2nd Super Six Match: Pakistan v South Africa at Nottingham, 5 Jun 1999
Ball-by-Ball Commentary
Pakistan have won the toss and have elected to bat first
a banner says "East 2 West, Pakistan is the best". The best, that
is, if you ignore the existence of Bangladesh.
the umpires, batsmen and other miscellaneous participants are out
on the field
the ginger ninja to open the bowling from the Pavilion End
0.1 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, no run, slow outside the off stump, bat
raised, ball left alone
0.2 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, no run, throwing the bat at it, mistimed
drive to Gibbs in the covers
0.3 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, no run, outside the off stump and thru to
the keeper again
0.4 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, two runs, tucking it of fthe hip, ball
trickles away behind the square leg
0.5 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, two runs, thick edge from the off drive
doesn't travel too far away from the point Rhodes, typical sloppy
effort, cannot dive the required 12 feet to his right
0.6 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, no run
End of over 1 (4 runs) Pakistan 4/0 (RR: 4.00)
SM Pollock 1-0-4-0 - Hound Road End
Wajahatullah Wasti 0* (0b) Saeed Anwar 4* (6b)
Kallis with his parody of a new ball bowler to open from the other
end
1.1 Kallis to Wajahatullah, no run
1.2 Kallis to Wajahatullah, wide: no run, drifting wide down the leg
side, Hair calls it so
1.2 Kallis to Wajahatullah, no run, swinging away wide of the off stump
this time, to the keeper
1.3 Kallis to Wajahatullah, no run, defensive knock square to the point
fielder
1.4 Kallis to Wajahatullah, legbye: one run, missed nudge off the hip,
but there's no penalty as they get a run anyany
1.5 Kallis to Saeed Anwar, no run, good bounce, down the leg side again
1.6 Kallis to Saeed Anwar, two runs, flicked off the legs, behind the
square leg
End of over 2 (4 runs) Pakistan 8/0 (RR: 4.00)
JH Kallis 1-0-3-0 (1w) - Radcliffe Road End
Wajahatullah Wasti 0* (4b) Saeed Anwar 6* (8b)
2.1 Pollock to Wajahatullah, legbye: one run, dribbling down the leg
side, keeper cleans up
2.2 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, no run
2.3 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, no run, bat raised, ball left alone outside
the off stump
2.4 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, one run, working it towards the square leg,
Kirsten makes with some swift fielding
2.5 Pollock to Wajahatullah, no run, angling in well, bat miles away
from it, into the thigh it goes
2.6 Pollock to Wajahatullah, no run, defensive onto the on side from
Waja, ball falls short of the covers
End of over 3 (2 runs) Pakistan 10/0 (RR: 3.33)
SM Pollock 2-0-5-0 - Hound Road End
Saeed Anwar 7* (11b) Wajahatullah Wasti 0* (7b)
3.1 Kallis to Saeed Anwar, wide: no run, swinging well down the leg
side
3.1 Kallis to Saeed Anwar, one run, just a single behind the legs
3.2 Kallis to Wajahatullah, FOUR, great drive off the stumps, seems to
be a long boundary, but the ball has the legs to beat the chasing
mid on
3.3 Kallis to Wajahatullah, no run, defensive, Waja looks to have the
mould to grow into the next Inzamam
3.4 Kallis to Wajahatullah, no run, dabbed square again, to the point
fielder
3.5 Kallis to Wajahatullah, no run, well left, ball angling in and then
swinging away
3.6 Kallis to Wajahatullah, no run, bat raised above the ball, left to
the keeper
End of over 4 (6 runs) Pakistan 16/0 (RR: 4.00)
JH Kallis 2-0-9-0 (2w) - Radcliffe Road End
Saeed Anwar 8* (12b) Wajahatullah Wasti 4* (12b 1x4)
4.1 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, no run, bat raised straight in the air,
keeper gets to practice those catching skills again
4.2 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, no run, inside edge bounces away
dangerously, moving in front of the stumps
4.3 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, one run, flicked away behind the square leg
again
4.4 Pollock to Wajahatullah, no run, nudging it square, ball travels a
little too quickly to get the single, Anwar sends him back
4.5 Pollock to Wajahatullah, no run, more stuff down the leg side,
misplayed by Waja, both of these SA new ball bowlers have really
shown any prmoise in this tourney
4.6 Pollock to Wajahatullah, no run, angling in, defended away
awkwardly but safely
End of over 5 (1 run) Pakistan 17/0 (RR: 3.40)
SM Pollock 3-0-6-0 - Hound Road End
Saeed Anwar 9* (15b) Wajahatullah Wasti 4* (15b 1x4)
5.1 Kallis to Saeed Anwar, no run, good upright backfoot defence into
the off side
5.2 Kallis to Saeed Anwar, no run, more defence outside the off stump
5.3 Kallis to Saeed Anwar, one run, pulling poorly, ball was a bit too
quick, off the splice, lands safely forward of square leg
5.4 Kallis to Wajahatullah, one run, easy defensive tap to the mid on
area
5.5 Kallis to Saeed Anwar, two runs, cutting, slightly above Rhodes at
backward point, DROPPED! everyone makes incredulous statements as
to whether that has ever happened before, like he's a living
incarnation of a fielding god or soemthing
5.6 Kallis to Saeed Anwar, one run
End of over 6 (5 runs) Pakistan 22/0 (RR: 3.67)
JH Kallis 3-0-14-0 (2w) - Radcliffe Road End
Saeed Anwar 13* (20b) Wajahatullah Wasti 5* (16b 1x4)
6.1 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, no run, outside the off stump and thru to
the keeper
6.2 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, no run, again, no shot offered outside the
off stump
6.3 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, no run, defensive poke into the covers,
Gibbs looks like the fielder
6.4 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, no run
6.5 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, no run, more stuff outside the off stump,
to the keeper again
6.6 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, no run, shoddy cut shot outside the off
stump, ball slinks away to the point fielder
End of over 7 (maiden) Pakistan 22/0 (RR: 3.14)
SM Pollock 4-1-6-0 - Hound Road End
Wajahatullah Wasti 5* (16b 1x4) Saeed Anwar 13* (26b)
7.1 Kallis to Wajahatullah, no run
7.2 Kallis to Wajahatullah, wide: no run
7.2 Kallis to Wajahatullah, no run
7.3 Kallis to Wajahatullah, one run, slapping a cut shot behind the
point fielder
7.4 Kallis to Saeed Anwar, wide: no run, pushed way too wide across the
left hander
7.4 Kallis to Saeed Anwar, FOUR, flinging a strong cut shot at the
ball, top edge flies over the slips and is too fine for the 3rd
man to field
7.5 Kallis to Saeed Anwar, no run
7.6 Kallis to Saeed Anwar, no run, good shot, but it travels direct to
the point fielder
End of over 8 (7 runs) Pakistan 29/0 (RR: 3.62)
JH Kallis 4-0-21-0 (4w) - Radcliffe Road End
Wajahatullah Wasti 6* (19b 1x4) Saeed Anwar 17* (29b 1x4)
after yet another non-wicket taking opening effort from Pollock and
Kallis, here comes Donald to save the day
8.1 Donald to Wajahatullah, FOUR, overpitched and a bit wide of the off
stump, Waja with the drive, thick edge along the ground wide of
the slips
8.2 Donald to Wajahatullah, no run, tapping towards the covers
8.3 Donald to Wajahatullah, no run, bat held high, ball travels without
deviation to the keeper
8.4 Donald to Wajahatullah, no run, and another dot
8.5 Donald to Wajahatullah, no run, lovely ball, just leaving the right
hander, Wasti defending inside the line
8.6 Donald to Wajahatullah, one run, worked down to the 3rd man for a
single
End of over 9 (5 runs) Pakistan 34/0 (RR: 3.78)
AA Donald 1-0-5-0 - Hound Road End
Wajahatullah Wasti 11* (25b 2x4) Saeed Anwar 17* (29b 1x4)
9.1 Pollock to Wajahatullah, no run, bringing the bat inside it, thru
to the keeper
9.2 Pollock to Wajahatullah, no run, no real effort made to play it, to
the keeper again
9.3 Pollock to Wajahatullah, no run, terrific ball, angling in, then
swinging away, past the defensive outside edge
9.4 Pollock to Wajahatullah, no run, finally gets some wood on it,
defending on the off side
9.5 Pollock to Wajahatullah, no run
9.6 Pollock to Wajahatullah, one run, angled away behind the point area
End of over 10 (1 run) Pakistan 35/0 (RR: 3.50)
SM Pollock 5-1-7-0 - Radcliffe Road End
Wajahatullah Wasti 12* (31b 2x4) Saeed Anwar 17* (29b 1x4)
10.1 Donald to Wajahatullah, no run, easy defence, onto the on side
10.2 Donald to Wajahatullah, no run, excellent inswinging yorker, aimed
at the toes, defended, but only just defended
10.3 Donald to Wajahatullah, no run, woeful defence by Wasti, playing
late defence outside the off stump, missed completely
10.4 Donald to Wajahatullah, no run
10.5 Donald to Wajahatullah, no run
10.6 Donald to Wajahatullah, no run, and a maiden to finally give Saeed
the strike
End of over 11 (maiden) Pakistan 35/0 (RR: 3.18)
AA Donald 2-1-5-0 - Hound Road End
Saeed Anwar 17* (29b 1x4) Wajahatullah Wasti 12* (37b 2x4)
11.1 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, no run, cut hard, but straight to the cover
point fielder
11.2 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, no run, outside the off stump, and to the
keeper
11.3 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, no run
11.4 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, no run, Saeed's eyes light up, attempts to
smash it thru the covers, but gets a bottom edge instead, ball
bounces into the body
11.5 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, no run, playing and missing the soft drive
wide of the off stump
11.6 Pollock to Saeed Anwar, FOUR, great shot, perfectly judged, late
drive behind the point, ball screams its way to the boundary
End of over 12 (4 runs) Pakistan 39/0 (RR: 3.25)
SM Pollock 6-1-11-0 - Radcliffe Road End
Wajahatullah Wasti 12* (37b 2x4) Saeed Anwar 21* (35b 2x4)
12.1 Donald to Wajahatullah, no run, straight drive, Donald's fielding
attempt nearly deflects it onto the stumps, but Saeed was safe
12.2 Donald to Wajahatullah, no run
12.3 Donald to Wajahatullah, no run, worked away onto the on side,
fielded at forward square leg
12.4 Donald to Wajahatullah, no run, tapping some defence onto the on
side
12.5 Donald to Wajahatullah, no run, easily driven into the covers,
easily fielded as well
12.6 Donald to Wajahatullah, no run, jabbing the bat at it, inside edge
into the pads
End of over 13 (maiden) Pakistan 39/0 (RR: 3.00)
AA Donald 3-2-5-0 - Hound Road End
Saeed Anwar 21* (35b 2x4) Wajahatullah Wasti 12* (43b 2x4)
Elworthy on for Pollock, time for some jammy wickets
13.1 Elworthy to Saeed Anwar, two runs, full toss outside the off stump,
thick edge spits past the slips, 3rd man collects on the rope
13.2 Elworthy to Saeed Anwar, OUT: and there's the first one, very vague
outswinger, outside edge to the keeper, so many edges from the
Pakistanis this morning, one of them had to be a thinner one,
Elworthy was bowling around the wicket
Pakistan 41/1, Partnership of 41
Saeed Anwar c Boucher b Elworthy 23 (37b 2x4 0x6)
