Smith, Bosman crush Pakistan
South Africa, inspired equally by their pace attack and opening batsmen, crushed a bedraggled Pakistan by ten wickets in the only Twenty20 international at the Wanderers
02/02Result
Only T20I (N), Pakistan tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Feb 2 2007
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![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
129/8 -
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
132/0 (11.3/20 ov)
Player of the Match
02/02Result
Only T20I (N), Pakistan tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Feb 2 2007
-
![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
129/8 -
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
132/0 (11.3/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
South Africa won the one-off match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
18.00 start, First Session 18.00-29.20 Interval 19.20-19.40, Second Session 19.40-21.00
Match days
2 February 2007 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
PAKISTAN 129/8 (20 OVERS)
- Kamran Akmal21 (18)
- Mohammad Hafeez25 (21)
- Albie Morkel1/16 (4)
- Alfonso Thomas3/25 (4)
SOUTH AFRICA 132/0 (11.3 OVERS)
- Loots Bosman*53 (32)
- Graeme Smith*71 (40)
- Abdur Rehman0/36 (3)
- Shahid Afridi0/19 (1.3)
Wow, wins don't come much more conclusive than that...10 wickets with 8.3 overs to spare. Pakistan were never in the match, although they'll point at having to bat when the ball swung round corners.
Smith and Bosman were awesome and will take huge confidence into the one-day series which starts on Sunday.
We will bring you news of the Man of the Match shortly...and the award goes to Loots Bosman, who really kick-started South Africa's chase.
That just about wraps things up from this match. Apologies for the earlier problems, but hopefully you all enjoyed the exciting batting in the second innings.
Join Cricinfo on Sunday for a busy day as South Africa start their one-day series against Pakistan, Australia play New Zealand, Zimbabwe take on Bangladesh and there are more matches from the exciting World Cricket League in Kenya. Phew, I'm tired just think of that lot! Anyway, that's all from me, Andrew McGlashan, I'm off for a Friday night pizza. Please join us again soon. Goodnight.
11.3
6
Shahid Afridi to Smith, SIX, WHAT A WAY TO FINISH! as you can probably guess, it was swung into the stands at deep midwicket, Smith's fourth six and the sixth of the innings....and that's that
11.2
1
Shahid Afridi to Bosman, 1 run, short, slammed out to deep cover
11.1
0
Shahid Afridi to Bosman, no run, can't find the gap, cover fields
END OF OVER:11 | 18 Runs | SA: 125/0 (5 runs required from 54 balls, RR: 11.36, RRR: 0.55)
- Graeme Smith65 (39b)
- Loots Bosman52 (30b)
- Abdur Rehman3-0-36-0
10.6
4
Abdur Rehman to Smith, FOUR, ANOTHER! blimey, it's hard to keep up as Smith flays through point this time and South Africa now need just five...this is the best stand for ANY wicket in Twenty20 Internationals...what an effort
10.5
4
Abdur Rehman to Smith, FOUR, this is nearly all over as Smith goes emphatically over extra cover
10.5
1w
Abdur Rehman to Smith, 1 wide, that was a closer call, but no sympathy from the umpire
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All Match NewsSmith, Bosman crush Pakistan
South Africa, inspired equally by their pace attack and opening batsmen, crushed a bedraggled Pakistan by ten wickets in the only Twenty20 international at the Wanderers