- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.1 gone! It was a length delivery just outside off and the batsman tries to punch it through cover without moving his feet at all, simple catch for the keeper. Wonder if that working-over by Morkel has something to do with the way he played that one. 31/22.5 caught at second slip! First strike! A Steyn special, it was on a length, angling into the batsman and around off stump, the batsman had to play at that one, but the ball straightened just a bit to square up the batsman and the edge goes flying to the right of the second-slip fielder. South Africa overtake Pakistan at the first corner.. But this is just the first lap... 11/123.4 caught at backward square leg! Brilliantly done by McLaren! Akmal goes for a sweep and gets a healthy top-edge towards backward square leg. McLaren back-pedals quite some distance and takes this arching backwards 97/325.4 oh what a catch! caught at midwicket. It was a long-hop on off stump and Younis swivels on his heels and murders it towards midwicket, but the only thing he doesn't get his elevation and Amla times his jump to pluck it out of nowhere, excellent catch 104/438.3 another one for McLaren! This one is a fuller length slower delivery outside off, Misbah throws his bat without making any effort to get behind the line, and ends up edging it to the keeper. 161/734.3 gone, soft dismissal in the end, angling in towards middle, seemed to stop on Malik there, Malik got across and ended up chipping it straight to midwicket, was the offcutter, got it high on the bat as he closed the face 151/534.6 Afridi goes! What goes on in his head? Short on middle and he pulls, just a ball before the batting Powerplay, doesn't time it well enough and finds the lone fielder near deep square leg, Ingram takes a straightforward catch and Pakistan are in a bit of trouble now. 151/646.1 the batsman dabs the flatter delivery to square leg, but Wahab runs halfway down the pitch. It didn't look like a run at all, the throw comes in from the fielder, and the batsman is nowhere near. Robbie P actually breaks the stumps with his leg, but he realises that in time, so uproots the stump to complete the run out. Wahab was still nowhere near. 189/939.3 but it is all over this time! Morne pitches it further up, the batsman stays in the crease and tries to guide it to third-man, but it's too close and he just chops it down to his stumps 162/849.1 bowls a length delivery, Junaid goes for a big swing, misses, and the ball knocks the middle stump back. 205/10Extras16 (lb 4, nb 1, w 11)TOTAL205 all out (49.1 Overs, RR: 4.16)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Mohammad Hafeez, 2.5 ov), 2-31 (Imran Farhat, 9.1 ov), 3-97 (Kamran Akmal, 23.4 ov), 4-104 (Younis Khan, 25.4 ov), 5-151 (Shoaib Malik, 34.3 ov), 6-151 (Shahid Afridi, 34.6 ov), 7-161 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 38.3 ov), 8-162 (Saeed Ajmal, 39.3 ov), 9-189 (Wahab Riaz, 46.1 ov), 10-205 (Junaid Khan, 49.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DW Steyn 10 0 33 1 3.30 45 4 0 4 0 LL Tsotsobe 10 2 42 1 4.20 39 5 0 1 0 M Morkel 9.1 0 33 2 3.60 42 4 0 5 1 R McLaren 10 0 32 3 3.20 38 2 0 1 0 RJ Peterson 7 1 51 1 7.28 16 1 3 0 0 F Behardien 3 0 10 1 3.33 8 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR22.4 caught by Malik! Here comes the big fish in the net! It was a short of length delivery and Amla goes for a pull, and gets a healthy top-edge that shoots up in the air right above him, a number of fielders converge, but it is taken by Malik coming in from midwicket 83/35.2 chopped on! This one is fuller outside off and de Kock tries to force it to the off side without ever moving his feet. His front foot is nowhere near the line of the ball, the ball takes an inside edge and splays the stumps behind him.. Disappointment for the young batsman 12/110.5 hits off stick! It was the quicker one on the middle stump and Ingram didn't know whether to go back or come forward, he is late as he tries to go back and tries to cut it behind square, gets an outside edge on to his off stump 34/236.6 where has this gone! caught at fine-leg! He shuffles around the crease and tries to send the short of length delivery on the body on it's way to the fine-leg boundary, but gets a bit of top-edge that goes up high and settles into the palms of Ajmal at fine-leg. Has this come too late? 170/4Extras18 (b 6, lb 5, w 7)TOTAL208/4 (44 Overs, RR: 4.72)Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Quinton de Kock, 5.2 ov), 2-34 (Colin Ingram, 10.5 ov), 3-83 (Hashim Amla, 22.4 ov), 4-170 (Farhaan Behardien, 36.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammad Irfan 10 1 38 2 3.80 41 6 0 1 0 Junaid Khan 7 1 30 1 4.28 28 2 0 1 0 Mohammad Hafeez 4 0 23 1 5.75 13 2 1 0 0 Wahab Riaz 7 0 44 0 6.28 19 5 0 2 0 Saeed Ajmal 10 1 34 0 3.40 36 1 0 3 0 Shahid Afridi 6 0 28 0 4.66 18 1 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Pakistan , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
South Africa won the 5-match series 3-2
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.00 start, First Session 10.00-13.30, Interval 13.30-14.15, Second Session 14.15-17.45
Match days
24 March 2013 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 31 runs, 2 wickets)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 13.5 overs (84 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: Pakistan - 74/2 in 17.0 overs (Kamran Akmal 32, Younis Khan 17)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (Kamran Akmal 25, Younis Khan 22, Ex 5)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 24.1 overs (146 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: Pakistan - 143/4 in 33.0 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 11, Shoaib Malik 27)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 34.0 overs (205 balls), Extras 11
- Powerplay 2: Overs 35.1 - 40.0 (Batting side - 16 runs, 2 wickets)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 48.0 overs (289 balls), Extras 15
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 205/10 in 49.1 overs (Mohammad Irfan 4)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 33 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 1.5: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - JD Cloete, Batsman - HM Amla (Struck down)
- Drinks: South Africa - 47/2 in 15.0 overs (HM Amla 16, AB de Villiers 10)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 15.2 overs (92 balls), Extras 4
- South Africa: 100 runs in 24.6 overs (150 balls), Extras 11
- AB de Villiers: 50 off 53 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 45 balls (AB de Villiers 26, F Behardien 22, Ex 2)
- Drinks: South Africa - 142/3 in 32.0 overs (AB de Villiers 63, F Behardien 25)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 33.3 overs (201 balls), Extras 14
- Powerplay 2: Overs 35.1 - 40.0 (Batting side - 24 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 35.6: Review by South Africa (Batting), Umpire - JD Cloete, Batsman - F Behardien (Upheld)
- South Africa: 200 runs in 43.3 overs (261 balls), Extras 18
Match Coverage
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