Only ODI

South Africa beat Ireland by 42 runs in the only ODI

Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast, 24 Jun 2007. Ireland won the toss and chose to bowl.

South Africa won by 42 runs

Match report

From the scorecard

Ireland won the toss and chose to bowl. South Africa made 173 for 4 in 31 overs, Morné van Wyk 52 from 84 balls and Jacques Kallis 46 from 47 balls. Alex Cusack took 3 for 15.

Ireland were bowled out for 131, Alex Cusack 36 not out from 56 balls. Vernon Philander took 4 for 12.

South Africa won by 42 runs.

Key performers

MV52Morné van WykSouth Africa. 84 balls, 5 fours

4/12Vernon PhilanderSouth Africa. 5.5 overs, 1 maiden AC36*Alex CusackIreland. 56 balls, 1 four, 1 sixPlayer of the match

South Africa innings

173/4(31 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Morné van Wykc DT Johnston b AR Cusack	c DT Johnston b AR Cusack	52	84	5	0	61.90
AB de Villiersc AR Cusack b RK Whelan	c AR Cusack b RK Whelan	40	35	6	0	114.29
Jacques Kallisc KJ O'Brien b AR Cusack	c KJ O'Brien b AR Cusack	46	47	2	1	97.87
Herschelle Gibbsc †NJ O'Brien b AR Cusack	c †NJ O'Brien b AR Cusack	2	4	0	0	50.00
Justin Kempnot out	not out	18*	13	2	0	138.46
Mark Boucher †not out	not out	2*	3	0	0	66.67
Extras(lb 4, w 9)	(lb 4, w 9)	13
Total31 Ov (RR 5.58)	31 Ov (RR 5.58)	173/4

Did not bat: Vernon Philander, Thandi Tshabalala, JP Duminy, Makhaya Ntini, Dale Steyn

Fall of wickets: 75-1 (AB de Villiers, 12.3 ov), 136-2 (MN van Wyk, 25.2 ov), 147-3 (HH Gibbs, 27.3 ov), 162-4 (JH Kallis, 29.4 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD
RK Whelan	7	43	1	6.14	24	5	0	2
MJ Fourie	6	30	0	5.00	25	4	0	3
Kevin O'Brien	2	15	0	7.50	7	3	0	0
WK McCallan	6	31	0	5.17	15	2	0	0
Trent Johnston	4	17	0	4.25	11	1	0	0
Andrew White	2	18	0	9.00	2	0	1	0
Alex Cusack	4	15	3	3.75	10	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	MN van Wyk 25(40) & AB de Villiers 40(35)	75	75
2nd	MN van Wyk 27(44) & JH Kallis 34(33)	61	77
3rd	HH Gibbs 2(4) & JH Kallis 7(9)	11	13
4th	JM Kemp 9(8) & JH Kallis 5(5)	15	13
5th	JM Kemp 9(5) & MV Boucher 2(3)	11*	8

Ireland innings

131(30.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
William Porterfieldc †MV Boucher b VD Philander	c †MV Boucher b VD Philander	17	35	2	0	48.57
Kenny Carrollhit wicket b DW Steyn	hit wicket b DW Steyn	21	24	1	0	87.50
MJ Fouriec JM Kemp b DW Steyn	c JM Kemp b DW Steyn	1	3	0	0	33.33
DI Joycec †MV Boucher b JH Kallis	c †MV Boucher b JH Kallis	11	19	2	0	57.89
Niall O'Brien †b VD Philander	b VD Philander	4	5	0	0	80.00
Alex Cusacknot out	not out	36*	56	1	1	64.29
Kevin O'Brienc MN van Wyk b MS Tshabalala	c MN van Wyk b MS Tshabalala	6	7	1	0	85.71
Andrew Whitec M Ntini b JP Duminy	c M Ntini b JP Duminy	3	4	0	0	75.00
Trent Johnstonc JP Duminy b M Ntini	c JP Duminy b M Ntini	9	13	0	0	69.23
WK McCallanc †MV Boucher b VD Philander	c †MV Boucher b VD Philander	10	12	0	0	83.33
RK Whelanb VD Philander	b VD Philander	0	7	0	0	0.00
Extras(lb 7, w 6)	(lb 7, w 6)	13
Total30.5 Ov (RR 4.25)	30.5 Ov (RR 4.25) · Target 174 from 31 ov	131

