Sunday, July 1, 2007
In the 2007 Future Cup, India have beaten South Africa by six wickets in the third and final One-Day International (ODI) held at the Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland. India win the three match series 2-1.
South Africa’s batting order collapsed to 28-4, but 56 from Herschelle Gibbs and 61 from Justin Kemp rescued a score of 148 for them.
In reply, India were reduced to 35-3. However Yuvraj Singh posted a score of 61 not out and India reached the target with four balls remaining.
The match was reduced to 31 overs per side due to damp weather conditions.
Toss: India won, and chose to field first.
| South Africa innings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| AB de Villiers | c Dhoni b Ganguly | 15 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| MN van Wyk | lbw b Agarkar | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JH Kallis | b Agarkar | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| HH Gibbs | b Khan | 56 | 67 | 3 | 2 | 83.58 | |
| JP Duminy | lbw b Ganguly | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JM Kemp | b Tendulkar | 61 | 61 | 5 | 2 | 100.00 | |
| MV Boucher | not out | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 122.22 | |
| AJ Hall | c Karthik b Tendulkar | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 3) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (7 Wickets; 31 overs) | 148 | 11 | 4 | |||
Did not bat: DW Steyn, A Nel, M Ntini
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (van Wyk, 1.5 ov), 2-8 (Kallis, 3.4 ov), 3-28 (de Villiers, 12.2 ov), 4-28 (Duminy, 12.3 ov), 5-127 (Gibbs, 28.2 ov), 6-144 (Kemp, 30.2 ov), 7-148 (Hall, 30.6 ov)
| India bowling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| Z Khan | 7 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 4.14 | |
| AB Agarkar | 6 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 3.50 | |
| RP Singh | 6 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2.50 | |
| SC Ganguly | 6 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 4.00 | |
| Piyush Chawla | 3 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 9.33 | |
| Yuvraj Singh | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 | |
| SR Tendulkar | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 10.00 | |
| India innings (Target: 149 runs from 31 overs) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| SC Ganguly | c Boucher b Nel | 17 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 68.00 | |
| SR Tendulkar | c Boucher b Ntini | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| G Gambhir | b Steyn | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 45.45 | |
| R Dravid | run out (Boucher) | 36 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| Yuvraj Singh | not out | 61 | 82 | 6 | 1 | 74.39 | |
| MS Dhoni | not out | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 127.27 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 4, nb 3) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (4 Wickets; 30.2 overs) | 151 | 17 | 1 | |||
Did not bat: KD Karthik, Piyush Chawla, Z Khan, RP Singh, AB Agarkar
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Tendulkar, 1.6 ov), 2-20 (Gambhir, 4.4 ov), 3-35 (Ganguly, 8.5 ov), 4-108 (Dravid, 24.3 ov)
| South Africa bowling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| DW Steyn | 6 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 6.00 | |
| M Ntini | 7 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2.42 | |
| A Nel | 5.2 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 4.31 | |
| AJ Hall | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4.66 | |
| JH Kallis | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 9.00 | |
| J M Kemp | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | |
India: S C Ganguly, S R Tendulkar, G Gambhir, R Dravid (capt), Yuvraj Singh, K D Karthik, Piyush Chawla, Z Khan, R P Singh, AB Agarkar, M S Dhoni (wkt)
South Africa: AB de Villiers, M N van Wyk, J H Kallis (capt), H H Gibbs, J P Duminy, J M Kemp, M V Boucher(wkt), A J Hall, D W Steyn, A Nel, M NtiniPlayer of the match: Yuvraj Singh (India)Player of the series: Sachin Tendulkar (India)
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and MR Benson (England)TV umpire: BF Bowden (New Zealand)Match referee: AG Hurst (Australia)Reserve umpire: C McElwee