South Africa Women 107 for 2 (Goodall 52, Bosch 32*) beat Ireland Women 106 for 7 (Lewis 31, Sekhukhune 2-17, de Klerk 2-26) by eight wickets

Brakes on the boundaries
Ireland struck a healthy 18 fours in the first T20I but a much more disciplined South African bowling effort and a better display in the field kept them to just eight in this innings. Gaby Lewis struck two fours in the first over, off Mlaba, one off Tumi Sekhukhune, and also hit Ireland's only six, while Leah Paul punished Nadine de Klerk in the Powerplay, but that was as aggressive as Ireland got. There were no boundaries from the 7th to the 11th over and again from the 13th to the 18th.

South Africa start strong
Goodall was dismissed for a duck in the series-opener - which was only the second time she had opened in T20Is - so things couldn't go any worse in this game, but they ended up infinitely better. Celeste Raack opened the bowling for Ireland and overstepped with her third delivery, giving Goodall a free hit that she mowed down the ground for six. She followed up with a four and took 12 runs off the opening over to give South Africa as good a start as they could have asked for.

Goodall's best
Goodall went on to record her highest T20I score of 52 and her first fifty in the format; it was only her second score of over 30 in a T20I innings. Her career is just 15 matches old and with Mignon du Preez not considered for this series, she has a key role to play in South Africa's future plans. Goodall was aggressive, especially against the spinners, and proactive in her strike-rotation. She brought up fifty with a swivel-pull off a Jane Maguire short ball off the 38th ball she faced. She was dismissed in the same over, foxed by a slower delivery, but the job was done.