World Cup 2011: South Africa beat Ireland by 131 runs

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World Cup 2011: South Africa beat Ireland by 131 runs

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South Africa defeated Ireland by 131 runs at Eden Gardens to cruise into quarterfinals on Tuesday.

15 March,2011 05:46 pm

Chasing a huge total of 273 runs, Ireland batsmen were bowled out at 141 runs in 33.2 overs. Only Wilson scored 31 runs in the run-chase. Morkel picked three wickets and Peterson took 2 wickets.Earlier, South Africa put a target of 273 runs against Ireland at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.JP Duminy missed out on a century but rescued a shaky South Africa batting effort to drag the Proteas to 272-7 in a World Cup Group B game against Ireland.Duminy topscored with 99 from 103 balls, sharing an 87-run stand with World Cup rookie Colin Ingram (46) and a half-century partnership with Johan Botha after a fighting Irish performance in the field had South Africa struggling at 117-5.George Dockrell took a fine diving catch on the boundary to dismiss opener Hashim Amla for 18 and Graeme Smith (7) and Jacques Kallis (19) were both run out.Morne van Wyk hit a quickfire 42, but also fell early in South Africas carefree start, before the composed Duminy dragged the Proteas to a respectable total.