South Africa 250/9 (46/46 ov) Revised target D/L 268
India 234 (40.2/46 ov)
South Africa won by 33 runs (D/L method)
India won the toss and elected to field
South Africa
G Smith H Amla , MN van Wyk AB de Villiers†, JP Duminy, F du Plessis, J Botha, RJ Peterson, DW Steyn, M Morkel, LL Tsotsobe |
India team
PA Patel, RG Sharma, V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, SK Raina, YK Pathan, MS Dhoni*†, Harbhajan Singh, PP Chawla, MM Patel, Z Khan |
Match details |
Toss India, who chose to field |
Player of the match tba |
Umpires BG Jerling and SJA Taufel (Australia) TV umpire S George Match referee BC Broad (England) Reserve umpire JD Cloete |
IS IT RAINING THERE AT THE MOMENT?
26.5
Morkel to Khan, 1 no ball, Bouncer aimed at the head, he does not try to get out of the way. He instead tries to swat-pull it when it is almost onto him, without getting into position and it balloons up behind the keeper. Morne runs back and takes it. But wait – the replays show it is a no-ball from Morne. Zaheer survives.
End of over 34 (16 runs) India 197/8 (72 runs required from 12 overs, RR: 5.79, RRR: 6.00)
Current partnership 85 runs, 11.4 overs, RR: 7.28 (Khan 12, Pathan 65)
Pathan has gone mad he is hitting SA too pieces
34.5
Tsotsobe to Pathan, SIX, BRUTAL! Yusuf has 100. Off 68 balls. And he was defending several balls to begin with! Boy, what a whack this one was. Short ball from Lopsy, angling into the body. Yusuf times the pull so well, it seemed to be going up even when it crossed the boundary. It then landed a few miles back. What hitting!
Morne comes back on now. 50 off 68 required.
35.2
Morkel to Pathan, OUT
YK Pathan c du Plessis b Morkel 105 (70b 8×4 8×6) SR: 150.00
Take a bow Yusuf. For once, the end result of the series can be forgotten. Yusuf deserves a thunderous applause and he gets it.
35.2
Morkel to Pathan, OUT, and it’s over. Well. It was too good to last. Yusuf looks to rocket-launch it down the ground. And for once, he did not middle it. I think he got it low on the bat and scooped it straight up. Faf gets under the skier. Fittingly, Morne has got the wicket, which I think should clinch the game for SA
40.2
Tsotsobe to Khan, OUT
Z Khan c Morkel b Tsotsobe 24 (14m 58b 3×4 0x6) SR: 41.37
South Africa won by 33 runs (D/L method)
India’s batting line-up for the World Cup will look like this – Sehwag, Tendulkar, Gambhir, Kohli / Raina, Yuvraj, Dhoni and Yusuf. Bowling line-ups around the world will shudder when they look at that list. India need Dhoni and Yuvraj to find form, and the top three to find fitness though.
MOM Hassim Amla
Man of the series- Morne Morkell
Man of the series, jointly picked by Sid Monga from ESPNcricinfo, is Morne Morkel. “Thank you very much Pretoria,” he says.
Smith, in his last home series as South Africa ODI captain: “Terrific to sign out with the series. Wicket wasn’t easy – we thought 250-260 was a really good total. Yusuf started to middle a few and almost took it away, but we held on. We weren’t as aggressive as we wanted to be when Yusuf and Zaheer were going, but otherwise we were pretty good. We have a really good chance at the World Cup. India have handled themselves very well. The crowds have been special.”
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