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South Africa strike back to hold the edge
10 Attachment(s) 25 overs Pakistan 131 for 4 (Younis 37*, Afridi 0*) need 144 more runs to beat South Africa 274 for 6
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South Africa struck back with crucial breakthroughs to put themselves in the driving seat to claim the one-day series after Pakistan had built a solid position in their chase. Mohammad Hafeez set the tone with an aggressive 42 before Younis Khan and Asad Shafiq put together a sensible partnership for the third wicket, but Shafiq was run out for 36 and Fawad Alam carved to cover as Pakistan tottered at 131 for 4.
The chase suffered a rocky start when Imran Farhat fell in the opening over, given out lbw to Morne Morkel after the bowler had switched to around the wicket. However, Farhat was a little unfortunate as replays showed the impact was outside off stump. Importantly, though, the top order didn't go into their shell as was the case in the previous match when they were chasing a much smaller target.
Wayne Parnell shared the new ball on his recall in place of Lonwabo Tsotsobe, but struggled for a consistent line and Dale Steyn was introduced in the sixth over. The battle was immediately joined as his first ball beat Younis Khan's outside edge before Hafeez played a crunching pull and sweet drive to take advantage of Steyn's extra pace.
It was fascinating viewing as Steyn worked through the gears in his first international of the season, but when Hafeez played a perfect square drive to collect another boundary it looked as though the batsman was winning the contest. Then, three balls later, Steyn had his revenge when Hafeez tried to whip a straight delivery through the leg side and was comfortably leg before.
At least Hafeez had put Pakistan in touch with the required rate which meant Younis and Shafiq could afford to switch into accumulation mode as the field was set back after the Powerplays. Shafiq's role was vital as he ensured the pressure didn't build on Younis by collecting useful boundaries with a pull of Jacques Kallis and a paddle against Johan Botha.
Progress was steady for Pakistan and a few furrowed brows were forming among the South Africans when Parnell produced a direct hit from mid-on to catch Shafiq short at the non-striker's end. There should have been another run out moments later but, in a fumble to almost match the Michael Clarke-Shane Watson mess up earlier in the day in Sydney, Botha couldn't gather a regulation take at the stumps with Fawad Alam halfway down the pitch.
However, it didn't prove expensive as in the next over Fawad spooned a soft drive although this match could still turn into another telling examination for South Africa's under pressure death bowling. South Africa 274 for 6 (Smith 92, de Villiers 49) v Pakistan
Graeme Smith enjoyed a successful return to the South Africa line-up following his hand injury, hitting 92 in the fourth one-day international against Pakistan in Dubai as his team reached a challenging 274 for 6. AB de Villiers contributed a laborious 49, failing to reach the boundary but forming an important 94-run stand with his captain, before Johan Botha gave the innings a late surge with 28 off 15 balls.
Despite the strong foundation laid by Smith it looked as though South Africa would fall short of expectations. They saved the batting Powerplay for the final five overs of the innings but Wahab Riaz made important blows as he yorked JP Duminy and David Miller with successive deliveries. However, Botha responded with a string of clever boundaries including two reverse sweeps off Mohammad Hafeez and a brace of scoops over short fine-leg against Wahab. Colin Ingram, who was dropped on 3 and 12, then carved the final ball of the innings to the deep point boundary to finish unbeaten on 27.
Smith was forced to retire hurt in the opening one-day international in Abu Dhabi and although x-rays revealed no broken bones he remained on the sidelines for the previous two games of the series. He was soon back into the swing of things, though, with an off-side boundary in the second over and looked confident during a 57-ball half-century.
He and Hashim Amla gave South Africa a positive start as they aimed to wrap up the series with a match to spare having held on for a nervous two-run victory in the third match. However, Shoaib Akhtar continued to pick up vital wickets when Amla, South Africa's in-form batsman and fresh from a magnificent 119 three days ago, top-edged a pull to square leg.
Pakistan did well to restrict the scoring rate and Jacques Kallis tried to break the shackles by slog-sweeping Hafeez over midwicket but could only pick out the fielder on the boundary. Immediately following Kallis's departure, Smith took three boundaries off Wahab's third over - including two deft glides to third man - as he hurried towards his fifty.
de Villiers found scoring much harder work, as he did in the last match before being controversially given out stumped by the third umpire, and struggled to the beat the field against the spinners including the recalled left-armer Abdur Rehman. However, the good work from Pakistan's bowlers wasn't always backed up with a number of fumbles in the outfield. It's no surprise the run-out count for the series is 6-2 in South Africa's favour.
