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Hello, and welcome to Edgbaston, for South Africa against Pakistan in the | :00:23. | :00:30. | |
ICC Champions Trophy as the tournament's top-ranked sides takes | :00:31. | :00:34. | |
on the lowest. This is the second round of games in the group B and | :00:35. | :00:39. | |
while South Africa were beaten on Saturday, Pakistan are looking for a | :00:40. | :00:42. | |
much improved performance after being thrashed by their archrivals, | :00:43. | :00:47. | |
India, in their opening game. South Africa are second in the group B | :00:48. | :00:51. | |
table behind India on the run rate, South Africa are bottom with the | :00:52. | :00:59. | |
worst run rate in the group. Pakistan pace bowler Wahab Riaz | :01:00. | :01:02. | |
injured his ankle in the opening match against India, and has been | :01:03. | :01:06. | |
ruled out of the tournament since. Incomes Junaid Khan, the other | :01:07. | :01:11. | |
changes sees Ahmed Shehzad replaced by debutant is a man, who came into | :01:12. | :01:17. | |
heavy criticism after a woeful performance. More is expected of | :01:18. | :01:20. | |
them in this match. By contrast, South Africa and number one in the | :01:21. | :01:24. | |
world in the one-day game with world-class talent throughout their | :01:25. | :01:28. | |
11. No surprise that they are unchanged from the side that beat | :01:29. | :01:32. | |
Sri Lanka first time out. A win will see them guarantee a semifinal spot. | :01:33. | :01:37. | |
South Africa won the toss, and Captain AB de Villiers chose to bat | :01:38. | :01:41. | |
on the same pitch used in the two previous games at Edgbaston. The | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
weather may play a part in the trophy again with rain forecast in | :01:48. | :01:53. | |
the early evening. The wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock and former captain | :01:54. | :01:56. | |
Hashim Amla opened batting for South Africa. COMMENTATOR: Bathed in | :01:57. | :02:04. | |
sunshine, we start the game... Not the ideal start. | :02:05. | :02:12. | |
That is beautifully played! I wonder if it will make it way to the | :02:13. | :02:20. | |
boundary... A lot of brain, the outfield is pretty slow. Comfortably | :02:21. | :02:24. | |
back for a third. Quinton de Kock is away. He thrives on anything short | :02:25. | :02:29. | |
and wide. He wasn't that bad with his delivery, Mohammad Amir. | :02:30. | :02:46. | |
Opening the face, nudging it through off-side. Getting back for a second, | :02:47. | :02:54. | |
Quinton de Kock pushes by Thurber decides against it. | :02:55. | :02:58. | |
A big throw from the outfield. Long boundary, heading into the wind. | :02:59. | :03:06. | |
Could be an opportunity... If he hits, he is gone. Miss judged, | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
back by Quinton de Kock. Shoaib Malik that the order, Quinton de | :03:12. | :03:17. | |
Kock ended up giving up. Three stumps, add this to your poor | :03:18. | :03:21. | |
fielding package, got to hit here. Not far away, off balance, with more | :03:22. | :03:25. | |
time than he thought. He was wide. Got to hit the stumps. Clips nasty | :03:26. | :03:36. | |
for Hashim Amla. You mentioned the slowness of the outfield. Come to | :03:37. | :03:41. | |
for a second. Deciding against it, three runs from the over. Ten | :03:42. | :03:49. | |
without loss. LOUD APPEALS He stays, will they consider it? | :03:50. | :03:56. | |
On the angle, the left arm, the stuff that you've been talking about | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
nipping the ball back in, the lbws will be slightly hard. You are | :04:01. | :04:03. | |
right. Standing up a little bit, going down. But they are bowling | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
well here. Edged, wide of slip, that will be | :04:07. | :04:21. | |
the boundary. The first of the day for Quinton de Kock. Just searching, | :04:22. | :04:28. | |
just wanting to pounce on anything a fraction wide. He threw his hands at | :04:29. | :04:36. | |
