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| October 8, 2003 | Wednesday | Sha’aban 11, 1424 |
South Africa bounce back to keep series hopes alive
FAISALABAD, Oct 7: South Africa ended Pakistan’s winning streak to clinch the third One-day International by 13 runs on Tuesday.
Chasing a target of 244, South Africa won the match under the upgraded Duckworth/Lewis formula after Pakistan failed to complete their 50 overs in the stipulated time of three-and-a-half hours and bad light was offered to the batsmen.
When play was stopped, South Africa needed to have scored 208 under the Duckworth/Lewis scoring method. They had made 221 for six in 45 overs and were declared winners.
South Africa’s victory ensured Pakistan’s lead in the five-match series was reduced to 2-1.
Pakistan’s stand-in skipper Yousuf Youhana promised to find a solution to the problem of his side’s slow over rate that possibly cost them the game.
“We have a problem with the over rate. Maybe we are slow in the field and also because Shoaib (Akhtar) takes time to complete his over,” Youhana said.
“But we will try to find a solution to this in the remaining two matches. If bad light had not stopped play we probably would have won the match,” he said.
South Africa’s victory was built around a second wicket stand of 100 in 111 balls between skipper Graeme Smith (51 from 55, eight fours) and Jacques Kallis (62 from 80 balls, eight fours, one six).
Jacques Rudolph (46 from 82 balls) then combined with Mark Boucher (24 from 32 balls) to add 49 valuable runs after South Africa lost three quick wickets.
Although paceman Shoaib Akhtar threatened to prevent the South African win with hostile bowling which won him figures of three wickets for 31 runs, in the end South Africa came through with Shaun Pollock (4) and Andrew Hall (10) at the crease.
Earlier, Yasir Hameed (72) and Abdul Razzaq (46) helped Pakistan to a competitive total.
South Africa, trailing 2-0 in the five-match series, produced a much improved performance before another big crowd.
Scoreboard
PAKISTAN:
Mohammad Hafeez c Dippenaar b Hall 20
Yasir Hameed c Gibbs b Peterson 72
Yousuf Youhana c Boucher b Ntini 18
Younis Khan c Ntini b Peterson 9
Faisal Iqbal c Boucher b Nel 22
Shoaib Malik c Gibbs b Ntini 18
Abdul Razzaq not out 46
Rashid Latif c Kallis b Pollock 14
Shoaib Akhtar b Ntini 7
Saqlain Mushtaq not out 1
EXTRAS (LB-3, W-12, NB-1) 16
TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 243
FALL OF WKTS: 1-52, 2-95, 3-128, 4-138, 5-169, 6-181, 7-200, 8-232.
DID NOT BAT: Umar Gul
BOWLING: Pollock 10-0-35-1 (3w); Nel 10-0-58-1 (1nb, 5w); Hall 8-1-37-1 (1w); Ntini 9-0-45-3 (1w); Kallis 6-0-39-0 (2w); Peterson 7-0-26-2.
SOUTH AFRICA:
G.C. Smith c Rashid b Razzaq 51
H.H. Gibbs c Rashid b Shoaib Akhtar 4
J.H. Kallis b Shoaib Akhtar 62
J.A. Rudolph c Razzaq b Shoaib Malik 46
H.H. Dippenaar b Hafeez 3
M.V. Boucher b Shoaib Akhtar 24
S.M. Pollock not out 4
A.J. Hall not out 10
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-6, NB-9) 17
TOTAL (for six wkts, 45 overs) 221
FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-110, 3-146, 4-157, 5-206, 6-206.
DID NOT BAT: R.J. Peterson, M. Ntini, A. Nel.
BOWLING: Shoaib Akhtar 8-0-31-3 (2nb, 4w); Umar Gul 5-0-42-0; Abdul Razzaq 7-0-27-1; Saqlain Mushtaq 8-0-52-0 (6nb); Shoaib Malik 10-0-42-1 (1nb); Mohammad Hafeez 7-0-25-1 (2w).
RESULT: South Africa won by 13 runs under Duckworth/Lewis method after bad light ended play in stipulated time.
UMPIRES: Nadeem Ghauri (Pakistan) and D.B. Hair (Australia).
TV UMPIRE: Aleem Dar (Pakistan).
MATCH REFEREE: C.H. Lloyd (West Indies).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Jacques Kallis.
FIRST MATCH: Lahore, Pakistan won by eight runs.
SECOND MATCH: Lahore, Pakistan won by 42 runs.
FOURTH MATCH: Rawalpindi (D/N), Friday.
FIFTH MATCH: Rawalpindi (D/N), Sunday.—Reuters
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