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Scorecard - 36th Match, Pool B, South Africa vs United Arab Emirates at Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand (12 Mar 2015)

South Africa

341/6 (50) RR:6.82

South Africa won by 146 runs

MOM: AB de Villiers
United Arab Emirates

195/10 (47.3) RR:4.11

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50.0 - Amjad Javed to Behardien, FOUR, top shot! Full and around off, Behardien moves to the leg-side, gives a bit of room and tonks it inside out over extra cover, no chance for sweeper or long-off to stop that. A very expensive over to end the innings, 25 runs came off it

49.5 - Amjad Javed to Behardien, FOUR, some rubbish being dished out by Javed, full toss on off and middle, Behardien swipes across the line, there was no one at deep mid-wicket and he collects one more boundary

48.3 - Naveed to Philander, FOUR, good length ball around off, Philander swings across the line, doesn't get it anywhere close to the middle, but he gets it in the gap, the ball beats the chase from the mid-on fielder

47.3 - Amjad Javed to Behardien, FOUR, Javed loses his line, drifts onto the pads, Behardien gets inside the line and tickles it fine, the fielder was inside the circle and he had no chance of cutting that off

46.4 - Naveed to Behardien, FOUR, Naveed just loses his length, balls a good length ball on middle and leg, Behardien clears his leg and heaves it over mid-wicket, no one at deep mid-wicket and the ball runs away to the fence

44.4 - Kamran Shazad to Behardien, FOUR, cracking shot! Can't bowl short at that pace, Behardien had all the time in the world to swivel on the back foot and pull it over mid-wicket, one bounce and into the fence

41.0 - Kamran Shazad to Duminy, FOUR, that spoils what was looking as a good over. Pitched up outside off, Duminy drives it through the diving cover, no chance for the sweeper to get around and stop the ball. That should get Duminy going

39.4 - Amjad Javed to de Villiers, FOUR, crunched! Fuller and outside off, de Villiers clears his front leg and drills it in the air, but placed it right between extra cover and mid-off. The ball scooted away to the fence

38.5 - Naveed to de Villiers, FOUR, Naveed drags the length back, de Villiers stays on the leg-side and flays it over backward point. By not moving, he provided himself room to free his arms. That is a top shot!

38.4 - Naveed to de Villiers, FOUR, drilled! Pitched up on off, de Villiers clears his front leg, presents a straight bat and hammers it straight back over the bowler's head, Naveed tried to get his hand up to catch, but the ball had already passed him

33.2 - Alhashmi to de Villiers, FOUR, another fifty for ABD, the run-machine keeps going and going. It is his 45th in ODIs. Alhashmi goes too straight, on middle and leg, de Villiers shuffles across and flicks it through backward square, the fielder was inside the ring and he came second while trying to chase the ball

32.1 - K Khan to de Villiers, FOUR, fabulous shot! It was not all that short, but that is the class of ABD. He makes a slight shuffle back and punches it past the diving cover-point fielder, no one at sweeper to stop the boundary

32.0 - Alhashmi to D Miller, FOUR, Alhashmi once again loses his radar. He watches the ball reach the fence. It was on leg-stump, Miller tucks it behind square, the timing on that takes it away from the chasing fielder

31.1 - Alhashmi to de Villiers, FOUR, Alhashmi gets his line wrong, drifts it onto the pads, de Villiers just had to get some wood on it, he got enough for the ball to beat the short fine fielder and race away to the fence

30.2 - M Tauqir to D Miller, FOUR, lovely shot! Sweep against the turn is difficult, but Miller made it look easy. Flight on middle, Miller kneels down and sweeps it in the air over square leg, no chance for deep mid-wicket to get around and stop the boundary

17.1 - Amjad Javed to Rossouw, FOUR, overpitched and crashed through cover. Rossouw leans forward and smashes it along the ground, the man at sweeper had no chance

14.1 - M Tauqir to de Kock, byes, FOUR, another great ball from Tauqir, he slows this one up again and gets it to turn back in towards the batsman, who was pushing at it, the ball beats the inside edge, goes over the stumps and the keeper can't collect it either, the ball runs away for four byes, this is just too good for the batsmen