S Elworthy 0.2-0-2-1 - Radcliffe Road End
3 slips for Elworthy now, even Donald only got 2
13.3 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run
13.4 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run, seam wobling all over the place,
seams into the pads of Abdur
13.5 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, two runs, playing across the line, off
the pads and forward fo the square leg
13.6 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run
End of over 14 (4 runs) Pakistan 43/1 (RR: 3.07)
S Elworthy 1-0-4-1 - Radcliffe Road End
Wajahatullah Wasti 12* (43b 2x4) Abdur Razzaq 2* (4b)
14.1 Donald to Wajahatullah, no run, outside the off stump and thru to
the keeper
14.2 Donald to Wajahatullah, one run, worked away to just behind the
square leg
14.3 Donald to Abdur Razzaq, no run, loose ball, but cut hard to the
diving Kirsten in the covers
14.4 Donald to Abdur Razzaq, no run, defending onto the off side, to the
mid off
14.5 Donald to Abdur Razzaq, two runs, good bounce, just outside the off
stump, late cut to the 3rd man, Klusener is a little slow
fielding, allowing the second
14.6 Donald to Abdur Razzaq, one run, nudged down to the 3rd man again
End of over 15 (4 runs) Pakistan 47/1 (RR: 3.13)
AA Donald 4-2-9-0 - Hound Road End
Abdur Razzaq 5* (8b) Wajahatullah Wasti 13* (45b 2x4)
15.1 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, one run, off drive down to the mid off,
Cronje is the fielder
15.2 Elworthy to Wajahatullah, one run
15.3 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run, easy paced drive on the off side
15.4 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run
15.5 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run, into the pads, Abdur missing the
flick away on the on side
15.6 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run, cramped defence off the off stump
and onto the on side, bowler fields, no chance for a single
End of over 16 (2 runs) Pakistan 49/1 (RR: 3.06)
S Elworthy 2-0-6-1 - Radcliffe Road End
Wajahatullah Wasti 14* (46b 2x4) Abdur Razzaq 6* (13b)
16.1 Donald to Wajahatullah, one run, tapped to Pollock at mid on, quick
single taken, Pollock hits the wood with the throw, but it's
Waja's bat, not the stumps
16.2 Donald to Abdur Razzaq, no run
16.3 Donald to Abdur Razzaq, one run, flashy drive outside the off
stump, not so flashy inside edge goes down to the fine leg
16.4 Donald to Wajahatullah, one run, spliced down to the 3rd man
16.5 Donald to Abdur Razzaq, wide: no run, overpitched and outside the
leg stump, uncharacteristically wayward from Donald
16.5 Donald to Abdur Razzaq, no run, straight outside the off stump, no
shot offered
16.6 Donald to Abdur Razzaq, two runs, flicking it away wide of the 3rd
man
End of over 17 (6 runs) Pakistan 55/1 (RR: 3.24)
AA Donald 5-2-15-0 (1w) - Hound Road End
Wajahatullah Wasti 16* (48b 2x4) Abdur Razzaq 9* (17b)
Match State: Drinks
17.1 Elworthy to Wajahatullah, no run, quick into the pads, ball spurts
away to the square leg
17.2 Elworthy to Wajahatullah, no run
17.3 Elworthy to Wajahatullah, no run, jumping down the wicket, awful
shot, slapping down on top of the ball
17.4 Elworthy to Wajahatullah, no run, swiping off the toes to the
forward square leg
17.5 Elworthy to Wajahatullah, one run, flicking it away to Pollock at
square leg, the throw misses the bolwer's end
17.6 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, legbye: one run, missing the glance, ball
trickles square, Boucher fields
End of over 18 (2 runs) Pakistan 57/1 (RR: 3.17)
S Elworthy 3-0-7-1 - Radcliffe Road End
Abdur Razzaq 9* (18b) Wajahatullah Wasti 17* (53b 2x4)
Donald to continue, in conference with Cronje and Boucher whilst a
new bat is brought out for Wasti
18.1 Donald to Abdur Razzaq, one run, cutting it thru the covers, but
only a single
18.2 Donald to Wajahatullah, no run, worked awya towards the gully
18.3 Donald to Wajahatullah, no run, pushing into the covers, easy
fielding
18.4 Donald to Wajahatullah, OUT: trying to glide it to the 3rd man with
a straight bat, edging direct to the keeper, finally something
happens
Pakistan 58/2, Partnership of 17
Wajahatullah Wasti c Boucher b Donald 17 (56b 2x4 0x6)
AA Donald 5.4-2-16-1 (1w) - Hound Road End
this game was degnerating into a stalemate, mediocre batting
against unpenetrative bowling
18.5 Donald to Ijaz Ahmed, no run, defensive into the covers
18.6 Donald to Ijaz Ahmed, legbye: one run, the sundry works its way
thru the 45 towards the long leg
End of over 19 (2 runs) Pakistan 59/2 (RR: 3.11)
AA Donald 6-2-16-1 (1w) - Hound Road End
Ijaz Ahmed 0* (2b) Abdur Razzaq 10* (19b)
19.1 Elworthy to Ijaz Ahmed, FOUR, overpitched on the pads, great flick
off the pads behind the square leg
19.2 Elworthy to Ijaz Ahmed, no run, bit of extra bounce outside the off
stump, well defended
19.3 Elworthy to Ijaz Ahmed, no run, pitching on the middle stump, into
the pads, big appeal, missing the leg stump
19.4 Elworthy to Ijaz Ahmed, one run, slight outseam outside the off
stump, guided down beside the slips into the deep
19.5 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run
19.6 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run, front foot planted forward, bat
held high, ball travels outside the off stump
End of over 20 (5 runs) Pakistan 64/2 (RR: 3.20)
S Elworthy 4-0-12-1 - Radcliffe Road End
Ijaz Ahmed 5* (6b 1x4) Abdur Razzaq 10* (21b)
Jackie is back after being whipped off after 4 poor opening overs
some big delay for something behind the sightscreen
seems like a reflection from some metal box in front of a sponsor's
box
Shep is talking into the walkie talkie. Noone seems to be taking
any particular action. The sun will have moved by the time anyone
has done anything
2 of the SA team appear from nowhere and cover the offending
equipment with a piece of material
20.1 Kallis to Ijaz Ahmed, no run, defensive outside the off stump
20.2 Kallis to Ijaz Ahmed, wide: no run, down the leg side, more garbage
from Kallis, 5th wide of the day
20.2 Kallis to Ijaz Ahmed, one run, down the leg side again, clipped to
the fine leg
20.3 Kallis to Abdur Razzaq, no run, defending off the off stump to the
wide mid on area
20.4 Kallis to Abdur Razzaq, bye: FOUR, missed drive inside the body,
ball then misses the leg stump, Boucher dives and misses as well,
a missathon
20.5 Kallis to Abdur Razzaq, one run
20.6 Kallis to Ijaz Ahmed, no run, seaming into the pads, Kallis
appeals, Shep says no, perhaps an inside edge
End of over 21 (7 runs) Pakistan 71/2 (RR: 3.38)
JH Kallis 5-0-24-0 (5w) - Hound Road End
Abdur Razzaq 11* (24b) Ijaz Ahmed 6* (9b 1x4)
21.1 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run, outside the off stump and to the
keeper again
21.2 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run, playing thru the line again, yet
atill missed, just past the outside edge
21.3 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run, slashing and missing outside the
off stump, sub-standard batting to say the least
21.4 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run, leaving the ball alone outside
the off stump
21.5 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, two runs, finds the tiny gap between
point and backward point, 2 runs taken whilst the ball is fielded
in the deep
21.6 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run, pushing across the line again,
taken by the backward point this time
End of over 22 (2 runs) Pakistan 73/2 (RR: 3.32)
S Elworthy 5-0-14-1 - Radcliffe Road End
Ijaz Ahmed 6* (9b 1x4) Abdur Razzaq 13* (30b)
22.1 Kallis to Ijaz Ahmed, wide: no run, way overpitched and way wide,
Shep seemed to take the advice of the crowd on board before
signalling wide
22.1 Kallis to Ijaz Ahmed, wide: no run, terrible bowling, down the leg
side the time
22.1 Kallis to Ijaz Ahmed, one run, Ijaz across the line, leading edge
falls just short of a catch to the diving point fielder
22.2 Kallis to Abdur Razzaq, no run
22.3 Kallis to Abdur Razzaq, no run, scratches it close, ball runs along
the ground to the keeper
22.4 Kallis to Abdur Razzaq, FOUR, typical play from Razzaq, takes an
eon to get his eye in, then lofts one way over the mid wicket,
tremendous shot
22.5 Kallis to Abdur Razzaq, no run, left alone outside the off stump
22.6 Kallis to Abdur Razzaq, no run, dabbing on the on side, nearly
lofted it to the mid wicket, sent back by Ijaz
End of over 23 (7 runs) Pakistan 80/2 (RR: 3.48)
JH Kallis 6-0-31-0 (7w) - Hound Road End
Ijaz Ahmed 7* (10b 1x4) Abdur Razzaq 17* (35b 1x4)
23.1 Elworthy to Ijaz Ahmed, no run, pushing it away to the point area
23.2 Elworthy to Ijaz Ahmed, no run, misplayed shot into the off side,
ends up barely travelling behin dthe batsman
23.3 Elworthy to Ijaz Ahmed, no run, great bounce, a bit of outseam away
from the right hander, Ijaz is jumping and drawing his bat inside
the line
23.4 Elworthy to Ijaz Ahmed, no run, poking it into the off side,
collected in the covers
23.5 Elworthy to Ijaz Ahmed, no run, seaming a long way outside the off
stump, Ijaz has a poor poor dab at it, must have ditracted Shep
from calling wide
23.6 Elworthy to Ijaz Ahmed, no run, and that completes a pretty
unremarkable maiden
End of over 24 (maiden) Pakistan 80/2 (RR: 3.33)
S Elworthy 6-1-14-1 - Radcliffe Road End
Abdur Razzaq 17* (35b 1x4) Ijaz Ahmed 7* (16b 1x4)
the great pretender, Lance Klusener, brought into the attack
24.1 Klusener to Abdur Razzaq, no run, loose, overpitched, wide of the
off stump, left alone by the batsman
24.2 Klusener to Abdur Razzaq, no run, aimed at the off stump, pushed on
the on side, nearly a run out, perhaps anticipating the arrival of
Inzamam
24.3 Klusener to Abdur Razzaq, no run
24.4 Klusener to Abdur Razzaq, one run, sneaky little dab well short of
the cover point
24.5 Klusener to Ijaz Ahmed, two runs, flicked away behind the square
leg, well saved by the deep backward square, long leg is there as
well to make the throw
24.6 Klusener to Ijaz Ahmed, one run, worked down to the 3rd man
End of over 25 (4 runs) Pakistan 84/2 (RR: 3.36)
L Klusener 1-0-4-0 - Hound Road End
Ijaz Ahmed 10* (18b 1x4) Abdur Razzaq 18* (39b 1x4)
25.1 Elworthy to Ijaz Ahmed, one run, good smooth shot thru the covers,
but Donald is available in the deep to stop the boundary
25.2 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run
25.3 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run, great big chuffing swing and miss
outside the off stump
25.4 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, one run
25.5 Elworthy to Ijaz Ahmed, one run, smooth cover drive, but only a
single again
25.6 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run, slow ball, merely dabbed towards
the cover point
End of over 26 (3 runs) Pakistan 87/2 (RR: 3.35)
S Elworthy 7-1-17-1 - Radcliffe Road End
Ijaz Ahmed 12* (20b 1x4) Abdur Razzaq 19* (43b 1x4)
hard to tell if both teams as merely as ineffective as each other.
