Overview
- South Africa posted 201-5 and held Ireland to 136-3 to clinch an unassailable 2-0 lead with one match remaining.
- Faye Tunnicliffe top-scored with 51 off 42, sharing a 78-run opening stand with Suné Luus and setting up a 70-run finish in the last five overs.
- Dané van Niekerk smashed 41 off 19 in a late onslaught, continuing her impactful return to international cricket.
- Chloé Tryon removed both Irish openers in the seventh over and returned 2-24, as Orla Prendergast’s unbeaten 51 and Leah Paul’s 40 could not sustain the chase.
- The final T20I is scheduled for Wednesday in Benoni, followed by a three-match ODI series in East London.