Saturday, 23 March 2013

Farhat and Misbah

            Farhat had not played a 50-over match for his country since June last year, but his innings along with a superb 80 from Misbah took the tourists to the brink of overhauling South Africa's 236 for nine, with Shoaib Malik hitting the winning runs with eight balls to spare.De Villiers settled into his stride with two fours in one Junaid Khan over although the left-armer would gain a measure of revenge by bowling Graeme Smith, who had moved too far across his stumps, and then having Farhaan Behardien caught behind five balls later as South Africa slumped to 38 for four.Farhat gave a sharp caught-and-bowled chance to Dale Steyn, who could not hold on, although it did not look like it would be too costly when Kamran Akmal picked out Miller at point off Lonwabo Tsotsobe.Pakistan's victory ensures the series is all to play for heading into Sunday's decider in Benoni.The left-hander continued to be the more attacking of the pair but he missed one and was trapped lbw for 67 by Saeed Ajmal, who ended De Villiers' resistance on 75 when the 29-year-old was caught behind attempting to sweep the spinnerThat the Proteas managed to reach a competitive total will be a blessing for captain AB De Villiers, who decided to bat first, only to see Hashim Amla play a loose shot to Mohammad Irfan first up and edge behind

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