it. No third slip. He goes for the change-up, a slow | :04:37. | :04:41. | |
delivery. Unfortunately it was way within length. Easily put away for | :04:42. | :04:52. | |
Quinton de Kock. Dragged in again. Six gone, 25 without loss. Their | :04:53. | :05:00. | |
raters, dragged down. Helped on his way, probably the worst delivery | :05:01. | :05:07. | |
that it has bowled, but nicely played. He gets into a beautiful | :05:08. | :05:16. | |
position. A prolific run scorer. -- probably the worst delivery Mohammad | :05:17. | :05:25. | |
Amir has bowled. Flicking it away, that takes some | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
stopping. Accelerating with such timing. Beautiful! He is looking | :05:30. | :05:40. | |
good. Once again, the last-minute fleck and he has got this great | :05:41. | :05:46. | |
ability to find the gap, and get it past the man at mid-wicket. It was | :05:47. | :05:50. | |
so well timed, it was always going to be a four. | :05:51. | :06:01. | |
Again, through the on-side, not far from the field. Might have been | :06:02. | :06:07. | |
worth a dive to cut it into one. Coming back for two. LOUD APPEALS | :06:08. | :06:17. | |
It is worth a shout, he has gone! The change has got the wicket. Look | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
at Pakistan, they know it is a big one. Clearly, he is a mood lifter. | :06:24. | :06:28. | |
They have got a big one. Hashim Amla walking back in front of the stumps. | :06:29. | :06:34. | |
An extra bit of pace, no spin on it. The ball came back ever so slightly | :06:35. | :06:39. | |
and hit it in front of the stumps. The umpire has no hesitation. | :06:40. | :06:48. | |
Stepping up nicely, but gone with 16. South Africa, one down for four. | :06:49. | :06:59. | |
Faf du Plessis, a good strike rate and a wealth of experience. 32 years | :07:00. | :07:16. | |
old. He is away! Nicely played, the timing is there as well. Could be a | :07:17. | :07:31. | |
powerful player, Quinton de Kock. A good effort at mid-off. He's got to | :07:32. | :07:37. | |
be in. You are not having a four. Should be able to stop the run, and | :07:38. | :07:42. | |
stop the rotation of strike. 54 South Africa. -- 50, four South | :07:43. | :07:51. | |
Africa. It is a shout! I wonder whether there is a review coming? | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
They will talk about it. Mohammad Hafeez is looking teen, what will he | :07:58. | :08:04. | |
do? Time is ticking, they are having a conversation... He is looking | :08:05. | :08:11. | |
keen. Sarfraz Ahmed had the best view of that. Dragged him out of it. | :08:12. | :08:15. | |
Sliding to leg stump and hitting it, they miss out! Let's have a look at | :08:16. | :08:22. | |
where the keeper was going... No, he did not go too far down the leg | :08:23. | :08:27. | |
side. If he really swept across to the leg stump... Into the air! | :08:28. | :08:37. | |
Varies the boundary. It takes a while. I wonder if that is the sign | :08:38. | :08:43. | |
that Quinton de Kock is going to get himself going? He got the thumbs up | :08:44. | :08:49. | |
from Mohammad Hafeez, it was a cracking shot. The value of losing | :08:50. | :08:55. | |
your -- abusing your feet so you can pitch the ball anywhere. Opening up | :08:56. | :09:00. | |
his front foot so he can get through mid-wicket. | :09:01. | :09:07. | |
LOUD APPEALS It is given! Going to the on-side... | :09:08. | :09:17. | |
We have seen two lbws against the spin. Losing his focus and patience | :09:18. | :09:27. | |
as well. Looking to play the sweep shot, in front of the stumps. It was | :09:28. | :09:32. | |
quicker from Hafeez. Not a big spinner of the ball, not a big turn | :09:33. | :09:37. | |
but on the day, it is working. They have got a big one. Quinton de Kock | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
threatened take the game away. Vintage South Africa, 60-2. AB de | :09:43. | :09:48. | |
Villiers, another prolific run scorer in all forms. | :09:49. | :09:56. | |