Perhaps South Africa don't want to take wickets, knowing that the
Pakistani bottom order is far more dangerous than the top oder
26.1 Klusener to Ijaz Ahmed, one run
26.2 Klusener to Abdur Razzaq, no run, not a good slog down the wicket,
mistimed, barely travels past the non striker
26.3 Klusener to Abdur Razzaq, two runs, another slog, lofted to extra
cover, Cronje is too wide and deep at mid off, ends up conceding
an overthrow as well
26.4 Klusener to Abdur Razzaq, no run
26.5 Klusener to Abdur Razzaq, one run, flicked away off the leg stump,
to the long leg fielder
Klusener has a problem, aside from the usual, something to do with
his boot
team is gathered around to have a look-see, can't imagine the air
is too fresh
it was a busted shoelace, now back to matters altogether less
sublime...
26.6 Klusener to Ijaz Ahmed, no run
End of over 27 (4 runs) Pakistan 91/2 (RR: 3.37)
L Klusener 2-0-8-0 - Hound Road End
Abdur Razzaq 22* (47b 1x4) Ijaz Ahmed 13* (22b 1x4)
27.1 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run
27.2 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run, ball trickles back down the pitch
to t he bolwer
27.3 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, two runs, off drive typically (for
Razzaq) turns into a thick edge down to the 3rd man
27.4 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, one run, guided to the 3rd man,
deliberately this time
27.5 Elworthy to Ijaz Ahmed, wide: no run, full and wide down the leg
side
27.5 Elworthy to Ijaz Ahmed, one run
27.6 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run, dabbing, and missing, outsid ethe
off stump, Boucher gathers
End of over 28 (5 runs) Pakistan 96/2 (RR: 3.43)
S Elworthy 8-1-22-1 (1w) - Radcliffe Road End
Ijaz Ahmed 14* (23b 1x4) Abdur Razzaq 25* (52b 1x4)
28.1 Klusener to Ijaz Ahmed, no run, Zulu spears a ball over the off
stump, Ijaz trying some weird and wacky shot over the square leg,
I think
28.2 Klusener to Ijaz Ahmed, one run, away to the 3rd man with it
28.3 Klusener to Abdur Razzaq, FOUR, short and wide of the off stump,
hammered away over the extra cover, classic Razzaq shot
28.4 Klusener to Abdur Razzaq, no run
28.5 Klusener to Abdur Razzaq, one run, towards the covers
28.6 Klusener to Ijaz Ahmed, no run, pushing onto the on side, fielded
by the mid wicket
End of over 29 (6 runs) Pakistan 102/2 (RR: 3.52)
L Klusener 3-0-14-0 - Hound Road End
Abdur Razzaq 30* (55b 2x4) Ijaz Ahmed 15* (26b 1x4)
29.1 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run
29.2 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run, pushing off the off stump, into
the off side
29.3 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run, dabbed away on the off side again
29.4 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, no run, pushed hard to backward point
this time, Rhodes fields quick enough to have the batsmen changing
their minds about a run
29.5 Elworthy to Abdur Razzaq, OUT: pull shot, over the mid wicket,
mistimed too high into the air, Kirsten is underneath it after
running in a little from the deep
Pakistan 102/3, Partnership of 44
Abdur Razzaq c Kirsten b Elworthy 30 (60b 2x4 0x6)
S Elworthy 8.5-1-22-2 (1w) - Radcliffe Road End
so no chance for Abdur to make to regular big slog after the slow
start today
29.6 Elworthy to Ijaz Ahmed, no run, waving the bat at it, big bounce
outside the off stump
End of over 30 (maiden) Pakistan 102/3 (RR: 3.40)
S Elworthy 9-2-22-2 (1w) - Radcliffe Road End
Inzamam-ul-Haq 0* (0b) Ijaz Ahmed 15* (27b 1x4)
30.1 Klusener to Inzamam-ul-Haq, no run, defending onto the on side,
fielded at mid wicket
30.2 Klusener to Inzamam-ul-Haq, no run, straight and wide of the off
stump, thru to the keeper after no shot being executed
30.3 Klusener to Inzamam-ul-Haq, one run, big cheer from the flick off
the pads for some reason, perhaps just anticipation of an Inzamam
running mixup
30.4 Klusener to Ijaz Ahmed, one run, dabbing into the covers, another
cheer
30.5 Klusener to Inzamam-ul-Haq, no run, moving across the pitch, bat
raised, ball to the keeper
30.6 Klusener to Inzamam-ul-Haq, no run, pushing into the covers
End of over 31 (2 runs) Pakistan 104/3 (RR: 3.35)
L Klusener 4-0-16-0 - Hound Road End
Ijaz Ahmed 16* (28b 1x4) Inzamam-ul-Haq 1* (5b)
31.1 Elworthy to Ijaz Ahmed, no run, defending onto the on side, bowler
fields
31.2 Elworthy to Ijaz Ahmed, no run, guided away towards the cover point
31.3 Elworthy to Ijaz Ahmed, no run, angling the bat outside the off
stump, deflected to the point
31.4 Elworthy to Ijaz Ahmed, no run
31.5 Elworthy to Ijaz Ahmed, one run
31.6 Elworthy to Inzamam-ul-Haq, no run, and that ends a very economical
day at the proverbial fro Elworthy, lucky enough to not have to
bowl to Yousuf, Moin, Wasim et al
End of over 32 (1 run) Pakistan 105/3 (RR: 3.28)
S Elworthy 10-2-23-2 (1w) - Radcliffe Road End
Ijaz Ahmed 17* (33b 1x4) Inzamam-ul-Haq 1* (6b)
32.1 Klusener to Ijaz Ahmed, no run
32.2 Klusener to Ijaz Ahmed, SIX, tremendous shot, whacked way over the
mid on, over the rope and then over the fence some distance behind
it
32.3 Klusener to Ijaz Ahmed, OUT: driving firmly and directly to the
cover, was outside the off stump, shot was lofted a bit too much
Pakistan 111/4, Partnership of 9
Ijaz Ahmed c Cullinan b Klusener 23 (36b 1x4 1x6)
L Klusener 4.3-0-22-1 - Hound Road End
Match State: Drinks
32.4 Klusener to Yousuf Youhana, no run, harmless ball outside the off
stump, to the keeper underneath the raised bat
32.5 Klusener to Yousuf Youhana, one run, driving down the wicket,
Pollock fields from mid on
32.6 Klusener to Inzamam-ul-Haq, no run, pushing away into the covers,
no damage to the score there
End of over 33 (7 runs) Pakistan 112/4 (RR: 3.39)
L Klusener 5-0-23-1 - Hound Road End
Yousuf Youhana 1* (2b) Inzamam-ul-Haq 1* (7b)
33.1 Pollock to Yousuf Youhana, legbye: one run, coming off the thigh
33.2 Pollock to Inzamam-ul-Haq, no run
33.3 Pollock to Inzamam-ul-Haq, no run, pushing into the covers, easily
fielded again
33.4 Pollock to Inzamam-ul-Haq, one run
33.5 Pollock to Yousuf Youhana, one run, chopped thru the covers
33.6 Pollock to Inzamam-ul-Haq, no run
End of over 34 (3 runs) Pakistan 115/4 (RR: 3.38)
SM Pollock 7-1-13-0 - Radcliffe Road End
Yousuf Youhana 2* (4b) Inzamam-ul-Haq 2* (11b)
34.1 Klusener to Yousuf Youhana, no run
34.2 Klusener to Yousuf Youhana, one run, thick edge thru the gully, 3rd
man runs arond
34.3 Klusener to Inzamam-ul-Haq, two runs, flicking across the line,
behind the square leg, plenty of time for the second
34.4 Klusener to Inzamam-ul-Haq, no run, pushing into the covers
34.5 Klusener to Inzamam-ul-Haq, no run, playing and missing outside the
off stump, Boucher gathers
34.6 Klusener to Inzamam-ul-Haq, no run, poor cut shot, on the front
foot, bottom edge into the pitch and then to the point fielder
End of over 35 (3 runs) Pakistan 118/4 (RR: 3.37)
L Klusener 6-0-26-1 - Hound Road End
Yousuf Youhana 3* (6b) Inzamam-ul-Haq 4* (15b)
35.1 Pollock to Yousuf Youhana, no run, poked perfectly square, stupid
single taken to Rhodes at point, Inzamam yet again in the waste
product with a run out, he had made his ground, but failed to
bother to bend his back and ground his bat
TV called, and out, Inzamam didn't ground his bat until 30-50 cm
after the crease line
Pakistan 118/5, Partnership of 7
Inzamam-ul-Haq run out (Rhodes) 4 (15b 0x4 0x6)
35.2 Pollock to Moin Khan, one run, guided down to the 3rd man
35.3 Pollock to Yousuf Youhana, no run
35.4 Pollock to Yousuf Youhana, no run, playing and missing outside the
off stump, thru to the keeper
35.5 Pollock to Yousuf Youhana, no run, defensive drive to Gibbs in the
covers
Azhar Mahmood is only a batsman or so away, and yet the TV cameras
showed him having a little doze in the dressing room
35.6 Pollock to Yousuf Youhana, one run, playing behind the square leg,
they take 2, but Hair signals one short
End of over 36 (2 runs) Pakistan 120/5 (RR: 3.33)
SM Pollock 8-1-15-0 - Radcliffe Road End
Yousuf Youhana 4* (11b) Moin Khan 1* (1b)
36.1 Donald to Moin Khan, one run, dabbed down to the 3rd man
36.2 Donald to Yousuf Youhana, no run, full toss aimed at the off stump,
defended away
36.3 Donald to Yousuf Youhana, one run
36.4 Donald to Moin Khan, no run
36.5 Donald to Moin Khan, no run, seaming away from the batsmen, to the
keeper, Moin trying some shot into the off side
36.6 Donald to Moin Khan, no run
End of over 37 (2 runs) Pakistan 122/5 (RR: 3.30)
AA Donald 7-2-18-1 (1w) - Hound Road End
Yousuf Youhana 5* (13b) Moin Khan 2* (5b)
37.1 Kallis to Yousuf Youhana, one run, surprising that Kallis is still
being used, rather than Cronje giving himself a bowl, if only he
had that ear piece thing
37.2 Kallis to Moin Khan, no run, moving away from the off stump, to the
keeper
37.3 Kallis to Moin Khan, no run, pushing lazily outside the off stump,
to the keeper
37.4 Kallis to Moin Khan, no run, pushed direct to the point fielder
37.5 Kallis to Moin Khan, no run, swinging away from the off stump,
totally missed by Moin, in line with today's team policy of
batting as poorly as possible
37.6 Kallis to Moin Khan, no run
End of over 38 (1 run) Pakistan 123/5 (RR: 3.24)
JH Kallis 7-0-32-0 (7w) - Radcliffe Road End
Yousuf Youhana 6* (14b) Moin Khan 2* (10b)
38.1 Donald to Yousuf Youhana, one run, pushing towards the covers
38.2 Donald to Moin Khan, FOUR, swinging the bat at it, thick edge flies
away over the slip and to the boundary
38.3 Donald to Moin Khan, one run
38.4 Donald to Yousuf Youhana, no run, poked towards the point, there
was a call of yes, but no run, interesting
38.5 Donald to Yousuf Youhana, no run, stretching forward, defending
back to the bowler
38.6 Donald to Yousuf Youhana, FOUR, smacked down the ground, on the off
side
End of over 39 (10 runs) Pakistan 133/5 (RR: 3.41)
AA Donald 8-2-28-1 (1w) - Hound Road End
Moin Khan 7* (12b 1x4) Yousuf Youhana 11* (18b 1x4)
39.1 Kallis to Moin Khan, one run, played square, thru the cover point
39.2 Kallis to Yousuf Youhana, one run, poked on the on side, Pollock
fields from mid on, near the mid wicket
39.3 Kallis to Moin Khan, two runs, pushed to Pollock and mid on, that's
about his 3rd wild throw of the day, concedes the overthrow
39.4 Kallis to Moin Khan, legbye: one run
39.5 Kallis to Yousuf Youhana, no run, playing and missing outside the
off stump
39.6 Kallis to Yousuf Youhana, one run, pushing down on the off side,
gathered at the mid off
End of over 40 (6 runs) Pakistan 139/5 (RR: 3.47)
JH Kallis 8-0-37-0 (7w) - Radcliffe Road End
Yousuf Youhana 13* (21b 1x4) Moin Khan 10* (15b 1x4)
40.1 Klusener to Yousuf Youhana, one run, easily dabbed behind point,
Pakistan in no hurry whatsoever
40.2 Klusener to Moin Khan, one run, another little guide to the 3rd man
40.3 Klusener to Yousuf Youhana, one run
40.4 Klusener to Moin Khan, legbye: two runs, travels very fine, comes
