South Africa A v Pakistan - 50 over List A match 1991/2 - Match Report

South Africa A v Pakistan - 50 over List A match 1991/2 - Cape Town

Pitch: 5 - Normal

Weather: 2 - Hot and Sunny

Toss: Pakistan

Pakistan won the toss, and with pitch conditions Normal, elected to bat.
They lost their openers cheaply in a tight start from the home side's seamers, but a 157 run partnership for the 3rd wicket between Shoaib Mohammad and Saleem Malik set up a strong total.
Shoaib made 71, while Saleem was more aggressive in making 85.
Wasim Akram chipped in with a hard hitting 26* off 17 balls at the end to lift the total to 236/8 off 50 overs.
Clive Eksteen took 3-34 in a steady spell of left arm spin, but the attack was generally disappointing on a pitch which allowed them some assistance.
Pakistan would have been well pleased with their eventual total given their poor start, but it left the door open for South Africa A to achieve some revenge for defeat in the 3 day match.
A superb spell from Wasim Akram allowed the home team no chance, the left arm paceman claiming 4-19 from 10 tight overs of excellent swing bowling.
Though Rushmere made 47, and a few others made starts, the South Africa A batsmen all struggled to score at the required rate against an accurate and varied attack.
A late crash of wickets left Pakistan convincing winners by 97 runs, a match set up by the batsman, but finished off by the speed and swing of Wasim and the other bowlers.
Man of the Match was Wasim Akram, his late hitting ensuring a good total, and his bowling ensuring there would be only one result.

Pakistan won by 97 runs

Man of the Match: Wasim Akram

Pakistan 1st Innings 236/8 Closed (Overs 50)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
Saeed Anwar		b BN Schultz	2	31	19	0	0
Rameez Raja	c PL Symcox	b T Bosch	4	25	14	0	0
Shoaib Mohammad	c BM McMillan	b C Eksteen	71	142	98	8	0
Saleem Malik	c BN Schultz	b T Bosch	85	130	103	9	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq		b WJ Cronje	16	15	10	4	0
Imran Khan*	c DJ Richardson	b BM McMillan	13	36	21	2	0
Moin Khan+	c BM McMillan	b C Eksteen	15	19	15	0	0
Wasim Akram	not out		26	22	17	4	1
Abdul Qadir		c&b C Eksteen	0	7	3	0	0
Waqar Younus	not out		0	7	4	0	0
Aaqib Javed	dnb
extras		(b0 lb0 w2 nb2)	4
TOTAL		8 wickets for	236

FOW
1-6(Rameez Raja) 2-8(Saeed Anwar) 3-165(Saleem Malik) 4-173(Shoaib Mohammad)
5-185(Inzamam-ul-Haq) 6-210(Moin Khan) 7-214(Imran Khan) 8-228(Abdul Qadir)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
T Bosch	10	1	58	2
BN Schultz	10	1	41	1
BM McMillan	9	1	35	1
WJ Cronje	7	0	38	1
C Eksteen	10	1	34	3
PL Symcox	4	0	30	0

South Africa A 1st Innings 139/10 All Out (Overs 46.3)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
MW Rushmere	c Moin Khan	b Wasim Akram	47	120	78	4	1
AC Hudson	lbw	b Wasim Akram	24	65	39	4	0
WJ Cronje*	c Moin Khan	b Abdul Qadir	16	49	34	2	1
DJ Cullinan	c Inzamam-ul-Haq	b Waqar Younus	26	73	56	4	0
JN Rhodes	lbw	b Imran Khan	12	23	14	0	0
BM McMillan		b Wasim Akram	2	30	21	0	0
DJ Richardson+	lbw	b Waqar Younus	2	22	7	0	0
PL Symcox	c Inzamam-ul-Haq	b Wasim Akram	3	19	12	0	0
C Eksteen	not out		5	23	17	0	0
BN Schultz	c Saleem Malik	b Aaqib Javed	0	8	2	0	0
T Bosch	c Moin Khan	b Aaqib Javed	0	2	1	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w1 nb1)	2
TOTAL		10 wickets for	139

FOW
1-42(AC Hudson) 2-88(WJ Cronje) 3-88(MW Rushmere) 4-104(JN Rhodes)
5-122(BM McMillan) 6-131(DJ Cullinan) 7-133(DJ Richardson) 8-138(PL Symcox)
9-139(BN Schultz) 10-139(T Bosch)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
Wasim Akram	10	4	19	4
Aaqib Javed	8.3	0	32	2
Waqar Younus	9	0	31	2
Imran Khan	9	3	25	1
Abdul Qadir	9	2	22	1
Saleem Malik	1	0	10	0