Gone! Looking to carve that way through the off-side. Imad Wasim has | :09:57. | :10:03. | |
done it, the spinners are doing a job here for Pakistan. A massive | :10:04. | :10:11. | |
wicket, and boy, did in this crowd enjoy it? The noise in the | :10:12. | :10:18. | |
stadium... The first ball with a bit of width. AB de Villiers lets his | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
hands go, sliding it straight to Mohammad Hafeez's backward point. | :10:23. | :10:28. | |
What a dismissal for Pakistan. Well, they are joyous out in the middle | :10:29. | :10:32. | |
and joy is in the crowd, as AB de Villiers goes, first ball. 61-3. | :10:33. | :10:39. | |
Scenes here at Edgbaston, if you are a Pakistan fan, they wanted a better | :10:40. | :10:47. | |
performance and they are getting it. David Miller, the batsmen with a | :10:48. | :10:48. | |
strike rate of that. Bringing the leading edge into play. | :10:49. | :11:07. | |
Lbw. The fans are obviously extremely happy. That is well | :11:08. | :11:15. | |
played... A fast outfield. It will be four. A brilliant effort from the | :11:16. | :11:22. | |
field, unable to get it to pull off. A welcome boundary for South Africa. | :11:23. | :11:29. | |
Nicely played, using whatever pace he has two scoop it in. The fifth | :11:30. | :11:43. | |
boundary of the day. Bowling inside edge, the change is | :11:44. | :11:50. | |
working again magnificently. Pakistan dishing up further damage, | :11:51. | :11:53. | |
denting South Africa's running in this innings. That suggested that | :11:54. | :12:06. | |
that would stay down. He played it well away from the front pad. | :12:07. | :12:11. | |
Getting it inside edge. Two balls to make an impact. 90-4 for Pakistan. | :12:12. | :12:21. | |
Faf du Plessis goes for 26. Six men in the circle. That will do very | :12:22. | :12:32. | |
nicely, it is a big six! And a great hit. Using his feet, launching that | :12:33. | :12:40. | |
one into orbit. A magnificent strike, that. Very powerful David | :12:41. | :12:45. | |
Mellor. Bringing up a 104 South Africa. Good use of the peace, -- | :12:46. | :12:59. | |
bringing up a 100, for South Africa. There is the big shot, long-on! No, | :13:00. | :13:06. | |
it is over it! Risky, but it came off. He ends the spell with the six. | :13:07. | :13:18. | |
114-4. He decides to take matters into his own hands, a change of | :13:19. | :13:30. | |
field, and it goes on to the attack. Edged, taken! That is an excellent | :13:31. | :13:35. | |
catch. That is working perfectly for Pakistan. They managed to take a | :13:36. | :13:41. | |
beauty. Good bowling from Azhar Ali, he came around and over. On the | :13:42. | :13:50. | |
angle, playing in front of Square. A little bit of width, taking outside | :13:51. | :13:56. | |
edge. Another wicket falling for the South Africans. And pressure | :13:57. | :14:00. | |
continues. The crowd are into it. South Africa bind themselves with | :14:01. | :14:04. | |
118-5. JP Duminy goes for eight. | :14:05. | :14:13. | |
LOUD APPEALS Gone! Bowled him! Beautifully done | :14:14. | :14:20. | |
by Azhar Ali, he is on a roll! What a cracker of a delivery. An absolute | :14:21. | :14:25. | |
Jaffer, the perfect length. You often hear them talking about that, | :14:26. | :14:30. | |
but he's got the crowd fired up. Two in two. South Africa have been | :14:31. | :14:35. | |
rocked. A little tail away with the left-hander, he beats edge. | :14:36. | :14:43. | |
Clatters into the stump. Azhar Ali comedy beauty, that is what the | :14:44. | :14:51. | |
crowd are saying. -- Azhar Ali, you beauty! Jerome Taylor got the | :14:52. | :14:59. | |
quickest hat-trick ever in this form of cricket. | :15:00. | :15:06. | |
He is aware that they throw it at the stumps. A brilliant atmosphere | :15:07. | :15:17. | |
here at Edgbaston. The first maiden of the innings, it | :15:18. | :15:42. | |
is all Pakistan. 121-6. Crunched, absolutely crunched by Chris Morris. | :15:43. | :15:47. | |
A sweep at cover point... Getting around. Very good work. Excellent | :15:48. | :16:10. | |