off the pad
40.5 Klusener to Moin Khan, one run, a single taken into the covers, and
Yousuf has hit the deck
trainer is on the ground, attending to his leg, umpires consulting
Cronje, I assume for a runner, Cronje very animated, pointing the
finger at Shepherd, I can't imagine what the fuss is about
perhaps Cronje is saying "yes, on the one condition that the runner
is Inzamam"
appeared to be a groin strain in his right leg, physio was
stretching his legs outwards whilst he was laying on his back
the runner is Ijaz Ahmed
40.6 Klusener to Yousuf Youhana, no run
End of over 41 (6 runs) Pakistan 145/5 (RR: 3.54)
L Klusener 7-0-30-1 - Hound Road End
Moin Khan 12* (18b 1x4) Yousuf Youhana 15* (24b 1x4)
41.1 Kallis to Moin Khan, no run, pitching the ball up and outside the
off stump, seaming away
41.2 Kallis to Moin Khan, no run, hammered a straight drive, Kallis with
the reflex attempt with his right hand, DROPPED! may have save the
boundary instead
41.3 Kallis to Moin Khan, one run, pushing away towards point
41.4 Kallis to Yousuf Youhana, no run, wide of the off stump, lots of
hooting for the wide, Hair does the game a favour and tries to get
Kallis to finish asap
41.5 Kallis to Yousuf Youhana, no run, awful dab across the line,
missed, trying to play to point
41.6 Kallis to Yousuf Youhana, two runs, good hard drive thru the
covers, Yousuf caught short of his ground for a second, forgetting
about the runner
End of over 42 (3 runs) Pakistan 148/5 (RR: 3.52)
JH Kallis 9-0-40-0 (7w) - Radcliffe Road End
Moin Khan 13* (21b 1x4) Yousuf Youhana 17* (27b 1x4)
42.1 Klusener to Moin Khan, no run, outside the off stump and thru to
the ekep
42.2 Klusener to Moin Khan, no run, overpitched and wide of the off
stump, terrible shot, almost representative of the entire game so
far, trying to sweep thru the mid on it looked like
42.3 Klusener to Moin Khan, no run, poked behind the point fielder
42.4 Klusener to Moin Khan, two runs, lifted over the square leg, Donald
with a handy bit of late fielding, dragging the ball in before it
crosses the rope
42.5 Klusener to Moin Khan, no run
42.6 Klusener to Moin Khan, no run, poked close on the on side, quick
single, terrible dive by Ijaz the runner, dived from the crease
way too early, was lucky to cross the line at all, poor Youhana
has to watch the mess from square leg, run out by
End of over 43 (2 runs) Pakistan 150/5 (RR: 3.49)
L Klusener 8-0-32-1 - Hound Road End
Yousuf Youhana 17* (27b 1x4) Moin Khan 15* (27b 1x4)
Pakistan 150/6, Partnership of 32
Yousuf Youhana run out (Klusener) 17 (27b 1x4 0x6)
43.1 Kallis to Moin Khan, no run, TV comms mentioning that Yousuf
broufght the injury into the game, hence the aggravation from
Cronje
43.2 Kallis to Moin Khan, no run
43.3 Kallis to Moin Khan, no run, played late and missed outside the off
stump
43.4 Kallis to Moin Khan, two runs
43.5 Kallis to Moin Khan, FOUR, no shortage of runs off the edge to the
3rd man, there's some more
43.6 Kallis to Moin Khan, one run, pushing thru the covers, and
thankfully that ends Kallis for the day, very scrappy effort, hard
to believe Cronje kept bowling him
End of over 44 (7 runs) Pakistan 157/6 (RR: 3.57)
JH Kallis 10-0-47-0 (7w) - Radcliffe Road End
Moin Khan 22* (33b 2x4) Azhar Mahmood 0* (0b)
44.1 Klusener to Moin Khan, two runs, cutting outside the off stump
44.2 Klusener to Moin Khan, FOUR, drifting onto the pads, lifted away
off the pads and down to the long leg boundary, half sweep/half
pull shot
44.3 Klusener to Moin Khan, two runs
44.4 Klusener to Moin Khan, no run
44.5 Klusener to Moin Khan, one run
44.6 Klusener to Azhar Mahmood, no run
End of over 45 (9 runs) Pakistan 166/6 (RR: 3.69)
L Klusener 9-0-41-1 - Hound Road End
Moin Khan 31* (38b 3x4) Azhar Mahmood 0* (1b)
and now Cron je brings himself on, perhaps he's made a misjudgement
in the bowler rotations
45.1 Cronje to Moin Khan, one run, he'll bowl this one, and then give
Donald and Pollock their remaining two
45.2 Cronje to Azhar Mahmood, one run
45.3 Cronje to Moin Khan, no run, coming down the wicket, hit hard to
the mid off
45.4 Cronje to Moin Khan, two runs, thick edge runs away thru the point
area
45.5 Cronje to Moin Khan, no run, bouncer down the leg side, Moin coming
down the wicket, ends up trying an impossible hook shot
45.6 Cronje to Moin Khan, wide: no run, way down the leg side
45.6 Cronje to Moin Khan, one run, hacked down on the on side, Kallis
runs in from long on
End of over 46 (6 runs) Pakistan 172/6 (RR: 3.74)
WJ Cronje 1-0-6-0 (1w) - Radcliffe Road End
Moin Khan 35* (43b 3x4) Azhar Mahmood 1* (2b)
it's also possible Cronje is bowling because there is only 3
minutes left now, but is there should be some compensation for the
reflection debacle, and the injury to Youhana
46.1 Donald to Moin Khan, one run, slow from Donald, only 72 mph
46.2 Donald to Azhar Mahmood, one run, pushing behind point, Kirsten in
the fielder in the deep
46.3 Donald to Moin Khan, FOUR, stretching forward and lifting it over
the forward square leg, excellent improvisation
46.4 Donald to Moin Khan, SIX, as usual, Moinmaking up the poor efforts
from the Pakistani top order, Donald straying down the leg side,
great pull over the long leg
46.5 Donald to Moin Khan, wide: no run, Donald losing it now, well wide
of the off stump
46.5 Donald to Moin Khan, no run, good slow ball outside the off stump
46.6 Donald to Moin Khan, FOUR, and again, flicked away behind the
square leg, a couple of metres short of being a 6, umpires get the
replay to confirm
End of over 47 (17 runs) Pakistan 189/6 (RR: 4.02)
AA Donald 9-2-45-1 (2w) - Hound Road End
Azhar Mahmood 2* (3b) Moin Khan 50* (48b 5x4 1x6)
47.1 Pollock to Azhar Mahmood, two runs
47.2 Pollock to Azhar Mahmood, one run, in front of the square leg
47.3 Pollock to Moin Khan, no run, sort of dabs at it, then leaves it
alone
47.4 Pollock to Moin Khan, SIX, off drive, tremendous shot, lifted into
the base of the sightscreen
47.5 Pollock to Moin Khan, FOUR, slapped away over the covers, cross bat
shot, one bounce over the rope
47.6 Pollock to Moin Khan, no run, down the leg side, missing the glance
End of over 48 (13 runs) Pakistan 202/6 (RR: 4.21)
SM Pollock 9-1-28-0 - Radcliffe Road End
Azhar Mahmood 5* (5b) Moin Khan 60* (52b 6x4 2x6)
48.1 Donald to Azhar Mahmood, one run, misjudges the slower ball, but
probably only wanted the single anyway, into the covers
crowd making a lot of noise
48.2 Donald to Moin Khan, no run, swinging and missing, ball bounces
over the stumps
48.3 Donald to Moin Khan, two runs, swung away high, desined for another
boundary, but it falls short
48.4 Donald to Moin Khan, no run, swinging and missing, widish of the
off stump
48.5 Donald to Moin Khan, one run, charging Donald, smacked into the
covers, Cronje collects the deflection at mid off, they try a
double, the throw is wayward to Boucher, TV called, about 20 cm
short as Bouhcer lunges towards the stumps
Pakistan 206/7, Partnership of 56
Moin Khan run out (Cronje) 63 (56b 6x4 2x6)
48.6 Donald to Wasim Akram, no run
End of over 49 (4 runs) Pakistan 206/7 (RR: 4.20)
AA Donald 10-2-49-1 (2w) - Hound Road End
Azhar Mahmood 6* (6b) Wasim Akram 0* (1b)
13 minutes overtime now, surely there will be some sort of penalty
applied even taking into account the interruptions
49.1 Pollock to Azhar Mahmood, two runs, launched straight down the
ground, has the umpire diving underneath the missile
49.2 Pollock to Azhar Mahmood, two runs, worked away on the on side,
another 2 taken
49.3 Pollock to Azhar Mahmood, one run, played slower on the on side
this time, Wasim was looking for the 2, but time was not available
49.4 Pollock to Wasim Akram, FOUR, full at the toes, attempted drive
thru the mid on, but even better for him is the inside edge to the
fine leg boundary
49.5 Pollock to Wasim Akram, one run, misplayed down to the short fine
leg
18 minutes overtime, and here's another unexplained tedious delay
49.6 Pollock to Azhar Mahmood, FOUR, throwing the bat at it, the outside
edge travels very fine over the vacant slips, to the 3rd man
boundary
End of over 50 (14 runs) Pakistan 220/7 (RR: 4.40)
SM Pollock 10-1-42-0 - Radcliffe Road End
Wasim Akram 5* (3b 1x4) Azhar Mahmood 15* (10b 1x4)
only a 25 minute break, play to resume at 1400 GMT, we'll bring you
news of any over reductions as soon as we know
Match State: Lunch
0.1 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, two runs, easy glance off the legs, Akhtar
fields from the fine leg
0.2 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, no run, outside the off stump, thru to the
keeper
0.3 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, (noball) no run, doesn't appear to have
been any over reductions for the South Africans
0.3 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, no run, dabbing outside the off stump,
doesn't run too far from the off stump
0.4 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, no run, aimed just outside the off stump,
flicked across on the on side
0.5 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, FOUR, clumsy cut shot, but still gets the
boundary, ball was poor, wide of the off stump
0.6 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, no run, outside the off stump, to the
keeper. no shot was in the offering
End of over 1 (7 runs) South Africa 7/0 (RR: 7.00 RRR: 214/49 = 4.37)
Wasim Akram 1-0-7-0 (1nb) - Radcliffe Road End
HH Gibbs 0* (0b) G Kirsten 6* (7b 1x4)
the tearaway bowler with the tearaway sideburns
1.1 Shoaib Akhtar to Gibbs, no run, swinging away, all the anticipation
results in 90 mph
1.2 Shoaib Akhtar to Gibbs, no run, moving away from the batsman again,
to the keeper
1.3 Shoaib Akhtar to Gibbs, OUT: ball was a little wide of the off
stump, Gibbs pushing at it, only manages to push it directly into
the waiting hands of Ijaz at backward point
South Africa 7/1, Partnership of 7
HH Gibbs c Ijaz Ahmed b Shoaib Akhtar 0 (3b 0x4 0x6)
Shoaib Akhtar 0.3-0-0-1 - Hound Road End
simple catch fro Ijaz, barely had to move
1.4 Shoaib Akhtar to Cronje, no run, for some reason, out comes Cronje
at number 3
1.5 Shoaib Akhtar to Cronje, no run, dabbed onto the on side
1.6 Shoaib Akhtar to Cronje, no run, swinging away from the off stump
again, to the keeper
End of over 2 (maiden) South Africa 7/1 (RR: 3.50 RRR: 214/48 = 4.46)
Shoaib Akhtar 1-1-0-1 - Hound Road End
G Kirsten 6* (7b 1x4) WJ Cronje 0* (3b)
2.1 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, two runs, fielded down by the 3rd man
2.2 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, (noball) no run, left hander to left
hander, to the keeper
2.2 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, no run, flicking across the line to the
square leg
2.3 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, no run, bat raised, a widish ball passes
underneath
