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Toss Won By: India
Batting First: India Score 253/5 Score Card Commentary
Batting Second: South Africa Score Card Commentary
Match Status: South Africa has won by 4 wickets

Match Scorecard
Match Report

With Jonty's brilliant innings, South Africa has won the match by four wickets. However, this is just a league encounter, and three teams from this group will reach the super six, when the real action will begin.
Over: 48
Jonty hits Prasad's first ball for a four to level the scores. Lovely innings by Jonty. Then takes a single to get the victory over India.
Over: 48 Score: 249 / 6   RRate: 5.18
Five runs needed from eighteen balls
Over: 47
Now Klusener hits Agarkar for a four. The three fours take the match out of India's hands. Another four by Klusener.
Over: 47
13 to win from 21 balls, four wickets in hand.
Over: 47
Another four on the second ball by Agarkar by Jonty.
Over: 47
First ball goes for four, hit by Jonty, may be match winning hits.
Over: 47
24 balls to go. Agarkar will bowl now.
Over: 46 Score: 232 / 6   RRate: 5.04
Srinath's full toss hit for a four by Klusener.
Over: 46
South Africa needs 26 from 25 balls.
Over: 46
Hearts are pounding. It is a very close game. Hold your breath. Lance Klusener, the dangerman is in.
Over: 46
Kallis run out for 96.
Over: 46
Is Kallis run out off a throw from Agarkar? well tell you when third umpire tells us. Yes he is out.
Over: 46
Srinath in attack again, for the first time from the sea end, up the hill. Kallis takes single, on to 94. dot ball to Jonty, a slower delivery. single to jonty 29 runs wanted from 27 balls.
Over: 45 Score: 223 / 5   RRate: 4.95
Kallis takes a single first ball of Tendulkar. Jonty pulls tendulkar for a four. South Africa have advantage. One dot ball. 31 runs from 30 balls needed.
Over: 45
Tendulkar brought back into attack.
Over: 44 Score: 216 / 5   RRate: 4.90
Kumble's spell over, with one wicket for 44 runs. South Africa needs 38 runs from 36 balls to win. Just three runs from this over.
Over: 44
Dot ball by Kumble to Jonty. South Africa needs 40 from 39. Jonty swept missed, appeal for lbw turned down.
Over: 44
Kumble bowling his last over. First ball for a single. India needs wicket badly.
Over: 43 Score: 213 / 5   RRate: 4.95
South Africa requires 41 runs from 42 balls.
Over: 43
Jonty hits Srinath for a four.
Over: 43
Srinath brought back into attack. Risky?
Over: 42 Score: 206 / 5   RRate: 4.90
South Africa needs 48 runs from 48 balls to win this match, with five wickets in hand. India now desperate for a wicket.
Over: 42
Kallis hits a boundary on Kumble's third ball. South africa crosses 200.
Over: 42
Kumble's dot ball to Jonty. Second ball for a single.
Over: 42
Kumble has taken one wicket from eight overs yielding 33 runs.
Over: 41 Score: 198 / 5   RRate: 4.82
Ten runs off Agarkar's over, the 41st of the innings. 56 runs required off 54 balls. Indians are in a team meeting. Kumble called in to bowl.
Over: 41
No ball by Agarkar edged by Kallis for a boundary.
Over: 41
South Africa needs 61 runs from 55 balls.

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Over: 40 Score: 188 / 5   RRate: 4.7
Jonty Rhodes taking quick singles and twos. Another wicket called for. South Africa wants 66 runs from 60 balls to win.
Over: 40
South africa needs 67 to win off 62 balls.
Over: 40
Dot ball by Prasad. Indian fielders all energy and advise to each other. Another dot ball.
Over: 40
Prasad is now bowling the 40th over. S Africa needs 69 runs from 65 balls, with five wickets remaining.
Over: 39 Score: 184 / 5   RRate: 4.71
Jonty Rhodes the new batsman in. Runs for everything like a sprinter.
Over: 39
Cronje made 27 runs off 30 deliveries. It was a brilliant running reflex catchat mid wicket by jadeja that did the trick.
Over: 39
Jadeja takes sensational catch to dismiss Cronje off agarkar. agarkar bowling cleverly as Cronje swinging at everything.

Agarkar being brought into attack as ball being changed, gone out of shape. Will take a few minutes.
Over: 38 Score: 179 / 4   RRate: 4.71
Kumble continuing attacking bowling. Three runs off the over. Pressure mounting on both sides.
Over: 38
Azhar saying "Abhi Kuch Nahin Hua AAram Se" South Africa needs run a ball.
Over: 37 Score: 176 / 4   RRate: 4.75
Boundary by cronje, which was almost a catch. Runs off every ball. Cronje 26 from 27 balls. Ten runs off tendulkar over.
Over: 37
Tendulkar bowling. Required run rate is 6.28
Over: 36 Score: 166 / 4   RRate: 4.61
Kumble bowled dot ball. misfield by dravid on the ropes yields a boundary. seven from the over.
Over: 36
Kumble bowling. Sharp fielding by Ganguly reduces to single. kallis beaten by Ganguly. Last fifteen scoring strokes were singles.
Over: 35 Score: 159 / 4   RRate: 4.54
Just two runs from this Tendulkar over. Just five runs from his two overs. India doing well now.
Over: 35
Tendulkar continues, single off third ball. fourth is dot ball. Deceiving Cronje, fifth dot ball.
Over: 35
Tendulkar continues first dot ball, second dot ball.
Over: 34 Score: 157 / 4   RRate: 4.61
Kumble gave three runs in this over. Almost got Cronje caught and bowled. Now, target is 97 runs from 96 balls.
Over: 34
Kumble bowling 34th over. Crucial phase of the match.