work, indeed. For this young man. Bowled, nipping down... He is going | :16:11. | :16:14. | |
to review, he has got to review this. I think there is a possible | :16:15. | :16:18. | |
chance that this is missing leg stump. Its wings a lot. -- it swings | :16:19. | :16:23. | |
a lot. I would like to see the leg side... | :16:24. | :16:50. | |
No bat on ball. You can go out right? I can see clearly that the | :16:51. | :17:01. | |
ball is missing the bat. Stand-by, Richard, waiting for the ball | :17:02. | :17:02. | |
tracking... Richard, I recommend that you change | :17:03. | :17:21. | |
your decision. You are on the screen now. Well called. Missing leg, late | :17:22. | :17:35. | |
tale. Bowled, straight through but a no ball. Overstepped. Maurice | :17:36. | :17:43. | |
knocked over, a no ball called. Three hits. Is this the moment but | :17:44. | :17:47. | |
South Africa needed? He will be kicking himself. How far? A good no | :17:48. | :17:58. | |
ball. A big no ball. An excellent call. Do you know what | :17:59. | :18:10. | |
Chris Morris was trying to do there? That was interesting. Beautifully | :18:11. | :18:28. | |
bowled! It goes high into the air. Hasan takes the catch. Pakistan with | :18:29. | :18:34. | |
another breakthrough, breaking this partnership. Chris Morris goes. | :18:35. | :18:45. | |
Long-on deck. Seven and a bit, 7.3 overs left. Taking long-on. Exposing | :18:46. | :18:53. | |
the tail with seven overs to go. Catch on the long-on boundary. Chris | :18:54. | :19:13. | |
Morris goes for 28. 50 up for David Mellor. A valuable 50 for his team. | :19:14. | :19:21. | |
The slowest international 50 over half-century for him. Brilliant. He | :19:22. | :19:33. | |
hits his toe first. Has not hit the toe first... Khan thinks it has he | :19:34. | :19:38. | |
goes down to the keeper, he thinks that it hits his toe. Can you show | :19:39. | :19:50. | |
me the no ball first, please? It is a foul... Going to front on spin. | :19:51. | :20:01. | |
Looks like straight from the bat. I am happy with that. Straight from | :20:02. | :20:07. | |
the bat. You can stay with your initial decision. Yeah, OK. Junaid | :20:08. | :20:17. | |
Khan will leave it there. Bowling well, 43 overs gone. | :20:18. | :20:29. | |
Short, this could be the shackles broken... And it is. South Africa | :20:30. | :20:34. | |
have their first boundary since the 39th over. He deserves that | :20:35. | :20:39. | |
boundary, Kagiso Rabada. He plays nicely here. A very talented young | :20:40. | :20:52. | |
man, both with ball and bat. Once again, thinking of the second. | :20:53. | :20:55. | |
Comfortably back again to the highest over of the innings for | :20:56. | :21:05. | |
South Africa. 199-7. Eventually cutting loose, the perfect delivery, | :21:06. | :21:09. | |
what he's been looking for for a long period. The half volley. I | :21:10. | :21:15. | |
think it is Miller time. Just 11 deliveries left in the innings. Was | :21:16. | :21:21. | |
not that far out, just a inches short. Thick edge, the perfect | :21:22. | :21:34. | |
result for Kagiso Rabada. Going away for a boundary. Now he is | :21:35. | :21:47. | |
frustrated. But smiling. Edged away, playing good shots. Up into the air, | :21:48. | :21:58. | |
with all of this wind it is going to be a difficult one. Hasan takes it | :21:59. | :22:02. | |
superbly. Brilliant fielding. Kagiso Rabada did not get all of it. The | :22:03. | :22:10. | |
end wicket is down. Ali, who else? He has done brilliantly. That was a | :22:11. | :22:14. | |
difficult catch and he has got the crowd pumped up as well. Swirling | :22:15. | :22:19. | |
wind, he was always getting it away from him. Not only did I enjoyed the | :22:20. | :22:25. | |
catch but I enjoyed the celebration. Muted for the last five overs but | :22:26. | :22:28. | |
look at him take this catch. He says, come on, we are playing for | :22:29. | :22:34. | |
you! He has been brilliant, Azhar Ali. A talented young man. | :22:35. | :22:44. | |
The last delivery... And he gets the contact he is after. Eventually | :22:45. | :22:51. | |
