DHAKA: South Africa scored a humongous 411 runs in their stipulated 50-over against Ireland in the 24th Match of ICC Cricket World Cup in Canberra Tuesday (BDST).

Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis scored 159 and 109 runs respectively to set the platform for a back-to-back 400+ score in the world cup.

Amla and du Plessis brought up the highest second-wicket partnership for SA in a World Cup with 247 runs beating their previous record of 170 between AB de Villiers and JH Kallis against West Indies in the 2007 World Cup.

Amla completed his 20th ODI century in 108 innings, fastest to reach the landmark, breaking the record of Virat Kohli who scored in 133 innings.

At one stage both Amla and du Plessis looked like they could score double-centuries, but they didn’t last long enough.

AB de Villiers fell early today - 24 off 9 - but Rossouw and Miller made sure South Africa went past 400. They added 110 runs in 8.3 overs together. South Africa added 230 in the last 20 overs.

AR McBrine grabbed two wickets while KJ O’Brien and JF Mooney took one wicket each for Ireland.

South Africa captain A B de Villiers won the toss and choose to bat first in the match that started at 9:30am Bangladesh time at Manuka Oval stadium.

Ireland are unbeaten yet in the tournament whereas South Africa, having lost to India already don’t want to lose another game.

Ireland Team

WTS Porterfield*, PR Stirling, EC Joyce, NJ O'Brien, A Balbirnie, GC Wilson†, KJ O'Brien, JF Mooney, MC Sorensen, GH Dockrell, AR McBrine

South Africa Team

HM Amla, Q de Kock†, F du Plessis, RR Rossouw, AB de Villiers*, DA Miller, F Behardien, DW Steyn, KJ Abbott, M Morkel, Imran Tahir

BDST: 1340 HRS, MAR 03, 2015