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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

Karachi Test : Day 5

PAK vs SA, 1st Test, Day 5 : South Africa beat Pakistan in Karachi test

Oct 05, 2007

Paceman Dale Steyn piloted South Africa to a 160-run victory in the first test against Pakistan on Friday with five second-innings wickets.
Pakistan - needing a world record run chase of 424 to win - was bowled out for 263 just before tea on the final day, handing it a rare defeat at the National Stadium. No team in test history had ever successfully chased such a large fourth-inning target. West Indies retain the record of the highest ever chase when it defeated Australia at Antigua in 2003 by scoring 418 runs.
South Africa led by 159 runs after the first innings, and Jacques Kallis hit successive centuries in the second innings as the tourists declared at 264-7 for an overall lead of 423 runs. Younis Khan made an aggressive attempt to have a shot at the target, scoring 126 off 160 balls. But once Steyn clean bowled Khan before lunch on the last day, Pakistan lost its last six wickets for 66 runs in the afternoon session.
The second test begins at Lahore from October 8.

1st Test, Karachi (Day 5): South Africa 450 & 264-7d bt Pakistan 291 & 263 by 160 runs

Karachi Test : Day 4

PAK vs SA, 1st Test, Day 4 : Younis knock gives hope to Pakistan

Oct 05, 2007

Younis Khan's unbeaten 93 ensured Pakistan head into the final day of the first Test against South Africa with a glimmer of hope of reaching their victory target of 424.
Jacques Kallis (100 not out) hit his second century of the match to allow the Proteas to declare on 264 for seven at tea. They then reduced Pakistan to 20 for two - but Younus shared a 114-run third-wicket partnership with Faisal Iqbal (44) as the home side closed on 146 for three.
Earlier, the tourists had resumed their second innings on 76 for three, with Kallis and Ashwell Prince at the crease. Prince (45) was the first of two wickets to fall before lunch when he edged a Danish Kaneria delivery onto his stumps. AB de Villiers was the new man at the crease but he had contributed just one run when impressive Test debutant Abdur Rehman picked up his third wicket of the innings. Kaneria and Rehman struck again in the afternoon session - removing Mark Boucher (29) and Andre Nel (33) - before the declaration came.

1st Test, Karachi (Day 4, stumps): South Africa 450 & 264-7d; Pakistan 291 & 146-3

Karachi Test : Day 3

PAK vs SA, 1st Test, Day 3 : South Africa take a 159-run lead

Oct 04, 2007

Paul Harris took his first five-wicket haul and Mark Boucher broke Ian Healy's record number of Test dismissals as Pakistan were all out for 291 against South Africa on day three of the first Test at Karachi on Wednesday.
At stumps on day 3, South Africa were 235 for 3 in their second innings which took their overall lead to 235 with two days still left in the match.
Earlier, Mark Boucher stumped Shoaib Malik for 73 to equal Ian Healy's record of 395 Test victims. And another stumping off Harris - this time Umar Gul for 12 - saw Boucher become the game's most prolific keeper. Boucher has set the new record in 103 Tests, while Healy played 119.

1st Test, Karachi (Day 3, stumps): South Africa 450 & 76-3; Pakistan 291

Karachi Test : Day 2

PAK vs SA, 1st Test, Day 2 : South Africa in command against Pakistan

Oct 03, 2007

Pakistan will have to fight hard to save the first Test against South Africa after a masterly knock of 155 by Jacques Kallis put the tourists in command at the National Stadium here on Tuesday.
At the close on the second day, Pakistan were 127-5 in reply to South Africa's first innings total of 450, still needing a further 124 to avoid the follow-on. Captain Shoaib Malik was unbeaten on nine and Abdul Rehman one not out after a reckless display of batting by the home batsmen.
Pakistan lost four wickets for 26 runs after they were given a solid start by Kamran Akmal (42) and Mohammad Hafeez (34), who shared a 71-run partnership for the first wicket. Left-arm spinner Paul Harris removed both the openers, trapping Akmal leg-before and then forcing an edge off Hafiz, which was smartly snapped up by Kallis in the slips.
Earlier, the South African innings was built around a brilliant knock by Kallis, who led his team to their highest total in Pakistan, surpassing the previous best of 403 they scored at Rawalpindi in 1997.

