2007 Cricket World Cup: South Africa vs Netherlands

Friday, March 16, 2007 

South Africa beat the Netherlands by 221 runs in the second Group A match in the World Cup at the Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Herschelle Gibbs made history in the match by scoring six sixes in an over (bowled by Daan van Bunge). This was the first such feat in both World Cup and one-day international history. Sixes have also been hit off every ball of a six-ball over twice in first-class cricket, by Sir Garfield Sobers and by Ravi Shastri.

The match was reduced to 40 overs per innings due to a delay from heavy rain. The Netherlands won the toss and elected to field first.

Toss: Netherlands won, and elected to field first.

South Africa innings
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Abraham de Villiers	c Smits b Stelling	0	2	0	0	0.00
Graeme Smith	c van Bunge b Borren	67	59	6	2	113.55
Jacques Kallis	not out	128	109	11	5	117.43
Herschelle Gibbs	c van Bunge b van Troost	72	40	4	7	180.00
Mark Boucher	not out	75	31	9	4	241.93
Extras	(lb 2; w 8; nb 1)	11
Total	(3 Wickets; 40 overs)	353		30	18

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (de Villiers, 0.2 ov), 2-114 (Smith, 18.6 ov), 3-219 (Gibbs, 30.5 ov)

Netherlands bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
Billy Stelling	8	1	43	1	5.37
Darron Reekers	5	1	35	0	7.00
Ryan ten Doeschate	7	0	58	0	8.28
Tim de Leede	4	0	48	0	12.00
Peter Borren	8	0	52	1	6.50
Daan van Bunge	4	0	56	0	14.00
Luuk van Troost	4	0	59	1	14.75

Netherlands innings
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Bastiaan Zuiderent	b Pollock	1	10	0	0	10.00
Darron Reekers	run out (Prince)	4	6	1	0	66.66
Alexei Kervezee	c Pollock b Langeveldt	17	52	2	0	32.69
Ryan ten Doeschate	run out (de Villiers)	57	75	8	1	77.02
Daan van Bunge	lbw b Hall	5	15	1	0	31.25
Eric Szwarczynski	lbw b Smith	12	31	2	0	38.70
Tim de Leede	b Kemp	21	36	2	0	58.33
Peter Borren	run out (Kallis/Smith)	2	6	0	0	33.33
Luuk van Troost	c Smith b Kemp	5	6	1	0	83.33
Billy Stelling	not out	1	4	0	0	25.00
Extras	(lb 1; w 2; nb 4)	7
Total	(9 Wickets; 40 overs)	132		17	1

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Reekers, 2.2 ov), 2-6 (Zuiderent, 4.1 ov), 3-33 (Kervezee, 14.2 ov), 4-47 (van Bunge, 19.2 ov), 5-72 (Szwarczynski, 26.5 ov), 6-114 (ten Doeschate, 35.1 ov), 7-124 (de Leede, 37.3 ov), 8-131 (Borren, 38.6 ov), 9-132 (van Troost, 39.6 ov)

South Africa bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
Shaun Pollock	6	2	5	1	0.66
Andre Nel	6	1	18	0	3.16
Charl Langeveldt	6	0	22	1	3.66
Andrew Hall	6	1	15	1	2.50
Graeme Smith	8	0	32	1	4.00
Jacques Kallis	4	0	18	0	4.50
Justin Kemp	4	0	18	2	4.50

South Africa: G C Smith (capt), A B de Villiers, J H Kallis, H H Gibbs, A G Prince, J M Kemp, M V Boucher (wkt), S M Pollock, A J Hall, C K Langeveldt, A Nel
Netherlands: B Zuiderent, D J Reekers, R N ten Doeschate, A N Kervezee,E S Szwarczynski, D L S van Bunge, T B M de Leede, P W Borren, W F Stelling, L P van Troost (capt), J Smits (wkt)

Player of the match: H H Gibbs (South Africa)

Umpires: M R Benson (England) and A L Hill (New Zealand)
TV umpire: S A Bucknor
Match referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire: E A R de Silva (Sri Lanka)

Sources

• "7th Match, Group A: Netherlands v South Africa at Basseterre - Mar 16, 2007" — Cricinfo, March 16, 2007
• "ICC World Cup: Netherlands v South Africa - Mar 16, 2007" — BBC, March 16, 2007