14.0 - Amjad Javed to Rossouw, FOUR, what happened there? It was banged in short and around off, Rossouw goes for the pull and gets a top-edge that was running away towards the third man fence, Shazad was a little square at the third man fence, he tries to slide in and pull the ball back, his left knee gets stuck in the turf and the ball goes past him, he looked in some pain after that but gets up a few seconds later. The bowler is livid with the fielder

9.4 - Kamran Shazad to de Kock, FOUR, finally, after missing out on two free-hits, de Kock finally sends one to the fence, Shazad was trying to bowl in the blockhole, but ends up dishing out a low full toss, de Kock goes across and clips it to the deep mid-wicket fence

9.2 - Kamran Shazad to de Kock, FOUR, that's the de Kock we knew, a delightful cover-drive, it was fuller and outside off, de Kock leans forward and drives it to the deep extra cover fence

7.4 - Kamran Shazad to Rossouw, FOUR, Rossouw is looking in amazing touch, Shazad is not learning his lessons, keeps banging it short. At his pace, these are freebies for the batsmen, Rossouw rocks back and muscles the pull to the deep mid-wicket fence, that was done with ease from Rossouw

7.2 - Kamran Shazad to Rossouw, FOUR, great shot! It was a back of a length delivery outside off, Rossouw stays back and punches it straight back past the bowler, the ball rockets away to the fence

5.5 - Kamran Shazad to Rossouw, FOUR, even better shot from Rossouw! It was a low full toss around off, Rossouw drills it straight down the ground and there was no way anyone could have stopped that from crashing into the fence

5.4 - Kamran Shazad to Rossouw, FOUR, in the blockhole, Rossouw jams out the drive past the bowler and the ball runs away to the fence, the fielder at mid-on had no chance of cutting that off

4.4 - Naveed to Rossouw, FOUR, banged in short and outside off, Rossouw has all the time in the world to rock back and pull it to the deep mid-wicket fence

4.0 - Kamran Shazad to Rossouw, FOUR, Shazad has bowled five short deliveries out of the six in the over, that's a little too predictable for the batsmen. This time Rossouw rocks back and pulls it through mid-wicke, the ball runs away to the fence

1.4 - Kamran Shazad to Amla, FOUR, great shot from Amla! He stands tall and punches this length delivery outside off through the covers, the ball races away to the fence

0.5 - Naveed to Amla, FOUR, back of a length delivery outside off, Amla goes deep in the crease and punches it square of the wicket, the fielders at backward point and cover give chase, but the ball runs away to the fence

0.2 - Naveed to Amla, FOUR, lucky boundary for Amla to get off the mark, it was a back of a length delivery outside off, Amla looks to punch it off the back foot, gets an outside edge that runs away past the second slip and through to the third man fence

49.3 - Amjad Javed to Behardien, SIX, Behardien brings up his 3rd ODI fifty. Length delivery around off, Behardien clears his front leg and launches it over long-on, the fielder was well inside the rope, had he been back it might have been a catch

49.3 - Amjad Javed to Behardien, no ball, SIX, Javed slips out a waist high full toss, he has been warned for that as well. Behardien does extremely well to send it soaring over the backward square boundary for a maximum

48.5 - Naveed to Behardien, SIX, terrific shot! Full and just outside off, Behardien stays leg-side of the ball and lofts it handsomely over deep extra cover, he middled it as it sailed over the rope comfortably

41.5 - K Khan to de Villiers, SIX, fantastic shot! ABD showing his range. Shuffles across the stumps, kneels down and slog sweeps it over deep mid-wicket, he didn't middle it but had enough to clear the rope

39.1 - Amjad Javed to de Villiers, SIX, just over the fielder! Javed delivers a nice juicy full toss on leg-stump, de Villiers hoicks it towards deep square, the fielder thought he had a chance, but the ball had enough to clear him. A very short six by ABD, just 66 metres

38.0 - Amjad Javed to de Villiers, SIX, there he goes! Dropped the previous ball and the next ball is into the stands. Length delivery right in the slot, de Villiers gets across the line and heaves it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a maximum

22.1 - M Tauqir to de Villiers, SIX, tossed up outside off, de Villiers leans forward and goes inside-out over cover, he manages to clear the deep extra cover fence, first maximum of the innings, a guy in the crowd drops a million New Zealand dollars

