Ntini bowls South Africa into semi-finals
CRICKET:- Makhaya Ntini grabbed 5-21 as South Africa conjured a great
escape to advance into the Champions Trophy semi-finals with a dramatic
124-run win over Pakistan here on Friday.
The Proteas recovered from a disastrous 42-5 within the first hour to
post 213-8 before Pakistan were themselves reduced to 27-6 and bowled
out for 89 in the eventful day-night international.
South Africa joined New Zealand in the semi-finals from group B with
two wins each, topping the group on the basis of a superior run-rate.
MOHALI, India friday AFP
SOUTH AFRICA
G. Smith lbw b Gul 0
B. Dippenaar c Akmal b Iftikhar 13
H. Gibbs c Malik b Gul 0
J. Kallis c Akmal b Iftikhar 17
A.B. de Villiers c Akmal b Arafat 10
M. Boucher c Hafeez b Razzaq 69
J. Kemp c Malik b Gul 64
S. Pollock c Iftikhar b Hafeez 2
A. Nel not out 12
M. Ntini not out 0
Extras: (lb15, w11) 26
TOTAL (for eight wickets in 50 overs) 213
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-0 (Smith), 2-1 (Smith), 3-27 (Dippennar),
4-36 (Kallis), 5-42 (De Villiers), 6-173 (Boucher),
7-182 (Pollock), 8-199 (Kemp).
BOWLING: Gul 8-0-36-3 (w5), Iftikhar 10-4-26-2 (w1),
Arafat 5-0-33-1 (w1), Razzaq 10-0-33-1, Hafeez 8-1-23-1 (w2),
Afridi 6-0-26-0 (w1), Malik 3-0-21-0 (w1)
PAKISTAN:
Mohammad Hafeez c Smith b Ntini 1
Imran Farhat c Pollock b Ntini 4
Younis Khan c Langeveldt b Ntini 7
Mohammad Yousuf b Pollock 5
Shoaib Malik c Boucher b Ntini 0
Kamran Akmal lbw b Ntini 1
Abdul Razzaq b Langeveldt 5
Shahid Afridi lbw b Pollock 14
Yasir Arafat c Ntini b Langeveldt 27
Umar Gul c Boucher b Langeveldt 7
Rao Iftikhar not out 2
Extras: (lb5, nb2, w9) 16
TOTAL(all out in 25 overs) 89
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-5 (Hafeez), 2-10 (Farhat),
3-17 (Yousuf), 4-21 (Younis), 5-21 (Malik), 6-27 (Akmal),
7-42 (Afridi), 8-47 (Razzaq), 9-77 (Gul).
BOWLING: Pollock 7-0-20-2 (nb2), Ntini 6-2-21-5 (w1),
Nel 6-0-23-0 (w8), Langeveldt 6-2-20-3 |