Related Link : India, South Africa in Ireland 2007
Venue : Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast
Toss : Ireland won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : Aleem Dar (Pak) and Billy Bowden (NZ)
Match Result : South Africa won by 42 runs
Man of the Match : Alex Cussack
South Africa (31 Overs Maximum)
Morne van Wyk c Johnston b Cusack 52 (84) 5 ‘4s’
AB de Villiers c Cusack b Whelan 40 (35) 6 ‘4s’
Jacques Kallis (C) c Kevin O’Brien b Cusack 46 (47) 2 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Herschelle Gibbs c Niall O’Brien b Cusack 2 (4)
Justin Kemp not out 18 (13) 2 ‘4s’
Mark Boucher (WK) not out 2 (3)
Jean-Paul Duminy
Vernon Philander
Thandi Tshabalala
Dale Steyn
Makhaya Ntini
Extras: 13 (Wides : 9 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 4)
Total : 173/4 (Overs : 31.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-75 (de Villiers, 12.3 ovs), 2-136 (van Wyk, 25.2 ovs), 3-147 (Gibbs, 27.3 ovs), 4-162 (Kallis, 29.4 ovs)
Ireland Bowling
Whelan 7-0-43-1 (2w)
Fourie 6-0-30-0 (3w)
Kevin O’Brien 2-0-15-0
McCallan 6-0-31-0
Johnston 4-0-17-0
White 2-0-18-0
Cusack 4-0-15-3
- ODI Debuts for Alex Cussack (Ireland), Vernon Philander and Thandi Tshabalala (both for South Africa)
Ireland (Target : 174 from 31 Overs)
William Porterfield c Boucher b Philander 18 (35) 2 ‘4s’
Kenneth Carrol hit wicket b Steyn 21 (24) 1 ‘4s’
Thinus Fourie c Kemp b Steyn 1 (3)
Dominick Joyce c Boucher b Kallis 11 (19) 2 ‘4s’
Niall O’Brien (WK) b Philander 4 (5)
Alex Cussack not out 38 (56) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Kevin O’Brien c van Wyk b Tshabalala 6 (7) 1 ‘4s’
Andrew White c Ntini b Duminy 3 (4)
Trent Johnston (C) c Duminy b Ntini 9 (13)
Kyle McCallan c Boucher b Philander 10 (12)
Roger Whelan b Philander 0 (7)
Extras: 10 (Wides : 6 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 4)
Total : 131 all out (Overs : 30.5)
Fall of Wickets : 1-45 (Carroll, 9.1 ovs), 2-47 (Fourie, 9.5 ovs), 3-47 (Porterfield, 10.3 ovs), 4-56 (Niall O’Brien, 12.1 ovs), 5-66 (Joyce, 15.5 ovs), 6-77 (Kevin O’Brien, 18.1 ovs), 7-83 (White, 19.3 ovs), 8-96 (Johnston, 22.4 ovs), 9-129 (McCallan, 28.6 ovs), 10-131 (Whelan, 30.5 ovs)
South Africa Bowling
Ntini 6-0-25-1 (5w)
Steyn 7-0-31-2
Philander 5.5-1-12-4 (1w)
Kallis 6-0-21-1
Tshabalala 4-0-30-1
Duminy 2-0-8-1