2.4 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, one run, flicked away on the off side, to
the point
2.5 Wasim Akram to Cronje, no run, nervous defence, just outside the
off stump, dabbed back down the wicket
2.6 Wasim Akram to Cronje, no run, leans forward and pushed into the
off side
End of over 3 (4 runs) South Africa 11/1 (RR: 3.67 RRR: 210/47 = 4.47)
Wasim Akram 2-0-11-0 (2nb) - Radcliffe Road End
G Kirsten 9* (12b 1x4) WJ Cronje 0* (5b)
3.1 Shoaib Akhtar to Kirsten, one run, pushing at it, thru the backward
point
3.2 Shoaib Akhtar to Cronje, no run, that goes to 94 mph, crowd start
cheering as though it's more important than the actual match
3.3 Shoaib Akhtar to Cronje, no run
3.4 Shoaib Akhtar to Cronje, no run
3.5 Shoaib Akhtar to Cronje, (noball) no run, trying too to go too fast
now, overstepping
3.5 Shoaib Akhtar to Cronje, no run, defending on the off side, 95 mph,
still a long way to 100 yet
3.6 Shoaib Akhtar to Cronje, no run, short ball, beats the backfoot
defence, Pakistan think it's out, and so do the crowd, Shep says
otherwise, and the TV agrees
End of over 4 (2 runs) South Africa 13/1 (RR: 3.25 RRR: 208/46 = 4.52)
Shoaib Akhtar 2-1-2-1 (1nb) - Hound Road End
G Kirsten 10* (13b 1x4) WJ Cronje 0* (11b)
4.1 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, no run, moving away from the batsman again,
great opening spells on show here
4.2 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, no run, playing and missing a non-shot
outside the off stump
4.3 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, no run, thru to the keeper, Wasim could do
with forcing a shot out of Kirsten
4.4 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, no run, straight down the off side, thru to
the keeper
4.5 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, wide: no run, seaming away too far, bat
raised, ball to the keeper
4.5 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, no run, bat still held high, no attempt to
play a shot at all
4.6 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, no run, prodding from outside the off stump
End of over 5 (1 run) South Africa 14/1 (RR: 2.80 RRR: 207/45 = 4.60)
Wasim Akram 3-0-12-0 (1w 2nb) - Radcliffe Road End
WJ Cronje 0* (11b) G Kirsten 10* (19b 1x4)
5.1 Shoaib Akhtar to Cronje, FOUR, wide of the off stump, zero
footwork, ball is spanked thru the covers
5.2 Shoaib Akhtar to Cronje, no run, pushing it away to just behin dthe
point fielder
5.3 Shoaib Akhtar to Cronje, no run, mistimed defence down the wicket
and back to the bowler
5.4 Shoaib Akhtar to Cronje, wide: no run, quick, but way down the leg
side
5.4 Shoaib Akhtar to Cronje, OUT: thick edge over the slips, ball flies
high, Saqlain is perfectly positioned at 3rd man, easy safe catch
on one knee on the boundary
South Africa 19/2, Partnership of 12
WJ Cronje c Saqlain Mushtaq b Shoaib Akhtar 4 (15b 1x4 0x6)
Shoaib Akhtar 2.4-1-7-2 (1w 1nb) - Hound Road End
5.5 Shoaib Akhtar to Cullinan, no run
5.6 Shoaib Akhtar to Cullinan, one run, easy paced drive into the
covers
End of over 6 (6 runs) South Africa 20/2 (RR: 3.33 RRR: 201/44 = 4.57)
Shoaib Akhtar 3-1-8-2 (1w 1nb) - Hound Road End
DJ Cullinan 1* (2b) G Kirsten 10* (19b 1x4)
6.1 Wasim Akram to Cullinan, no run, defending away on the off side
6.2 Wasim Akram to Cullinan, (noball) no run, defending on the on side
this time
6.2 Wasim Akram to Cullinan, no run
6.3 Wasim Akram to Cullinan, one run
6.4 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, no run
6.5 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, no run, defensive drive onto the on side
6.6 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, (noball) no run, pushed away towards the
covers, foot was well clear of the line
6.6 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, no run, lovely ball, angling in, then
moving away from the left hander, missing the outside edge
End of over 7 (3 runs) South Africa 23/2 (RR: 3.29 RRR: 198/43 = 4.60)
Wasim Akram 4-0-15-0 (1w 4nb) - Radcliffe Road End
DJ Cullinan 2* (6b) G Kirsten 10* (23b 1x4)
7.1 Shoaib Akhtar to Cullinan, no run, defensive onto the on side,
fielded at mid wicket
7.2 Shoaib Akhtar to Cullinan, no run, swinging the bat and a short one
outside the off stump, not sure if he was pulling or cutting that
one, ball ends up back with the bowler
7.3 Shoaib Akhtar to Cullinan, one run, driving at it, thick edge runs
away down to the 3rd man
7.4 Shoaib Akhtar to Kirsten, no run, awkwardly playing it on the back
foot, taking on the splice of the bat, near the handle
grabbed him on the glove in fact, and now the pain sets in, he
needs some attention
7.5 Shoaib Akhtar to Kirsten, FOUR, top edge over the slips, Inzamam
leaps as high as he possibly can (ie, not too high), gets his
fingers on it, but the ball ends up travelling to the 3rd man
7.6 Shoaib Akhtar to Kirsten, no run
End of over 8 (5 runs) South Africa 28/2 (RR: 3.50 RRR: 193/42 = 4.60)
Shoaib Akhtar 4-1-13-2 (1w 1nb) - Hound Road End
DJ Cullinan 3* (9b) G Kirsten 14* (26b 2x4)
8.1 Wasim Akram to Cullinan, three runs, leaning back and pushing thru
the covers, they manage a triple until the ball is gathered in the
deep
8.2 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, no run, dabbed towards the covers
8.3 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, no run, playing and missing outside the off
stump, ball skips across the top edge
8.4 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, one run, easy dab of a single onto the on
side, trickles its way to mid wikcet
8.5 Wasim Akram to Cullinan, no run, defending on the on side, fielded
at the mid on
8.6 Wasim Akram to Cullinan, no run, defensive again, the short mid
wicket is the fielder
End of over 9 (4 runs) South Africa 32/2 (RR: 3.56 RRR: 189/41 = 4.61)
Wasim Akram 5-0-19-0 (1w 4nb) - Radcliffe Road End
G Kirsten 15* (29b 2x4) DJ Cullinan 6* (12b)
and we have a bowling changle, the fastest ego in the world is
replaced by Azhar Mahmood
9.1 Azhar Mahmood to Kirsten, no run
9.2 Azhar Mahmood to Kirsten, no run, waving the bat at it, playing
across the line, off the toes to the mid wicket
9.3 Azhar Mahmood to Kirsten, no run, delicate defensive drive into the
covers
9.4 Azhar Mahmood to Kirsten, no run, outside the off stump, pushed
direct to the backward point, Kirsten having trouble picking the
gap
9.5 Azhar Mahmood to Kirsten, FOUR, ball drifting onto the leg stump,
leaning into the square glance, too wide of the fine leg, nice
shot
9.6 Azhar Mahmood to Kirsten, wide: no run, straight and wide of the
off stump, complete contrast in bowling in Shoaib, no threat at
all
9.6 Azhar Mahmood to Kirsten, no run, no threat except perhaps for the
batsman getting overambituous and playing and missing a cover
drive like that
End of over 10 (5 runs) South Africa 37/2 (RR: 3.70 RRR: 184/40 = 4.60)
Azhar Mahmood 1-0-5-0 (1w) - Hound Road End
DJ Cullinan 6* (12b) G Kirsten 19* (35b 3x4)
10.1 Wasim Akram to Cullinan, no run, widish of the right hander's off
stump, to the keeper
10.2 Wasim Akram to Cullinan, (noball) no run, dabbed back down the
wicket, gathered by the bowler
10.2 Wasim Akram to Cullinan, no run, pitches outside the off stump,
seams away further to the keeper
10.3 Wasim Akram to Cullinan, one run, glanced down to Shoaib at fine
leg
10.4 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, no run, no shot offered, ball stays low to
the keeper outside the off stump
10.5 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, no run, still no shot offered, lots of ball
left alone by Kirsten from Wasim
10.6 Wasim Akram to Kirsten, OUT: seaming in from outside the off stump,
Kirsten's brain takes a leave of absence and he thrusts the pad
without offering a shot, ball hits outside the line of the off
stump, but looks to be heading for the stumps, Hair thinks so as
well
South Africa 39/3, Partnership of 20
G Kirsten lbw b Wasim Akram 19 (38b 3x4 0x6)
End of over 11 (2 runs) South Africa 39/3 (RR: 3.55 RRR: 182/39 = 4.67)
Wasim Akram 6-0-21-1 (1w 5nb) - Radcliffe Road End
DJ Cullinan 7* (16b)
11.1 Azhar Mahmood to Cullinan, no run, pushing outside the off stump to
the point fielder
11.2 Azhar Mahmood to Cullinan, no run, dabbe dinto the covers again
11.3 Azhar Mahmood to Cullinan, no run, stretching forward to defend,
squeezing down outside the off stump
11.4 Azhar Mahmood to Cullinan, no run, still more defence, into the
covers
11.5 Azhar Mahmood to Cullinan, FOUR, leaning onto the back foot, great
shot thru cover point, into the deep
11.6 Azhar Mahmood to Cullinan, no run, defensive to the point area
End of over 12 (4 runs) South Africa 43/3 (RR: 3.58 RRR: 178/38 = 4.68)
Azhar Mahmood 2-0-9-0 (1w) - Hound Road End
JH Kallis 0* (0b) DJ Cullinan 11* (22b 1x4)
12.1 Wasim Akram to Kallis, no run, first ball fro Kallis, defending
well inside the line, thru to the keeper
12.2 Wasim Akram to Kallis, no run, defending on the off side, ball
trickles short of the covers
12.3 Wasim Akram to Kallis, one run, guided thru the mid wicket area,
they were aiming for 2, but a great dive and quick throw from
Shoaib denies any chance of that
12.4 Wasim Akram to Cullinan, no run, defending on the on side again,
Shoaib collects and gives it a clean
12.5 Wasim Akram to Cullinan, wide: one run, pitching way across the
right hander, Moin dives but has no hope, Inzamam is squatting for
some reason as it travels to his right
12.5 Wasim Akram to Kallis, no run
12.6 Wasim Akram to Kallis, no run
End of over 13 (3 runs) South Africa 46/3 (RR: 3.54 RRR: 175/37 = 4.73)
Wasim Akram 7-0-24-1 (2w 5nb) - Radcliffe Road End
DJ Cullinan 11* (23b 1x4) JH Kallis 1* (5b)
13.1 Azhar Mahmood to Cullinan, no run, driving from outside the off
stump, on the back foot, into the covers
13.2 Azhar Mahmood to Cullinan, no run, another little relaxed dab into
the covers
13.3 Azhar Mahmood to Cullinan, no run, overpitched, but driven direct
to Wasim at wide mid off
13.4 Azhar Mahmood to Cullinan, one run, flicking it off the pads,
trickles behind the square leg and they get just the one
13.5 Azhar Mahmood to Kallis, no run, bat raised, ball keeps low to the
keeper
Shepherd warns Azhar for runningon the pitch
13.6 Azhar Mahmood to Kallis, no run, just a mere dab down the wicket,
ends a good tight over for Azhar
End of over 14 (1 run) South Africa 47/3 (RR: 3.36 RRR: 174/36 = 4.83)
Azhar Mahmood 3-0-10-0 (1w) - Hound Road End
DJ Cullinan 12* (27b 1x4) JH Kallis 1* (7b)
Abdur replacing Wasim, he's not the most skilled of bowlers, but he
always has this annoying knack of getting wickets
14.1 Abdur Razzaq to Cullinan, two runs, driving down the wicket, the
outside edge soars high, 3rd man desperately tring to get to it
but is just short
14.2 Abdur Razzaq to Cullinan, (noball) no run, defending on the on side
14.2 Abdur Razzaq to Cullinan, no run, pushed towards the covers this
