- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.5 Stunner from Gibbs at short midwicket. It was short in length, on the off stump, Hameed pulled it uppishly, not too much power behind that as the ball made contact with the inner-half of the bat, and flew to right of Gibbs who dived to cup it with both hands. 20/21.4 Anticlimax. Afridi falls. SA are delighted. Short of length, coming in from just outside off stump, Afridi goes for a pull off the front foot, didn't swivel properly and no power as a result. The ball lobs just behind mid-on and Nel backpedaled a few steps to take the catch. 2/137.2 Big wicket. Younis is gone. Banged in short of length, outside off stump, bounced a bit, Younis tried to pull it from there, was beaten for the pace and more by the extra bounce and the ball lobs to Gibbs at midwicket 158/512.4 Oh! what a tame end. SA strike again. It was a length delivery on the stumps, whipped past square leg where Botha rushes across to field. Yousuf turns for the second run but is sent back by Younis but Yousuf can't beat the throw. It went one bounce to Boucher who broke the stumps. Poor running between the wickets. 38/331.4 slower ball, 119k, does the trick. malik checks the drive and offers an easy catch to smith at mid-off. this has been a good innings by malik, and this partnership has lifted pakistan from a precarious situation 129/437.6 Nel strikes with a change of length. This one was fuller, just short of driveable length and Misbah, stuck on the back foot, was late on the drive. He didn't quite lean into his drive and ended up nicking it behind. SA are tightening the screws again. 159/649.2 Botha gets his first wicket of the series. Floated on the off stump line, Akmal topedged a slog across the line to present a dolly to short third man. Akmal falls after a neat little cameo 227/848.4 Yorker cleans him up. Full. swings in late from just outside leg stump, Rehman had moved outside leg stump, stabbed at it, missed and the ball crashed into the leg stump 219/749.5 Botha gets his second victim. Some joy at the end for him. Slow through the air, on the middle stump line, Gul has another swing and picks out the deep midwicket fielder this time. 229/9Extras19 (lb 13, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL230/9 (50 Overs, RR: 4.6)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Shahid Afridi, 1.4 ov), 2-20 (Yasir Hameed, 8.5 ov), 3-38 (Mohammad Yousuf, 12.4 ov), 4-129 (Shoaib Malik, 31.4 ov), 5-158 (Younis Khan, 37.2 ov), 6-159 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 37.6 ov), 7-219 (Abdur Rehman, 48.4 ov), 8-227 (Kamran Akmal, 49.2 ov), 9-229 (Umar Gul, 49.5 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR37.2 full in length, on the middle and leg, Smith pulled it straight to deep midwicket. More delay to the end as a new batsman walks in. It was a captain's knock, though. 228/310.1 huge appeal for lbw and its given by Bowden. Done by the slider. It landed on a length, on the middle and leg stump line and moved towards leg. Gibbs went forward, then, back, was caught in the crease and was struck in front of leg stump. It was sliding down leg and would have probably missed leg stump. Gibbs was batting very fluently and this is a big blow 65/135.5 And he is gone now. No hundred but it was a fab innings.A slower one, landed on a length, on the off stump line, Pollock backed away and flat-batted it high in the air to long-off 224/2Extras16 (lb 8, nb 3, w 5)TOTAL233/3 (37.4 Overs, RR: 6.18)Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Herschelle Gibbs, 10.1 ov), 2-224 (Shaun Pollock, 35.5 ov), 3-228 (Graeme Smith, 37.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammad Asif 8 0 64 0 8.00 21 8 0 2 0 Umar Gul 5 0 52 0 10.40 13 6 1 2 2 Iftikhar Anjum 5.4 0 27 2 4.76 22 4 0 1 1 Shahid Afridi 9 0 43 1 4.77 27 4 0 0 0 Abdur Rehman 10 0 39 0 3.90 29 2 0 0 0
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- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Drinks: Pakistan - 48/3 in 16.0 overs (Younis Khan 30, Shoaib Malik 1)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 16.2 overs (100 balls), Extras 2
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 77 balls (Younis Khan 21, Shoaib Malik 28, Ex 1)
- Younis Khan: 50 off 80 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 27.3 overs (167 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Pakistan - 129/4 in 31.4 overs (Younis Khan 66)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 35.3 overs (216 balls), Extras 9
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 47.1 overs (288 balls), Extras 17
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 62 balls (Kamran Akmal 19, Abdur Rehman 25, Ex 9)
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 230/9 in 50.0 overs (Iftikhar Anjum 2, Mohammad Asif 0)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 6.6 overs (45 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 45 balls (GC Smith 16, HH Gibbs 33, Ex 3)
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Drinks: South Africa - 86/1 in 14.0 overs (GC Smith 24, SM Pollock 16)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 15.6 overs (101 balls), Extras 7
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls (GC Smith 13, SM Pollock 34, Ex 4)
- GC Smith: 50 off 67 balls (4 x 4)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 26.2 overs (163 balls), Extras 11
- SM Pollock: 50 off 58 balls (6 x 4)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 110 balls (GC Smith 37, SM Pollock 56, Ex 7)
- Drinks: South Africa - 184/1 in 31.0 overs (GC Smith 65, SM Pollock 68)
- South Africa: 200 runs in 33.3 overs (207 balls), Extras 13
- 2nd Wicket: 150 runs in 148 balls (GC Smith 56, SM Pollock 85, Ex 9)
- One Day International Scorer: S Raju
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