# 2007 Future Cup

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 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
### 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
* India won the toss and elected to field
* India's innings shortened to 39 overs due to rain between innings.
* Gary Wilson, Thinus Fourie, Roger Whelan (Ire) and Rohit Sharma (Ind) made their ODI debuts.

#### 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) |
* South Africa win by 42 runs Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Billy Bowden (NZL) Player of the match: Alex Cusack
* Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
* Match shortened to 31 overs per side due to rain.
* Alex Cusack (Ire), Vernon Philander, Thandi Tshabalala (SA) made their ODI debuts.

### 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 Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, 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 Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland Umpires: Mark Benson (ENG) and Billy Bowden (NZL) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar
* India won the toss elected to field.
* Ishant Sharma (Ind) made his ODI debut.
* Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to cross the 15000 run mark in One Day International history.

#### 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 Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, 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

| 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 |