| Series Name: | South Africa women's cricket team in Ireland in 2022 |
| Team1 Image: | Cricket Ireland flag.svg |
| Team1 Name: | Ireland |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of South Africa.svg |
| Team2 Name: | South Africa |
| From Date: | 3 |
| To Date: | 17 June 2022 |
| Team1 Captain: | Gaby Lewis |
| Team2 Captain: | Suné Luus |
| No Of Odis: | 3 |
| Team1 Odis Won: | 0 |
| Team2 Odis Won: | 3 |
| Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Georgina Dempsey (69) |
| Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Lara Goodall (143) |
| Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Arlene Kelly (2) Georgina Dempsey (2) |
| Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Shabnim Ismail (11) |
| Player Of Odi Series: | Shabnim Ismail (SA) |
| No Of Twenty20s: | 3 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 1 |
| Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 2 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Gaby Lewis (112) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Anneke Bosch (101) |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Arlene Kelly (3) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Tumi Sekhukhune (8) |
| Player Of Twenty20 Series: | Gaby Lewis (Ire) |
The South Africa women's cricket team toured Ireland to play against the Ireland women's cricket team in June 2022.[1] [2] The tour consisted of three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) and three Women's One Day International (WODI) matches.[3] [4] The WODI matches were the part of 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship.[5] In May 2022, Cricket South Africa named their squad for the tour, with Suné Luus leading the side in Dane van Niekerk's absence.[6] Likewise, Cricket Ireland named their squad, with Gaby Lewis captaining the side,[7] with Laura Delany out due to an injury.[8] Lewis also became the youngest player to captain the Ireland Women's team in international cricket.[9]
Ireland won the opening WT20I match of the tour by ten runs.[10] It was only Ireland's second win in the format against South Africa, with the first win coming in August 2016.[11] South Africa won the second match by eight wickets to level the series,[12] with Lara Goodall scoring her first half-century in WT20Is.[13] South Africa also won the third WT20I by eight wickets, to win the series 2–1.[14]
In the first WODI match, Ireland were bowled out for just 69 runs.[15] South Africa chased down the target of 70 runs in 16 overs, winning the match by nine wickets.[16] In the next match, Ireland made an improved performance when batting, making 213/8 from their 50 overs.[17] However, South Africa chased the target down with more than eleven overs to spare, winning again by nine wickets,[18] to win the series with a match to play.[19] South Africa won the third and final match by 189 runs, with Shabnim Ismail taking her second five-wicket haul in WODI cricket,[20] winning the series 3–0.[21]
Ahead of the WODI matches, Ireland's Celeste Raack was granted permission to leave the squad due to family reasons.[26]