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AUS 199/1, 30.1 overs | LIVE Cricket Score, Australia vs Ireland one-off ODI at Benoni: AUS win by 9 wickets

Hello, good afternoon and welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog and updates’ post of the one-off One-Day International (ODI) between Australia and Ireland.

Ireland are coming off a defeat to South Africa © Getty Images
Ireland are coming off a defeat to South Africa © Getty Images

Hello, good afternoon and welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog and updates’ post of the one-off One-Day International (ODI) between Australia and Ireland to be played on Tuesday. This one-off ODI between the world champions Australia and an Associate nation, Ireland, will be played at the Willowmore Park in Benoni, South Africa. This will be the fifth occasion overall that Australia and Ireland will be facing off in a 50-over clash, as their bilateral cricket history is not very old. It was on April 13, 2007, that Australia and Ireland played an ODI for the first time, which the former won easily. Not hard to guess, in the last four occasions, Australia have won three times while one game — at Belfast in June 2012 — was washed out.

The very first time when Australia and Ireland clashed in a 50-over international was during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 in the Caribbean. Australia rammed the budding side back then by a massive margin of 9 wickets. But the second time when Australia met Ireland in a ODI, they had to do a lot of hard work for registering a win. Australia and Ireland clashed for the second time at the Clontarf Cricket Club Ground in Dublin, and batting first, the then four-time world champions produced an ordinary show with the bat, putting up mere 231 for 9 in their allotted 50 overs. William Porterfield and Paul Stirling provided Australia a lot of scare with their 80-run opening stand. Australia eventually won this game by 39 runs. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: Australia vs Ireland, one-off ODI at Benoni

On the third occasion, Brett Lee had Ireland reeling for 36 for 3 taking 2 wickets, but rain caused abandonment of the one-off ODI at the Civil Service Cricket Club in Belfast. The last time when these two sides faced off was when Australia toured England and Ireland in 2015. At the Civil Service Cricket Club in Belfast, Australia posted a target of 223 for Ireland in  rain-truncated game, which resulted in an Australian win by 23 runs. Also read – South Africa vs Ireland: Hosts crush hapless visitors by 206 runs in one-off ODI

Talking about their current form, Australia are coming off a terrific win against Sri Lanka in the island nation. Australia bounced back from a poor Test series in Sri Lanka to slam the hosts in an impressive manner. On the other hand, Ireland recently lost their only ODI to South Africa.

Squad:

Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith (c), George Bailey, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade (wk), John Hastings, Adam Zampa, Scott Boland, Daniel Worrall

Ireland: William Porterfield (c), Sean Terry, Niall O’Brien, Gary Wilson, Kevin O’Brien, Paul Stirling, Stuart Poynter (wk), Andy McBrine, George Dockerell , Barry McCarthy, Tim Murtagh, Peter Chase, Craig Young, John Anderson.

FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: Australia vs Ireland, one-off ODI at Benoni

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