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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

Fourth ODI at Multan

PAK vs SA, 4th ODI, Multan : South Africa beat Pakistan by 7 wickets (SA 2:2)

Oct 27, 2007

Sparkling half centuries from Graeme Smith and Shaun Pollock set South Africa up for a comfortable seven-wicket win over Pakistan in the fourth one-day international to level the series on Friday.
South Africa easily chased down Pakistan's 230 for nine with 74 balls to spare to leave the series tied at 2-2 with the final game to be played in Lahore on Monday. Pollock, whose 90 was his highest score for South Africa, and Smith, who scored 81, put on a record partnership of 159 from 157 balls for the second wicket, surpassing the 155 by AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis against Pakistan this year at Johannesburg.
Both were out just three runs short of victory, pacer Rao Iftikhar having them caught in the deep in successive overs. South Africa were given a blistering start by Gibbs who powered 39 from 35 balls including seven fours, three of them in one over from Gul.
Man-of-the-match Pollock relished the chance to bat up the order, closing the issue with some sensible hitting. Pakistan, having elected to bat, could not post a competitive total on a good pitch although Younis Khan scored a valiant 82 from 110 balls punctuated with six fours and two sixes.

PAK vs SA, 4th ODI, Multan : South Africa 233-3 (37.4 overs) bt Pakistan 230-9 (50 overs) by seven wickets

South Africa in Pakistan Cricket Series 2007

Fourth ODI at Multan

Scores

Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat

Pakistan Innings

230 for 9 (50.0 overs)

South Africa Innings

233 for 3 (37.4 overs)

Pakistan Innings - Close

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Hameed	c Gibbs	b Pollock	10	30	0	0
Afridi	c Nel	b Ntini	0	4	0	0
Younus	c Gibbs	b Nel	82	110	6	2
Yousuf	run out		5	10	0	0
Malik	c Smith	b Kallis	45	54	4	0
Misbah-ul-Haq	c Boucher	b Nel	7	19	1	0
Akmal	c Pollock	b Botha	28	32	2	1
Rehman		b A Morkel	31	37	3	0
Iftikhar	not out		2	3	0	0
Gul	c Ntini	b Botha	1	2	0	0
Asif	not out		0	0	0	0
Extras		1nb 5w 13lb	19
Total		for 9	230	(50.0 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Pollock	10.0	0	37	1
Ntini	10.0	0	26	1
A Morkel	10.0	0	54	1
Nel	9.0	0	44	2
Botha	8.0	0	41	2
Kallis	3.0	0	15	1

Fall of wicket
2	Afridi
20	Hameed
38	Yousuf
129	Malik
158	Younus
159	Misbah-ul-Haq
219	Rehman
227	Akmal
229	Gul

South Africa Innings - Close

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Smith	c Rehman	b Iftikhar	81	103	7	0
Gibbs	lbw	b Afridi	39	35	7	0
Pollock	c Malik	b Iftikhar	90	84	9	1
Kallis	not out		6	6	1	0
de Villiers	not out		1	1	0	0
Extras		3nb 5w 8lb	16
Total		for 3	233	(37.4 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Asif	8.0	0	64	0
Gul	5.0	0	52	0
Iftikhar	5.4	0	27	2
Afridi	9.0	0	43	1
Rehman	10.0	0	39	0

Fall of wicket
65	Gibbs
224	Pollock
228	Smith

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Umpires: Aleem Dar, B F Bowden
Pakistan: Hameed, Akmal, Younus, Yousuf, Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq, Afridi, Rehman, Iftikhar, Gul, Asif
South Africa: Smith, Gibbs, Kallis, de Villiers, Boucher, Duminy, Pollock, A Morkel, Botha, Ntini, Nel