March 20, 2007
South Africa beat Scotland by 7 wickets (with 160 balls remaining) in Group A of the World Cup at the Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Scotland captain Craig Wright missed this match as he had flown home to attend his aunt's funeral; Ryan Watson deputised as captain in his absence.
This victory meant both South Africa and Australia qualified for the Super 8 phase.
South Africa won the toss and elected to field first.
 Scotland innings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Fraser Watts | c Smith b Langeveldt | 24 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 54.54 | |
| Majid Haq | c Boucher b Hall | 13 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 39.39 | |
| Ryan Watson | run out (de Villiers) | 31 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 62.00 | |
| Gavin Hamilton | c de Villiers b Hall | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 30.76 | |
| Neil McCallum | b Langeveldt | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | |
| Dougie Brown | not out | 45 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 70.31 | |
| Colin Smith | b Pollock | 15 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| John Blain | c Kemp b Hall | 23 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 65.71 | |
| Paul Hoffman | run out (Boucher/Hall) | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 163.63 | |
| Extras | (lb 6; w 5; nb 1) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (8 Wickets; 50 overs) | 186 | 17 | 3 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Haq, 11.2 ov), 2-43 (Watts, 14.1 ov), 3-63 (Hamilton, 19.1 ov), 4-71 (McCallum, 24.2 ov), 5-84 (Watson, 29.3 ov), 6-113 (Smith, 38.4 ov), 7-163 (Blain, 47.4 ov), 8-186 (Hoffmann, 49.6 ov)
 South Africa bowling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket(s) | Econ | |
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2.50 | |
| Makhaya Ntini | 9 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2.77 | |
| Andrew Hall | 10 | 2 | 48 | 3 | 4.80 | |
| Charl Langeveldt | 10 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 4.80 | |
| Jacques Kallis | 8 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2.62 | |
| Graeme Smith | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4.33 | |
| South Africa innings (Target: 187 runs from 50 overs) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Abraham de Villiers | c Brown b Rogers | 62 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 137.77 | |
| Graeme Smith | c Rogers b Haq | 91 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 140.00 | |
| Ashwell Prince | c McCallum b Haq | 21 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 91.30 | |
| Justin Kemp | not out | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 171.42 | |
| Shaun Pollock | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (b 1; w 1) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (3 Wickets; 23.2 overs) | 188 | 26 | 4 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-134 (de Villiers, 15.5 ov), 2-162 (Prince, 20.6 ov), 3-178 (Smith, 22.6 ov)
| Scotland bowling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket(s) | Econ | |
| Paul Hoffman | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7.00 | |
| John Blain | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 8.00 | |
| Dewald Nel | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 8.00 | |
| Dougie Brown | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10.00 | |
| Majid Haq | 6 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 7.16 | |
| Glenn Rogers | 5.2 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 8.81 | |
South Africa: G C Smith (capt), A B de Villiers, J H Kallis, H H Gibbs, A G Prince, J M Kemp, M V Boucher (wkt), S M Pollock, A J Hall, C K Langeveldt, M Ntini
Scotland: D F Watts, R M Haq, R R Watson (capt), G M Hamilton, N F I McCallum, D R Brown, C J O Smith (wkt), G A Rogers, J A R Blain, J D Nel, P J C Hoffmann
Player of the match: G C Smith (South Africa)
Umpires: M R Benson (England) and E A R de Silva (Sri Lanka)TV umpire: S A Bucknor (Jamaica)
Match referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire: A L Hill (New Zealand)
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