Cricket-Stirling effort as Ireland beat S Africa by 69 runs
Oct 7 (Reuters) -Opener Paul Stirling scored 88 from 92 balls as Ireland defeated a depleted South Africa by 69 runs in the third and final one day international in Abu Dhabi on Monday to claim some consolation in a series they lost 2-1.
Ireland elected to bat and for the third game in a row it proved far easier scoring during the day than under lights as they posted 284 for nine in their 50 overs. South Africa battled from the start of their reply and were bowled out for 215.
Stirling and Andy Balbirnie (45) put on 101 for the first wicket with Harry Tector scoring a fine 60 from 48 balls at the tail end of the innings to boost Ireland's score.
South Africa toiled in the heat but series leading wicket-taker Lizaad Williams took 4-56 in another impressive display of seam bowling.
They rested most of their regular players for the series and were further depleted by injury to the point where batting coach JP Duminy was forced to field in sweltering heat some five years after he played the last of his 81 T20 internationals.
Ireland had their opponents reeling at 10 for three in their reply, a position from which South Africa never recovered. Jason Smith, playing in his second ODI, led a lone resistance with an eye-catching 91 from 93 balls.
South Africa were victorious in the first two matches in the series by 139 and 174 runs respectively as winning the toss and batting first proved the key to success at the Zayed Cricket Stadium.
Reporting by Nick Said, editing by Pritha Sarkar
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