Hafeez again showed his partnership-breaking qualities when he ended the 94-run third-wicket stand by trapping Smith lbw as the South Africa captain missed his leg-side tuck. The boundaries then dried up and de Villiers couldn't find the rope once during a 70-ball stay before driving Shoaib to point at the start of the final 10 overs. Surprisingly, Shoaib was left one over short of bowling out his full quota.
Smith's return to the line-up was one of three changes for South Africa who also welcomed back Dale Steyn for his first match of the tour while Wayne Parnell, the left-arm quick, returned with Lonwabo Tsotsobe ruled out with a back spasm. The slightly surprising decision was to omit Rusty Theron after he bowled the vital last over in the previous match to secure South Africa's narrow victory. Their death bowling could well come under pressure again, but Pakistan need their misfiring top order to perform.
South Africa 274/6 (50 ov)
Pakistan 275/9 (49.5 ov)
Pakistan won by 1 wicket (with 1 ball remaining) - Pakistan v South Africa ODI Series - 4th ODI
- ODI no. 3067 | 2010/11 season
- Played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium (neutral venue)
- 5 November 2010 - day/night (50-over match)
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| South Africa innings (50 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | GC Smith* | lbw b Mohammad Hafeez | 92 | 105 | 9 | 0 | 87.61 |
| | 30.5 he's given him, Smith has been dismissed in the nineties, quicker delivery bowled slightly short on middle and leg, Smith got a little across and tried to punch it past midwicket, missed and was struck on the pads, we need a replay to check what happened there, Smith isn't happy as he heads back after laying a solid platform for his team. Replays indicate that would have hit middle. Struck in line and it was heading on. 156/3
| | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | HM Amla | c Imran Farhat b Shoaib Akhtar | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 |
| | 6.6 short of a length outside off, Amla senses a chance and rightly opts for a pull but was a little late on the shot it seems, tried to smack it over midwicket, got the top edge and was taken comfortably by Imran Farhat at midwicket 35/1
| | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | JH Kallis | c Asad Shafiq b Mohammad Hafeez | 15 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 68.18 |
| | 13.6 finds the fielder in the deep, the frustration was building a little, Pakistan have kept things quiet this Powerplay, Hafeez pushed that full outside off and Kallis went for the slog-sweep, connected well but found a perfectly-positioned deep midwicket, Pakistan have clawed back 62/2
| | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | AB de Villiers† | c Mohammad Hafeez b Shoaib Akhtar | 49 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 70.00 |
| | 40.2 gone, de Villiers has been dismissed for 49, full outside off and he was looking to carve that past point, sliced it straight to the fielder, Hafeez it was who took it comfortably, Pakistan have pulled things back again 191/4
| | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | JP Duminy | b Wahab Riaz | 36 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 70.58 |
| | 46.1 bowled'im. Yorker on middle and leg, Duminy made room and wanted to swing it over midwicket, swung hard but missed and the stumps took a beating 226/5
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| CA Ingram | not out | 27 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 108.00 |
| | | | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | DA Miller | b Wahab Riaz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| | 46.2 two in two, lovely bowling, on a hat-trick now, the inswinging yorker and Miller can't dig it out, a nightmare of a ball to receive first up and he can't negotiate it, Pakistan, again, have clawed back 226/6
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| J Botha | not out | 28 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 186.66 |
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| Extras | (b 1, lb 4, w 11, nb 1) | 17 |
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| Total | (6 wickets; 50 overs) | 274 | (5.48 runs per over) | | Did not bat M Morkel, DW Steyn, WD Parnell | | Fall of wickets1-35 (Amla, 6.6 ov), 2-62 (Kallis, 13.6 ov), 3-156 (Smith, 30.5 ov), 4-191 (de Villiers, 40.2 ov), 5-226 (Duminy, 46.1 ov), 6-226 (Miller, 46.2 ov) |
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
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| | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | Shoaib Akhtar | 9 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 5.66 | (2w) |
| | 6.6 to Amla, short of a length outside off, Amla senses a chance and rightly opts for a pull but was a little late on the shot it seems, tried to smack it over midwicket, got the top edge and was taken comfortably by Imran Farhat at midwicket 35/1
40.2 to de Villiers, gone, de Villiers has been dismissed for 49, full outside off and he was looking to carve that past point, sliced it straight to the fielder, Hafeez it was who took it comfortably, Pakistan have pulled things back again 191/4
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| Abdul Razzaq | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 6.00 |
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| | | | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | Wahab Riaz | 9 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 6.77 | (1nb) |
| | 46.1 to Duminy, bowled'im. Yorker on middle and leg, Duminy made room and wanted to swing it over midwicket, swung hard but missed and the stumps took a beating 226/5
