Younis-inspired Pakistan shock South Africa
DUBAI, Nov 6 (AFP) - Pakistan tail-end batsman Zulqarnain
Haider and Wahab Riaz pulled off a sensational one wicket win for their
team over South Africa in the fourth one-day match after Younis Khan's
fifty here on Friday.
Younis's sedate 73 built Pakistan's run-chase but they owed it to
their tail-enders Haider (19 not out) and Riaz (18) as they put on 28
runs for the ninth wicket to help their team chase down a challenging
275-run target.
Fit-again Graeme Smith played a captain's knock of 92 to steer South
Africa to a challenging 274-6 but once again his team choked in the
final moments despite having grabbed all top wickets.
Pakistan still needed 31 when they lost Abdul Razzaq (33) - whose
robust 72-ball 109 not out which shocked South Africa by one wicket in
the second match in Abu Dhabi - but Haider and Riaz held their nerves.
SCORE BOARD
SOUTH AFRICA
G. Smith lbw b Hafeez 92
H. Amla c Farhat b Akhtar 10
J. Kallis c Shafiq b Hafeez 15
A.B. de Villiers c Hafeez b Akhtar 49
J.P. Duminy b Riaz 36
C. Ingram not out 27
D. Miller b Riaz 0
J. Botha not out 28
Extras (b1, lb4, w11, nb1) 17
Total (for six wkts, 50 overs) 274
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Amla), 2-62 (Kallis)
3-156 (Smith), 4-191 (De Villiers)
5-226 (Duminy), 6-226 (Miller)
Did not bat: D. Miller, J. Botha, M. Morkel
W. Parnell, D. Steyn.
Bowling: Akhtar 9-0-51-2 (4w)
Razzaq 5-0-30-0
Riaz 9-0-61-2 (1nb)
Hafeez 7-0-37-2
Afridi 10-0-51-0 (2w)
Rehman 10-0-39-0 (5w)
PAKISTAN
Imran Farhat lbw b Morkel 2
Mohammad Hafeez lbw b Steyn 42
Younis Khan b Morkel 73
Asad Shafiq run out 36
Fawad Alam c Miller b Kallis 6
Shahid Afridi c Parnell b Botha 29
Abdul Razzaq c de Villiers b Morkel 33
Abdul Rehman run out 0
Zulqarnain Haider not out 19
Wahab Riaz run out 18
Shoaib Akhtar not out 0
Extras: (lb4, nb1, w12) 17
Total: (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 275
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Hafeez), 2-64 (Hafeez)
3-120 (Shafiq), 4-131 (Alam)
5-171 (Afridi), 6-220 (Younis)
7-220 (Razzaq), 8-244 (Razzaq)
9-272 (Riaz)
Bowling: Morkel 10-0-48-3 (3w)
Parnell 8.5-0-53-0 (6w)
Steyn 10-0-79-1 (1w)
Botha 10-0-42-1 (1nb)
Kallis 9-0-40-1 (2w)
Duminy 2-0-9-0 |