South Africa beat Pakistan by six wickets in the fifth and final one-day
international at Willowmoore Park on Sunday to win the series 3-2.
South Africa captain AB de Villiers hit an unbeaten 95 to help guide his side past Pakistan’s 205 all out.
De Villiers, who was dropped on one, overcame some hostile bowling on an unpredictable pitch as South Africa chased down the Pakistani total with six overs to spare.
Earlier, Ryan McLaren took three wickets in 13 balls to spark a Pakistan collapse.
Pakistan struggled to 205 all out after being reasonably placed at 151 for four in the 35th over handing the initiative to the hosts in the winner takes all match.
McLaren had Shoaib Malik caught at midwicket and three balls later, with the last delivery before the batting power play, he had big-hitting Shahid Afridi caught at deep square leg without scoring.
Pakistan’s hopes then rested with their captain, Misbahul Haq, who had played a match-winning innings of 80 when Pakistan squared the series at 2-2 with a three-wicket win in Durban on Thursday.
As he had in Durban, Misbah started cautiously and he had scored only 24 runs off 46 balls when he was caught behind to become McLaren’s third victim.
McLaren finished with three for 32, with all his wickets coming in a three-over third spell which cost only five runs.
For the first time this season, South Africa fielded their two leading strike bowlers, Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel, in their one-day international team.
The pair had been rotated during a series against New Zealand and Morkel missed the first four matches against Pakistan because of a hamstring injury.
Although Steyn and Morkel only took one and two wickets respectively, they contributed to a much-improved South African bowling performance.
Despite an innings of 48 off 51 balls by Kamran Akmal, and a third wicket stand of 66 between Akmal and Younis Khan (29) the Pakistanis were unable to dominate the bowling at any stage during their innings after Misbah won the toss and decided to bat.
SCORE IN BRIEF
PAKISTAN: 205 all out in 49.1 overs (Akmal 48, Younis 29, Misbah 24, Malik 28, Junaid 25; Morkel 2-33, McLaren 3-32)
SOUTH AFRICA: 208 for 4 in 44 overs (Amla 22, De Villiers 95 not out, Behardien 35, Miller 20 not out; Irfan 2-38)
Result: South Africa won by six wickets and clinched the five-match series 3-2.
Player-of-the-match: AB de Villiers.
Player-of-the-series: AB de Villiers.
South Africa captain AB de Villiers hit an unbeaten 95 to help guide his side past Pakistan’s 205 all out.
De Villiers, who was dropped on one, overcame some hostile bowling on an unpredictable pitch as South Africa chased down the Pakistani total with six overs to spare.
Earlier, Ryan McLaren took three wickets in 13 balls to spark a Pakistan collapse.
Pakistan struggled to 205 all out after being reasonably placed at 151 for four in the 35th over handing the initiative to the hosts in the winner takes all match.
McLaren had Shoaib Malik caught at midwicket and three balls later, with the last delivery before the batting power play, he had big-hitting Shahid Afridi caught at deep square leg without scoring.
Pakistan’s hopes then rested with their captain, Misbahul Haq, who had played a match-winning innings of 80 when Pakistan squared the series at 2-2 with a three-wicket win in Durban on Thursday.
As he had in Durban, Misbah started cautiously and he had scored only 24 runs off 46 balls when he was caught behind to become McLaren’s third victim.
McLaren finished with three for 32, with all his wickets coming in a three-over third spell which cost only five runs.
For the first time this season, South Africa fielded their two leading strike bowlers, Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel, in their one-day international team.
The pair had been rotated during a series against New Zealand and Morkel missed the first four matches against Pakistan because of a hamstring injury.
Although Steyn and Morkel only took one and two wickets respectively, they contributed to a much-improved South African bowling performance.
Despite an innings of 48 off 51 balls by Kamran Akmal, and a third wicket stand of 66 between Akmal and Younis Khan (29) the Pakistanis were unable to dominate the bowling at any stage during their innings after Misbah won the toss and decided to bat.
SCORE IN BRIEF
PAKISTAN: 205 all out in 49.1 overs (Akmal 48, Younis 29, Misbah 24, Malik 28, Junaid 25; Morkel 2-33, McLaren 3-32)
SOUTH AFRICA: 208 for 4 in 44 overs (Amla 22, De Villiers 95 not out, Behardien 35, Miller 20 not out; Irfan 2-38)
Result: South Africa won by six wickets and clinched the five-match series 3-2.
Player-of-the-match: AB de Villiers.
Player-of-the-series: AB de Villiers.
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