BENONI, Dec 8: Pakistan scraped past South Africa ‘A’ by three with wickets with two balls to space in a match reduced to 29 overs (partly reported on Friday edition).

Set the target of 157 for victory in 29 overs Pakistan achieved the target with experienced Inzamam-ul-Haq batting at number eight guided the visitors to victory.

Earlier Faisal Iqbal played a vital role by scoring a fluent 59 after Pakistan lost their both their openers with only two on board.

Scoreboard

South Africa ‘A’

JA Rudolph run out (Saleem Elahi) 95

G Kirsten c Razzaq b Waqar Younis 3

DJ Cullinan c Saqlain b Razzaq 47

Jaarsveld c Inzamam b Razzaq 15

JL Ontong c sub (K. Akmal) b Razzaq 11

AG Prince b Waqar Younis 5

ELR Stewart not out 8

S Elworthy not out 4

EXTRAS (lb 8, w 5, nb 5) 18

TOTAL (for six wickets, 50 overs) 206

DID NOT BAT: AC Dawson, M Hayward, CK Langeveldt.

FALL OF WKTS: 1-9, 2-125, 3-156, 4-177, 5-186, 6-201

BOWLING: Waqar Younis 10 1 43 2 (1w) Mohammad Sami 10 1 29 0 (4nb, 1w) Abdur Razzaq 10 0 52 3 Saqlain Mushtaq 10 0 35 0 (1nb) Shahid Afridi 10 1 39 0 (3w)

Pakistan:

Taufeeq c Langeveldt b Elworthy 0

Saleem Elahi c & b Dawson 0

Faisal Iqbal run out (Cullinan) 59

Y.f Youhana c Prince b Langeveldt 21

Shahid Afridi c Elworthy b Langeveldt 0

Abdur Razzaq c Kirsten b Ontong 24

Rashid Latif c Kirsten b Elworthy 21

Inzamam-ul-Haq not out 23

Saqlain Mushtaq not out 1

EXTRAS (lb 2, w 7) 9

TOTAL (for seven wickets, 28.4 overs) 158

DID NOT BAT: Waqar Younis, Mohammad Sami.

FALL oF WKTS: 1-1, 2-2, 3-40, 4-40, 5-101, 6-119, 7-141

BOWLING: Elworthy 5.4 1 19 2 (1w) Dawson 6 0 39 1 (1w) Hayward 6 0 40 0 (4w) Langeveldt 6 0 20 2 (1w) Ontong 5 0 38 1

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: JA Rudolph

UMPIRES: KH Hurter and SB Lambson

TV UMPIRE: BJL Catt.—Agencies

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