in the groin by fast bowler Lungi Ngidi.<\/p>\n

The next ball proved his undoing, with Sterling slicing a well-disguised slower delivery from Ngidi to Aiden Markram on the offside.<\/p>\n

Parnell followed up with two wickets in three balls, Curtis Campher caught behind on the reverse sweep before Tector holed out off a miscued pull for 34.<\/p>\n

Then, in his 45th match at this level, Parnell had a fifth wicket when Andy McBrine was brilliantly caught by diving wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock.<\/p>\n

That left Ireland 96-9, with tailender Barry McCarthy's entertaining 32 merely delaying defeat.<\/p>\n

Earlier, South Africa captain David Miller marked his return with an unbeaten 32 and a rapid stand of 71 in 33 balls with Heinrich Klaasen that helped the Proteas post 182-6.<\/p>\n

Miller, who missed Wednesday's match with back spasms, hit three sixes after tight Ireland bowling had initially left South Africa struggling for runs, with opener De Kock again out cheaply.<\/p>\n

Klaasen's 39 took only 16 balls after opener Reeza Hendricks had just fallen short of a fifth successive T20 international fifty when out for 42.<\/p>\n

But Ireland pulled things back in the field following leg-spinner Gareth Delany's 2-24.<\/p>\n

This was South Africa's last match at this level before they finalise a squad for the T20 World Cup, which will go to India for a three-match series in September ahead of the showpiece tournament in Australia.<\/p>\n

Miller, asked about the competition for places in the team, replied: “It's a good problem to have with the World Cup coming.”<\/p>\n

Ireland are at home to Afghanistan in a five-match series later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sports Desk: Wayne Parnell’s maiden five-wicket Twenty20 international haul led South Africa to a convincing 44-run victory over Ireland at Bristol on Friday as the Proteas completed a 2-0 series win. The 33-year-old left-arm quick took 5-30 as Ireland, chasing 183 to win, were dismissed for 138 in what was their eighth successive defeat at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":80327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n