Srinath gave away 53 runs from eight overs.
Over: 33 Score: 154 / 4   RRate: 4.66
Tendulkar over yielded just three singles and three dot balls. S Africa needs just 100 runs from 102 deliveries. Tough ask?
Over: 33
Single on fifth ball
Over: 33
Single on fourth ball
Over: 33
Three dot balls by Tendulkar
Over: 33
Two dot balls by Tendulkar.
Over: 32 Score: 151 / 4   RRate: 4.71
Ganguly's over yielded six runs. Kallis and Cronje are becoming aggressive. South Africa crossed the 150 mark. Tendulkar brought in to bowl next over.
Over: 32
With nineteen overs to go match becoming a thriller. S Africa has batting depth. India needs wickets.

South Africa Batting
Session 1, Overs 1-20
Session 1, Overs 20-30
Indian Batting
Session 1, Overs 1-17
Session 2, Overs 18-34

Pakistan Batting R B 4 6 Saeed Anwar c Lara b Walsh 10 32 2 0 Shahid Afridi c Jacobs b Walsh 11 19 1 0 Abdur Razzaq b Dillon 7 34 1 0 Ijaz Ahmed lbw b Dillon 36 70 4 0 Inzamam-ul-Haq c Jacobs b Dillon 0 1 0 0 Yousuf Youhana c & b Simmons 34 53 2 0 Azhar Mahmood c sub (NO Perry) b Ambrose 38 51 1 2 *Wasim Akram b Walsh 42 29 4 2 +Moin Khan not out 10 9 0 0 Saqlain Mushtaq not out 2 3 0 0 Extras (b 2, lb 12, w 23, nb 2) 39 Total (8 wickets, 50 overs) 229 DNB: Shoaib Akhtar. FoW: 1-22 (Shahid Afridi, 7.6 ov), 2-23 (Saeed Anwar, 9.2 ov), 3-42 (Abdur Razzaq, 18.3 ov), 4-42 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 18.4 ov), 5-102 (Ijaz Ahmed, 30.1 ov), 6-135 (Yousuf Youhana, 38.3 ov), 7-209 (Azhar Mahmood, 47.3 ov), 8-217 (Wasim Akram, 48.5 ov). Bowling O M R W Ambrose 10 2 35 1 (1nb) Walsh 10 3 27 3 (1nb) Dillon 10 1 29 3 (10w) Simmons 10 0 41 1 (4w) Arthurton 1 0 10 0 Adams 8 0 57 0 (3w) Powell 1 0 16 0 (1w) West Indies Batting R B 4 6 SL Campbell b Shoaib Akhtar 9 14 0 1 +RD Jacobs c Inzamam-ul-Haq b Abdur Razzaq 25 53 3 1 JC Adams c Inzamam-ul-Haq b Azhar Mahmood 23 45 4 0 *BC Lara c sub (Mushtaq Ahmed) b Abdur Razzaq 11 9 2 0 S Chanderpaul c Yousuf Youhana b Shoaib Akhtar 77 98 6 0 RL Powell c Yousuf Youhana b Saqlain Mushtaq 4 17 0 0 PV Simmons c Moin Khan b Azhar Mahmood 5 16 0 0 CEL Ambrose c Moin Khan b Abdur Razzaq 1 9 0 0 KLT Arthurton c Saeed Anwar b Azhar Mahmood 6 14 0 0 M Dillon run out (Shoaib Akhtar) 6 23 0 0 CA Walsh not out 0 1 0 0 Extras (b 1, lb 8, w 20, nb 6) 35 Total (all out, 48.5 overs) 202 FoW: 1-14 (Campbell, 3.2 ov), 2-72 (Adams, 16.1 ov), 3-84 (Lara, 18.2 ov), 4-101 (Jacobs, 22.2 ov), 5-121 (Powell, 29.4 ov), 6-141 (Simmons, 35.2 ov), 7-142 (Ambrose, 36.6 ov), 8-161 (Arthurton, 41.1 ov), 9-195 (Dillon, 48.1 ov), 10-202 (Chanderpaul, 48.5 ov). Bowling O M R W Wasim Akram 10 3 37 0 (3nb, 6w) Shoaib Akhtar 9.5 1 54 2 (3w) Saqlain Mushtaq 9 0 22 1 (1w) Azhar Mahmood 10 0 48 3 (5w) Abdur Razzaq 10 3 32 3 (3nb, 4w)