time
14.3 Abdur Razzaq to Cullinan, no run, slow ball gets lamely tapped to
the mid wicket fielder
14.4 Abdur Razzaq to Cullinan, no run, firm defence, to the mid off,
good Test cricket shot
14.5 Abdur Razzaq to Cullinan, FOUR, slapped away square, playing the
cut shot, leaning on the back foot, thru the gap between point and
backward point
14.6 Abdur Razzaq to Cullinan, no run, dabbed back down the wicket, to
the bowler
End of over 15 (7 runs) South Africa 54/3 (RR: 3.60 RRR: 167/35 = 4.77)
Abdur Razzaq 1-0-7-0 (1nb) - Radcliffe Road End
JH Kallis 1* (7b) DJ Cullinan 18* (34b 2x4)
Match State: Drinkies
15.1 Azhar Mahmood to Kallis, no run, coming into the pads, a big
appeal, but going the leg side
15.2 Azhar Mahmood to Kallis, one run, another appeal, exactly like the
previous ball, ie, not a hope in hell, actually some edge in it as
well
15.3 Azhar Mahmood to Cullinan, no run
15.4 Azhar Mahmood to Cullinan, no run
15.5 Azhar Mahmood to Cullinan, no run, defensive into the off side
15.6 Azhar Mahmood to Cullinan, no run, more casual holiday defence,
into the covers
End of over 16 (1 run) South Africa 55/3 (RR: 3.44 RRR: 166/34 = 4.88)
Azhar Mahmood 4-0-11-0 (1w) - Hound Road End
JH Kallis 2* (9b) DJ Cullinan 18* (38b 2x4)
16.1 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run
16.2 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run, easy defence into the off side,
South africa just worried about wicket for the time being
16.3 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run, more defence, along the pitch and
back to the bowler
16.4 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run, inside edge into the pads, ball
bounces away on the off side
16.5 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run, tight defence on the off side,
playing close to the body
16.6 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run, angling in, and thru the gate, ball
drifts over the off stump and to the keeper, strangely aggressive
ball from the Razzler
End of over 17 (maiden) South Africa 55/3 (RR: 3.24 RRR: 166/33 = 5.03)
Abdur Razzaq 2-1-7-0 (1nb) - Radcliffe Road End
DJ Cullinan 18* (38b 2x4) JH Kallis 2* (15b)
17.1 Azhar Mahmood to Cullinan, no run
17.2 Azhar Mahmood to Cullinan, no run, knocked away on the off side
17.3 Azhar Mahmood to Cullinan, no run, leaning forward, defended into
the covers
17.4 Azhar Mahmood to Cullinan, OUT: out goes The Man With No
Temperament. Lunging at a very wide one, cut direct to Anwar in
the covers, ball travelled with some pace, Anwar fell to his left
as he caught it
South Africa 55/4, Partnership of 16
DJ Cullinan c Saeed Anwar b Azhar Mahmood 18 (42b 2x4 0x6)
Azhar Mahmood 4.4-0-11-1 (1w) - Hound Road End
17.5 Azhar Mahmood to Rhodes, no run
17.6 Azhar Mahmood to Rhodes, no run, very wide, but not called, so he
effectively bowl 2 wides, but instead gets a wicket maiden
End of over 18 (maiden) South Africa 55/4 (RR: 3.06 RRR: 166/32 = 5.19)
Azhar Mahmood 5-1-11-1 (1w) - Hound Road End
JH Kallis 2* (15b) JN Rhodes 0* (2b)
18.1 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run, firm defence, into the covers
18.2 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run, defending back to the bowler
18.3 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run, drives into the covers, that's the
19th dot in a row
18.4 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run, back foot defence on the off side,
bowler can't be bothered fielding
18.5 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run
18.6 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, one run, poked thru the covers and into the
deep
End of over 19 (1 run) South Africa 56/4 (RR: 2.95 RRR: 165/31 = 5.32)
Abdur Razzaq 3-1-8-0 (1nb) - Radcliffe Road End
JH Kallis 3* (21b) JN Rhodes 0* (2b)
19.1 Azhar Mahmood to Kallis, no run, nothing there, ball outside the
off stump
19.2 Azhar Mahmood to Kallis, wide: no run, down the leg side, keeper
collects diving to his left
19.2 Azhar Mahmood to Kallis, one run, scratches it down the leg side,
towards the long leg
19.3 Azhar Mahmood to Rhodes, no run, wide and straight outside the off
stump, no shot offered
19.4 Azhar Mahmood to Rhodes, no run, defending back to the bowler,
straight bat, firm defence
19.5 Azhar Mahmood to Rhodes, no run, this time the defence is poked to
the mid wicket area
19.6 Azhar Mahmood to Rhodes, OUT: angling in, Rhodes on the front foot,
playing a sham of a swipe onto the on side, hit in line with the
middle stump, may have been going down the leg side, up goes
Shep's finger
South Africa 58/5, Partnership of 3
JN Rhodes lbw b Azhar Mahmood 0 (6b 0x4 0x6)
End of over 20 (2 runs) South Africa 58/5 (RR: 2.90 RRR: 163/30 = 5.43)
Azhar Mahmood 6-1-13-2 (2w) - Hound Road End
JH Kallis 4* (23b)
20.1 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run, on the thigh, another big appeal,
but not given, too high
20.2 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run
20.3 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run
20.4 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run
20.5 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run, driving into the off side, towards
the covers
20.6 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, one run, flicked off the leg stump to the
long leg, another mediocre over for South Africa
End of over 21 (1 run) South Africa 59/5 (RR: 2.81 RRR: 162/29 = 5.59)
Abdur Razzaq 4-1-9-0 (1nb) - Radcliffe Road End
JH Kallis 5* (29b) SM Pollock 0* (0b)
21.1 Azhar Mahmood to Kallis, no run, outside the off stump, thru to the
keeper
21.2 Azhar Mahmood to Kallis, no run, forceful push to the covers
21.3 Azhar Mahmood to Kallis, wide: no run, pitching on the leg stump,
and then down the leg side
21.3 Azhar Mahmood to Kallis, no run, outside the off stump, thru to the
keeper again, no shot offered
21.4 Azhar Mahmood to Kallis, no run, defensive to Saeed in the covers
21.5 Azhar Mahmood to Kallis, no run, dabbed away to the point fielder
21.6 Azhar Mahmood to Kallis, no run, shuffling down the pitch a little,
outside the off stump, inside edge into the pad
End of over 22 (1 run) South Africa 60/5 (RR: 2.73 RRR: 161/28 = 5.75)
Azhar Mahmood 7-1-14-2 (3w) - Hound Road End
SM Pollock 0* (0b) JH Kallis 5* (35b)
South Africa right on track to consolidate their position of 5th in
the Super 6 table
22.1 Abdur Razzaq to Pollock, no run, there perhaps hasn't been a more
undeserved title of favourites, since... since well Australia were
favourites a few weeks ago
22.2 Abdur Razzaq to Pollock, no run
22.3 Abdur Razzaq to Pollock, no run, defended awya again
22.4 Abdur Razzaq to Pollock, no run, poking away on the off side
22.5 Abdur Razzaq to Pollock, no run, tame defence, ball trickles away
past the bowler towards the covers
22.6 Abdur Razzaq to Pollock, two runs, finds the gap in the covers,
they grab a double before it's fielded in the deep
End of over 23 (2 runs) South Africa 62/5 (RR: 2.70 RRR: 159/27 = 5.89)
Abdur Razzaq 5-1-11-0 (1nb) - Radcliffe Road End
JH Kallis 5* (35b) SM Pollock 2* (6b)
and so after the Africans were tied down the world class pass of
Azhar and Abdur, they get to face the small matter of a Saqlain
Mushtaq
23.1 Saqlain Mushtaq to Kallis, no run
23.2 Saqlain Mushtaq to Kallis, one run, that there be the on drive
23.3 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, no run, dabbing on the off side, to the
bowler
23.4 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, one run, leaning forward, prodding it
thru the covers, Akhtar runs around from point
23.5 Saqlain Mushtaq to Kallis, one run, pushed square, ball towards
point
23.6 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, no run, tame defennce on the off side
again
End of over 24 (3 runs) South Africa 65/5 (RR: 2.71 RRR: 156/26 = 6.00)
Saqlain Mushtaq 1-0-3-0 - Hound Road End
JH Kallis 7* (38b) SM Pollock 3* (9b)
24.1 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, one run, tucked away to the fine leg
24.2 Abdur Razzaq to Pollock, no run, more drives, on the on side, runr
ate required over 6 now
24.3 Abdur Razzaq to Pollock, legbye: one run
24.4 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run, misses the flick across the line,
into the pad
24.5 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, one run, pushing thru the backward point
24.6 Abdur Razzaq to Pollock, legbye: two runs, travels fine but too
slowly to beat the fine leg
End of over 25 (5 runs) South Africa 70/5 (RR: 2.80 RRR: 151/25 = 6.04)
Abdur Razzaq 6-1-13-0 (1nb) - Radcliffe Road End
JH Kallis 9* (41b) SM Pollock 3* (12b)
25.1 Saqlain Mushtaq to Kallis, one run, flicked on the on side thru the
mid wicket
25.2 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, no run, pushed diretcly to point, South
Africa determined to die a slow death
25.3 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, no run
25.4 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, no run, stepping onto the back foot,
defended backt o the bolwer
25.5 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, no run, guided somewhere into the
region of the point fielder
25.6 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, no run, stepping backwards again, into
the pads, appeal, most likely there was some bat in that
End of over 26 (1 run) South Africa 71/5 (RR: 2.73 RRR: 150/24 = 6.25)
Saqlain Mushtaq 2-0-4-0 - Hound Road End
JH Kallis 10* (42b) SM Pollock 3* (17b)
26.1 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, wide: no run, chucking the cut shot at that
one, and yet the ball was still too wide
26.1 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run
26.2 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run
26.3 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run
26.4 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, two runs, Saqlain slips as he fields at 3rd
man
26.5 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, two runs, very well driven thru the covers,
Wasim runs around and dives magnificently to save the boundary
26.6 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run, pushing square to the point
End of over 27 (5 runs) South Africa 76/5 (RR: 2.81 RRR: 145/23 = 6.30)
Abdur Razzaq 7-1-18-0 (1w 1nb) - Radcliffe Road End
SM Pollock 3* (17b) JH Kallis 14* (48b)
27.1 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, one run
27.2 Saqlain Mushtaq to Kallis, one run, worked around to the square leg
crowd chanting the timeless oldtime favourite "Pakistan Zinabad"
27.3 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, no run
27.4 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, wide: no run, spinning too far down the
leg side, Moin attempts the stumping to distract the umpire
27.4 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, wide: no run, down the leg side again.