47.0 - Naveed to Duminy, out Lbw!! Timely wicket for UAE. Duminy could have been destructive at this stage of the innings. Naveed rewarded for keeping it full and straight. The only doubt was if it was missing the off-stump, Duminy missed the clip and was struck on the back pad. Umpire Tucker took his time before raising his finger. Hawk-Eye confirms that the on-field umpire had got it right. Duminy lbw b Naveed 23(28) [4s-1]

42.2 - Kamran Shazad to de Villiers, out Caught by Amjad Javed!! Heartbreak! The crowd can't believe what just happened. Kids in the crowd are showing their disappointment as they have their hands on their head. ABD falls one short of his 21st ODI ton. He walks away with a wry smile on his face. The UAE players are delighted. They know how important this wicket is and that too at this stage of the game. It was full and outside off, de Villiers opens the bat face and slices it to short third man, Javed remains calm and takes it easily. It is the 4th time that ABD has got out in the 90s in ODIs. de Villiers c Amjad Javed b Kamran Shazad 99(82) [4s-6 6s-4]

36.1 - Naveed to D Miller, out Bowled!! Huge wicket for UAE! That too in the batting powerplay. Miller is not happy with himself as he walks back to the pavilion. Back of a length around off, Miller stays in the crease, goes for the pull, the inside edge crashes into middle-stump. It was not short enough to play the pull. D Miller b Naveed 49(48) [4s-2]

18.2 - M Tauqir to Rossouw, out Caught&Bowled!! Tauqir takes a wicket and he deserves this one. He slows this one on off, Rossouw was early into the drive and checks his shot at the last moment, ends up chipping it straight towards the bowler, who takes it above his head. It is a soft, soft dismissal for Rossouw, who was looking in great touch. Tauqir is delighted to get his man here. Consistent good bowling has paid dividends. Rossouw c and b M Tauqir 43(49) [4s-8]

16.0 - Amjad Javed to de Kock, out Caught by Saqlain Haider!! de Kock goes once again, but this time he got a start. This is his highest score of the World Cup. It was on a good length and angling away outside off, de Kock was deceived by the slowness of the ball as he went for the drive, he ends up pushing at it and gets an outside edge that the keeper pouches easily. The bowler and the keeper went immediately for the appeal, but umpire Davis gave it not out. Captain Tauqir was animated and reviewed immediately after consulting with his bowler and the keeper. de Kock c Saqlain Haider b Amjad Javed 26(45) [4s-2]

2.5 - Naveed to Amla, out Caught by Amjad Ali!! Amla perishes and South Africa lose their first wicket quite early in the innings. It was banged in short and outside off, Amla went for the pull, but gets a top-edge that goes high in the air, the fielder from cover runs forward, gets under it and reverse-cups it to send Amla back to the hut. Amla c Amjad Ali b Naveed 12(16) [4s-3]

49.4 - Amjad Javed to Behardien, 2 runs, dropped! Mustafa drops a sitter. Full and on off, Behardien does not get under it, skies it towards long-on, Mustafa settles under and looks to take the Australian way, but ends up spilling it

37.5 - Amjad Javed to de Villiers, no run, dropped! How much is that going to cost? Though it was a return catch, Javed took it too casually. Full and on the stumps, de Villiers drives it in the air and to the left of the bowler, Javed had enough time to react, but still went with one hand, the ball hits it and deflects towards cover

27.1 - Alhashmi to D Miller, 2 runs, dropped! Miller still riding his luck. It was a relatively easy chance at this level. Pitched up just outside off, Miller is not fully forward as he drives it in the air to cover, Tauqir goes with his left hand and parries it to long-off. He should have gone with two hands, but he was slow to react

34.4 - K Khan to D Miller, 1 run, that is the 100-run stand between these two. Miller eases it to long-on for a single

46.1 - M Morkel to Swapnil Patil, FOUR, short ball on the stumps, Patil lofts it straight back over the bowler's head and goes for the four

44.4 - M Morkel to M Tauqir, leg byes, FOUR, round the wicket, bumper at the batsman, Tauqir tries to leave the ball, but it takes the arm guard and goes past the keeper, Steyn runs to his left from fine leg, but he couldn't stop the ball despite sliding near the rope

