SA beat Ireland, power into quarters

March 15, 2011 09:33 pm

South Africa became the fifth team to reach the World Cup quarter-finals with an emphatic 131-run victory over Ireland in Kolkata. The Proteas became the first side from Group B to progress to the last eight after JP Duminy’s eye-catching innings of 99 helped them post an unattainable 272-7.

Ireland never threatened the total, collapsing to 141 all out in 33.2 overs as their dreams of reaching the knockout stage for the first time went up in smoke.

William Porterfield’s side, who produced the shock of the tournament with victory over England earlier in the campaign, would have fancied their chances of claiming a similar scalp when South Africa collapsed to 117-5 batting first, however Duminy’s fluent innings put paid to such hopes, Sky Sports reports.

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