| Match : | ICC Cricket World Cup - 34th Match, Group B |
| Ground : | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Toss : | Ire won toss, elected to Bowl |
| Match Refree : | RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) |
| Umpires : | HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka),BR Doctrove (West Indies),SJA Taufel (Australia) |
| Match Status : | South Africa won by 131 runs |
Batting - South Africa
| Batting | | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR(%) |
| H Amla | C dockrell B rankin | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 105.88 |
| G Smith | Run Out mooney | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 36.84 |
| MN van Wyk | B dockrell | 42 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 102.44 |
| J H Kallis | Run Out porterfield | 19 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 59.38 |
| J P Duminy | C obrien B mooney | 99 | 103 | 6 | 1 | 96.12 |
| Fdu Plessis | C johnston B stirling | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 57.89 |
| CA Ingram | B johnston | 46 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 106.98 |
| Johan Botha | Not Out | 20 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 76.92 |
| R Peterson | Not Out | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| D W Steyn | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| M Morkel | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Extras:(b 2, lb 3, w 4, nb 0) | 9 | | | | | |
| Total:( 7 wkts, 50 overs) | 272 | Run Rate: 5.42 | ||||
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Bowling – Ireland
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | N | Wd | Econ. |
| Boyd Rankin | 10 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.9 |
| Trent Johnston | 10 | 0 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.6 |
| John Mooney | 8 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.62 |
| GH Dockrell | 10 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 |
| Paul Stirling | 10 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 |
| AR Cusack | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Batting – Ireland
| Batting | | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR(%) |
| WS Porterfield | C smith B morkel | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 75 |
| Paul Stirling | C kallis B morkel | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 90.91 |
| DI Joyce | LBW botha | 12 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 50 |
| Niall OBrien | C wyk B kallis | 10 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 62.5 |
| GC Wilson | LBW peterson | 31 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 64.58 |
| Kevin OBrien | C amla B peterson | 19 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 79.17 |
| AR Cusack | B peterson | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 63.64 |
| John Mooney | C B kallis | 14 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Trent Johnston | C wyk B duminy | 12 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 75 |
| GH Dockrell | C wyk B morkel | 16 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Boyd Rankin | Not Out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras:(b 0, lb 1, w 3, nb 0) | 4 | | | | | |
| Total:( 10 wkts, 33.2 overs) | 141 | Run Rate: 4.23 | ||||
| Fall of Wickets : | 8/1(WS Porterfield), 19/2(Paul Stirling), 35/3(Niall OBrien), 51/4(DI Joyce), 92/5(Kevin OBrien), 92/6(GC Wilson), 107/7(AR Cusack), 123/8(Trent Johnston), 137/9(John Mooney), 141/10(GH Dockrell) |
Bowling - South Africa
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | N | Wd | Econ. |
| D W Steyn | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.25 |
| M Morkel | 5.2 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6.19 |
| J H Kallis | 6 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.33 |
| R Peterson | 8 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| J P Duminy | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 |
| Johan Botha | 8 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