picking up a boundary to enter the innings which takes South Africa to | :22:52. | :22:56. | |
219-8, with Dave Mellor unbeaten on 75 of 104 deliveries. | :22:57. | :23:05. | |
The South African innings soon came off the rails. They staged some form | :23:06. | :23:15. | |
of recovery after they had slumped to 118-6. | :23:16. | :23:42. | |
Rabada helped move them along for a final total of 219-8. It was a farce | :23:43. | :23:46. | |
the improved bowling performance from Pakistan. Hassan Ali also took | :23:47. | :23:49. | |
three for 24. The whole attack kept a stranglehold on the South African | :23:50. | :23:53. | |
batsmen throughout. This is the third match. I think it is a bit | :23:54. | :24:00. | |
slow. Nice wicket to wicket from you. The spinners bowled nicely. | :24:01. | :24:04. | |
That is what I do. I bowl wicket to wicket. I think, on this kind of | :24:05. | :24:15. | |
wicket, it suits me a lot. How impressed when you with the fielding | :24:16. | :24:19. | |
effort? It was a vast improvement from the other day. I don't know | :24:20. | :24:24. | |
what happened in the last game. We are a very good unit. Today we | :24:25. | :24:34. | |
showed we are a good unit. The crowd started to gather after the | :24:35. | :24:41. | |
interval. The former captain beginning Pakistan chase. Biggest | :24:42. | :24:48. | |
shock of the champions Trophy so far. Playing his first one-day | :24:49. | :24:57. | |
international. It is setup for a cracking contest. | :24:58. | :25:08. | |
He did not quite finished the over. He should pick up a couple. The | :25:09. | :25:22. | |
first, it will be two without loss. Not perfectly timed but it will be | :25:23. | :25:30. | |
good enough. The first boundary. He does not waste an opportunity to | :25:31. | :25:39. | |
punish it. A nice drive. Chase by de Villiers. That is not good. He wants | :25:40. | :25:47. | |
to chase it. As much as you want to stay up here, the importance of your | :25:48. | :25:50. | |
team correct you might be best not to be there. The right leg was | :25:51. | :26:01. | |
dragging. The arm wanted to go over. The hamstring was pulling. Trying to | :26:02. | :26:09. | |
continue. A lovely shot. Nicely played. Showing it early. Again, the | :26:10. | :26:18. | |
width. Wow! That is even better. Parnell, | :26:19. | :26:29. | |
good wit. -- width. Push for two. Bowls in. Oh, no. The | :26:30. | :27:03. | |
cop with a great throw. He survived. -- Quinton de Kock. 23 without loss. | :27:04. | :27:14. | |
How far is that? A couple of bounces over the boundary. | :27:15. | :27:24. | |
He'd just let his hands fly. Get it up almost the top of the balance. | :27:25. | :27:33. | |
Just be two bounces into the fence. Oh, and again. They are loving it. | :27:34. | :27:40. | |
The new hero of Pakistan. He has been so good on that so far | :27:41. | :28:08. | |
this innings. Pakistan with the chance to qualify. | :28:09. | :28:19. | |
The Sri Lanka game takes on massive significance. Morkel, another good | :28:20. | :28:33. | |
short one. Is it limited him? He is just laughing it off. I do not know | :28:34. | :28:42. | |
about laughing it off, he is teeing it off. I reckon it will be a shot a | :28:43. | :28:52. | |
ball. Aged. I think it has been taken. It has. Staying leg side of | :28:53. | :28:59. | |
the ball. The change to morkle has been a good one. The offcuts are | :29:00. | :29:07. | |
working really well. Shying away from the line of that one and | :29:08. | :29:11. | |
looking to create a bit of width and room. Time to carry through to the | :29:12. | :29:17. | |
slips. 30 14 Zaman. That is a poor shot. It | :29:18. | :29:38. | |
is taken. What have you done? Catching practice at Edgbaston. He | :29:39. | :29:48. | |
was not 100% against Morkel. He was struggling with the bounce. Got it | :29:49. | :29:55. | |
right out of the middle of the bat. That unnecessary tumble. Gone two | :29:56. | :30:09. | |
wickets and one down. 41-2. The new batsmen brings youth at one end and | :30:10. | :30:12. | |
