ODI # 359
CricInfo Women's World Cup, 2000/01, 28th Match
Ireland Women v South Africa Women
Hagley Park No. 2, Christchurch
16 December 2000 (50-over match)

Result: South Africa Women won by 9 wickets
Points: South Africa Women 2, Ireland Women 0

Toss: South Africa Women
Umpires: JM Busby and BG Jerling (SA)
Player of the Match: L Olivier

Ireland Women innings (50 overs maximum)                        R   M   B  4 6
A Linehan             c Burger           b Lewis               40  83  69  6 0
CM Beggs                             c & b Strydom              3  11   9  0 0
C O'Neill             c Burger           b Strydom              0  11   7  0 0
*ME Grealey                              b Eksteen             30  77  63  3 0
KN Young                                 b Eksteen              4  10   9  1 0
CMA Shillington                          b Viljoen             18  29  23  2 1
NH Squire                                b Viljoen             13  35  31  0 0
SA Young                             c & b Strydom              1  25  19  0 0
IMHC Joyce                               b Viljoen              6   7   6  1 0
+SW Dawson            not out                                  13  37  34  1 0
BM McDonald           not out                                  22  32  30  4 0
Extras                (b 5, lb 5, w 16)                        26
Total                 (9 wickets, 50 overs, 183 minutes)      176

FoW: 1-9 (Beggs, 2.4 ov), 2-19 (O'Neill, 6.2 ov),
     3-79 (Linehan, 22.3 ov), 4-90 (KN Young, 25.3 ov),
     5-91 (Grealey, 27.2 ov), 6-118 (Shillington, 33.3 ov),
     7-130 (Squire, 37.2 ov), 8-137 (Joyce, 39.1 ov),
     9-139 (SA Young, 40.2 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
van Zyl                      1      0      4      0 (2w)
Price                       10      1     36      0 (1w)
Strydom                     10      1     33      3 (2w)
Viljoen                     10      2     27      3 (4w)
Lewis                        8      0     29      1 (2w)
Eksteen                     10      3     28      2 (2w)
Reid                         1      0      9      0 (1w)

South Africa Women innings (target: 177 runs from 50 overs)     R   M   B  4 6
L Olivier             not out                                 101 122 117 10 0
H Strydom                            c & b Grealey             46  88  79  7 0
+M Terblanche         not out                                  15  33  22  1 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 1, w 12)                        15
Total                 (1 wicket, 36.2 overs, 122 minutes)     177

DNB: CE Eksteen, AA Burger, A Kuylaars, S Viljoen, LP Lewis,
     DJ Reid, *K Price, SSD van Zyl.

FoW: 1-117 (Strydom, 26.6 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McDonald                     9      1     33      0 (2w)
O'Neill                      7      2     22      0
SA Young                     6      0     40      0
Joyce                        3      0     19      0 (2w)
KN Young                     4      0     27      0 (2w)
Grealey                      7.2    1     33      1 (1w)

• Reserve Umpire: C Cowper
• 12th men: CJ Metcalfe (Ireland Women) and A Hodgkinson (RSA Women)
• CricInfo Player of the Match: L Olivier (RSA Women) - 3 points; H Strydom (RSA Women) - 2 points; S Viljoen (RSA Women) - 1 point
• SD van Zyl bowled 1 wide worth 2 runs
• DJ Reid bowled 1 wide worth 2 runs
• KN Young bowled 1 wide worth 2 runs; 1 wide worth 5 runs
• Scorers: B Bruhns and J Cohen

Team Pages: Ireland Women, South Africa Women.

Ground Page: Hagley Park No. 2, Christchurch

Ireland Women Player Pages: A Linehan, CM Beggs, C O'Neill, ME Grealey, KN Young, CMA Shillington, NH Squire, SA Young, IMHC Joyce, SW Dawson, BM McDonald.

South Africa Women Player Pages: L Olivier, H Strydom, M Terblanche, CE Eksteen, AA Burger, A Kuylaars, S Viljoen, LP Lewis, DJ Reid, K Price, SSD van Zyl.

Match Officials' Pages: JM Busby, BG Jerling.