South Africa beat Ireland by 7 wickets (with 21 balls remaining) in the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at the Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana.
The match was reduced to 35 overs a side due to rain interruptions during Ireland's innings. South Africa's target was set at 160 runs through the Duckworth-Lewis method.
Toss: South Africa won, and elected to field first.
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Bray, 2.3 ov), 2-31 (Porterfield, 12.3 ov), 3-63 (Morgan, 19.5 ov), 4-77 (O'Brien, 22.5 ov), 5-116 (White, 28.6 ov), 6-119 (Botha, 30.1 ov), 7-124 (McCallan, 31.3 ov), 8-124 (Mooney, 31.4 ov)
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (de Villiers, 0.3 ov), 2-71 (Smith, 12.1 ov), 3-85 (Gibbs, 16.3 ov)
Ireland: J P Bray, W T S Porterfield, E J G Morgan, N J O'Brien (wkt), A R White, A C Botha, W K McCallan, D T Johnston (capt), P J K Mooney, D Langford-Smith, W B Rankin
South Africa: G C Smith (capt), A B de Villiers, J H Kallis, H H Gibbs, A G Prince, M V Boucher (wkt), J M Kemp, S M Pollock, A J Hall, C K Langeveldt, M Ntini 
Player of the match: J H Kallis (South Africa)
Umpires: D J Harper (Australia)  and S J A Taufel (Australia) 
TV umpire: M R Benson (England)
Match referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka) 
Reserve umpire: B R Doctrove (West Indies)

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2007 Cricket World Cup: Ireland vs South Africa