spear events at the other. The batsmen is not really going | :30:13. | :30:38. | |
after it. He has men on the leg side. | :30:39. | :30:55. | |
He just gets in on it. Two there. The little bit of something, trying | :30:56. | :31:07. | |
to force a strike and find the boundary. Away it goes. He has just | :31:08. | :31:13. | |
gained himself a little bit of room. That was high energy. Plenty of | :31:14. | :31:29. | |
energy. His fielding has come on leaps and bounds since he started | :31:30. | :31:34. | |
playing for South Africa. His commitment has never been doubted. | :31:35. | :31:42. | |
Scoops it back and gets himself up. A little bit of drizzle but I'm not | :31:43. | :31:48. | |
going to think about the rain. We seem to much of it so far. Boundary. | :31:49. | :31:54. | |
Finally. Maurice going for the short pitched | :31:55. | :32:05. | |
delivery. Well played here by Hafeez. Babar scoops it. Tries to | :32:06. | :32:14. | |
get over the top of it. The placement was good. That is the key. | :32:15. | :32:21. | |
A big shout. No. Now the clock things it is inside edge. They are | :32:22. | :32:39. | |
going to have a look. He decides to go upstairs. Can you show me the | :32:40. | :32:44. | |
replay? You can go to the front now. Can you | :32:45. | :33:02. | |
show me the leg side Hot Spot, please? Can you show me the front? | :33:03. | :33:26. | |
It looks like pad first. Can you rock and roll? For me it is pad | :33:27. | :33:41. | |
first. I am happy with that. Impact in line. | :33:42. | :34:02. | |
Four runs from the over. 76-2. That concludes the 20th over. Despite | :34:03. | :34:12. | |
what happens with the weather we are running on. If it is rain affected. | :34:13. | :34:25. | |
That's a big shot. A beautifully crafted six. Down the ground. He has | :34:26. | :34:34. | |
broken the shackles. The first attacking shot from Hafeez. | :34:35. | :34:46. | |
That is a lovely shot. Beautifully timed. Great execution of the touch | :34:47. | :34:54. | |
shot. The 50 partnership of Pakistan. The | :34:55. | :35:08. | |
whole night he has offered the freedom of the Pakistan batsmen. | :35:09. | :35:20. | |
Catch is that call and it is taken. Running in. Morkel has worked | :35:21. | :35:31. | |
wonderfully for South Africa. Trying to hang in there but he was caught | :35:32. | :35:38. | |
with a good catch. Morkel breaks through. Forget again. Not easy to | :35:39. | :35:46. | |
site the ball in the background. It is dark and murky. This really is a | :35:47. | :35:59. | |
pressure catch. Pakistan 93-3. He has loads of experience and he will | :36:00. | :36:14. | |
be tested by Morkel. Impressively trying to tackle the ball in the | :36:15. | :36:16. | |
field. This was special. Morkel looking for support. It is | :36:17. | :36:35. | |
given as a four. He was trying to collect the ball. Just to feet got | :36:36. | :36:43. | |
tangled. It is slippery in the outfield. That has gone into | :36:44. | :36:58. | |
defence. A good attacking shot. He is playing a very fine hand. South | :36:59. | :37:07. | |
Africa should think differently. He has taken advantage of anything | :37:08. | :37:12. | |
loose. A slow but steady partnership. He has been | :37:13. | :37:22. | |
outstanding. That one has been flayed away. For the most part, | :37:23. | :37:30. | |
Morkel has told Babar to look out. If he gets into here he might bring | :37:31. | :37:35. | |
his country home. There is a predictability about the length from | :37:36. | :37:40. | |
Morkel. Just staying where he was inside the line of the ball. This | :37:41. | :37:52. | |
was more firm. Nice and over the infield. He followed the bat. | :37:53. | :38:01. | |
That was a lovely drive. It will hit the fence. That was beautifully | :38:02. | :38:11. | |
timed. Now maintaining good balance. It was | :38:12. | :38:30. | |
always going to be a four. Trying to get it past the outstretched hands. | :38:31. | :38:36. | |
How are they rating this? Pakistan are. They are 19 ahead at this | :38:37. | :38:52. | |
