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| February 15, 2007 | Thursday | Muharram 26, 1428 |
Pollock wrecks Pakistan’s hopes in final ODI
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 14: Shaun Pollock took the first five wickets as South Africa bowled out Pakistan for 153 in the fifth One-day International at the Wanderers Stadium on Wednesday.Pollock bowled unchanged with the new ball and took five for 23 in ten overs with a masterly display of controlled seam and swing bowling.
On a pitch with the most bounce seen in the series, Pakistan were in trouble from the first over when Pollock had Mohammad Hafeez caught behind.
Imran Nazir went on the attack to make 22 off 22 balls. He hit Pollock for a six over midwicket before an attempted repeat sent the ball high in the air for Pollock to take a return catch.
Pollock followed up with the wickets of Pakistan's three senior batsmen. He bowled Younis Khan, trapped Mohammad Yousuf leg before with a ball which swerved back into the batsman, and had Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq caught at second slip.
Kamran Akmal fell for 22 when he pulled powerfully against Charl Langeveldt and Ashwell Prince dived to his right in front of the square leg umpire to hold a reflex catch. At that stage Pakistan, who won the toss, were 83 for six.
The rest of the bowlers were not as impressive as Pollock but only Shoaib Malik, who made 43 not out off 70 balls, provided sustained resistance to the South African attack.
Pakistan, needing to win to level the series, made two changes to the side that was beaten by ten wickets in the fourth match in Cape Town on Sunday.
Mohammad Hafeez and seam bowler Rao Iftikhar replaced Abdur Rehman and Azhar Mahmood.
South Africa, leading the series 2-1, picked the same team for the third successive match.
Scoreboard
PAKISTAN:
Mohammad Hafeez c Boucher b Pollock 0
Imran Nazir c and b Pollock 22
Younis Khan b Pollock 19
Kamran Akmal c Prince b Langeveldt 22
Mohammad Yousuf lbw b Pollock 5
Inzamam-ul-Haq c Kallis b Pollock 0
Shoaib Malik not out 43
Abdul Razzaq c Boucher b Hall 12
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan c Boucher b Kallis 8
Rao Iftikhar c Boucher b Kallis 4
Mohammad Asif c Boucher b Ntini 5
EXTRAS (LB-4, W-7, NB-2) 13
TOTAL (all out, 40.5 overs) 153
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-30, 3-53, 4-67, 5-71,
6-83, 7-114, 8-129, 9-135.
BOWLING: Pollock 10-3-23-5; Ntini 7.5-0-31-1 (1w); Hall 6-1-25-1 (2w); Langeveldt 7-0-33-1, Kallis 6-1-19-2; Kemp 4-0-18-0 (3w).
SOUTH AFRICA: G.C. Smith, A.B. de Villiers, J.H. Kallis, H.H. Gibbs, A.G. Prince, M.V. Boucher, J.M. Kemp, S.M. Pollock, A.J. Hall, C.K. Langeveldt, M. Ntini.
UMPIRES: R.E. Koertzen (South Africa) and R.B. Tiffin (Zimbabwe).
TV UMPIRE: K.H. Hurter (South Africa).
MATCH REFEREE: B.C. Broad (England).—AFP
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