- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.4 Ntini nails Imran! Slightly short of length and at some pace, Imran was cramped up when he went for the pull, ended up shovelling a dolly to mid on. South Africa are running hot here, Pakistan continue to blow hot and cold. 21/25.2 Akmal's misery continues. Goes for a pull, off a short-pitched delivery and skies it towards midwicket. Another failure for Akmal. 20/116.4 Suicidal slash! Wide outside off, full in length, Younis decides to chase it and ends up getting a nick to Boucher. Had he left it alone, it would have been called a wide. 65/339.1 Pakistan continue to tumble. Huge wicket. Yousuf is gone. Edging behind. In the zone outside off, Yousuf pushes at it, bat away from the body, and nicks it to right of Boucher who dives low to grab the catch. Ntini is chuffed and why not. 165/620.5 Gone! The drop has not proven costly. Again the shuffle has done in Inzy. He moves right across the stumps, the ball lands on the off and middle, came in and the bat came down the wrong line and is rapped in front. It would have taken out the leg stump. Pakistan are wobbling at 71 for 4 as the mediumpacers are doing the job for the hosts. 71/438.4 Malik falls as the rain comes down at Port Elizabeth. Banged in short of length, on the off stump line, Malik, trying to up the ante, went for a pull, made contact with top half of the bat and skies it to midwicket. He had crept to a fluent 41 and was looking good 162/540.3 Afridi combusts! Banged in short, well outside the off stump, Afridi tries to fetch it from there, and slap it over midwicket and ends up swatting it to point. 175/746.5 And he strikes gold this time! Fourth wicket for Hall. All you Hall fans would be thrilled. This one was full and well outside off, hint of swing away, Razzaq backs to leg side and has a slash, ends up nicking it into the safe gloves of Boucher 216/8Extras7 (b 1, lb 1, nb 1, w 4)TOTAL245/8 (49.5 Overs, RR: 4.91)Did not bat: Mohammad AsifFall of wickets: 1-20 (Kamran Akmal, 5.2 ov), 2-21 (Imran Nazir, 5.4 ov), 3-65 (Younis Khan, 16.4 ov), 4-71 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 20.5 ov), 5-162 (Shoaib Malik, 38.4 ov), 6-165 (Mohammad Yousuf, 39.1 ov), 7-175 (Shahid Afridi, 40.3 ov), 8-216 (Abdul Razzaq, 46.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SM Pollock 10 0 33 0 3.30 41 4 0 0 0 M Ntini 10 0 53 3 5.30 36 7 0 0 0 CK Langeveldt 8.5 0 48 0 5.43 30 4 1 1 1 AJ Hall 10 0 35 4 3.50 36 2 0 2 0 JM Kemp 3 0 17 0 5.66 5 1 0 0 0 JH Kallis 5 0 40 1 8.00 6 2 1 0 0 GC Smith 3 0 17 0 5.66 7 1 0 1 0 South Africa Team Graeme Smith (c) AB de Villiers Herschelle Gibbs Jacques Kallis Allrounder Ashwell Prince Justin Kemp Allrounder Mark Boucher † Wicketkeeper Shaun Pollock Allrounder Andrew Hall Allrounder Charl Langeveldt Bowler Makhaya Ntini Bowler
Match Details
Toss
Pakistan , elected to bat first
Series result
5-match series level 1-1
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
9 February 2007 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 1
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Drinks: Pakistan - 62/2 in 16.0 overs (Younis Khan 22, Mohammad Yousuf 20)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 28.1 overs (169 balls), Extras 1
- Mohammad Yousuf: 50 off 63 balls (4 x 4)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 117/4 in 31.0 overs (Mohammad Yousuf 53, Shoaib Malik 20)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls (Mohammad Yousuf 27, Shoaib Malik 22, Ex 1)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 37.1 overs (224 balls), Extras 3
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 44.5 overs (271 balls), Extras 4
- Rain: Pakistan - 217/8 in 47.0 overs (Azhar Mahmood 14, Naved-ul-Hasan 1)
- Rain: Pakistan - 245/8 in 50.0 overs (Azhar Mahmood 26, Naved-ul-Hasan 15)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsRain ends intriguing contest
South Africa's seamers shrugged aside the horrors of their Durban drubbing and ground out an utterly disciplined, teutonic performance to restrict Pakistan to 217 for eight in the third ODI at Port Elizabeth.
Nel may miss entire series
While Pakistan are boosted by a successful batting display in the second match, South Africa have been hit with the news that fast bowler Andre Nel will not play the third one-day international at Port Elizabeth and may miss the rest of the series