Ireland fall to heavy T20 defeat in Cape Town

Ireland fall to heavy T20 defeat in Cape Town

Ireland fell to a 115-run defeat to World Cup finalists South Africa in the first T20 international on their winter tour.

Ireland goes down in 1st T20I

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Ireland Women have gone down by 115 runs to South Africa Women – who recently made the Final of the ICC Women’s World Cup – in the first T20 International of Ireland Women’s winter tour to South Africa. After winning the toss, South Africa elected to bat first under overcast and windy conditions. Ireland started well, Jane Maguire making an early in-road by removing Faye Tunnicliife for 1, caught behind slashing at a wi…