ICC Cricket World Cup Pool B Match South Africa vs Ireland Match number 24th. Match will be played on 3 March 2015 And match will be played at Canberra Cricket Stadium Australia . Match will be Start at 03:30 GMT and 08:30 PKT.
History of South Africa and Ireland in the Cricket World Cups:-
South Africa has won 32 and lost just 16 of the 50 World Cup matches it has played since 1992. The team may have had its problems in the knockout games, but it’s not one to take eyes off the ball. So, if you’re a non-Test playing nation, South Africa is one of the teams you least want to bump into.
This isn’t a great time to play de Villiers’s side either. Defeat to India in Melbourne was a rude wake-up call, and the West Indies bore the full brunt of the backlash in Sydney. On Monday (March 2), the eve of the game against Ireland, Farhaan Behardien, the South African allrounder, spoke of how it would be “foolish not to have a look at the other pool”. The implication was clear, that South Africa would prefer to finish in the top two and avoid a quarterfinal against Australia in Adelaide or against New Zealand in Wellington.
Each of the three previous meetings between Ireland and South Africa has resulted in a South African victory, though only the 2011 World Cup encounter was 50 overs a side. Both in Guyana (2007 World Cup) and in Belfast later that year, rain ensured that Messrs Duckworth and Lewis would come into play.
Said Behardien, who is expected to play on Tuesday with JP Duminy still not having recovered from a side strain, of the Irish: “They've played two and won two, and I don't think we would have taken anybody lightly in this particular tournament. Every game is a big game, so we've prepared really well. We've done some good analysis on them, and we'll be giving it our all tomorrow.”
Had their quarterfinal place been secure, there might have been the temptation to give Aaron Phangiso a game, but that experiment is now likely to be kept back for the match against the UAE. Vernon Philander is also on the recovery list, which means that Kyle Abbott will get another opportunity to build on the impressive spell he bowled against the West Indies.
The Irish, though, are anything but intimidated. The cricket team’s win over West Indies gave it confidence and the rugby union side – 6 Nations winners in 2014 – once again sits atop the log. These are good time to follow Irish sport.
When William Porterfield, Ireland’s captain, was asked about how the mindset had changed in the years since the side’s World Cup debut in 2007, he said: “I think if you get any Irish sports team, they've got that belief and they're going to scrap right to the last minute,” he said. “I don't think we're any different, and I think the skill factor has improved a lot in the last eight years as well. But I think the mindset has always been that if we're going out there 11 on 11, we're going out there to win.”
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When William Porterfield, Ireland’s captain, was asked about how the mindset had changed in the years since the side’s World Cup debut in 2007, he said: “I think if you get any Irish sports team, they've got that belief and they're going to scrap right to the last minute,” he said. “I don't think we're any different, and I think the skill factor has improved a lot in the last eight years as well. But I think the mindset has always been that if we're going out there 11 on 11, we're going out there to win.”
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