"Ooo, come on Saqqy, come on" says Moin.
27.4 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, FOUR, driving thru the covers,
stretching forward a long way, not even Wasim can stop that one
as a variation Moin only says "come on Saqqy" this time
27.5 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, no run
27.6 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, no run, defended down the pitch, must
be an echo as Moin is parroting "come on Saqqy" again
End of over 28 (8 runs) South Africa 84/5 (RR: 3.00 RRR: 137/22 = 6.23)
Saqlain Mushtaq 3-0-12-0 (2w) - Hound Road End
JH Kallis 15* (49b) SM Pollock 8* (22b 1x4)
28.1 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run, defensive push on the off side
28.2 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, one run, a little drive on the off side,
mid off fields
28.3 Abdur Razzaq to Pollock, FOUR, too short, Pollock leans on the back
foto and cracks it over the mid wicket, a couple of bounces and
over the rope, terrific pull shot
28.4 Abdur Razzaq to Pollock, no run, dabbed down to the mid off area
28.5 Abdur Razzaq to Pollock, wide: one run, seemed to have flicked the
abdomen, but called wide, they get an extra run from the keeper's
fumble
28.5 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run
28.6 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, one run, driving thru the covers, the
misfield allows the run
End of over 29 (8 runs) South Africa 92/5 (RR: 3.17 RRR: 129/21 = 6.14)
Abdur Razzaq 8-1-26-0 (2w 1nb) - Radcliffe Road End
JH Kallis 17* (53b) SM Pollock 12* (24b 2x4)
29.1 Saqlain Mushtaq to Kallis, one run, flicked behind the square leg
29.2 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, no run, Pollock having a chat with Moin
about something, perhaps asking to speak loudly and clearly into
the microphone
29.3 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, wide: no run
29.3 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, FOUR, handy cover drive, thru the extra
cover region, Saqlain not with his usual control today
29.4 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, one run
29.5 Saqlain Mushtaq to Kallis, no run, lovely offspinner into the off
stump, defended
29.6 Saqlain Mushtaq to Kallis, no run, turned around the corner to the
close fielder
End of over 30 (7 runs) South Africa 99/5 (RR: 3.30 RRR: 122/20 = 6.10)
Saqlain Mushtaq 4-0-19-0 (3w) - Hound Road End
SM Pollock 17* (27b 3x4) JH Kallis 18* (56b)
30.1 Abdur Razzaq to Pollock, one run
30.2 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run
30.3 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, one run, plays late down to the 3rd man
30.4 Abdur Razzaq to Pollock, two runs, plays late again, but a bit
wider of the pad
30.5 Abdur Razzaq to Pollock, no run
30.6 Abdur Razzaq to Pollock, one run
End of over 31 (5 runs) South Africa 104/5 (RR: 3.35 RRR: 117/19 = 6.16)
Abdur Razzaq 9-1-31-0 (2w 1nb) - Radcliffe Road End
SM Pollock 21* (31b 3x4) JH Kallis 19* (58b)
31.1 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, one run, dabbed thru the gully
31.2 Saqlain Mushtaq to Kallis, no run, defending down on the on side,
to the mid on
31.3 Saqlain Mushtaq to Kallis, one run, pushing square thru the point
31.4 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, no run
31.5 Saqlain Mushtaq to Pollock, one run, played down the wicket to the
mid on, just a single there
31.6 Saqlain Mushtaq to Kallis, one run, behind the point, another
single, another exciting over to be recorded in the ODI archives
End of over 32 (4 runs) South Africa 108/5 (RR: 3.38 RRR: 113/18 = 6.28)
Saqlain Mushtaq 5-0-23-0 (3w) - Hound Road End
JH Kallis 21* (61b) SM Pollock 23* (34b 3x4)
Match State: Drinks
that brings up the 50 partnership for these two
32.1 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, one run, swiping it across the line, thru
the point and into the deep
32.2 Abdur Razzaq to Pollock, one run, more pushing into the off side,
thru the cover point
32.3 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, wide: no run, down the leg side, 14th wide
of the day for the Pakistanis
32.3 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, no run
32.4 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, two runs, on drive, too straight for the
mid on, Wasim beats Shoaib to the ball, that's not the way to get
into the captain's good books
32.5 Abdur Razzaq to Kallis, three runs, played thru the extra cover,
Wasim fielded on the rope
32.6 Abdur Razzaq to Pollock, one run, and there endeth the day for the
Razzler, 10-1-39-0
End of over 33 (9 runs) South Africa 117/5 (RR: 3.55 RRR: 104/17 = 6.12)
Abdur Razzaq 10-1-40-0 (3w 1nb) - Radcliffe Road End
SM Pollock 25* (36b 3x4) JH Kallis 27* (65b)
here comes Shoaib, he's only bowled 4 overs today
33.1 Shoaib Akhtar to Pollock, one run, played square to the point, the
fielder has to dive and concede the single
33.2 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, no run, wide of the off stump, Shepherd
has a smile and doesn't call it wide
33.3 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, no run, struck in the pad, in line with
the leg stump, easily missing the stumps
33.4 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, one run, working into the covers, they
snatch a single
33.5 Shoaib Akhtar to Pollock, one run, inswinging yorker, going too far
down the leg side, flicked to the deep backward square
33.6 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, (noball) bye: FOUR, bouncer and over the
batsman's head, called no ball, appeared to be going quickly, but
only rating 92 mph
33.6 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, legbye: one run, into the pads, Shoaib
gives his compulsory appeal, ball trickles on the on side
End of over 34 (9 runs) South Africa 126/5 (RR: 3.71 RRR: 95/16 = 5.94)
Shoaib Akhtar 5-1-21-2 (1w 2nb) - Hound Road End
JH Kallis 28* (70b) SM Pollock 27* (38b 3x4)
34.1 Azhar Mahmood to Kallis, one run
34.2 Azhar Mahmood to Pollock, no run
34.3 Azhar Mahmood to Pollock, two runs
34.4 Azhar Mahmood to Pollock, no run
34.5 Azhar Mahmood to Pollock, no run
34.6 Azhar Mahmood to Pollock, no run
End of over 35 (3 runs) South Africa 129/5 (RR: 3.69 RRR: 92/15 = 6.13)
Azhar Mahmood 8-1-17-2 (3w) - Radcliffe Road End
JH Kallis 29* (71b) SM Pollock 29* (43b 3x4)
35.1 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, no run
35.2 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, five runs, played to Wasim at mid off,
wild throw goes all the way to the boundary, Kallis hits the
jackpot
35.3 Shoaib Akhtar to Pollock, one run
35.4 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, no run
35.5 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, no run, defending to the point area
35.6 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, no run, same area again, just pushing on
the off side
End of over 36 (6 runs) South Africa 135/5 (RR: 3.75 RRR: 86/14 = 6.14)
Shoaib Akhtar 6-1-27-2 (1w 2nb) - Hound Road End
SM Pollock 30* (44b 3x4) JH Kallis 34* (76b)
36.1 Azhar Mahmood to Pollock, OUT: driving, outside edge to the 1st
slip, terrific captaincy from akram, not many captains would have
a slip at this stage and in this situation
South Africa 135/6, Partnership of 77
SM Pollock c Inzamam-ul-Haq b Azhar Mahmood 30 (45b 3x4 0x6)
Azhar Mahmood 8.1-1-17-3 (3w) - Radcliffe Road End
36.2 Azhar Mahmood to Klusener, no run, fielded in the covers
36.3 Azhar Mahmood to Klusener, one run, squirts away to the square leg
fielder
36.4 Azhar Mahmood to Kallis, no run, pushing away on the off side
36.5 Azhar Mahmood to Kallis, FOUR, great drive thru the wide mid off,
Wasim dives and misses, he bangs his fist on the ground, that's a
great impression of Charlton Heston from Planet of the Apes
36.6 Azhar Mahmood to Kallis, one run, quick single from a poke on the
on side
End of over 37 (6 runs) South Africa 141/6 (RR: 3.81 RRR: 80/13 = 6.15)
Azhar Mahmood 9-1-23-3 (3w) - Radcliffe Road End
JH Kallis 39* (79b 1x4) L Klusener 1* (2b)
37.1 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, no run
37.2 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, FOUR, classic cover drive, stepping the
front foot forward and played along the ground between cover and
extra cover
37.3 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, one run, a single is found on the off side
37.4 Shoaib Akhtar to Klusener, legbye: one run, missing the flick thru
the square leg
37.5 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, FOUR, edged and that's gone. no slip now,
probably because Inzamam is injured and there's no need to hide
him there
37.6 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, no run
End of over 38 (10 runs) South Africa 151/6 (RR: 3.97 RRR: 70/12 = 5.83)
Shoaib Akhtar 7-1-36-2 (1w 2nb) - Hound Road End
L Klusener 1* (3b) JH Kallis 48* (84b 3x4)
only 70 needed now, South Africa have had the run rate required in
check all day, wickets have always been the question involving
doubt
38.1 Azhar Mahmood to Klusener, no run
38.2 Azhar Mahmood to Klusener, no run, poked into the covers
38.3 Azhar Mahmood to Klusener, no run
38.4 Azhar Mahmood to Klusener, no run, cut shot, bottom edge outside
the off stump, straight into the pitch
38.5 Azhar Mahmood to Klusener, one run, and so after all that
fanarkling around for 4 balls, he just settles for a single into
the covers
38.6 Azhar Mahmood to Kallis, no run, pushed to the point fielder, a
mere 1 off the over, and a mere 24 off the 10, Azhar rises
magnificently in his struggle for credibility
End of over 39 (1 run) South Africa 152/6 (RR: 3.90 RRR: 69/11 = 6.27)
