April 3, 2007
South Africa beat Ireland by 7 wickets (with 21 balls remaining) in the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at the Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana.
The match was reduced to 35 overs a side due to rain interruptions during Ireland's innings. South Africa's target was set at 160 runs through the Duckworth-Lewis method.
Toss: South Africa won, and elected to field first.
 Ireland innings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Jeremy Bray | lbw b Pollock | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| William Porterfield | c Kallis b Pollock | 14 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 42.42 | |
| Eoin Morgan | c Prince b Hall | 28 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 56.00 | |
| Niall O'Brien | c Gibbs b Langeveldt | 25 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 67.56 | |
| Andrew White | c Gibbs b Smith | 30 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Andre Botha | c de Villiers b Hall | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 70.00 | |
| Trent Johnston | not out | 13 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 92.85 | |
| Kyle McCallan | c Boucher b Langeveldt | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Paul Mooney | c Boucher b Langeveldt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Dave Langford-Smith | not out | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 170.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 3; w 4; b 1) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (8 Wickets; 35 overs) | 152 | 14 | 2 | |||
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)
 South Africa bowling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket(s) | Econ | |
| Shaun Pollock | 7 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2.42 | |
| Makhaya Ntini | 7 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2.00 | |
| Charl Langeveldt | 7 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 5.85 | |
| Andrew Hall | 7 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 5.28 | |
| Graeme Smith | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5.00 | |
| Jacques Kallis | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6.66 | |
| Justin Kemp | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4.66 | |
| South Africa innings (Target: 160 runs from 35 overs) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Abraham de Villiers | c Porterfield b Rankin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Graeme Smith | c & b Johnston | 41 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 91.11 | |
| Jacques Kallis | not out | 66 | 86 | 8 | 0 | 76.74 | |
| Herschelle Gibbs | c White b Rankin | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| Ashwell Prince | not out | 47 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 106.81 | |
| Extras | (w 1; nb 4) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (3 Wickets; 31.4 overs) | 165 | 18 | 1 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (de Villiers, 0.3 ov), 2-71 (Smith, 12.1 ov), 3-85 (Gibbs, 16.3 ov)
| Ireland bowling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket(s) | Econ | |
| Boyd Rankin | 7 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 3.71 | |
| Dave Langford-Smith | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 6.20 | |
| Paul Mooney | 3.3 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 11.42 | |
| Trent Johnston | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5.00 | |
| Andre Botha | 6 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3.00 | |
| Kyle McCallan | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 5.40 | |
| Andrew White | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 | |
Ireland: J P Bray, W T S Porterfield, E J G Morgan, N J O'Brien (wkt), A R White, A C Botha, W K McCallan, D T Johnston (capt), P J K Mooney, D Langford-Smith, W B Rankin
South Africa: G C Smith (capt), A B de Villiers, J H Kallis, H H Gibbs, A G Prince, M V Boucher (wkt), J M Kemp, S M Pollock, A J Hall, C K Langeveldt, M Ntini
Player of the match: J H Kallis (South Africa)
Umpires: D J Harper (Australia) and S J A Taufel (Australia)TV umpire: M R Benson (England)
Match referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire: B R Doctrove (West Indies)
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