40.5 - Tahir to Swapnil Patil, FOUR, steps out and drives the googly inside out over extra-cover, he's into the 40s now

36.4 - Steyn to Naveed, FOUR, outside edge and that's frustrating for Steyn. Short and just outside off stump, Naveed backs away and swings hard, the edge flies over the keeper

36.2 - Steyn to Swapnil Patil, FOUR, low full toss, Patil flicks it along the ground through backward square leg and it races away. Steyn missed the yorker by a big margin

36.0 - Philander to Naveed, FOUR, he's timed that alright and there is no one at long-off. Full and outside off stump, Naveed lofts it over mid-off and it runs away to the boundary

35.3 - Philander to Naveed, leg byes, FOUR, oops! That's not the way to play the bouncer. Naveed just drops his head as Philander bangs this short, the ball hits the helmet and goes over the keeper to the boundary. Naveed is fine though

34.4 - de Villiers to Swapnil Patil, FOUR, short ball from de Villiers, Patil pulls and sends it through mid-wicket

34.1 - de Villiers to Amjad Javed, FOUR, he's flat-batted that. Short and outside off stump, Javed smashes it to the left of de Villiers, who tries to grab it with his left hand in his followthrough, gets his fingertips but it goes to the long-off boundary

31.4 - Tahir to Saqlain Haider, FOUR, tries the reverse sweep and gets it over and past the man at backward point, it's a bit of a top edge and it went well over Morne Morkel, who was inside the ring

27.2 - Tahir to Shaiman Anwar, FOUR, poor ball! Fast and down the leg-side, Anwar gets down on one knee and helps it on its way and fine leg was too square. 100 up for UAE

26.4 - M Morkel to Shaiman Anwar, byes, FOUR, oh that's bounced and moved after pitching, de Kock had no chance. Short and just outside off stump, Anwar lets it go, the ball swings to the left of the keeper after passing the batsman

25.5 - Philander to Shaiman Anwar, FOUR, again advances and this time he lofts the ball straight back over the bowler's head. Short of a length delivery on the stumps, Anwar plays a lofted straight drive and picks up four more

25.3 - Philander to Shaiman Anwar, FOUR, excellent hit! Full and outside off stump, Anwar advances and crashes the drive very hard, hits it to the left of mid-off and it rockets to the fence

23.3 - Philander to Shaiman Anwar, FOUR, he's hammered that. Short and on the stumps, Anwar gets on top of the bounce and pulls it powerfully through mid-wicket, the fielder in the deep had no chance

22.1 - Steyn to Shaiman Anwar, FOUR, not the best of starts to his new spell. Full and on the leg stump, Anwar flicks it through backward square leg, Tahir runs to his left from fine leg but doesn't get there in time

21.0 - Tahir to Swapnil Patil, FOUR, short and on the stumps, Patil pulls it through mid-wicket, Amla runs to his left from deep backward square leg, dives but parries it to the boundary

9.3 - Duminy to K Khan, FOUR, he's not missing out this time though. Slow, short and spinning away from Khan, who rocks back and cuts it to the left of point for four more

9.1 - Duminy to K Khan, FOUR, Duminy starts off with a short ball, bit of turn away outside off stump, Khan rocks back and punches it off the back foot through cover-point and it runs away to the boundary

5.1 - Philander to Amjad Ali, FOUR, picked away on the on-side and it's four to Ali. He gets across the sticks a bit, Philander offers a full ball on the off stump, Ali flicks it over square leg

4.1 - Steyn to Amjad Ali, FOUR, good looking flick from Ali and it's gone for four! Steyn offers a juicy full ball on the stumps, Ali leans forward and flicks it along the ground to the left of mid-wicket

2.2 - Steyn to Andri Berenger, FOUR, edged but over the slip cordon! Nice outswinger outside off stump on a good length, Berenger looks to square-drive the ball off the back foot, gets a thick edge that flies over the third slip fielder, who jumped high

0.4 - Steyn to Amjad Ali, FOUR, what a shot to get off the mark, it was just short of a good length and just outside off, Ali shuffles across and pulls it magnificently behind square on the on-side, the ball rockets away to the fence

36.5 - Steyn to Naveed, SIX, go get that, Dale Steyn! Absolutely no respect from Naveed. Goes leg-side, Steyn offers a shortish ball again, Naveed slogs hard and times it well for a 93-metre hit over wide long-on

