India Vs South Africa 1St Odi
Future Cup India, South Africa in Ireland - 2007 (2007) · Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast · 26 June 2007
South Africa won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
South Africa won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining). Sachin Tendulkar top-scored with 99 for India.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast
- Date
- 26 June 2007
- Toss
- South Africa, chose to field
- Result
- South Africa won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Jacques Kallis
- Captains
- Rahul Dravid (India), Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
- Umpires
- Aleem Dar and MR Benson
- Match referee
- AG Hurst
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
South Africa won the toss and chose to field.
India batted first and made 242 for 8. Sachin Tendulkar top-scored with 99 off 143 balls, and Rahul Dravid made 74. Andre Nel took 3 for 47 for South Africa. The innings was built on a 158-run stand for the third wicket between Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, 65% of the total. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at Civil Service Cricket Club, 180 across 12 ODIs.
Chasing 243, South Africa made 245 for 6. Jacques Kallis top-scored with 91 not out off 116 balls, and Morne van Wyk made 44. Piyush Chawla took 3 for 47 for India.
South Africa won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining).
INDIA: 242 FOR 8
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | run out (Morne van Wyk, Mark Boucher) | 99 | 143 |
| Sourav Ganguly | c Mark Boucher b Andre Nel | 13 | 22 |
| Gautam Gambhir | c Jacques Kallis b Andre Nel | 0 | 7 |
| Rahul Dravid | b Andre Nel | 74 | 93 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c Jacques Kallis b Andrew Hall | 13 | 12 |
| Dinesh Karthik | b Andrew Hall | 19 | 10 |
| Rohit Sharma | b Jacques Kallis | 8 | 9 |
| Piyush Chawla | not out | 2 | 2 |
| Ramesh Powar | c AB de Villiers b Jacques Kallis | 1 | 3 |
Did not bat: Zaheer Khan, RP Singh
Extras 13 · Total 242 for 8
| Bowler (South Africa) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makhaya Ntini | 10 | 2 | 33 | 0 |
| Charl Langeveldt | 8 | 0 | 59 | 0 |
| Andre Nel | 10 | 1 | 47 | 3 |
| Andrew Hall | 10 | 1 | 40 | 2 |
| Vernon Philander | 8 | 2 | 37 | 0 |
| Jacques Kallis | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-24 (Sourav Ganguly, 7.2 ov), 2-36 (Gautam Gambhir, 11.1 ov), 3-194 (Rahul Dravid, 43.2 ov), 4-211 (Sachin Tendulkar, 45.3 ov), 5-213 (Yuvraj Singh, 46.1 ov), 6-234 (Dinesh Karthik, 48.3 ov), 7-240 (Rohit Sharma, 49.2 ov), 8-242 (Ramesh Powar, 49.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sachin Tendulkar (6) and Sourav Ganguly (13) | 24 | 44 |
| second | Sachin Tendulkar (12) and Gautam Gambhir (0) | 12 | 23 |
| third | Sachin Tendulkar (77) and Rahul Dravid (74) | 158 | 194 |
| fourth | Sachin Tendulkar (3) and Yuvraj Singh (12) | 17 | 12 |
| fifth | Yuvraj Singh (1) and Dinesh Karthik (1) | 2 | 4 |
| sixth | Dinesh Karthik (18) and Rohit Sharma (3) | 21 | 14 |
| seventh | Piyush Chawla (1) and Rohit Sharma (5) | 6 | 5 |
| eighth | Ramesh Powar (1) and Piyush Chawla (1) | 2 | 4 |
SOUTH AFRICA: 245 FOR 6
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morne van Wyk | c Rohit Sharma b Piyush Chawla | 44 | 55 |
| AB de Villiers | c Dinesh Karthik b RP Singh | 24 | 37 |
| Jacques Kallis | not out | 91 | 116 |
| Herschelle Gibbs | b Piyush Chawla | 5 | 7 |
| Jean-Paul Duminy | c Sachin Tendulkar b Ramesh Powar | 11 | 15 |
| Mark Boucher | lbw b Zaheer Khan | 23 | 30 |
| Andrew Hall | c Rahul Dravid b Piyush Chawla | 16 | 15 |
| Vernon Philander | not out | 17 | 22 |
Did not bat: Charl Langeveldt, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini
Extras 14 · Total 245 for 6
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaheer Khan | 10 | 1 | 46 | 1 |
| RP Singh | 8 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Piyush Chawla | 10 | 0 | 47 | 3 |
| Ramesh Powar | 10 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 6.3 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Rohit Sharma | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-56 (AB de Villiers, 12.5 ov), 2-99 (Morne van Wyk, 19.5 ov), 3-107 (Herschelle Gibbs, 21.1 ov), 4-124 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 24.5 ov), 5-165 (Mark Boucher, 34.3 ov), 6-190 (Andrew Hall, 39.4 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Morne van Wyk (26) and AB de Villiers (24) | 56 | 77 |
| second | Jacques Kallis (24) and Morne van Wyk (18) | 43 | 42 |
| third | Jacques Kallis (1) and Herschelle Gibbs (5) | 8 | 8 |
| fourth | Jacques Kallis (6) and Jean-Paul Duminy (11) | 17 | 22 |
| fifth | Jacques Kallis (18) and Mark Boucher (23) | 41 | 58 |
| sixth | Jacques Kallis (9) and Andrew Hall (16) | 25 | 31 |
| seventh | Jacques Kallis (33) and Vernon Philander (17) | 55 | 59 |
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