South Africa and Pakistan did battle in the 3rd ODI at Wanderers, Johannesburg at 10:00 SA Time on Sunday 17 March 2013.
This was the Live Game Article for the match.
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl.
Sputh Africa amassed 343 / 5 in their allotted 50 overs, with both Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers getting their tons.
Pakistan had spells of brilliance, starting very well until a few wickets fell and then again when Shahid Afridi scored 88 off just 48 balls before falling. At the end the South African bowlers wrapped up all the Pakistani wickets for 309 runs, after 48.1 overs, just 34 runs short of the South African total.
South Africa now leads 2 – 1 in the series of 5 ODI’s, with 2 games still on the cards.
South Africa: 343 / 5 (50 overs)
Pakistan: 309 All Out (48.1 overs)
South Africa won by 34 runs
- Pakistan in South Africa ODI Series – 3rd ODI
- ODI no. 3347 | 2012/13 season
- Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
- 17 March 2013 (50-over match)
South Africa innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
GC Smith | b Mohammad Irfan | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27.27 | |
HM Amla | c Misbah-ul-Haq b Wahab Riaz | 122 | 201 | 113 | 9 | 1 | 107.96 | |
CA Ingram | c †Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Irfan | 17 | 50 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 39.53 | |
AB de Villiers*† | c Shoaib Malik b Saeed Ajmal | 128 | 148 | 108 | 12 | 3 | 118.51 | |
F du Plessis | c Younis Khan b Wahab Riaz | 45 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 236.84 | |
F Behardien | not out | 6 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
R McLaren | not out | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Extras | (lb 8, w 13, nb 1) | 22 | ||||||
Total | (5 wickets; 50 overs; 230 mins) | 343 | (6.86 runs per over) |
Did not bat RJ Peterson, RK Kleinveldt, DW Steyn, LL Tsotsobe |
Fall of wickets 1-4 (Smith, 2.6 ov), 2-42 (Ingram, 13.5 ov), 3-280 (Amla, 44.1 ov), 4-301 (de Villiers, 46.3 ov), 5-342 (du Plessis, 49.5 ov) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
Mohammad Irfan | 7 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 4.85 | (1w) | ||
Junaid Khan | 10 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 4.20 | (1nb) | ||
Wahab Riaz | 10 | 0 | 93 | 2 | 9.30 | (7w) | ||
Shahid Afridi | 7 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 7.85 | |||
Mohammad Hafeez | 6 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 8.16 | (2w) | ||
Saeed Ajmal | 10 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 6.20 | (2w) |
Pakistan innings (target: 344 runs from 50 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
Nasir Jamshed | c Amla b Tsotsobe | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 71.42 | ||
Mohammad Hafeez | c Steyn b Peterson | 57 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 116.32 | ||
Kamran Akmal† | c †de Villiers b McLaren | 30 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 71.42 | ||
Younis Khan | b Peterson | 19 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 95.00 | ||
Misbah-ul-Haq* | c †de Villiers b McLaren | 28 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 112.00 | ||
Shoaib Malik | c Kleinveldt b Tsotsobe | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | ||
Shahid Afridi | c McLaren b Tsotsobe | 88 | 48 | 5 | 7 | 183.33 | ||
Wahab Riaz | b Kleinveldt | 45 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 86.53 | ||
Saeed Ajmal | c Kleinveldt b McLaren | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 53.33 | ||
Junaid Khan | c & b Steyn | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | ||
Mohammad Irfan | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Extras | (lb 3, w 7, nb 1) | 11 | ||||||
Total | (10 wickets; 48.1 overs) | 309 | (6.41 runs per over) |
Fall of wickets 1-15 (Nasir Jamshed, 3.6 ov), 2-97 (Kamran Akmal, 16.4 ov), 3-111 (Mohammad Hafeez, 19.4 ov), 4-123 (Younis Khan, 21.1 ov), 5-132 (Shoaib Malik, 24.3 ov), 6-203 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 32.3 ov), 7-244 (Shahid Afridi, 35.3 ov), 8-282 (Saeed Ajmal, 43.1 ov), 9-304 (Junaid Khan, 46.5 ov), 10-309 (Wahab Riaz, 48.1 ov) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
DW Steyn | 10 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 4.80 | |||
LL Tsotsobe | 10 | 0 | 74 | 3 | 7.40 | |||
RK Kleinveldt | 9.1 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 8.40 | (4w) | ||
RJ Peterson | 10 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 5.10 | |||
R McLaren | 9 | 0 | 56 | 3 | 6.22 | (1nb, 3w) |
Match details |
Toss Pakistan, who chose to field |
Player of the match tba |
Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and S George TV umpire HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) Match referee AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe) Reserve umpire AT Holdstock |
Match notes |
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The Pink Blomme amassed 343 runs for 5 wickets in their 50 overs.
Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers both got their tons… in a record 3rd wicket partnership in world ODI cricket.
Well done chaps… now we must bowl well, looks like the pitch is a belter!
Think the SA sports teams are all overdoing this pink thing now…
What’ll happen when we start supporting drives for Testicular Cancer… will EVERYBODY wear BLUE for Blouballas?
Freegin hell, Pakistan is moering the Pink Blomme all over the place…
Pakistan 82 / 1 after 15 overs, already batting at about 5.4 per over.
14 runs from the 16th over…
Pakistan batting at a rate of 6 an over…
Phweeew!
Blomme need a couple of wickets!
Wicket!
McLaren strikes!
Pakistan 97 / 2 after 16.4 overs
Wickets now falling nicely…
Pakistan 132 / 5 after 24.3 overs
Pakistan 227 / 7 after 34.4 overs
No, it was a No-ball… eish
Afridi bliksemming SA stukkend…
Pakistan 268 / 7 after 40 overs… they need 76 off 60 balls to win
43.1
McLaren to Saeed Ajmal, OUT
Saeed Ajmal c Kleinveldt b McLaren 8 (15b 0x4 0x6) SR: 53.33
SA win… in pink!
Pakistan all out for 309 after 48.1 overs
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