Pollock sets up crushing win
Shaun Pollock sashayed a path through Pakistan's top order with a fifth five-wicket haul, as the tourists limped to a painfully inadequate 153 all out in the final ODI at the Wanderers
14/02Result
5th ODI (D/N), Pakistan tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Feb 14 2007
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![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
156/1 (28.2/50 ov)
Player of the Match
14/02Result
5th ODI (D/N), Pakistan tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Feb 14 2007
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![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
156/1 (28.2/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
AB de Villiers
71(86) 7x4 - 2x6
Control %77%
- Productive Shot
- leg glance
- 22 runs
- 2x4 - 0x6
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 3-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00 Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15
Match days
14 February 2007 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
PAKISTAN 153 (40.5 OVERS)
- Imran Nazir22 (22)
- Shoaib Malik*43 (70)
- Jacques Kallis2/19 (6)
- Shaun Pollock5/23 (10)
SOUTH AFRICA 156/1 (28.2 OVERS)
- AB de Villiers*71 (86)
- Jacques Kallis*71 (89)
- Iftikhar Anjum0/26 (7)
- Mohammad Asif1/24 (5)
South Africa take the series 3-1 with this emphatic nine-wicket victory. Shaun Pollock set it up for them by decimating Pakistan's top-order with a ten-over spell that yeilded 5 for 23. They were dismissed for 153 and it was never going to be enough even after Graeme Smith was dismissed of fthe first ball of the chase.
de Villiers and Kallis struck aggressive fifties and took South Africa home with 22.4 overs to spare. You would have hoped that Pakistan would fight hard and give us a tight contest to enjoy but once again South Africa have swamped them and finished off another one-sided match.
Shaun Pollock is the Man of the Match, no surprises there. His spell knocked Pakistan out of the contest. He is also the Man of the Series, his third such award of the summer.
South Africa will head to the Caribbean with supreme confidence and they certainly are among the favourites to win the World Cup. Pakistan, on the other hand, have a fantastic team on paper but they have been woefully flat on the field barring the fabulous Asif.
That's it from us at Cricinfo, congratulations to South Africa. This is George Binoy saying goodnight.
28.2
4
Shoaib Malik to de Villiers, FOUR, victory for South Africa, de Villiers nudges it late and nudges it fine and times it well enough for the ball to scurry to the third man fence
28.1
1
Shoaib Malik to Kallis, 1 run, Kallis steers it behind point for one more run
END OF OVER:28 | 5 Runs | SA: 151/1 (3 runs required from 22 overs, RR: 5.39, RRR: 0.13)
- Jacques Kallis70 (88b)
- AB de Villiers67 (85b)
- Mohammad Hafeez2-0-9-0
- Shoaib Malik4-0-24-0
27.6
1
Mohammad Hafeez to Kallis, 1 run, dabbed in front of point for a single, that takes South Africa to 151, just three runs away from taking the series
27.5
0
Mohammad Hafeez to Kallis, no run,
27.4
0
Mohammad Hafeez to Kallis, no run,
27.3
4
Mohammad Hafeez to Kallis, FOUR, Kallis steps down the pitch and lofts Hafeez just over the fielder at mid-off for four, just four needed now
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