While South Africa get themselves all revved up for a fivematch oneday global series against Australia starting next week, they would do well not to look too much further than Ireland in Benoni tomorrow.
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The hosts have not played an ODI series at home in a while.
In that regard, each of the lone ODI’s against South Africa and Australia presents them with an opportunity to improve their limited-overs fortunes aside from gaining experience across different conditions. “Every now and again they create a huge upset so we will not be taking them lightly, we will be preparing for this ODI like we do against any other team”, Sport24 quoted Birrell as saying.
“It’s a great challenge for our young guys, they’re good young players and they’ll go well”, Lehmann told cricket.com.au.
Ireland also gets a match against Australia in Benoni on September 27, while Pakistan and West Indies will play a three-match series in the United Arab Emirates from September 30 to October 5.
All-rounder Chris Morris was on Friday sidelined for up to two months with a left knee injury, ruling him out of Australia.
For Bangladesh, which is now seventh-ranked with 98 points, a 3-0 win against Afghanistan and a 2-1 win against England could help it move to sixth place, ahead of Sri Lanka on decimal points. Faf du Plessis will skipper the side with Quinton de Kock, JP Duminy, Rilee Rossouw and David Miller forming the bulk of the batting lineup.
South African captain AB de Villiers, struggling to recover from a left elbow injury, will miss a one-off one-day global against Ireland in Benoni on Sunday.
Ireland does not paly much of a Cricket on a regular basis, but their player spends mots of their time in the English county season bot for experience and financial support.
Ireland’s bowlers struggled against the top-tier opposition.
Despite the high level of player turnover, the Australians have won 17 of their 26 matches since reclaiming the World Cup last March.
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Match starts at 9am BST.
