The Irish national cricket team toured South Africa in September 2016. They played two One day internationals, 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 William Porterfield (c) John Anderson Peter Chase George Dockrell Ed Joyce Tim Murtagh Andrew McBrine Barry McCarthy Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien Stuart Poynter Paul Stirling Gary Wilson Craig Young Steve Smith (c) David Warner George Bailey Scott Boland Aaron Finch John Hastings Travis Head Usman Khawaja Mitchell Marsh Joe Mennie Chris Tremain Matthew Wade Daniel Worrall Adam Zampa Faf du Plessis (c) AB de Villiers (c) Temba Bavuma Farhaan Behardien Quinton de Kock JP Duminy David Miller Chris Morris Wayne Parnell Aaron Phangiso Andile Phehlukwayo Dwaine Pretorius Kagiso Rabada Rilee Rossouw
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 took his place as captain and Rilee Rossouw was also added to the squad. Chris Morris 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 Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2016–17
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