46.2 to Miller, two in two, lovely bowling, on a hat-trick now, the inswinging yorker and Miller can't dig it out, a nightmare of a ball to receive first up and he can't negotiate it, Pakistan, again, have clawed back 226/6
| | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | Mohammad Hafeez | 7 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 5.28 |
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| | 13.6 to Kallis, finds the fielder in the deep, the frustration was building a little, Pakistan have kept things quiet this Powerplay, Hafeez pushed that full outside off and Kallis went for the slog-sweep, connected well but found a perfectly-positioned deep midwicket, Pakistan have clawed back 62/2
30.5 to Smith, he's given him, Smith has been dismissed in the nineties, quicker delivery bowled slightly short on middle and leg, Smith got a little across and tried to punch it past midwicket, missed and was struck on the pads, we need a replay to check what happened there, Smith isn't happy as he heads back after laying a solid platform for his team. Replays indicate that would have hit middle. Struck in line and it was heading on. 156/3
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| Shahid Afridi | 10 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 5.10 | (2w) |
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| Abdur Rehman | 10 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 3.90 | (1w) |
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| Pakistan innings (target: 275 runs from 50 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | Imran Farhat | lbw b Morkel | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| | 0.6 gone! Early breakthrough. Morkel goes round the wicket and the plan pays off as this full delivery catches Farhat flat-footed on the crease. He tried to drive, but didn't make contact and was taken in front of off stump 6/1
| | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | Mohammad Hafeez | lbw b Steyn | 42 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 144.82 |
| | 9.6 trapped in front! Straight ball on middle and leg, Hafeez was looking to be aggressive, moving well across to flick him over midwicket, missed and that looked out though we need a replay to confirm it, Daryl Harper had no doubt though. Replays suggest he was a gonner, hitting middle and leg 64/2
| | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | Younis Khan | b Morkel | 73 | 115 | 1 | 0 | 63.47 |
| | 42.1 gone! Younis losing his concentration for just a second there, appeared to be a harmless delivery bowled on a good length outside off, went loosely at it, trying to drive it towards extra cover, got an inside edge and timber! 220/6
| | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | Asad Shafiq | run out (Parnell) | 36 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 75.00 |
| | 22.2 from Kallis, run-out, pushed firmly off the front foot to Parnell at mid-on, races across for a single, Parnell picks it up cleanly and aims accurately at the stumps at the non-striker's end, Shafiq stretched quite a bit and the South Africans were not convinced they had their man but the replays show he was short of his ground by a couple of inches, timely breakthrough for South Africa just when it seemed Pakistan had built another threatening stand 120/3
| | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | Fawad Alam | c Miller b Kallis | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 |
| | 24.5 gone, Fawad squanders the opportunity he had been given in the last over, the off-side field was packed for the left-hander with several fielders inside the circle, it was bowled on a good length and he opted to chip it over the in-field but found extra cover instead, comfortable catch for David Miller, wrong choice of shot under the circumstances, didn't time it at all 131/4
| | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | Shahid Afridi* | c Parnell b Botha | 29 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 116.00 |
| | 31.2 Afridi's thrown it away, Parnell takes a superbly-judged catch running in from long-off, Botha saw him come down and fired it quick outside off, Afridi was looking to launch that over long-off, mistimed it and Parnell, who's already effected a run-out this innings, ran in and dived forward to hold on to it inches from the ground 171/5
| | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | Abdul Razzaq | c †de Villiers b Morkel | 33 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 86.84 |
| | 46.1 gone, Razzaq wants to send that back to Abu Dhabi, bowled on a good length outside off and he made room and freed his arms, got a thick edge, big nick and straight to AB who makes no mistake, Morne's the man, he's picked up three including Younis and Razzaq. South Africa have their noses ahead now. 244/8
| | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | Abdur Rehman | run out (Kallis/†de Villiers) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| | 42.3 from Morkel, run-out, a suicidal run there, full on the off and it's driven straight to mid-off who's standing quite close to the non-striker's end, Rehman rushes through though Razzaq isn't interested, a safe throw to the keeper's end and AB takes it on the ahlf-volley and takes off the bails, brainless cricket there costing Pakistan another wicket. Rehman goes 220/7
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| Zulqarnain Haider† | not out | 19 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 86.36 |
| | | | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | Wahab Riaz | run out (Parnell) | 18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 180.00 |