Fall of wickets: 45-1 (KED Carroll, 9.1 ov), 47-2 (MJ Fourie, 9.5 ov), 47-3 (WTS Porterfield, 10.3 ov), 56-4 (NJ O'Brien, 12.1 ov), 66-5 (DI Joyce, 15.5 ov), 77-6 (KJ O'Brien, 18.1 ov), 83-7 (AR White, 19.3 ov), 96-8 (DT Johnston, 22.4 ov), 129-9 (WK McCallan, 29 ov), 131-10 (RK Whelan, 30.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD
Makhaya Ntini	6	0	23	1	3.83	25	1	0	5
Dale Steyn	7	0	30	2	4.29	26	2	0	0
Vernon Philander	5.5	1	12	4	2.06	27	0	0	1
Jacques Kallis	6	0	21	1	3.50	23	2	0	0
Thandi Tshabalala	4	0	30	1	7.50	7	2	1	0
JP Duminy	2	0	8	1	4.00	7	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	WTS Porterfield 16(31) & KED Carroll 21(24)	45	55
2nd	MJ Fourie 1(3) & WTS Porterfield 1(1)	2	4
3rd	DI Joyce 0(1) & WTS Porterfield 0(3)	0	4
4th	NJ O'Brien 4(5) & DI Joyce 4(5)	9	10
5th	AR Cusack 1(9) & DI Joyce 7(13)	10	22
6th	KJ O'Brien 6(7) & AR Cusack 5(7)	11	14
7th	AR Cusack 3(4) & AR White 3(4)	6	8
8th	DT Johnston 9(13) & AR Cusack 4(6)	13	19
9th	AR Cusack 21(26) & WK McCallan 10(12)	33	38
10th	AR Cusack 2(4) & RK Whelan 0(7)	2	11

Commentary

30.5W

VD Philander to RK Whelan, OUT

RK Whelan b VD Philander 0(7) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 131/10 (30.5 ov)

30.40

VD Philander to RK Whelan, no run

30.31

VD Philander to AR Cusack, 1 run

30.20

VD Philander to AR Cusack, no run

30.10

VD Philander to AR Cusack, no run

End of over 301 runIRE 130/9100000

RK Whelan 0(5)AR Cusack 35(53)DW Steyn 7-0-30-2

29.60

DW Steyn to RK Whelan, no run

29.50

DW Steyn to RK Whelan, no run

29.40

DW Steyn to RK Whelan, no run

29.30

DW Steyn to RK Whelan, no run

29.20

DW Steyn to RK Whelan, no run

29.11

DW Steyn to AR Cusack, 1 run

End of over 294 runs, 1 wktIRE 129/930001W

AR Cusack 34(52)VD Philander 5-1-11-3

28.6W

VD Philander to WK McCallan, OUT

WK McCallan c †MV Boucher b VD Philander 10(12) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 129/9 (29 ov)

28.51

VD Philander to AR Cusack, 1 run

28.40

VD Philander to AR Cusack, no run

28.30

VD Philander to AR Cusack, no run

28.20

VD Philander to AR Cusack, no run

28.13

VD Philander to WK McCallan, 3 runs

End of over 284 runsIRE 125/8002110

AR Cusack 33(48)WK McCallan 7(10)DW Steyn 6-0-29-2

27.60

DW Steyn to AR Cusack, no run

27.51

DW Steyn to WK McCallan, 1 run

27.41

DW Steyn to AR Cusack, 1 run

27.32

DW Steyn to AR Cusack, 2 runs

27.20

DW Steyn to AR Cusack, no run

27.10

DW Steyn to AR Cusack, no run

End of over 272 runsIRE 121/8010010

WK McCallan 6(9)AR Cusack 30(43)JH Kallis 6-0-21-1

26.60

JH Kallis to WK McCallan, no run

26.51

JH Kallis to AR Cusack, 1 run