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.

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)

Squads edit

  India[1]   South Africa[2]   Ireland[3]
Rahul Dravid (c) Jacques Kallis (c) Trent Johnston (c)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk) Mark Boucher (wk) Niall O'Brien (wk)
Ajit Agarkar AB de Villiers William Porterfield
Gautam Gambhir Jean-Paul Duminy Dominick Joyce
Sourav Ganguly Herschelle Gibbs Gary Wilson
Dinesh Karthik Andrew Hall Kevin O'Brien
Zaheer Khan Justin Kemp Andrew White
Piyush Chawla Charl Langeveldt Kyle McCallan
Ramesh Powar André Nel Thinus Fourie
Ishant Sharma Makhaya Ntini Roger Whelan
Rohit Sharma Vernon Philander Kenneth Carroll
R. P. Singh Dale Steyn Alex Cusack
Sreesanth Thandi Tshabalala
Sachin Tendulkar Morne van Wyk
Robin Uthappa
Yuvraj Singh

Matches edit

Ireland Matches edit

1st match: Ireland vs India edit

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 edit

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 edit

1st match: India vs South Africa edit

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 the toss and elected to field.

2nd match: India vs South Africa edit

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)

3rd match: India vs South Africa edit

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)
  • Play reduced to 31 overs due to rain

Statistics edit

Most runs
Player Team Mat Inns Runs Ave HS 100s 50s
Sachin Tendulkar   India 3 3 200 66.67 99 0 2
Morne van Wyk   South Africa 3 3 126 42.00 82 0 1

References edit

  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.