1st Test, Karachi (Day 2, stumps): South Africa 450; Pakistan 127-5

South Africa in Pakistan Cricket Series 2007

Karachi Test

Scores

South Africa won the toss and decided to bat

South Africa 1st Innings 450 all out (136.3 overs)	South Africa 2nd Innings 264 for 7 (89.0 overs)
Pakistan 1st Innings 291 all out (97.3 overs)	Pakistan 2nd Innings 263 all out (84.5 overs)

South Africa 1st Innings - All out

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gibbs	c Hafeez	b Gul	54	106	8	0
Smith	lbw	b Hafeez	42	66	5	0
Amla		b Asif	71	158	6	1
Kallis	c Akmal	b Kaneria	155	249	19	0
Prince	c and b	Kaneria	36	97	2	0
de Villiers		b Gul	77	101	7	1
Boucher	c Akmal	b Rehman	1	25	0	0
Nel	c Misbah-ul-Haq	b Rehman	2	8	0	0
Harris	c Akmal	b Rehman	1	5	0	0
Steyn		b Rehman	0	6	0	0
Ntini	not out		0	2	0	0
Extras		4nb 1b 6lb	11
Total		all out	450	(136.3 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Asif	26.0	6	83	1
Gul	21.3	6	60	2
Kaneria	36.0	3	124	2
Rehman	31.0	3	105	4
Malik	8.0	2	31	0
Hafeez	14.0	0	40	1

Fall of wicket
87	Smith
109	Gibbs
279	Amla
352	Kallis
373	Prince
392	Boucher
408	Nel
412	Harris
448	Steyn
450	de Villiers

Pakistan 1st Innings - All out

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Hafeez	c Kallis	b Harris	34	59	4	0
Akmal	lbw	b Harris	42	37	5	0
Younus		b Nel	6	17	0	0
Faisal		b Kallis	7	24	1	0
Misbah-ul-Haq	c Boucher	b Steyn	23	57	5	0
Malik	st Boucher	b Harris	73	170	6	1
Rehman	c Boucher	b Nel	9	28	1	0
Butt	lbw	b Harris	24	76	4	0
Gul	st Boucher	b Harris	12	44	2	0
Kaneria	not out		26	49	4	0
Asif		b Steyn	10	26	1	0
Extras		2nb 1w 15b 7lb	25
Total		all out	291	(97.3 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Steyn	13.3	2	50	2
Ntini	11.0	2	48	0
Harris	36.0	13	73	5
Nel	20.0	4	59	2
Kallis	11.0	3	21	1
Smith	6.0	1	18	0

Fall of wicket
71	Akmal
82	Hafeez
84	Younus
97	Faisal
120	Misbah-ul-Haq
149	Rehman
233	Butt
238	Malik
259	Gul
291	Asif

South Africa 2nd Innings - Declared

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Smith	c Akmal	b Rehman	25	42	5	0
Gibbs	c Faisal	b Kaneria	18	46	2	0
Amla	st Akmal	b Rehman	0	10	0	0
Kallis	not out		100	201	4	1
Prince		b Kaneria	45	105	2	0
de Villiers		b Rehman	1	3	0	0
Boucher	c Misbah-ul-Haq	b Kaneria	29	49	4	0
Nel	c Misbah-ul-Haq	b Rehman	33	69	3	0
Harris	not out		1	10	0	0
Extras		10b 2lb	12
Total		for 7	264	(89.0 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Asif	6.0	1	14	0
Gul	12.0	1	35	0
Rehman	38.0	6	105	4
Kaneria	28.0	3	85	3
Hafeez	5.0	0	13	0

Fall of wicket
41	Smith
43	Amla
43	Gibbs
131	Prince
132	de Villiers
188	Boucher
251	Nel

Pakistan 2nd Innings - Close

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Hafeez		b Steyn	1	5	0	0
Butt	c Amla	b Steyn	3	15	0	0
Younus		b Steyn	126	160	18	1
Faisal	c Kallis	b Harris	44	69	8	0
Asif	c Amla	b Nel	6	26	0	0
Misbah-ul-Haq	lbw	b Nel	23	95	3	0
Malik	c Nel	b Ntini	30	99	4	0
Akmal	c Boucher	b Harris	9	11	1	0
Rehman	lbw	b Steyn	0	20	0	0
Gul	c Nel	b Steyn	8	9	2	0
Kaneria	not out		0	1	0	0
Extras		1nb 8b 4lb	13
Total		all out	263	(84.5 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Ntini	12.5	4	34	1
Steyn	15.0	3	56	5
Nel	19.0	5	59	2
Harris	30.0	8	58	2
Smith	3.0	0	33	0
Kallis	4.0	3	4	0
Amla	1.0	0	7	0

Fall of wicket
1	Hafeez
20	Butt
134	Faisal
161	Asif
197	Younus
230	Misbah-ul-Haq
239	Akmal
249	Rehman
257	Gul
263	Malik

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Umpires: M R Benson, S J A Taufel
Pakistan: Butt, Hafeez, Younus, Misbah-ul-Haq, Faisal, Malik, Akmal, Gul, Rehman, Kaneria, Asif
South Africa: Smith, Gibbs, Amla, Kallis, Prince, de Villiers, Boucher, Nel, Harris, Steyn, Ntini