2007 Future Cup

Future Cup 2007
 
  India South Africa
Dates 26 June 2007 – 1 July 2007
Captains Rahul Dravid Jacques Kallis
One Day International series
Results India won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Sachin Tendulkar (200) Morne van Wyk (126)
Most wickets Yuvraj Singh (3) André Nel (4)
Player of the series Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

The 2007 Future Cup was a 3 ODI cricket series between India and South Africa between 23 June and 1 July. The series was preceded by each team playing one match against Ireland.

Squads

 India  South Africa  Ireland
Rahul Dravid (c)Jacques Kallis (c)Trent Johnston (c)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk)Mark Boucher (wk)Niall O'Brien (wk)
Ajit AgarkarAB de VilliersWilliam Porterfield
Gautam GambhirJean-Paul DuminyDominick Joyce
Sourav GangulyHerschelle GibbsGary Wilson
Dinesh KarthikAndrew HallKevin O'Brien
Zaheer KhanJustin KempAndrew White
Piyush ChawlaCharl LangeveldtKyle McCallan
Ramesh PowarAndré NelThinus Fourie
Ishant SharmaMakhaya NtiniRoger Whelan
Rohit SharmaVernon PhilanderKenneth Carroll
R. P. SinghDale SteynAlex Cusack
SreesanthThandi Tshabalala
Sachin TendulkarMorne van Wyk
Robin Uthappa
Yuvraj Singh

Matches

Ireland Matches

1st match: Ireland vs India

23 June 2007
(scorecard)
Ireland 
193 (50 overs)
v
 India
171/1 (34.5 overs)
Niall O'Brien 52 (79)
Piyush Chawla 3/29 (10 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 80* (107)
Roger Whelan 1/56 (8 overs)
 India won by 9 wickets (D/L method)
Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Umpires: Mark Benson (ENG) and Billy Bowden (NZL)
Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir

2nd match: Ireland vs South Africa

24 June 2007
(scorecard)
South Africa 
173/4 (31 overs)
v
 Ireland
131 (30.5 overs)
Morne van Wyk 52 (84)
Alex Cusack 3/15 (4 overs)
Alex Cusack 36* (56)
Vernon Philander 4/12 (5.5 overs)

ODI Series

1st match: India vs South Africa

26 June 2007
(scorecard)
India 
242/8 (50 overs)
v
 South Africa
245/6 (49.3 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 99 (143)
André Nel 3/47 (10 overs)
Jacques Kallis 91* (116)
Piyush Chawla 3/47 (10 overs)
 South Africa won by 4 wickets
Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland,
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Mark Benson (ENG)
Player of the match: Jacques Kallis
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

2nd match: India vs South Africa

29 June 2007
(scorecard)
South Africa 
226/6 (50 overs)
v
 India
227/4 (49.1 overs)
Morne van Wyk 82 (126)
Yuvraj Singh 3/36 (9 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 93 (106)
Charl Langeveldt 2/43 (10 overs)
 India won by 6 wickets
Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Umpires: Mark Benson (ENG) and Billy Bowden (NZL)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar

3rd match: India vs South Africa

1 July 2007
(scorecard)
South Africa 
148/7 (31 overs)
v
 India
151/4 (30.2 overs)
Justin Kemp 61 (61)
Herschelle Gibbs 56 (67)
Sachin Tendulkar 2/10 (1 over)
Ajit Agarkar 2/21 (6 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 61* (84)
Rahul Dravid 35 (48)
Makhaya Ntini 1/16 (7 overs)
André Nel 1/22 (5.2 overs)
 India won by 6 wickets
Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Mark Benson (ENG)
Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh
  • Play reduced to 31 overs due to rain

Statistics

Most runs
PlayerTeamMatInnsRunsAveHS100s50s
Sachin Tendulkar India3320066.679902
Morne van Wyk South Africa3312642.008201

References

  1. ↑ "India ODI Squad". ESPNcricinfo. 30 June 2007. Archived from the original on 22 June 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2007.
  2. ↑ "South Africa ODI Squad". ESPNcricinfo. 7 June 2007. Archived from the original on 23 June 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2007.
  3. ↑ "Ireland ODI Squad". ESPNcricinfo. 15 June 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2007.