ICC World Cup - Ireland v South Africa

3 April 2007

RESULT: South Africa won by 7 wickets (D/L Method)

Scorecard | Commentary | Partnerships

THE SCORE

South Africa

3/165

(31.3 overs)

Ireland

8/152

Current Run Rate	5.24
Required Run Rate	0.00
Runs Required	0
Balls Remaining	21

Current Partnership		R		M	B	S/R
	Prince, A	47		63	44	106.82
	Kallis, J	66		132	86	76.74
Current Bowlers		O	M	R	W	E/R
	Mooney, P	3.3	0	40	0	11.43
	Botha, A	6	0	18	0	3.00

MATCH DETAILS

Venue: Providence Stadium
Weather: Overcast	Pitch: Slow	Outfield: Slow, Wet
Umpires: Harper, D (AUS), Taufel, S (AUS), Benson, M (ENG), Madugalle, R (SL)
Toss Won By: South Africa		Decision: Bowl

SCORECARD

IRE Innings RSA Innings

Ireland		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Bray, J	lbw b. Pollock, S	0	11	9	0	0	0.00
Porterfield, W	c. Kallis, J b. Pollock, S	14	51	33	1	0	42.42
Morgan, E	c. Prince, A b. Hall, A	28	71	50	4	0	56.00
O'Brien, N	c. Gibbs, H b. Langeveldt, C	25	45	37	3	0	67.57
White, A	c. Gibbs, H b. Smith, G	30	37	30	5	0	100.00
Botha, A	c. de Villiers, AB b. Hall, A	14	31	20	0	0	70.00
Johnston, T	not out	13	31	14	0	1	92.86
McCallan, K	c. Boucher, M b. Langeveldt, C	3	7	6	0	0	50.00
Mooney, P	c. Boucher, M b. Langeveldt, C	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Langford-Smith, D	not out	17	15	10	1	1	170.00
Rankin, B
Extras	(b 1,lb 3,w 4)	8
Total	(8 wickets; 35 overs)	152

F.O.W.

1/0 (Bray, J), 2/31 (Porterfield, W), 3/63 (Morgan, E), 4/77 (O'Brien, N), 5/116 (White, A), 6/119 (Botha, A), 7/124 (McCallan, K), 8/124 (Mooney, P)

South Africa - Bowling	O	M	R	W	E/R
Pollock, S	7	2	17	2	2.43
Ntini, M	7	2	14	0	2.00	(2w)
Langeveldt, C	7	0	41	3	5.86	(2w)
Hall, A	7	0	37	2	5.29
Kemp, J	3	0	14	0	4.67
Kallis, J	3	0	20	0	6.67
Smith, G	1	0	5	1	5.00

