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South Africa vs Pakistan Cricket Series 2007

South Africa vs Pakistan Cricket Series 2007

South Africa will play 5 ODIs, followed by 2 test matches during the Pakistan tour starting October 01 2007.

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South Africa in Pakistan Cricket Series 2007

Third ODI at Faisalabad

PAK vs SA, 3rd ODI, Faisalabad : Pakistan beat South Africa by 6 wickets

Oct 24, 2007

Pakistan produced disciplined cricket to upstage South Africa by six wickets in the third One-Day International here today, to take a 2-1 lead in the series.
Rao Iftikhar came up with a career-best performance and leg-spinner Shahid Afridi took thee wickets to restrict the tourists to 197. Mohammed Yousuf then hit an unbeaten snail-paced 58 off 113 balls to help Pakistan overcome the target for four in 48.1 overs. Yousuf added an invaluable 79 runs for the fourth wicket with captain Shoaib Malik to set up the victory. Yousuf hit just one boundary in his 104-ball half-century but stayed until the victory was achieved.
It followed a contrasting cameo by Afridi who enthralled a packed 16,000 crowd at Iqbal Stadium with a quickfire 32. Afridi gave Pakistan a fiery start as he hit two sixes and four boundaries in his 18-ball knock before Pakistan lost three quick wickets. Afridi's ferocious shot off Shaun Pollock was well held at mid-off by Smith before Yasir Hameed fell to Makhaya Ntini and Younis Khan was caught behind off Albie Morkel. Morkel also broke the Malik-Yousuf stand but with only 51 needed for victory it was too late as Misbah-ul Haq helped Yousuf to complete the formality.
Earlier, Iftikhar shared six wickets between them to derail South Africa, which won the toss and decided to bat on a pitch with variable bounce and slow turn. Afridi dismissed Jacques Kallis, Justin Kemp and Shaun Pollock to trigger a middle-order slump from which they could not recover. South Africa, reduced to 77-3 in 20 overs, was lifted by captain Graeme Smith (48) and Kemp, who shared a fourth-wicket stand of 45 off 75 balls but they never looked in command.
Herschelle Gibbs, who scored a century in the first match, fell in the ninth over when he edged Umar Gul to wicketkeeper after scoring 19. Gibbs, on ten, completed 7,000 runs, to become only the second South African behind Kallis to achieve them South Africa, reduced to 77 for three in 20 overs, was lifted by captain Graeme Smith and Kemp, who shared a fourth-wicket stand of 45 off 75 balls but they never looked in command. Herschelle Gibbs, who scored a century in the first match, fell in the ninth over when he edged Umar Gul to wicketkeeper after scoring 19. Gibbs become only the second South African behind Kallis to achieve scored.

South Africa in Pakistan Cricket Series 2007

Third ODI at Faisalabad

Scores

South Africa won the toss and decided to bat

South Africa Innings

197 all out (49.2 overs)

Pakistan Innings

202 for 4 (48.1 overs)

South Africa Innings - All out

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gibbs	c Akmal	b Gul	19	26	4	0
Smith	run out		48	68	5	0
Kallis	c Misbah-ul-Haq	b Afridi	13	32	2	0
de Villiers	c Afridi	b Iftikhar	17	28	2	0
Kemp		b Afridi	42	74	0	2
Boucher	c Malik	b Rehman	17	38	0	0
A Morkel	c sub	b Iftikhar	12	9	2	0
Pollock	c and b	Afridi	1	4	0	0
Botha	not out		7	10	0	0
Langeveldt		b Iftikhar	4	6	0	0
Ntini		b Gul	0	1	0	0
Extras		9w 8lb	17
Total		all out	197	(49.2 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Gul	8.2	3	25	2
Tanvir	9.0	0	36	0
Afridi	10.0	0	37	3
Iftikhar	8.0	0	33	3
Rehman	10.0	0	42	1
Malik	4.0	0	16	0

Fall of wicket
43	Gibbs
57	Kallis
77	de Villiers
122	Smith
162	Kemp
174	Boucher
181	Pollock
189	A Morkel
196	Langeveldt
197	Ntini

Pakistan Innings - Close

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Hameed	c Kallis	b Ntini	18	46	2	0
Afridi	c Smith	b Pollock	32	18	4	2
Younus	c Botha	b A Morkel	10	19	1	0
Yousuf	not out		58	113	1	0
Malik	c Boucher	b A Morkel	42	62	2	1
Misbah-ul-Haq	not out		29	32	2	1
Extras		1nb 7w 5lb	13
Total		for 4	202	(48.1 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Pollock	10.0	0	44	1
Ntini	6.0	0	23	1
Langeveldt	5.0	0	20	0
A Morkel	9.1	2	30	2
Botha	10.0	0	50	0
Kallis	8.0	1	30	0

Fall of wicket
42	Afridi
58	Hameed
68	Younus
147	Malik

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Umpires: B F Bowden, Zameer Haider
Pakistan: Hameed, Afridi, Younus, Yousuf, Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq, Akmal, Tanvir, Rehman, Iftikhar, Gul
South Africa: Smith, Gibbs, de Villiers, Kemp, Kallis, Boucher, Pollock, A Morkel, Botha, Langeveldt, Ntini