Cricket: 2007 Future Cup-3rd ODI

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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 Ntini
Player 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