vs South Africa - 3rd ODI
The Teams
1) S.Butt
3) Y.Khan
4) M.Yousuf
5) I.Ul-haq
6) M.Ul-haq
7) K.Akmal
8) A.Razzaq
9) I.Anjum
10) M.Asif
11) D.Kaneria
Asif replaces Akhtar.
1) G.Smith
2) H.Gibbs
3) J.Kallis
4) J.Rudolph
5) J.Duminy
6) AB.de Villiers
7) A.Puttick
8) S.Pollock
9) P.Joubert
10) M.de Stadler
11) A.Nel
The Result
Pakistan 367/4
Misbah 139*
Afridi 87*
Nel 1-102
South Africa 368/8
Duminy 92*
Gibbs 89
Anjum 4-63
Kaneria 1-65
South Africa win by 2 wickets
MotM: Misbah
Interruptions: None
Reaction
By the power of Grayskull! How the hell did they chase that?!
We were awesome first up with the bat, batting first for one of the first times on the tour. We hammered it all over the place, the only thing stopping us from 400 was our running between the wickets. 3 of our 4 wickets were run outs, and all to the top 3, surprisingly not Inzi. Misbah was amazing, smashing 139* from 119 balls. Afridi played well also, alongside Butt (49), Khan (31) and Inzi (40). I thought they would not get close to such a big total, how I was wrong.
They batted like us, only better. They smashed it around, but because of regular wickets I felt we had it in the bag. JP Duminy was the changing factor. He smashed an unbeaten 92 from 78 balls to guide them to victory off the last ball. Gibbs also played a big part hitting 89. Everyone chipped in for them at over a run a ball. Asif was awful, taking 0-97 from his 10 overs, one of the worst bowling figures in history.
This game is probably the 2nd greatest in ODI history, just behind the amazing Australia-South Africa match, where South Africa chased an even bigger target.
On a side note, the amount of run outs in this game was ridiculous. 3 of 4 wickets in our innings, 2 of 8 on theirs!