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Test no. 1403

Pakistan in South Africa Test Series - 2nd Test
South Africa v Pakistan

1997/98 season

Played at Kingsmead, Durban, on 26,27,28 February, 1,2 March 1998 (5-day match)

Result Pakistan won by 29 runs


Pakistan 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	Saeed Anwar	lbw b Donald	43	136	84	7	0	51.19
	Aamer Sohail	c Boucher b Pollock	17	45	39	2	0	43.58
	Ijaz Ahmed	c de Villiers b Pollock	2	18	10	0	0	20.00
	Mohammad Wasim	c Kallis b Donald	12	34	28	0	0	42.85
	Yousuf Youhana	c Boucher b Donald	5	24	15	0	0	33.33
	Moin Khan	c Donald b de Villiers	25	47	36	4	0	69.44
	Azhar Mahmood	b Donald	132	198	163	24	0	80.98
	Mushtaq Ahmed	c Kallis b Klusener	2	24	18	0	0	11.11
	Waqar Younis	c Hudson b Donald	6	27	21	1	0	28.57
	Shoaib Akhtar	c Boucher b Klusener	6	82	21	1	0	28.57
	Fazl-e-Akbar	not out	0	22	10	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 2, lb 1, w 2, nb 4)	9

	Total	(all out; 73.2 overs)	259	(3.53 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-35 (Aamer Sohail, 10.3 ov), 2-37 (Ijaz Ahmed, 14.2 ov), 3-70 (Mohammad Wasim, 22.3 ov), 4-82 (Yousuf Youhana, 28.2 ov), 5-89 (Saeed Anwar, 30.3 ov), 6-127 (Moin Khan, 39.2 ov), 7-142 (Mushtaq Ahmed, 44.6 ov), 8-153 (Waqar Younis, 51.4 ov), 9-233 (Shoaib Akhtar, 68.2 ov), 10-259 (Azhar Mahmood, 73.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AA Donald	19.2	4	79	5	4.08	(1w)
PS de Villiers	18	5	55	1	3.05	(1nb, 1w)
SM Pollock	18	3	55	2	3.05	(2nb)
L Klusener	18	3	67	2	3.72	(1nb)


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AM Bacher	c Moin Khan b Fazl-e-Akbar	17	63	39	1	0	43.58
	G Kirsten	c Azhar Mahmood b Fazl-e-Akbar	0	9	7	0	0	0.00
	JH Kallis	b Shoaib Akhtar	43	219	138	6	0	31.15
	HD Ackerman	c Mohammad Wasim b Mushtaq Ahmed	57	228	155	6	0	36.77
	AC Hudson	lbw b Shoaib Akhtar	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	WJ Cronje	lbw b Mushtaq Ahmed	3	24	22	0	0	13.63
	SM Pollock	not out	70	163	106	5	2	66.03
	MV Boucher	b Shoaib Akhtar	2	26	20	0	0	10.00
	L Klusener	b Shoaib Akhtar	6	12	5	1	0	120.00
	PS de Villiers	b Shoaib Akhtar	7	16	9	1	0	77.77
	AA Donald	lbw b Mushtaq Ahmed	11	67	46	1	0	23.91
	Extras	(b 4, lb 2, w 3, nb 6)	15

	Total	(all out; 90 overs)	231	(2.56 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-4 (Kirsten, 1.6 ov), 2-32 (Bacher, 11.6 ov), 3-115 (Kallis, 51.2 ov), 4-115 (Hudson, 51.3 ov), 5-120 (Cronje, 54.5 ov), 6-139 (Ackerman, 62.5 ov), 7-154 (Boucher, 69.5 ov), 8-166 (Klusener, 71.5 ov), 9-178 (de Villiers, 73.6 ov), 10-231 (Donald, 89.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Waqar Younis	19	3	63	0	3.31	(2nb)
Fazl-e-Akbar	8	2	16	2	2.00	(1nb)
Shoaib Akhtar	12	1	43	5	3.58	(1w)
Mushtaq Ahmed	32	9	71	3	2.21	(1w)
Azhar Mahmood	17	6	28	0	1.64	(2nb, 1w)
Aamer Sohail	2	0	4	0	2.00


Pakistan 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	Saeed Anwar	lbw b Pollock	118	312	209	18	0	56.45
	Aamer Sohail	c Boucher b Donald	36	144	113	4	0	31.85
	Ijaz Ahmed	b de Villiers	24	85	65	3	0	36.92
	Mohammad Wasim	run out (Cronje)	5	4	3	1	0	166.66
	Yousuf Youhana	c Boucher b Pollock	1	40	25	0	0	4.00
	Moin Khan	lbw b Pollock	5	23	14	1	0	35.71
	Azhar Mahmood	c Boucher b Pollock	1	18	13	0	0	7.69
	Mushtaq Ahmed	run out	20	39	27	3	0	74.07
	Waqar Younis	c Klusener b Pollock	0	18	12	0	0	0.00
	Shoaib Akhtar	not out	1	11	1	0	0	100.00
	Fazl-e-Akbar	c Klusener b Pollock	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 7, w 2, nb 6)	15

