Even a wide gets a big cheer as Ireland creep closer to the 200 mark. De Villiers looks disgusted with himself as a shy at the stump misses by a whisker. I reckon I'll stop including the target in the headline, don't you reckon?

Huge cheers from the Blarney Army as Sorensen clatters Tahir for back-to-back fours, the first over mid-on and the second through cover. Cracking stuff from the number 10. And Tahir is now wicketless through nine overs.

Tattz in Nottingham: Ireland are hanging in there. Great credit to them. England would have folded by now.

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Dockrell cuts hard and Miller puts down a very tricky chance at backward point.

Sorensen is struck on the wrist by a Steyn bumper. That must have hurt, but he's not showing it. Ireland just need to bat as long as they can here as whatever their final score is, it will be divided by 50 overs to work out their net run rate.

Sorensen musters two off Abbott, who will be eyeing up a first five-wicket haul here. Quite the stand-in for Vernon Philander.

Just a single off Steyn. Dockrell has 10 from 30 balls, and six of those runs came in a single blow.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport in Napier

"I was out for dinner earlier on today in a Napier Irish bar (every city has one). Obviously, the cricket was on TV, but of more interest was the presence of Wasim Akram, who left soon after I arrived (I don't think the two were linked). Quite some time later, I caught a sight of Wasim, still standing at the door. He had been politely humouring a quite inebriated local for more than 20 minutes."

Just to remind you that Ireland were 48-5 earlier, so it's been some effort to get to this point. Max Sorensen is up next, and he keeps out his first ball.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"We have seen the short ball get a couple of wickets and Ireland will not be used to the pace that the South Africans have and will have not seen it much."

Short from Abbott, O'Brien piles into a pull shot, but can't keep it down and Rossouw trots in from deep midwicket to take the catch baseball-style.

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And still we trundle towards the inevitable. The third and fourth spots in this group are looking like a straight fight between the Windies, Ireland and Pakistan. Who's going to be the odd man out?

Alan Lewis
Ex-Ireland captain on BBC Test Match Special

"The crowds are still here and the Irish contingent are still warmly packed in. It's very pleasant surroundings here, short-sleeved shirt weather and it's a lovely day."

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Rakesh Pradhan:, external He bats, keeps wicket, fields on the boundary and takes wickets. AB de Villiers has to be the greatest ever.

Dockrell dances down the wicket and launches Tahir over mid-off for six. There are plenty of Ireland fans in Canberra (there always are) and they are loving that shot.

De Villiers even has the cheek to bowl a bouncer with the keeper up in a bid to intimidate new man Dockrell. Any thoughts on our "Is there anything AB de Villiers couldn't do?" conundrum? First man on Mars? Look no further.

I take Alan Lewis's point but South Africa have a valid reason for trying out some new bowlers. They are trying to work out whether they can afford to carry on with only four frontline bowlers, even when JP Duminy is fit again. Maiden from Dockrell.

Alan Lewis
Ex-Ireland captain on BBC Test Match Special

"John Mooney will be very disappointed with that. But this is not something I like to see in an innings when the non-bowlers come on, although it is their prerogative to do what they want. They have 411 on the board and Ireland are where they are.

"It's not so much that's it's insulting, the opposition can do what they like. But I played in a lot of 'Jazz Hat' games where we were cannon-fodder for Australia or West Indies when they were in their pomp. As much as I enjoyed playing in games against them, to see part-timers coming on is not that edifying."

What else can you say about De Villiers? Growing up, he was a football, rugby, tennis, swimming, badminton and athletics champ. Is there anything South Africa's golden boy couldn't do? Feel free to let us know.

He thinks he's got another one here as De Kock whips off the bails, but the third umpire says O'Brien's foot was back in time.

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Flighted outside off stump and Mooney chops it onto his timbers. Seven down.

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Four singles to the Irish off Tahir. Now then, De Villiers has decided that the best way to fight off sleep is to have a bowl himself. This should be interesting. He'll probably take a five-fer.