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Match Date : March 16, 2007
Venue : Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
Toss : Netherlands won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : Mark Benson (Eng) and Tony Hill (NZ)
Match Result : South Africa won by 221 runs
Man of the Match : Herschelle Gibbs
South Africa (40 Overs Maximum)
AB de Villiers c Smits b Stelling 0 (2)
Graeme Smith (C) c van Bunge b Borren 67 (59) 6 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Jacques Kallis not out 128 (109) 11 ‘4s’ 5 ‘6s’
Herschelle Gibbs c van Bunge b van Troost 72 (40) 4 ‘4s’ 7 ‘6s’
Mark Boucher (WK) not out 75 (31) 9 ‘4s’ 4 ‘6s’
Ashwell Prince
Justin Kemp
Shaun Pollock
Andrew Hall
Andre Nel
Charl Langeveldt
Extras : 11 (Wides : 8 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 2)
Total : 353/3 (Overs : 40.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-0 (de Villiers, 0.2 ovs), 2-114 (Smith, 18.6 ovs), 3-219 (Gibbs, 30.5 ovs)
Netherlands Bowling
Stelling 8-1-43-1 (1wd)
Reekers 5-1-35-0 (1wd)
ten Doeschate 7-0-58-0 (1nb)
de Leede 4-0-48-0 (1wd)
Borren 8-0-52-1
van Bunge 4-0-56-0
van Troost 4-0-59-1 (1wd)
- Herschelle Gibbs became the first batsman in the history of International Cricket to score six sixes in an over. The poor bowler was Daan van Bunge in the 30th over.
Netherlands (Target : 354 from 40 Overs)
Bas Zuiderant b Pollock 1 (10)
Darron Reekers run out (Prince) 4 (6) 1 ‘4s’
Alexei Kervezee c Pollock b Langeveldt 17 (52) 2 ‘4s’
RN ten Doeschate run out (de Villiers) 57 (74) 8 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Daan van Bunge lbw b Hall 5 (16) 1 ‘4s’
Eric Szwarczynski lbw b Smith 12 (31) 2 ‘4s’
Tim de Leede b Kemp 21 (36) 2 ‘4s’
Peter Borren run out (Kallis/Smith) 2 (6)
Luuk van Troost (C) c Smith b Kemp 5 (6) 1 ‘4s’
William Stelling not out 1 (4)
Jeroen Smits (WK)
Extras : 7 (Wides : 2 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 4)
Total : 132/9 (Overs : 40.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-5 (Reekers, 2.2 ovs), 2-6 (Zuiderent, 4.1 ovs), 3-33 (Kervezee, 14.2 ovs), 4-47 (van Bunge, 19.2 ovs), 5-72 (Szwarczynski, 26.5 ovs), 6-114 (ten Doeschate, 35.1 ovs), 7-124 (de Leede, 37.3 ovs), 8-131 (Borren, 38.6 ovs), 9-132 (van Troost, 39.6 ovs)
South Africa Bowling
Pollock 6-3-4-1 (1wd)
Nel 6-1-19-0
Langeveldt 6-0-22-1
Hall 6-1-15-1
Smith 8-0-32-1
Kallis 4-0-18-0 (1nb)
Kemp 4-0-18-2 (1wd)