Azhar Mahmood 10-1-24-3 (3w) - Radcliffe Road End
L Klusener 2* (8b) JH Kallis 48* (85b 3x4)
39.1 Saqlain Mushtaq to Klusener, no run, "Saqqy", as Moin calls him, is
back now, and coincidentally enough he has bowled pretty Sucky all
day
39.2 Saqlain Mushtaq to Klusener, one run, pushed into the covers
39.3 Saqlain Mushtaq to Kallis, one run, flicked behind the square leg
39.4 Saqlain Mushtaq to Klusener, one run
39.5 Saqlain Mushtaq to Kallis, no run, tapped to the point fielder,
Lance refuses the run
39.6 Saqlain Mushtaq to Kallis, no run, played toi the short fine leg,
direct to Ijaz at short fine leg, almost another fielding mixup,
dare I say the South Africans are choking again
End of over 40 (3 runs) South Africa 155/6 (RR: 3.88 RRR: 66/10 = 6.60)
Saqlain Mushtaq 6-0-26-0 (3w) - Hound Road End
L Klusener 4* (11b) JH Kallis 49* (88b 3x4)
40.1 Wasim Akram to Klusener, no run, big swing and missed cut shot
outside the off stump
40.2 Wasim Akram to Klusener, FOUR, hoiked all the way over the mid
wicket, big shot perhaps a little too high, eventually bounces
over the rope
40.3 Wasim Akram to Klusener, no run, defensive drive on the off side
40.4 Wasim Akram to Klusener, one run, digs the yorker out for a single
to mid off
40.5 Wasim Akram to Kallis, one run, and there comes the eventual 50,
stuck on 49 for a couple of overs
40.6 Wasim Akram to Klusener, one run
End of over 41 (7 runs) South Africa 162/6 (RR: 3.95 RRR: 59/9 = 6.56)
Wasim Akram 8-0-31-1 (2w 5nb) - Radcliffe Road End
L Klusener 10* (16b 1x4) JH Kallis 50* (89b 3x4)
41.1 Saqlain Mushtaq to Klusener, no run, chopped down the wicket and
back to the bowler
41.2 Saqlain Mushtaq to Klusener, no run
41.3 Saqlain Mushtaq to Klusener, SIX, rotten ball, pulled way over the
forward square leg, the Klusener 6 making one of its regular
appearances at this world cup
too short from Saqlain
41.4 Saqlain Mushtaq to Klusener, no run, poked on the on side
41.5 Saqlain Mushtaq to Klusener, no run
41.6 Saqlain Mushtaq to Klusener, no run, great ball, Klusener cramped
in his defence, seemed to be a quicker ball from Saqlain
End of over 42 (6 runs) South Africa 168/6 (RR: 4.00 RRR: 53/8 = 6.62)
Saqlain Mushtaq 7-0-32-0 (3w) - Hound Road End
JH Kallis 50* (89b 3x4) L Klusener 16* (22b 1x4 1x6)
and so only the boundary from the over
42.1 Wasim Akram to Kallis, one run, pushed into the off side, gathered
by the covers
42.2 Wasim Akram to Klusener, no run, cutting and missing, wide of the
off stump
42.3 Wasim Akram to Klusener, one run, pushing down to the mid on for
the single
42.4 Wasim Akram to Kallis, one run, another easy single, into the
covers
42.5 Wasim Akram to Klusener, no run, playing late, but direct to Ijaz
at backward point
42.6 Wasim Akram to Klusener, two runs, pulled, and over the mid wicket,
fielded in the deep
End of over 43 (5 runs) South Africa 173/6 (RR: 4.02 RRR: 48/7 = 6.86)
Wasim Akram 9-0-36-1 (2w 5nb) - Radcliffe Road End
JH Kallis 52* (91b 3x4) L Klusener 19* (26b 1x4 1x6)
43.1 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, two runs, leaning on the back foot, slaps
a drive thru the covers and into the deep
43.2 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, no run
43.3 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, no run, and now the umpires consult over
the light? no, perhaps it's for a ball change, the South Africans
apeing the Australian tactics from the Pak-Aus game
43.4 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, no run, slowish ball by Shoaib's
standards, tapped to the backward point
43.5 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, no run, outside the off stump, plenty of
bounce, Kallis plays at it awkwardly, but misses the outside edge
43.6 Shoaib Akhtar to Kallis, no run, into the pads, bowler fields, only
2 off the over, South Africa just starting to trip and stumble in
the chase
End of over 44 (2 runs) South Africa 175/6 (RR: 3.98 RRR: 46/6 = 7.67)
Shoaib Akhtar 8-1-38-2 (1w 2nb) - Hound Road End
L Klusener 19* (26b 1x4 1x6) JH Kallis 54* (97b 3x4)
44.1 Saqlain Mushtaq to Klusener, one run, juicy long hop, but only cut
direct to the deep point
44.2 Saqlain Mushtaq to Kallis, OUT: attempted sweep, that looked to be
his straight one, onto the top edge, Moin takes a running catch in
the gully area
South Africa 176/7, Partnership of 41
JH Kallis c Moin Khan b Saqlain Mushtaq 54 (98b 3x4 0x6)
Saqlain Mushtaq 7.2-0-33-1 (3w) - Radcliffe Road End
batsman had crossed, but Wasim still wants to confirm the fact with
the umpire
44.3 Saqlain Mushtaq to Klusener, no run, popped away on the on side,
falling short of both the keeper and bowler
44.4 Saqlain Mushtaq to Klusener, no run, poor pull shot, direct along
the ground to the short fine leg
44.5 Saqlain Mushtaq to Klusener, one run, poked thru the wide mid off
for a single
Boucher demoted to # 9 after being the over-hyped "he can hit a
century, he can" number 3 for the 1st round
44.6 Saqlain Mushtaq to Boucher, no run, into the pads, another appeal,
another not out
End of over 45 (2 runs) South Africa 177/7 (RR: 3.93 RRR: 44/5 = 8.80)
Saqlain Mushtaq 8-0-34-1 (3w) - Radcliffe Road End
L Klusener 21* (30b 1x4 1x6) MV Boucher 0* (1b)
45.1 Shoaib Akhtar to Klusener, no run, awful uncoordinated cut and miss
high outside the off stump
45.2 Shoaib Akhtar to Klusener, one run, leaning back and whacked to the
mid off, little timing there
45.3 Shoaib Akhtar to Boucher, one run, arching the back and heaving it
down to the wide 3rd man
45.4 Shoaib Akhtar to Klusener, (noball) no run, leg cutter, beats
Boucher with the change in pace, over the stumps
45.4 Shoaib Akhtar to Klusener, FOUR, top edge falls just short of a
catch to the fine leg, boundary given away by going for the near
impossible catch
45.5 Shoaib Akhtar to Klusener, SIX, stands his ground, and just hammers
it over the mid wicket and into the crowd, what a powerful shot
45.6 Shoaib Akhtar to Klusener, legbye: FOUR, goes inside the batsman
but missing the leg stump to the fine leg boundary, brilliant over
for South Africa
End of over 46 (17 runs) South Africa 194/7 (RR: 4.22 RRR: 27/4 = 6.75)
Shoaib Akhtar 9-1-51-2 (1w 3nb) - Hound Road End
MV Boucher 1* (2b) L Klusener 32* (36b 2x4 2x6)
46.1 Saqlain Mushtaq to Boucher, no run
46.2 Saqlain Mushtaq to Boucher, no run
46.3 Saqlain Mushtaq to Boucher, one run
46.4 Saqlain Mushtaq to Klusener, FOUR, more tremendous hitting from
Lance, the on drive
46.5 Saqlain Mushtaq to Klusener, one run, poor long hop, but only
pulled to the square leg
46.6 Saqlain Mushtaq to Boucher, three runs, over the covers
End of over 47 (9 runs) South Africa 203/7 (RR: 4.32 RRR: 18/3 = 6.00)
Saqlain Mushtaq 9-0-43-1 (3w) - Radcliffe Road End
MV Boucher 5* (6b) L Klusener 37* (38b 3x4 2x6)
Wasim making a desperate last minute change, yanking Shoaib off
47.1 Wasim Akram to Boucher, no run, into the pads of the right hander,
an appeal, but must have been pitching outside the leg stump
47.2 Wasim Akram to Boucher, one run
47.3 Wasim Akram to Klusener, one run, cutting behind the point fielder
for just the 1
47.4 Wasim Akram to Boucher, no run, leaning back, but trying to play
the cut way too close to his body, ball travels over the off stump
47.5 Wasim Akram to Boucher, legbye: one run, tucking it off the hip,
not very well played
47.6 Wasim Akram to Klusener, SIX, launched low and direct over the mid
wicket, another fantastic shot from Klusener, TV needed to confirm
the 6
End of over 48 (9 runs) South Africa 212/7 (RR: 4.42 RRR: 9/2 = 4.50)
Wasim Akram 10-0-44-1 (2w 5nb) - Hound Road End
MV Boucher 6* (10b) L Klusener 44* (40b 3x4 3x6)
48.1 Saqlain Mushtaq to Boucher, SIX, awful looking shot, but oh so
effective, sweeping with the legs spread apart, manages to get it
over the mid wicket and over the rope
48.2 Saqlain Mushtaq to Boucher, no run
48.3 Saqlain Mushtaq to Boucher, no run, back to the bowler, Boucher a
little to keen to hit the winning runs
48.4 Saqlain Mushtaq to Boucher, no run, into the pads, Lance sends him
back
48.5 Saqlain Mushtaq to Boucher, legbye: one run, swinging on the on
side, missing, leg bye into the covers
48.6 Saqlain Mushtaq to Klusener, two runs, swinging down the wicket,
top edge, Saeed is under it at mid off, what an important catch
this will be, could Pakistan get back into it? DROPPED!
End of over 49 (9 runs) South Africa 221/7 (RR: 4.51 RRR: 0/1 = 0.00)
Saqlain Mushtaq 10-0-51-1 (3w) - Radcliffe Road End
MV Boucher 12* (15b 1x6) L Klusener 46* (41b 3x4 3x6)
what a win for South Africa, they did lie full low, graved in the
hollow ground, but came back magnificently
the partnership of Kallis and Pollock was the match-saver, whilst
the ever-dependable big hitting of Lance Klusener was the match
winner
and so by beating Pakistan, South Africa prove themselves the equal
of Bangladesh
presentations: Wasim... "I think Shoaib bowled a bit short in the
ends... Moin deserves all the credit [for the target]"
Cronje looks a bit too miserable for a winning captain...
"obviously with Lance at the crease we fancied our chances... the
ways the guys crawled out of that showed tremendous
character....."
Klusener is the Man of the Match: says his bat is a brand new one
and that was a nice start for it
that's all for today from CI. Tomorrow's game is NZ v ZIM, only 7
months ago they had to face the ignominy of playing off against
each other in the Wills International Cup for the right to be in
the final 8, tomorrow it's a Super 6 match.
Commentary by travis@cricinfo.com
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Date-stamped : 05 Jun1999 - 22:44