31.3	Mooney to Prince, 6 runs! Mooney pitches the delivery outside off stump, short of a good length. Prince hits it through mid-on over the boundary for six runs. The score moves to 3 for 165.
31.3	Mooney to Prince, 1 no ball. 2 runs. Mooney bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Collected by White in the field. The score progresses to 3 for 159.
31.2	Mooney to Kallis, 1 run. Mooney bowls it yorker length, outside off stump. Kallis strikes the delivery in front of square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for a single. White receives the ball in the field. South Africa is 3 for 156.
31.1	Mooney to Kallis, no run. Mooney bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Ball travels through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
30.6	Botha to Prince, no run. Botha delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Prince strikes the delivery towards mid-off inside the circle. Fielded by McCallan. Botha completes the over. He has figures of 0/18 from his 6 overs.
30.5	Botha to Kallis, 1 run. Botha pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Kallis plays the delivery through the covers most of the way to the boundary for a single. Gathered by Rankin in the field. The score is 3/155.
30.4	Botha to Kallis, no run. Botha delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Kallis plays it behind square on the offside inside the circle. Morgan collects the ball in the field.
30.3	Botha to Kallis, no run. Botha bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
30.2	Botha to Kallis, 2 runs. Botha delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Kallis hits it square on the offside most of the way to the boundary for two runs. Mooney collects the ball in the field. The score is 3/154.
30.1	Botha to Prince, 1 run. Botha pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Prince plays the ball well behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one. Fielded by Bray. The score is 3 for 152.
29.6	Mooney to Prince, 1 run. Mooney bowls it on a good length, towards leg stump. Prince strikes the ball through mid-wicket most of the way to the boundary for one. Langford-Smith fields it. End of the over. The bowler has figures of 0 for 30 from his 3 overs. The scoreboard displays 3 for 151.
29.5	Mooney to Kallis, 1 run. Mooney pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Kallis plays it in front of square on the offside most of the way to the boundary for one run. Fielded by Botha. The score goes to 3/150.
29.4	Mooney to Prince, 1 run. Mooney pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Prince strikes it through the covers most of the way to the boundary for one run. Fielded by Bray. The scoreboard says 3 for 149.
29.3	Mooney to Prince, 2 runs. Mooney pitches the delivery towards leg stump, short of a good length. Prince plays the delivery through mid-wicket close to the boundary for a two. Langford-Smith fields it. The scoreboard says 3 for 148.
29.2	Mooney to Kallis, 1 run. Mooney bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Kallis plays the ball towards mid-off halfway to the boundary for one. Johnston fields it. South Africa progresses to 3 for 146.
29.1	Mooney to Prince, 1 run. Mooney pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Prince strikes the ball in front of square on the offside most of the way to the boundary for one. Botha fields the ball. South Africa progresses to 3 for 145.
28.6	White to Prince, 1 run. White delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Prince strikes it through mid-off most of the way to the boundary for one run. Ball is fielded by McCallan. White completes the over. He has figures of 0/8 from his 2 overs. The score is 3/144.
28.5	White to Kallis, 1 run. White bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Kallis hits it in front of square on the offside most of the way to the boundary for one run. Morgan fields it. The score is 3 for 143.
28.4	White to Kallis, no run. White delivers the ball outside off and fuller than a good length. Kallis strikes it for no run. Ball is fielded by Bray.
28.3	White to Prince, 1 run. White pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Prince plays the ball down the ground halfway to the boundary for one. Ball is fielded by Mooney. The scoreboard says 3 for 142.
28.2	White to Kallis, 1 run. White bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Kallis plays the ball in front of square on the offside most of the way to the boundary for one. Collected by Morgan in the field. The score progresses to 3 for 141.
28.1	White to Prince, 1 run. White bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Prince plays the ball through mid-off most of the way to the boundary for one. Collected by McCallan in the field. The score is 3 for 140.
27.6	McCallan to Kallis, no run. McCallan bowls it fuller than a good length, in the corridor. Through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball. McCallan has completed his over. The bowler has figures of 0 for 27 from his 5 overs.
27.5	McCallan to Prince, 1 run. McCallan bowls it short of a good length, outside off stump. Prince strikes the ball through mid-off most of the way to the boundary for one. Botha fields it. The scoreboard displays 3 for 139.
27.4	McCallan to Kallis, 1 run. McCallan pitches the delivery outside off stump, short of a good length. Kallis strikes it through mid-off most of the way to the boundary for one run. Fielded by Mooney. The score moves to 3 for 138.
27.3	McCallan to Prince, 1 run. McCallan bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Prince hits it through mid-on most of the way to the boundary for one run. Mooney fields the ball. South Africa moves to 3 for 137.
27.2	McCallan to Prince, 4 runs! McCallan pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Prince plays the delivery through mid-on to the boundary for 4 runs. The score is 3/136.
27.1	McCallan to Prince, 4 runs! McCallan pitches the ball outside off and short of a good length. Prince plays it through mid-on to the boundary for 4 runs. The scoreboard shows 3/132.
26.6	White to Prince, 1 run. White delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Prince hits the ball well behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one. Gathered by Bray. 27th over finished. White has figures of 0/3 from his 1 over. South Africa advances to 3/128.
26.5	White to Kallis, 1 run. White pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Kallis hits the delivery through mid-off most of the way to the boundary for a single. Ball is gathered by Rankin. South Africa is 3 for 127.
26.4	White to Kallis, no run. White bowls it fuller than a good length, in the corridor. Kallis plays the delivery straight not far from the wicket.
26.3	White to Kallis, no run. White bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Kallis hits the delivery square on the legside inside the circle. Fielded by Langford-Smith.
26.2	White to Kallis, no run. White bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Kallis hits it towards the covers inside the circle. McCallan fields the ball.
26.1	White to Prince, 1 run. White delivers the ball towards leg stump and on a good length. Prince strikes it well behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one run. Ball is fielded by Bray. The score is 3/126.
25.6	McCallan to Kallis, no run. McCallan pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Kallis hits the delivery towards mid-on inside the circle. Gathered by White in the field. 26th over finished. McCallan has figures of 0/16 from his 4 overs.
25.5	McCallan to Prince, 1 run. McCallan pitches the delivery towards leg stump, on a good length. Prince plays it towards mid-wicket inside the circle for one run. Collected by Morgan. South Africa moves to 3 for 125.

South Africa		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
de Villiers, AB	c. Porterfield b. Rankin	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Smith, G	c. & b. Johnston	41	53	45	6	0	91.11
Kallis, J	Not Out	66	132	86	8	0	76.74
Gibbs, H	c. White b. Rankin	6	20	15	1	0	40.00
Prince, A	Not Out	47	63	44	3	1	106.82
Boucher, M
Kemp, J
Pollock, S
Hall, A
Ntini, M
Langeveldt, C
Extras	(w 1,nb 4)	5
Total	(3 wickets; 31 overs)	165

Ireland - Bowling	O	M	R	W	E/R
Rankin, B	7	1	26	2	3.71	(1nb,1w)
Langford-Smith, D	5	0	31	0	6.20
Mooney, P	3.3	0	40	0	11.43	(3nb)
Johnston, T	3	0	15	1	5.00
Botha, A	6	0	18	0	3.00
McCallan, K	5	0	27	0	5.40
White, A	2	0	8	0	4.00

South Africa		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
de Villiers, AB	Smith, G	1st	1	3	3	33.33	1/1
Smith, G	Kallis, J	2nd	70	50	73	95.89	2/71
Gibbs, H	Kallis, J	3rd	14	20	26	53.85	3/85
Prince, A	Kallis, J	4th	80	63	91	87.9