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A brilliant all-round performance by Andrew Hall helped South Africa save the ignominy of losing a match against minnows. In the South Africa vs. Ireland warm-up match of Cricket World Cup 2007, the Proteas were rescued by Hall’s superb run feast of 67 runs, after the score had slipped to 66 for 7. Later, he delivered a magic spell of 3 for 30 to guide his team to a 35-run win over the Irishmen.
Earlier in the day, Irish skipper Trent Johnston bowled outstandingly to claim four South African wickets for 40 runs. Eventually, the Proteas set up a target of mere 193 runs, which was seemingly attainable even for minnows Ireland. However, inconsistency and the inability to convert into big scores did them in. Andre Botha was their only standout performer with 40 runs.
South Africa vs. Ireland Warm-up Match Result Scorecard:
Venue: Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground, St Augustine, Trinidad
Date: 5 March 2007
Result: South Africa won by 35 runs
South Africa innings
AB de Villiers b Langford-Smith 5
GC Smith c NJ O'Brien b Langford-Smith 9
JH Kallis b Langford-Smith 12
HH Gibbs b Johnston 21
AG Prince c Botha b Johnston 7
MV Boucher c KJ O'Brien b JF Mooney 14
SM Pollock c NJ O'Brien b Johnston 1
LL Bosman b Johnston 0
AJ Hall not out 67
RJ Peterson b Botha 29
R Telemachus b Botha 10
Extras (lb 4, w 9, nb 4) 17
Total (all out; 50 overs) 192
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Smith), 2-26 (de Villiers), 3-42 (Kallis), 4-57 (Gibbs), 5-64 (Prince), 6-66 (Pollock), 7-66 (Bosman), 8-91 (Boucher), 9-176 (Peterson), 10-192 (Telemachus, 49.6 ov)
| Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Econ |
| D Langford-Smith |
8 |
0 |
30 |
3 |
3.75 |
| WB Rankin |
5 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
4.40 |
| DT Johnston |
10 |
2 |
40 |
4 |
4.00 |
| AC Botha |
9 |
2 |
24 |
2 |
2.66 |
| PJK Mooney |
3 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
3.33 |
| JF Mooney |
4 |
1 |
15 |
1 |
3.75 |
| WK McCallan |
8 |
0 |
37 |
0 |
4.62 |
| KJ O'Brien |
3 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
3.33 |
Ireland innings
JP Bray c Boucher b Nel 1
WTS Porterfield c Smith b Telemachus 37
EJG Morgan b Hall 14
NJ O'Brien c Boucher b Hall 16
AC Botha c Boucher b Nel 40
KJ O'Brien c Gibbs b Langeveldt 33
WK McCallan b Langeveldt 3
DT Johnston b Hall 0
AR White lbw b Langeveldt 0
JF Mooney not out 3
PJK Mooney lbw b Langeveldt 0
Extras (lb 2, w 3, nb 5) 10
Total (all out; 44.2 overs) 157
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Bray), 2-34 (Morgan), 3-68 (NJ O'Brien), 4-85 (Porterfield), 5-139 (Botha), 6-146 (McCallan), 7-149 (Johnston), 8-152 (White), 9-157 (KJ O'Brien), 10-157 (PJK Mooney, 44.2 ov)
| Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Econ |
| SM Pollock |
7 |
1 |
12 |
0 |
1.71 |
| A Nel |
8 |
1 |
38 |
2 |
4.75 |
| AJ Hall |
9 |
0 |
26 |
3 |
2.88 |
| CK Langeveldt |
8.2 |
1 |
31 |
4 |
3.72 |
| R Telemachus |
5 |
0 |
14 |
1 |
2.80 |
| JH Kallis |
4 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
5.75 |
| RJ Peterson |
3 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
3.66 |
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