| | 49.3 Parnell to Zulqarnain Haider, is that a run-out? Lands on a good length, pushed back to the bowler, Wahab called for a run when there wasn't one, Haider rightly sent him back, Parnell gathered the ball and played safe, ran back, took his time to take off the bails and did so just in time, Wahab was short of his crease when the bails were dislodged, senseless attempt at a run and Pakistan are now nine down 272/9
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| Shoaib Akhtar | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
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| Extras | (lb 4, w 12, nb 1) | 17 |
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| Total | (9 wickets; 49.5 overs) | 275 | (5.51 runs per over) | | Fall of wickets1-6 (Imran Farhat, 0.6 ov), 2-64 (Mohammad Hafeez, 9.6 ov), 3-120 (Asad Shafiq, 22.2 ov), 4-131 (Fawad Alam, 24.5 ov), 5-171 (Shahid Afridi, 31.2 ov), 6-220 (Younis Khan, 42.1 ov), 7-220 (Abdur Rehman, 42.3 ov), 8-244 (Abdul Razzaq, 46.1 ov), 9-272 (Wahab Riaz, 49.3 ov) |
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| | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | M Morkel | 10 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 4.80 | (3w) |
| | 0.6 to Imran Farhat, gone! Early breakthrough. Morkel goes round the wicket and the plan pays off as this full delivery catches Farhat flat-footed on the crease. He tried to drive, but didn't make contact and was taken in front of off stump 6/1
42.1 to Younis Khan, gone! Younis losing his concentration for just a second there, appeared to be a harmless delivery bowled on a good length outside off, went loosely at it, trying to drive it towards extra cover, got an inside edge and timber! 220/6
46.1 to Abdul Razzaq, gone, Razzaq wants to send that back to Abu Dhabi, bowled on a good length outside off and he made room and freed his arms, got a thick edge, big nick and straight to AB who makes no mistake, Morne's the man, he's picked up three including Younis and Razzaq. South Africa have their noses ahead now. 244/8
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| WD Parnell | 8.5 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 6.00 | (6w) |
| | | | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | DW Steyn | 10 | 0 | 79 | 1 | 7.90 | (1w) |
| | 9.6 to Mohammad Hafeez, trapped in front! Straight ball on middle and leg, Hafeez was looking to be aggressive, moving well across to flick him over midwicket, missed and that looked out though we need a replay to confirm it, Daryl Harper had no doubt though. Replays suggest he was a gonner, hitting middle and leg 64/2
| | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | J Botha | 10 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 4.20 | (1nb) |
| | 31.2 to Shahid Afridi, Afridi's thrown it away, Parnell takes a superbly-judged catch running in from long-off, Botha saw him come down and fired it quick outside off, Afridi was looking to launch that over long-off, mistimed it and Parnell, who's already effected a run-out this innings, ran in and dived forward to hold on to it inches from the ground 171/5
| | http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/col_ps.gif | JH Kallis | 9 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 4.44 | (2w) |
| | 24.5 to Fawad Alam, gone, Fawad squanders the opportunity he had been given in the last over, the off-side field was packed for the left-hander with several fielders inside the circle, it was bowled on a good length and he opted to chip it over the in-field but found extra cover instead, comfortable catch for David Miller, wrong choice of shot under the circumstances, didn't time it at all 131/4
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| JP Duminy | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 |
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| | | | Match details | Toss South Africa, who chose to bat
Series 5-match series level 2-2
| Player of the match tba
| Umpires DJ Harper (Australia) and Zameer Haider (Pakistan)
TV umpire Ahsan Raza (Pakistan)
Match referee AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Reserve umpire Nadeem Ghauri (Pakistan)
| | Match notes | - South Africa: 50 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 1
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- GC Smith: 50 off 57 balls (7 x 4)
- Drinks: South Africa - 78/2 in 16.0 overs (GC Smith 50, AB de Villiers 2)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 20.5 overs (125 balls), Extras 1
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 60 balls (GC Smith 35, AB de Villiers 14, Ex 1)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 29.4 overs (180 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: South Africa - 176/3 in 36.0 overs (AB de Villiers 42, JP Duminy 9)
- South Africa: 200 runs in 42.2 overs (256 balls), Extras 9
- Power Play 3: Overs 45.1 - 50.0
- South Africa: 250 runs in 48.2 overs (294 balls), Extras 12
- Innings Break: South Africa - 274/6 in 50.0 overs (CA Ingram 27, J Botha 28)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (47 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 48 balls (Mohammad Hafeez 34, Younis Khan 15, Ex 1)
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Drinks: Pakistan - 90/2 in 16.0 overs (Younis Khan 26, Asad Shafiq 14)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 18.1 overs (114 balls), Extras 6
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 67 balls (Younis Khan 14, Asad Shafiq 31, Ex 5)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 28.3 overs (178 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: Pakistan - 171/5 in 31.2 overs (Younis Khan 47)
- Younis Khan: 50 off 83 balls
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 37.1 overs (235 balls), Extras 16
- Power Play 3: Overs 45.1 - 50.0
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 47.1 overs (296 balls), Extras 17
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