South Africa vs Ireland (Kolkata) (15th March)

ICC World Cup 2011 – 15^th March

34^th Match – Group B     (day/night 50-over match)

Played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata,

South Africa won by 131 runs;

Ireland won the toss and invited South Africa to bat first;

Scoreboard:

South Africa            272/7    (50 over)

South Africa Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
HM Amla	c Dockrell b Rankin	18	17	1	1	105.88
GC Smith*	run out (Mooney)	7	18	0	0	38.88
MN van Wyk†	b Dockrell	42	41	7	1	102.43
JH Kallis	run out (†NJ O'Brien/Porterfield)	19	31	3	0	61.29
JP Duminy	c KJ O'Brien b Mooney	99	103	6	1	96.11
F du Plessis	c Johnston b Stirling	11	19	0	0	57.89
CA Ingram	b Johnston	46	43	7	0	106.97
J Botha	not out	21	28	1	0	75.00
RJ Peterson	not out	0	0	0	0	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 3, w 4)	9

Total (7 wickets; 50 over) 272 (5.44 runs per over)

Did not bat:

M Morkel, DW Steyn

Fall of wickets:

1-24 (Amla, 4.4 over), 2-52 (Smith, 9.4 over), 3-84 (van Wyk, 15.5 over), 4-95 (Kallis, 20.3 over), 5-117 (du Plessis, 26.3 over), 6-204 (Ingram, 39.4 over), 7-269 (Duminy, 49.4 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
WB Rankin	10	0	59	1	5.90	(1w)
DT Johnston	10	0	76	1	7.60	(1w)
JF Mooney	8	0	36	1	4.50
GH Dockrell	10	0	37	1	3.70
PR Stirling	10	0	45	1	4.50	(1w)
AR Cusack	2	0	14	0	7.00	(1w)

Ireland                141/10    (33.2 over)    (lost by 131 runs)

Ireland Innings	(target: 273 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
WTS Porterfield*	c Smith b Morkel	6	8	1	0	75.00
PR Stirling	c Kallis b Morkel	10	11	2	0	90.90
EC Joyce	lbw b Botha	12	24	2	0	50.00
NJ O'Brien†	c †van Wyk b Kallis	10	16	0	1	62.50
GC Wilson	lbw b Peterson	31	48	4	1	64.58
KJ O'Brien	c Amla b Peterson	19	24	2	0	79.16
AR Cusack	c Smith b Peterson	7	11	1	0	63.63
JF Mooney	c †van Wyk b Kallis	14	28	1	0	50.00
DT Johnston	c †van Wyk b Duminy	12	16	0	1	75.00
GH Dockrell	c †van Wyk b Morkel	16	12	3	0	133.33
WB Rankin	not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(w 4)	4

Total (all out; 33.2 over) 141 (4.23 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-8 (Porterfield, 1.6 over), 2-19 (Stirling, 3.3 over), 3-35 (NJ O'Brien, 8.5 over), 4-51 (Joyce, 11.5 over), 5-92 (KJ O'Brien, 21.3 over), 6-92 (Wilson, 21.5 over), 7-107 (Cusack, 25.5 over), 8-123 (Johnston, 29.5 over), 9-137 (Mooney, 32.4 over), 10-141 (Dockrell, 33.2 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
DW Steyn	4	1	13	0	3.25
M Morkel	5.2	0	33	3	6.18	(2w)
JH Kallis	6	1	20	2	3.33
J Botha	8	0	32	1	4.00	(1w)
RJ Peterson	8	0	32	3	4.00
JP Duminy	2	0	11	1	5.50

Player of the match:    JP Duminy (South Africa)

Umpires:        HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and BR Doctrove (West Indies)

TV umpire:        SJA Taufel (Australia)

JP Duminy executed an outstanding but unlucky 99 that elevated South Africa to Group B as they qualified for quarter-finals. Ireland strived for a good show for the crowd of Eden Gardens, where first game was played as the venue for the match between India and England was shifted to Bangalore due to inadequate arrangements, but their dream could not come true as Proteas disrupted them at 141 in 34^th over while chasing of a good score of 273. They were now looking for their next game with Bangladesh on 19^th March in Dhaka, Bangladesh would have to win this contest for the qualification of quarter-final.

Proteas complied for a disciplined bowling as Dale Steyn doesn't get you, Morne Morkel will, and Ireland caught the hard way, chasing a tall score on a wicket with true bounce. Morkel detached the openers with his threatening line lengths, and the back-up bowlers, led by Robin Peterson, made certain there were no escape itinerary for the middle order. The triumph is South Africa's seventh by a fringe of hundred or more runs in World Cups. The 131-run margin of crush is Ireland's biggest in World Cups, surpassing their 129-run loss to New Zealand in 2007. JP Duminy's became the second batsman after Adam Gilchrist to be dismissed for 99 in a World Cup match. Overall, there have been 36 occasions when a player has been dismissed in the nineties in World Cups.