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ICC World Cup - 32nd match, Super Eights

Ireland v South Africa

South Africa won by 7 wickets (with 21 balls remaining) (D/L method)

ODI no. 2562 | 2006/07 season
Played at Providence Stadium, Guyana (neutral venue)
3 April 2007 (50-over match)


Ireland innings (35 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
JP Bray	lbw b Pollock	0	10	9	0	0	0.00
2.3 terrific bowling from Pollock - that is absolutely plumb. Cutting back into Bray once more, and Bray is rather trapped on the crease - trying to come forward, but without much conviction - and that's taking out middle 0/1
WTS Porterfield	c Kallis b Pollock	14	44	33	1	0	42.42
12.3 on off stump but too short to be driving on the front foot, and he spoons it just over Kallis's head at extra cover...who takes a couple of steps backwards and a fine catch, tumbling to the ground as he does so 31/2
EJG Morgan	c Prince b Hall	28	64	50	4	0	56.00
19.5 what a vicious delivery, spitting up at him. He had nowhere to go, the ball skying to square leg who took a simple catch. Excellent change of pace there, but the wicket owed as much to the pitch's vagaries 63/3
NJ O'Brien†	c Gibbs b Langeveldt	25	44	37	3	0	67.56
22.5 clever bowling in response, O'Brien through his shot too soon to that slower ball and the ball catches the back of the bat and flies up and into the hands of Gibbs at short midwicket. Catches don't come much simpler and South Africa are gaining momentum, and control, here 77/4
AR White	c Gibbs b Smith	30	30	30	5	0	100.00
28.6 goes he softly into the light, hitting that full toss up to midwicket 116/5
AC Botha	c de Villiers b Hall	14	31	20	0	0	70.00
30.1 that's full and tempting, Botha's tempted and flights that up to cover for a simple catch 119/6
DT Johnston*	not out	13	37	14	0	1	92.85

WK McCallan	c †Boucher b Langeveldt	3	5	6	0	0	50.00
31.3 another easy catch; a short-pitched delivery and the batsman jumps up to cut that off the back foot, getting a top edge through to Boucher the poucher 124/7
PJK Mooney	c †Boucher b Langeveldt	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
31.4 short and strangled down leg-side for a golden duck. Langeveldt's grinning, as you would when you're on a hat-trick 124/8
D Langford-Smith	not out	17	14	10	1	1	170.00

Extras	(b 1, lb 3, w 4)	8

Total	(8 wickets; 35 overs)	152	(4.34 runs per over)

Did not bat WB Rankin

Fall of wickets 1-0 (Bray, 2.3 ov), 2-31 (Porterfield, 12.3 ov), 3-63 (Morgan, 19.5 ov), 4-77 (O'Brien, 22.5 ov), 5-116 (White, 28.6 ov), 6-119 (Botha, 30.1 ov), 7-124 (McCallan, 31.3 ov), 8-124 (Mooney, 31.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	7	2	17	2	2.42
2.3 to Bray, terrific bowling from Pollock - that is absolutely plumb. Cutting back into Bray once more, and Bray is rather trapped on the crease - trying to come forward, but without much conviction - and that's taking out middle 0/1 12.3 to Porterfield, on off stump but too short to be driving on the front foot, and he spoons it just over Kallis's head at extra cover...who takes a couple of steps backwards and a fine catch, tumbling to the ground as he does so 31/2
M Ntini	7	2	14	0	2.00	(2w)

CK Langeveldt	7	0	41	3	5.85	(2w)
22.5 to O'Brien, clever bowling in response, O'Brien through his shot too soon to that slower ball and the ball catches the back of the bat and flies up and into the hands of Gibbs at short midwicket. Catches don't come much simpler and South Africa are gaining momentum, and control, here 77/4 31.3 to McCallan, another easy catch; a short-pitched delivery and the batsman jumps up to cut that off the back foot, getting a top edge through to Boucher the poucher 124/7 31.4 to Mooney, short and strangled down leg-side for a golden duck. Langeveldt's grinning, as you would when you're on a hat-trick 124/8
AJ Hall	7	0	37	2	5.28
19.5 to Morgan, what a vicious delivery, spitting up at him. He had nowhere to go, the ball skying to square leg who took a simple catch. Excellent change of pace there, but the wicket owed as much to the pitch's vagaries 63/3 30.1 to Botha, that's full and tempting, Botha's tempted and flights that up to cover for a simple catch 119/6
JM Kemp	3	0	14	0	4.66

JH Kallis	3	0	20	0	6.66

GC Smith	1	0	5	1	5.00
28.6 to White, goes he softly into the light, hitting that full toss up to midwicket 116/5


South Africa innings (target: 160 runs from 35 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
AB de Villiers	c Porterfield b Rankin	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
0.3 gone! It was short and wide, and deserved to be clobbered through the covers, but it jumped up a touch, causing his cut to fly to William Porterfield at backward point. And though he juggled it, he remained calm and took it on the second attempt 1/1
GC Smith*	c & b Johnston	41	56	45	6	0	91.11
12.1 what a catch! That is a quite brilliant, reflex snaffle from Johnston. A full toss which Smith hammered back to him, no more than four or five inches above the ground, and Johnston plucked it out of the air 71/2
JH Kallis	not out	66	138	86	8	0	76.74

HH Gibbs	c White b Rankin	6	19	15	1	0	40.00
16.3 dragged down and that's another great catch! This one hit the bottom of the bat, the ball on too quickly for Gibbs looking to hit it over midwicket, and that's snapped low and tidily indeed 85/3
AG Prince	not out	47	61	44	3	1	106.81

Extras	(w 1, nb 4)	5

Total	(3 wickets; 31.3 overs)	165	(5.23 runs per over)

Did not bat MV Boucher†, JM Kemp, SM Pollock, AJ Hall, CK Langeveldt, M Ntini

Fall of wickets 1-1 (de Villiers, 0.3 ov), 2-71 (Smith, 12.1 ov), 3-85 (Gibbs, 16.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WB Rankin	7	1	26	2	3.71	(1nb, 1w)
0.3 to de Villiers, gone! It was short and wide, and deserved to be clobbered through the covers, but it jumped up a touch, causing his cut to fly to William Porterfield at backward point. And though he juggled it, he remained calm and took it on the second attempt 1/1 16.3 to Gibbs, dragged down and that's another great catch! This one hit the bottom of the bat, the ball on too quickly for Gibbs looking to hit it over midwicket, and that's snapped low and tidily indeed 85/3
D Langford-Smith	5	0	31	0	6.20

PJK Mooney	3.3	0	40	0	11.42	(3nb)

DT Johnston	3	0	15	1	5.00
12.1 to Smith, what a catch! That is a quite brilliant, reflex snaffle from Johnston. A full toss which Smith hammered back to him, no more than four or five inches above the ground, and Johnston plucked it out of the air 71/2
AC Botha	6	0	18	0	3.00

WK McCallan	5	0	27	0	5.40

AR White	2	0	8	0	4.00

Match details

Toss South Africa, who chose to field
Points South Africa 2, Ireland 0

Player of the match JH Kallis (South Africa)

Umpires DJ Harper (Australia) and SJA Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire MR Benson (England)
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire BR Doctrove

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