stage. If there is no more play, bay windows. Right, we have a pause | :38:53. | :39:03. | |
because of rain. -- they win this. Pakistan richly deserve the position | :39:04. | :39:06. | |
because they were outstanding with the ball. There were a few hiccups | :39:07. | :39:16. | |
when they went out to bat. Babar is still out there run 31 and Malik has | :39:17. | :39:27. | |
supported his wealth. -- him well. The bowling figures are now | :39:28. | :39:31. | |
expensive. Morkel the outstanding man. To hear was solid and Morris | :39:32. | :39:40. | |
was solid stop wickets need to be the order of the day. Welcome back | :39:41. | :39:51. | |
to Edgbaston, where their covers are down. They are still down and they | :39:52. | :39:57. | |
have hunkered down for the night. The match has been abandoned. The | :39:58. | :40:02. | |
rain has persisted. It got to the point where the umpires had no | :40:03. | :40:07. | |
choice. Not much to inspect other than covers and rain falling. | :40:08. | :40:16. | |
Pakistan's steady progress hit the wobble. But Babar and Babar kept | :40:17. | :40:31. | |
their heads. When the rain eventually came and no further play | :40:32. | :40:35. | |
was possible, they were hard enough ahead of the rate to secure victory. | :40:36. | :40:40. | |
South Africa cannot blame this defeat on their bowlers. Morkel took | :40:41. | :40:49. | |
an astonishing three 418 from seven overs. It was a hopeless task after | :40:50. | :40:55. | |
not scoring enough runs. A much improved Pakistan registers the | :40:56. | :40:59. | |
biggest shock of the trophy so far, beating South Africa by 19 runs to | :41:00. | :41:07. | |
the delight of the hordes of supporters who braved the cold here | :41:08. | :41:10. | |
at Edgbaston. It is very important for us. In all departments we were | :41:11. | :41:17. | |
very good today. On the betting side of things quite what to put that | :41:18. | :41:24. | |
down to? There was good pressure. We lost our wickets which was not a | :41:25. | :41:28. | |
great response. It put us on the back foot. I thought we recovered | :41:29. | :41:35. | |
really well with David. Some really good partnerships around. We got | :41:36. | :41:40. | |
into a really good position. After that, it does not matter. We came | :41:41. | :41:46. | |
out with a good attitude on the field. A tough one. The way you | :41:47. | :41:51. | |
started you knew it would not be easy but you are looking to hold | :41:52. | :41:56. | |
wickets for the latter stages of the game. Is that how you felt? You | :41:57. | :42:00. | |
never know when the rain will come. There was talk of the rain coming. | :42:01. | :42:04. | |
You're not sure when it will happen. You don't want to push too hard. I | :42:05. | :42:10. | |
would have attacked a lot more in certain areas. That is part of the | :42:11. | :42:14. | |
game. We'll outplayed by the better team. How impressed me with your | :42:15. | :42:26. | |
spinners? They bowled really well in the right areas. What about the | :42:27. | :42:32. | |
fielding? They should be very happy today. I still top Group B with | :42:33. | :42:43. | |
three teams level on two each. Pakistan will now fancy their | :42:44. | :42:48. | |
chances of reaching the semifinals. Group B suddenly has a little more | :42:49. | :42:54. | |
spice. From a very damp Edgbaston, goodbye. | :42:55. | :43:32. | |
England's file group match is against Australia at Edgbaston on | :43:33. | :43:37. | |
Saturday. Australia need to win than to have any chance of reaching the | :43:38. | :43:43. | |
semifinals. I've commentary on five live sports extra. The highlights on | :43:44. | :43:49. | |
BBC at 10:30pm. The second round of games concludes tomorrow with India | :43:50. | :43:55. | |
against Sri Lanka at the Oval. You can follow every delivery by the | :43:56. | :44:02. | |
Test match special ball by ball commentary on five live sports extra | :44:03. | :44:06. | |
and watch the best of the action with in play highlights on the BBC | :44:07. | :44:09. | |
Sport website. | :44:10. | :44:11. |