Ireland were due to be straight back into action this morning against a Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) XI after what Mark Adair described as an opening match which “blew away the jet lag”.

Just four days after arriving in Australia Ireland have a win under their belts, defeating their host club in Sydney, Randwick Petersham, by three wickets, chasing down 125 with an over to spare.

It was unspectacular but this week’s action – there is a third practice game on Friday before the build-up to the T20 World Cup begins in earnest – was all about match practice.

“It was good to get a run-out, we know this place pretty well and training has gone well the last couple of days,” said Adair who took one for 19 in his three overs and then hit his first ball for six in a quick-fire 17 before being caught on the long-on boundary.

“But it’s been pretty non-stop since the season finished, Heinrich (Malan, the head coach) has us bowling virtually every day and hopefully it will pay dividends now. This has kick started the tour and it’s always good to get a win. They are a useful side.

But it’s just great to get out on the pitch again and blow away the jet lag.”

Ireland’s star of the day was Stephen Doheny who is not in Malan’s 1st XI for the World Cup opener against Zimbabwe in 12 days' time.

With Paul Stirling (and Harry Tector) arriving only yesterday from his stint in the Caribbean Premier League, Doheny got his chance at the top of the order against Randwick Petersham and, in stark contrast to his form in the inter-squad games last month, he enjoyed himself and batted through the reply to finish 65 not out from 54 balls with five fours and the only other six of the innings.

He lost skipper Andrew Balbirnie, Lorcan Tucker and Curtis Campher, the temporary No 4, inside four overs with just 31 on the board but Doheny doubled the score with Gareth Delany and added another 27 with Adair who dominated the scoring and the strike in their fifth wicket stand.

Fionn Hand and Simi Singh failed to see the job through and it was left to Barry McCarthy to stay with Doheny to get the tour off on a winning note.

The other bowlers to get a “blow-out” were Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, who had the impressive figures of two for 11 in his three overs, which included the last, in preference to Little. Conor Olphert, was the only bowler given his full quota of four (they cost 36 runs) and Curtis Campher. The spinners got three overs each with Delany confirming his role as the lead spinner and Singh also had a tidy spell.

Craig Young and George Dockrell were the two available squad members who sat out yesterday’s action, with unconfirmed reports that Young has a hip problem which could delay his participation on the tour.

Randwick Petersham 125-7 (B Mitchell 48; G Delany 2-10, B McCarthy 2-11, S Singh 1-17, M Adair 1-19) Ireland 126-7 (19 overs, S Doheny 65 not out, M Adair 17, G Delany 14). Ireland won by 3 wickets.