Pollock stars as SA clinch series

One-day international, Johannesburg
South Africa 156-1 bt Pakistan 153 by nine wickets

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Pollock belied his advancing years to set up a comfortable victory

Shaun Pollock's five-wicket haul set South Africa on their way to a nine- wicket victory in the fifth and final one-day international against Pakistan.

Pollock took 5-23 as Pakistan were bowled out for 153 with only Shoaib Malik (43no) making any impression.

South Africa lost captain Graeme Smith to his first ball but Jacques Kallis (71no) and AB de Villiers (71no) guided them home with over 21 overs to spare.

The win ensured they took the series 3-1, with one match rained off.

Pollock, 33, conceded just 23 runs from his 10 overs and his initial burst saw Pakistan struggling at 83-6.

Shoaib Malik organised some late resistance to help the tourists set some sort of total.

Pollock started his fine spell with a wicket maiden, having Mohammad Asif caught behind, and then removed key men Imran Nazir, Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf.

The veteran seamer's haul was completed when captain Inzamam-ul-Haq fended a short ball to second slip.

Pakistan's total never looked like being adequate and they were duly put to the sword by Kallis and De Villiers.

They came together at 1-1 and put on a new South African second-wicket record stand against Pakistan of 155.

Pollock puts Pakistan in trouble

One-day international, Johannesburg
South Africa v Pakistan 153

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Pollock gets a hug for his lion-hearted display on Wednesday

South African seamer Shaun Pollock took the first five wickets as Pakistan were dismissed for 153 in the fifth one-day international in Johannesburg.

Pollock conceded just 23 runs from his 10 overs and his initial burst saw Pakistan struggling at 83-6.

However, Shoaib Malik organised some late resistance to enable Pakistan to set some sort of target.

He top scored for the tourists, who won the toss and elected to bat, with an unbeaten 43.

Pollock started his fine spell with a wicket maiden and then removed key men Imran Nazir, Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf.

The veteran seamer's haul was completed when captain Inzamam-ul-Haq fended a short ball to second slip.

Live Scores-5th ODI Pakistan Vs SouthAfrica

14-02-2007 at Johannesburg

South Africa beat Pakistan by 9 wickets

Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat

Pakistan Innings 153 all out (40.5 overs)

South Africa Innings 156 for 1 (28.2 overs)

Pakistan Innings

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Mohammad Hafeez	c M V Boucher	b S M Pollock	0	6	0	0
Imran Nazir	c and b	S M Pollock	22	22	2	1
Younis Khan		b S M Pollock	19	29	3	0
Kamran Akmal	c A G Prince	b C K Langeveldt	22	35	3	0
Mohammad Yousuf	lbw	b S M Pollock	5	10	1	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq	c J H Kallis	b S M Pollock	0	6	0	0
Shoaib Malik	not out		43	70	5	0
Abdul Razzaq	c M V Boucher	b A J Hall	12	24	1	0
Naved-ul-Hasan	c M V Boucher	b J H Kallis	8	18	1	0
Iftikhar Anjum	c M V Boucher	b J H Kallis	4	13	0	0
Mohammad Asif	c M V Boucher	b M Ntini	5	14	0	0
Extras		2nb 7w 4lb	13
Total		all out	153	(40.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W S M Pollock 10.0 3 23 5 M Ntini 7.5 0 31 1 A J Hall 6.0 1 25 1 C K Langeveldt 7.0 0 33 1 J H Kallis 6.0 1 19 2 J M Kemp 4.0 0 18 0

Fall of wicket 0 Mohammad Hafeez 30 Imran Nazir 53 Younis Khan 67 Mohammad Yousuf 71 Inzamam-ul-Haq 83 Kamran Akmal 114 Abdul Razzaq 129 Naved-ul-Hasan 135 Iftikhar Anjum 153 Mohammad Asif

South Africa Innings

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
G C Smith	c Kamran Akmal	b Mohammad Asif	0	1	0	0
A B de Villiers	not out		71	86	7	2
J H Kallis	not out		71	89	8	1
Extras		6nb 5w 3lb	14
Total		for 1	156	(28.2 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Mohammad Asif 5.0 0 24 1 Iftikhar Anjum 7.0 2 26 0 Naved-ul-Hasan 5.0 0 40 0 Abdul Razzaq 5.0 0 25 0 Shoaib Malik 4.2 0 29 0 Mohammad Hafeez 2.0 0 9 0

Fall of wicket 1 G C Smith

Umpires: R E Koertzen, R B Tiffin
South Africa: G C Smith, A B de Villiers, J H Kallis, H H Gibbs, A G Prince, J M Kemp, S M Pollock, M V Boucher, A J Hall, M Ntini, C K Langeveldt
Pakistan: Imran Nazir, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Abdul Razzaq, Naved-ul-Hasan, Mohammad Asif, Iftikhar Anjum

Live Scores-5th ODI Pakistan Vs SouthAfrica

The Last and the deciding ODI between SouthAfrica and Pakistan has just started.Inzamam-ul-Haq just won the toss and Pakistan have decided to bat first.
Pakistan made two change in the Team.Muhammad Hafeez came in for and Rao Iftikhar replaced the aging All rounder Azhar Mehmood.SouthAfrica made no change and they are still with the side that lead them to a 10 wicket victory in the fourth ODI.
Unfortunately,the Hafeez return was not fruitful.He just snicked it to the hungry hands of Mark Boucher while chasing a beauty from Shaun Pollock.And Younis Khan once again had to come in with just one over passed.
Well,we just hope that Pakistan will do some miracle to Level the MTN ODI series 2-2.

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