| South Africa innings (31 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MN van Wyk | c Johnston b Cusack | 52 | 97 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 61.90 | |
| AB de Villiers | c Cusack b Whelan | 40 | 47 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 114.28 | |
| JH Kallis* | c KJ O'Brien b Cusack | 46 | 61 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 97.87 | |
| HH Gibbs | c †NJ O'Brien b Cusack | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| JM Kemp | not out | 18 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 138.46 | |
| MV Boucher† | not out | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 9) | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (4 wickets; 31 overs) | 173 | (5.58 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat VD Philander, T Tshabalala, JP Duminy, M Ntini, DW Steyn |
| Fall of wickets1-75 (de Villiers, 12.3 ov), 2-136 (van Wyk, 25.2 ov), 3-147 (Gibbs, 27.3 ov), 4-162 (Kallis, 29.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RK Whelan | 7 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 6.14 | (2w) | ||
| MJ Fourie | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 5.00 | (3w) | ||
| KJ O'Brien | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7.50 | |||
| WK McCallan | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 5.16 | |||
| DT Johnston | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4.25 | |||
| AR White | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 | |||
| AR Cusack | 4 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3.75 |
| Ireland innings (target: 174 runs from 31 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| WTS Porterfield | c †Boucher b Philander | 17 | 47 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 48.57 | |
| KED Carroll | hit wicket b Steyn | 21 | 38 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 87.50 | |
| MJ Fourie | c Kemp b Steyn | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| DI Joyce | c †Boucher b Kallis | 11 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 57.89 | |
| NJ O'Brien† | b Philander | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| AR Cusack | not out | 36 | 81 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 64.28 | |
| KJ O'Brien | c van Wyk b Tshabalala | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 85.71 | |
| AR White | c Ntini b Duminy | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| DT Johnston* | c Duminy b Ntini | 9 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 69.23 | |
| WK McCallan | c †Boucher b Philander | 10 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 | |
| RK Whelan | b Philander | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 7, w 6) | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 30.5 overs) | 131 | (4.24 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| M Ntini | 6 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 3.83 | (5w) | ||
| DW Steyn | 7 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 4.28 | |||
| VD Philander | 5.5 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2.05 | (1w) | ||
| JH Kallis | 6 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 3.50 | |||
| T Tshabalala | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7.50 | |||
| JP Duminy | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss Ireland, who chose to field Series South Africa won the one-off match |
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ODI debuts
AR Cusack
(Ireland);
VD Philander and
T Tshabalala
(South Africa) Player of the match AR Cusack (Ireland) |
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Umpires
Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and BF Bowden (New Zealand) TV umpire MR Benson (England) Match referee AG Hurst (Australia) Reserve umpire T Magee |
| Match notes |
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Jun 24, 2007 Alex Cusack and Niall O'Brien are delighted to see the back of Herschelle Gibbs © Getty Images |
Jun 24, 2007 Kevin O'Brien is a bit late with the dive © Getty Images |
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