South African Board XI v Pakistan - 3 day First Class match 1991/2 - Match Summary

South African Board XI v Pakistan - 3 day First Class match 1991/2 - Port Elizabeth

Pitch: 85

Toss: South Africa A

Match Drawn

Man of the Match: Javed Miandad

Thunderstorms on Day 2 flooded the ground, wiping out over 5 hours play in all, ruining the match a contest.
Kirsten and Commins batted well for the home team, while Wasim and Waqar returned to form, finding swing in the Humid conditions.
Pakistan mostly wasted their chance at batting practice on the final day as only Javed, frustratingly out for 99, found form against a steady attack on an Uneven and turning pitch.
Strydom bowled Javed 1 short of a century to finish with 3-25 in a useful allround performance.
With little time left after Javed's declaration, the home team batted out time, losing Rudi Steyn cheaply for the 2nd time in the match to give Waqar a 5th wicket for the game.
Javed Miandad was Man of the Match, his batting in difficult conditions being on a different plane to the others.

South African Board XI 262/9 declared (100 overs)
(G.Kirsten 66, J.B.Commins 46, P.C.Strydom 21, D.J.Richardson 38, S.J.Elworthy 21*, S.D.Jack 22; Wasim Akram 2-50, Waqar Younus 4-65, Tauseef Ahmed 2-55)

Pakistan 228/9 declared (65.3 overs)
(Shoaib Mohammad 39, Inzamam-ul-Haq 32, Javed Miandad 99; S.J.Elworthy 2-56, C.R.Matthews 2-43, P.C.Strydom 3-25)

South African Board XI 46/1 (22 overs)
(G.Kirsten 26*)

Javed Miandad top scored for Pakistan with 99 as the drew with the South African Board XI