Ireland vs South Africa, Only ODI at Belfast, Jun 24 2007 - Ball by Ball Commentary

they didn't stay on this time, Whelan tries to slog across the line, he misses, Philander hits and collects his fourth wicket on debut, a fine effort from him

how did that miss, that was unbelieveable close to off stump, it might have even clipped the edge of off stump but the bails stayed on, curiouser and curiouser

pushed into the gap at cover for a single

on the fullr side from Philander, Cusack thumps it but can't beat the man at cover

good length ball on off and middle stump, defended on the back foot towards cover point

and Whelan survives as the last ball whizzes past off stump

squeezed out to second slip on the bounce

Whelan makes contact with a crude flat-batted swat to mid on

Steyn bowls it shorter and gets it up to Whelan's gloves, he defends it down on the off side and looks rather uncomfortable out there

full and fast, aimed at the base off middle and leg stump, Whelan moves forward and defends back to the bowler

flicked off the pads to deep square leg

Philander has his third! He banged it in short, McCallan went down on one knee and tried to scoop it over Boucher, he ended up getting a faint nick and Boucher moved quickly to his left to take the catch

Cusack backs away, makes room and lofts over cover

short ball outside the off stump, Cusack tries to get under it and cut it down to third man but fails to make contact

defended to point on the front foot

McCallan leans forward and drives him superbly through point, the ball's timed really well but Duminy is equally superb at saving the boundary with a well-timed dive

played off the back foot towards point

McCallan chips Steyn unconvincingly in the air on the leg side

Cusack throws his weight behind the shot that's aimed to clear the extra cover fence, however, he gets an outside edge that flies to third man on the bounce