Ireland captain Trent Johnston won the toss and elected to field against South Africa in the rain-curtailed cricket one-dayer in Belfast on Sunday.
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The match was reduced to 31 overs a side following a near five-hour delay in start due to rain and wet pitch conditions.
South Africa handed off-spinner Thandi Tshabalala and all-rounder Vernon Philander, who turned 22 today, their maiden ODI caps.
Jacques Kallis [Images] was leading the side with regular skipper Graeme Smith [Images] out of the series recovering from a knee surgery.
Also absent were veteran all-rounder Shaun Pollock [Images] and middle order batsman Ashwell Prince.
Ireland team too featured a debutant, batting all-rounder Alex Cusack who was brought in place of Gary Wilson, the only change to the side that lost to India by 9 wickets on Saturday.
The teams:
Ireland: Trent Johnston (captain), William Porterfield, Kenny Carroll, Dominick Joyce, Niall O'Brien, Alex Cusack, Andrew White, Kevin O'Brien, Thinus Fourie, Roger Whelan, Kyle McCallan.
South Africa: Jacques Kallis (captain), AB de Villiers, Morne van Wyk, Herschelle Gibbs [Images], Mark Boucher [Images], Justin Kemp, JP Duminy, Makhaya Ntini [Images], Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander and Thandi Tshabalala.
India in the United Kingdom 2007
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