4th ODI: Pakistan vs South Africa at Multan
4th game of this series is just minutes away from starting. South Africa go into the match needing a win to keep the series alive which has contrasted their test and first one-day game form. Pakistan on the other hand can win the series today after starting off poorly in the first game. Their form reversal has been quite remarkable really after what has been some rather ordinary efforts of late.
The axe has fallen at the Proteas, vice-captain Justin Kemp is gone and so is Charl Langeveldt. Jean-Paul Duminy and Andrew Nel replace them in the line-up. Pakistan have made one change with Mohammad Asif is into the eleven after recovering from an elbow injury. Sohail Tanvir makes way for him.
This pitch is supposed to be a good one with conditions very much suited to batting so we could be in for a run fest today. No doubt that Shahid Afridi will hold the key for Pakistan again today, he is such an enigma to their side. South Africa really need to life their batting, they have struggled in the past two matches.
Pakistan XI: Yasir Hameed, +Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, *Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Abdur Rehman, Iftikhar Anjum, Umar Gul, Mohammad Asif
South Africa XI: *GC Smith, HH Gibbs, JH Kallis, AB de Villiers, +MV Boucher, JP Duminy, SM Pollock, JA Morkel, J Botha, M Ntini, A Nel
Toss: Pakistan who chose to bat first
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Billy Bowden
3rd Umpire: Zameer Haider
Weather:
(All Temperatures in Degrees Celcius)
Fine, 31.
4th game of this series is just minutes away from starting. South Africa go into the match needing a win to keep the series alive which has contrasted their test and first one-day game form. Pakistan on the other hand can win the series today after starting off poorly in the first game. Their form reversal has been quite remarkable really after what has been some rather ordinary efforts of late.
The axe has fallen at the Proteas, vice-captain Justin Kemp is gone and so is Charl Langeveldt. Jean-Paul Duminy and Andrew Nel replace them in the line-up. Pakistan have made one change with Mohammad Asif is into the eleven after recovering from an elbow injury. Sohail Tanvir makes way for him.
This pitch is supposed to be a good one with conditions very much suited to batting so we could be in for a run fest today. No doubt that Shahid Afridi will hold the key for Pakistan again today, he is such an enigma to their side. South Africa really need to life their batting, they have struggled in the past two matches.
Pakistan XI: Yasir Hameed, +Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, *Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Abdur Rehman, Iftikhar Anjum, Umar Gul, Mohammad Asif
South Africa XI: *GC Smith, HH Gibbs, JH Kallis, AB de Villiers, +MV Boucher, JP Duminy, SM Pollock, JA Morkel, J Botha, M Ntini, A Nel
Toss: Pakistan who chose to bat first
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Billy Bowden
3rd Umpire: Zameer Haider
Weather:
(All Temperatures in Degrees Celcius)
Fine, 31.