	Total	(all out; 79.3 overs)	226	(2.84 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-101 (Aamer Sohail, 35.3 ov), 2-159 (Ijaz Ahmed, 54.2 ov), 3-164 (Mohammad Wasim, 54.5 ov), 4-182 (Yousuf Youhana, 63.5 ov), 5-198 (Moin Khan, 69.3 ov), 6-203 (Saeed Anwar, 71.3 ov), 7-212 (Azhar Mahmood, 73.4 ov), 8-220 (Waqar Younis, 77.5 ov), 9-226 (Mushtaq Ahmed, 78.6 ov), 10-226 (Fazl-e-Akbar, 79.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
PS de Villiers	16	1	51	1	3.18	(2nb)
AA Donald	10	3	20	1	2.00	(2nb, 2w)
SM Pollock	22.3	6	50	6	2.22	(1nb)
L Klusener	9	1	32	0	3.55	(3nb)
WJ Cronje	5	0	20	0	4.00
JH Kallis	17	1	46	0	2.70


South Africa 2nd innings (target: 255 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	G Kirsten	c sub (Rashid Latif) b Mushtaq Ahmed	25	104	77	4	0	32.46
	AM Bacher	lbw b Fazl-e-Akbar	0	7	5	0	0	0.00
	JH Kallis	c Moin Khan b Mushtaq Ahmed	22	113	89	2	0	24.71
	HD Ackerman	lbw b Mushtaq Ahmed	11	73	58	1	0	18.96
	AC Hudson	c Fazl-e-Akbar b Mushtaq Ahmed	8	67	43	1	0	18.60
	WJ Cronje	c Moin Khan b Waqar Younis	11	56	36	1	0	30.55
	SM Pollock	st Moin Khan b Mushtaq Ahmed	30	50	38	5	0	78.94
	MV Boucher	b Waqar Younis	52	128	100	7	0	52.00
	L Klusener	lbw b Mushtaq Ahmed	2	77	20	0	0	10.00
	PS de Villiers	not out	46	103	67	6	0	68.65
	AA Donald	lbw b Waqar Younis	0	7	2	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 15, nb 3)	18

	Total	(all out; 88.2 overs)	225	(2.54 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Bacher, 1.4 ov), 2-42 (Kirsten, 25.3 ov), 3-49 (Kallis, 29.5 ov), 4-76 (Ackerman, 43.4 ov), 5-79 (Hudson, 45.3 ov), 6-110 (Cronje, 56.3 ov), 7-120 (Pollock, 57.1 ov), 8-133 (Klusener, 63.1 ov), 9-219 (Boucher, 86.6 ov), 10-225 (Donald, 88.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Waqar Younis	17.2	1	60	3	3.46	(3nb)
Fazl-e-Akbar	5	2	16	1	3.20
Shoaib Akhtar	11	0	20	0	1.81	(1nb)
Mushtaq Ahmed	37	13	78	6	2.10
Azhar Mahmood	11	4	12	0	1.09
Aamer Sohail	7	1	24	0	3.42

Toss South Africa, who chose to field first
Series Pakistan led the 3-match series 1-0

Test debuts Fazl-e-Akbar and Yousuf Youhana (Pakistan); HD Ackerman (South Africa)
Player of the match Mushtaq Ahmed (Pakistan)

Umpires MJ Kitchen (England) and DL Orchard
TV umpire RE Koertzen
Match referee JR Reid (New Zealand)

Close of play
26 Feb day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 23/1 (AM Bacher 14*, JH Kallis 7*, 6 ov)
27 Feb day 2 - Pakistan 2nd innings 11/0 (Saeed Anwar 8*, Aamer Sohail 2*, 2 ov)
28 Feb day 3 - Pakistan 2nd innings 222/8 (Mushtaq Ahmed 16*, Shoaib Akhtar 1*, 78.1 ov)
1 Mar day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 186/8 (MV Boucher 36*, PS de Villiers 26*, 80 ov)
2 Mar day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 225 (88.2 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1:
Lunch: Pak 81/3 (27 overs)
Tea: Pak 170/8 (55 overs)
Mahmood dropped by Donald on 91,
Record 9th wicket partnership between Azhar Mahmood and Shoaib Aktar of 80 for Kingsmead.
8 overs lost through bad light.

Day 2:
Lunch: SA 65/2 (33 overs)
Tea: SA 132/5 (59 overs)

Day 3:
Lunch: Pak 98/0 (32 overs)
Tea: Pak 176/3 (59 overs)
Highest 1st wicket partnership (101) against South Africa since 1966/67 season
Mushtaq Ahmed dropped by Kallis on 9

Day 4:
Lunch: RSA 37/1 (20 overs)
Tea: 91/5 (51 overs)
Catches dropped: * Kirsten on 21 by Sohail * Kallis on 14 by Wasim * Hudson on 2 by Wasim * de Villiers on 14 by Ijaz * Boucher on 18 by Latif
Lost 7 overs due to bad light

Day 5:
Pakistan take 43 mins and 8.2 overs to wrap up the 2nd Test, and record their first ever Test win against South Africa