South Africa has a dominance over Ireland in ODIs and T20I cricket. While South Africa has an upper hand, the unpredictability of cricket was proven in a match where Ireland defeated South Africans by 43 runs on July 13, 2021 in Dublin. This was Ireland’s first ever win over South Africa in any format.
Ireland has played five T20I games against South Africa but they failed to register a win over them. In the one-day internationals, both have played eight games with six matches wins by South Africa and one game victory by Netherlands.
South Africa vs Ireland
| Format | Matches | South Africa | Ireland | Draw | No result |
| ODI | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| T20I | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