47.3 - Philander to Kamran Shazad, out Caught by Steyn!! Short ball from Philander, Shazad stays leg-side and slogs, the bat turns in his hands and he ends up slicing it. Mid-on runs back and to his left to complete an easy catch. Kamran Shazad c Steyn b Philander 0(3)

46.0 - Steyn to M Tauqir, out Bowled!! Finally, Steyn gets a wicket. Good length delivery on the stumps, Tauqir backs away and looks to go over the off-side, but misses and the ball hits the top of middle stump. No great celebrations from Steyn. M Tauqir b Steyn 3(16)

39.2 - Philander to Naveed, out Caught by de Villiers!! That's a dolly for ABdV! Short ball on the stumps, Naveed stays leg-side and pulls, gets a top edge, the ball goes high in the air, mid-wicket moves to his right and takes an easy catch. Naveed c de Villiers b Philander 17(15) [4s-2 6s-1]

34.2 - de Villiers to Amjad Javed, out Caught by (sub)Parnell!! Wicket number two for de Villiers. Boy! He's a superhuman. Can bat, can field, can keep, can lead and now can bowl and pick wickets as well. Short ball outside off stump, Javed tries to pull but mistimes it high in the air, Parnell runs back from mid-wicket, tries to reverse cup it but the ball pops. He manages to juggle it a number of times and then takes the catch again. Parnell was suggesting to his mates that he was confused whether to go for the reverse cup or go the conventional way to take the catch. Amjad Javed c (sub)Parnell b de Villiers 5(4) [4s-1]

32.4 - de Villiers to Saqlain Haider, out Caught by Rossouw!! Another good catch by Rossouw. Short ball outside off stump, Haider goes for the pull, but mistimes it, deep square leg runs to his right, puts in the dive and holds on to a good low catch. Third wicket for de Villiers in as many games in this World Cup. Saqlain Haider c Rossouw b de Villiers 7(12) [4s-1]

30.0 - Tahir to Shaiman Anwar, out Caught by Rossouw!! End of a 63-run stand. Flighted delivery on the leg stump, Anwar slog-sweeps, but hits it straight to deep mid-wicket, who takes an easy catch. End of a gritty knock from Anwar, who has recorded the most number of runs by an Associate batsman in a World Cup. Anwar walks away in disappointment. Shaiman Anwar c Rossouw b Tahir 39(64) [4s-5]

12.3 - M Morkel to K Khan, out Caught by de Kock!! Under edge and Morkel has two now. 146.8kph short of a length delivery outside off stump, Khan tries to fetch the pull, but edges it to the keeper, who takes a simple catch. UAE have lost three wickets in a space of 16 runs. K Khan c de Kock b M Morkel 12(17) [4s-2]

11.4 - Duminy to Amjad Ali, out Caught by Behardien!! It's a top edge and he's holed out in the deep. Duminy gets a lucky wicket, certainly not a wicket taking ball and he has not bowled well to deserve one as well. Flighted delivery down the leg-side, Ali goes for the conventional sweep this time, gets a big top edge, the ball flies in the air, deep square leg runs to his left and swallows it easily. Amjad Ali c Behardien b Duminy 21(36) [4s-3]

6.4 - M Morkel to Andri Berenger, out Caught by Rossouw!! In the airrrrrrr and ohhh has he taken it? He is confident! Boy! What a catch that was! That's a clean catch and probably the catch of the tournament so far. Steeply rising short of length delivery outside off stump, Berenger looks to defend but is surprised by the extra bounce, the ball hits him high on the bat, Rossouw runs forward and to his left from backward point, dives forward and pulls off a left-handed stunner just inches from the ground. The bowling change has worked for the Proteas! Andri Berenger c Rossouw b M Morkel 5(21) [4s-1]

45.4 - Steyn to Swapnil Patil, 2 runs, second ODI fifty for Patil. Short ball on the off stump, Patil rocks back and pulls over mid-wicket, the fielder moves to his left and fields well, fires in a throw but it came at an awkward height for Steyn, who couldn't collect the ball. Tauqir was well short of the crease, had Steyn collected it cleanly, Tauqir would have been out. Patil raises his bat and his captain hugs him in delight