South Africa won by 7 wickets (with 21 balls remaining) (D/L method)
We'll leave the last words to Maulik who writes in relation to the organisers' long list of banned items: "Seeing such low attendance, are you sure spectators are not part of the banned list?" Good night.
Well, an emphatic shot in which to bring up a win - and, in spite of a relatively cautious last few overs by South Africa, it was a fair walk in the park for them. Ireland were, as they have been all tournament, courageous and never gave up.
and Prince finishes it off in style with a terrific lofted shot over long-on
Prince cracks this off the back foot, and that should be four at a wide long-off - but no, a superb piece of fielding from Bray out there, with Ronaldo-like footwork, prevents four
a huge full toss which Kallis does well to pull
Another email: "Given the facts, maybe the next World Cup should be played in Zimbabwe. ICC would be perfectly at home with the Mugabwe regime wouldn't they? A police state for a police state!"
a swing-and-a-miss from Kallis
and it's punched to mid-off to end the over
"Still we are not humans yet," says Sreeni. Not sure if that was rhetoric or a statement, but a splendid comment anyway.
stroked to long-off
nicely bowled, cutting this into Kallis who blocks it out on the front foot
Jon Kendall suggests a thermos of (tomato) soup, or even a coconut. Only if it's an ICC approved coconut, and we hear they're rather thin on the ground (and in the trees)
defended out to cover
gloriously driven out to deep extra, but just a single
Henry emails: "I'm just done reading the press release. Were you aware that the ICC hasn't followed its own naming guidelines re: the ICC CWC 2007, shortening the title to CWC in the final paragraph. How can they expect any members of the public to follow their restrictive prohibitions if they can commit such an egregious sin...Tsk tsk ..."
neatly swept around the corner
"Reading the list of prohibited and restricted Items, I feel as if the matches are being held in India," says Amit. "I remember standing for hours and not able to take anything in for the matches back home. I was looking forward to my trip to Barbados...now it will be like walking into the Wankhede."
on leg stump and it's worked by Prince through midwicket
ah that's the Kallis we know and love. An expansive, flourishing drive straight to deep extra cover for a single
11 to win from 32. South Africa are sweating. Come on - bash it
driven neatly down the ground
lovely crisp clunk of that bat as Prince pulls it just over midwicket, and just wide of mid-on
defensively driven past the bowler
pushed down the ground. South Africa happy to tick off the singles here. No red-inking or anything
A security guard writes: "I am a security guard. We just follow the orders. Please don't hate us for our short-sighted planners."
full and straight, Prince just pumps it to mid-on
quicker, but a full toss and crashed into the covers
guided down to gully
Just 18 needed now
smacked back past the bowler
