…Amla bats through innings to be 106 NOT OUT..
(REUTERS)-Yusuf Pathan’s blistering century proved in vain for India as South Africa won the fifth and decisive one-day international by 33 runs yesterday to take the series 3-2. Morne Morkel bagged four wickets and Dale Steyn and Lonwabo Tsotsobe two apiece for the hosts who dismissed India for 234. India had been set a Duckworth/Lewis revised target of 268 to win in 46 overs following a rain delay.
India were in desperate trouble at 119 for eight before Pathan resurrected their hopes by thumping 105 off 70 balls – the fastest ever for India against South Africa.
Hashim Amla had earlier batted through the South African innings, his 116 not out anchoring a total of 250 for nine in 46 overs.
The pace and aggression of Morkel and Steyn undermined the Indian innings until Pathan staged a classic counter-attack.
The powerful right-hander slammed eight fours and eight sixes in his remarkable innings before man-of-the-series Morkel eventually ended the entertainment when he had Pathan caught at mid-off after a skied drive.
Because South Africa’s innings was interrupted by rain on 226 for three after 42 overs, the Duckworth/Lewis calculation handed the home team an extra 17 runs.
South Africa’s innings ended in turmoil after the 78-minute delay, the hosts losing six wickets for 19 runs in four overs, including two run outs.
Amla shared a stand of 97 for the second wicket with Morne van Wyk (56) and added 102 for the fourth wicket with JP Duminy (35).
SOUTH AFRICA innings
G. Smith c Pathan b Zaheer 7
H. Amla not out 116
M. van Wyk c & b Yuvraj 56
A. de Villiers st Dhoni b Yuvraj 11
J-P. Duminy c & b Munaf 35
F. du Plessis b Munaf 8
J. Botha c Dhoni b Munaf 2
R. Peterson b Zaheer 4
D. Steyn run out 0
M. Morkel run out 0
L. Tsotsobe not out 0
Extras (lb-6, w-5) 11
Total (nine wickets, 46 overs) 250
Fall of wickets: 1-16 2-113 3-129 4-231 5-242 6-244 7-250 8-250 9-250.
Bowling: Zaheer 9-1-47-2 (2-w), Munaf 8-0-50-3, Chawla 7-0-32-0, Harbhajan 8-0-33-0, Pathan 2-0-10-0 (1-w), Yuvraj 8-0-45-2 (1-w), Rohit 2-0-14-0, Raina 2-0-13-0 (1-w)
INDIA innings
Parthiv Patel c Du Plessis b Morkel 38
Rohit Sharma b Tsotsobe 5
V. Kohli c De Villiers b Morkel 2
M. Dhoni c Smith b Morkel 5
Yuvraj Singh c Duminy b Steyn 8
S. Raina c Morkel b Steyn 11
Y. Pathan c Du Plessis b Morkel 105
Harbhajan Singh c Duminy b Botha 13
P. Chawla b Peterson 8
Zaheer Khan c Morkel b Tsotsobe 24
Munaf Patel not out 4
Extras (lb-2, w-7, nb-2) 11
Total (all out, 40.2 overs) 234
Fall of wickets: 1-21 2-31 3-45 4-60 5-60 6-74 7-98 8-119 9-219 10-234.
Bowling: Steyn 9-1-32-2 (1-nb), Tsotsobe 7.2-0-57-2 (2-w), Morkel 8-0-52-4 (1-nb), Botha 8-0-33-1, Peterson 7-0-45-1 (1-w), Du Plessis 1-0-13-0.
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