Five-wicket Parnell Strikes As South Africa Sweep Ireland T20 Series
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published August 06, 2022 | 10:00 AM
Bristol, United Kingdom, Aug 6 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 6th Aug, 2022 ) :Wayne Parnell's maiden five-wicket Twenty20 international haul led South Africa to a convincing 44-run win 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 this level.
Parnell put a dent in their chase early on, reducing Ireland to 2-2 with two wickets in consecutive balls.
Andy Balbirnie fell for an eight-ball 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.
The in-form Harry Tector survived the hat-trick, and with the experienced Paul Stirling started to repair the damage.
Stirling had hit two fours and two sixes in a score of 28 when he was struck a painful blow in the groin after missing a pull off fast bowler Lungi Ngidi.
The next ball proved his undoing, with Sterling slicing a well-disguised slower ball from Ngidi and Aiden Markram, running from point towards short third man, taking the catch.
And Ireland were 40-4 when Gareth Delany was lbw for a duck to left-arm wrist-spinner Tabraiz Shamsi.
Parnell then took two wickets in three balls, with Curtis Campher caught behind on the reverse sweep before Tector holed out off a miscued pull for 34.
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.
That left Ireland 96-9 and while tailender Barry McCarthy's 32 entertained the crowd, it merely delayed defeat.
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.
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.
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.
But Ireland pulled things back in the field following leg-spinner Delany's 2-24.
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.
Ireland are at home to Afghanistan in a five-match series later this month.
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