Full Scorecard From St George's - Pakistan Scored a Massive 262 all out

Pakistan managed to post an above-average score batting first at St George's Park during the rain-reduced second ODI in Port Elizabeth. The average score for teams batting first at this venue is around 233 only, and that is for a full 50 over ODI. Today's game has been reduced to 45 overs and the Proteas have to bat much better than they did over the past weekend to pull the ODI series back to 1-1.

The Proteas' bowlers, apart from Dale Steyn (he took 6 wickets!) and Imran Tahir, did not bowl the right lengths at times, but can the batsmen deliver a perfect batting display? Somebody like Smith, Amla, Kallis, De Kock, or De Villiers has to score a big fifty or even a century to ensure victory for South Africa. David Miller and Duminy are under pressure to deliver with the bat as well ... We may have a great game to look forward to ...!

Pakistan Score Card

Pakistan innings262/10(45.0)

R/R: 5.82

Batsman	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Nasir Jamshed	b Dale Steyn	2	5	0	0	40.00
Ahmed Shehzad	run out (Imran Tahir)	102	112	8	2	91.07
Mohammad Hafeez	c Quinton de Kock b Dale Steyn	8	16	0	0	50.00
Sohaib Maqsood	c Hashim Amla b Ryan McLaren	42	59	3	0	71.19
Misbah-ul-Haq (C)	c Quinton de Kock b Imran Tahir	12	15	1	0	80.00
Umar Akmal (W)	c Quinton de Kock b Dale Steyn	42	30	4	2	140.00
Shahid Afridi	c AB de Villiers b Dale Steyn	11	13	1	0	84.62
Bilawal Bhatti	c Quinton de Kock b Dale Steyn	21	14	4	0	150.00
Anwar Ali	obstructing the field	7	4	1	0	175.00
Saeed Ajmal	c Jacques Kallis b Dale Steyn	0	1	0	0	0.00
Junaid Khan	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00

Extras: 14 (b - 0, w - 13, no - 1, lb - 0, penalty - 0)
Fall of Wickets	1/2 (Nasir Jamshed 0.5ov.) 2/22 (Mohammad Hafeez 6.5ov.) 3/146 (Sohaib Maqsood 28.1ov.) 4/176 (Misbah-ul-Haq 33.5ov.) 5/180 (Ahmed Shehzad 35ov.) 6/214 (Shahid Afridi 39.5ov.) 7/241 (Bilawal Bhatti 43ov.) 8/261 (Anwar Ali 44.3ov.) 9/261 (Umar Akmal 44.4ov.) 10/262 (Saeed Ajmal 45ov.)

Bowlers	O	M	R	WKT	NO	WD	ECON
Dale Steyn	9	0	39	6	0	0	4.33
Lonwabo Tsotsobe	9	0	47	0	0	4	5.22
Ryan McLaren	9	0	71	1	0	5	7.89
Jacques Kallis	8	0	49	0	0	0	6.13
Imran Tahir	8	0	33	1	0	0	4.13
JP Duminy	2	0	22	0	0	0	11

Proteas vs Pakistan - First T20 at Wanderers - Rain Has Final Say

We will never know who would have won this first T20 at the Wanderers, as rain stopped play with Pakistan at 60 for 2 after only 9.2 overs. The South African cricket team did manage a win through the Duckworth/Lewis system, but Pakistan was placed well at the time the rain spoiled everything. Pakistan was truly unlucky in the end. They were chasing a score of only 154 to win, after the Proteas managed a final total of 153 for 6 in their allotted 20 overs. 

Openers Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock started like a house on fire after Pakistan won the toss and sent the South Africans in to bat on a predictably quick Wanderers pitch and outfield especially. The two openers were cruising at around 12 - 13 runs per over at the end of the 6th over, which was also the end of the fielding restrictions. The pair combined perfectly for an opening stand of 72 runs, scoring at more than 9 per over. 

From this position, it seemed as if the Proteas were going to effortlessly get to around 170 to 190, but they rather lost their way. Wickets kept on falling - something we see often in cricket games - and they had to settle for a somewhat mediocre final score. 

The second T20 will take place at Newlands this coming Friday and the weather predictions look fine, so we should see a full game of T20 cricket. Can Pakistan square the mini-series in South Africa - what do you think?   

FINAL SCORE CARD & PICTURES: SA vs India - WC Cricket...!

	India 296 All out (48.4 Overs)	vs	South Africa 300/7 (49.4 Overs)
South Africa won by 3 wickets.
ICC World Cup | Grp B | 12th Mar 2011 | Ground: Nagpur

Innings: South Africa 1st   India 1st  

India won the toss and decided to bat

UMPIRES: I J Gould and S J A Taufel

South Africa - 1st Innings

Batsman		Runs	Mins	6s	4s	Balls	SR
H M Amla	c Dhoni b Singh	61	114	0	5	72	84.72
G C Smith	c Tendulkar b Khan	16	39	0	2	29	55.17
J H Kallis	run out	69	112	0	4	88	78.41
A B de Villiers	c Kohli b Singh	52	66	1	6	39	133.33
J P Duminy	s b Singh	23	39	1	2	20	115.00
F du Plessis	not out	25	52	1	0	23	108.70
M N van Wyk	lbw b Patel	5	7	0	1	5	100.00
J Botha	c Sub b Patel	23	15	1	2	15	153.33
R J Peterson	not out	18	15	1	2	7	257.14
Extras	(NB 0, W 1, B 0, LB 7 )	8
Total	Close, 7 wkts, 49.4 overs	300	(6.07 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Smith), 2-127 (Amla), 3-173 (Kallis), 4-223 (de Villiers), 5-238 (Duminy), 6-247 (van Wyk), 7-279 (Botha)

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	E	W
Z Khan	10.0	0	43	4.30	1
A. Nehra	8.4	0	65	7.74	0
M P Patel	10.0	0	65	6.50	2
Y.K. Pathan	4.0	0	20	5.00	0
Y Singh	8.0	0	47	5.88	0
H Singh	9.0	0	53	5.89	3

India - 1st Innings

Batsman		Runs	Mins	6s	4s	Balls	SR
V Sehwag	b du Plessis	73	88	0	12	66	110.61
S R Tendulkar	c Duminy b Morkel	111	185	3	8	101	109.90
G Gambhir	c Kallis b Steyn	69	98	0	7	75	92.00
Y.K. Pathan	c Smith b Steyn	0	2	0	0	2	0.00
Y Singh	c Botha b Kallis	12	16	1	0	9	133.33
M.S. Dhoni	not out	12	37	0	0	21	57.14
V. Kohli	c&b Peterson	1	1	0	0	3	33.33
H Singh	b Steyn	3	9	0	0	9	33.33
Z Khan	c Morkel b Peterson	0	2	0	0	3	0.00
A. Nehra	c Smith b Steyn	0	3	0	0	3	0.00
M P Patel	b Steyn	0	1	0	0	1	0.00
Extras	(NB 1, W 12, B 0, LB 2 )	15
Total	All out, 10 wkts, 48.4 overs	296	(6.12 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-142 (Sehwag), 2-267 (Tendulkar), 3-268 (Gambhir), 4-268 (Pathan), 5-283 (Singh), 6-286 (Kohli), 7-293 (Singh), 8-294 (Khan), 9-296 (Nehra), 10-296 (Patel)