It was the 1579th ODI in cricket history.It was Pakistan's 458th match.The record now reads : won 235,lost
207, tied 6 and abandoned 10.It was the 23rd match between these two sides .The record now
reads: South Africa 16, Pakistan 7.It was the third match between these two sides on this ground.
South Africa has won all the three.Umpire Peter Manuel and Daryl Harper were officiating in their
28th and 20th match respectively.The partnership of 115 runs between Imran Nazir and Younis Khan
was Pakistan's best for second wicket against South Africa. This
supplanted the previous record stand of 62 between Aamir Sohail and
Rameez Raja, also at Sharjah on 16-04-1996.Imran Nazir was playing his first match against South Africa. His
innings (71) was the highest by a Pakistani on first appearance
against South Africa. The previous highest was Salim Elahi's 54 at
Nairobi Gymkhana on 29- 09-1996.Lance Klusener captured five wickets in a match for the sixth time
in his career. Now only Pakistan's Waqar Younis has taken five wicket
hauls on more occasions than Klusener nine in 184 matches.Klusener's figures (5-47) are the second best by any bowler
against Pakistan on this ground after SriLanka's Rumesh Ratnayake
(5-32 on 20-12-1990). WestIndian Curtly Ambrose (5-53 on 21-10-1991)
is the only other bowler to capture five wickets in a match against
Pakistan at Sharjah. Incidentally the previous best for South Africa
at this venue was 3-19 by Craig Matthews, also against Pakistan on
16-04-1996.It was the second time Klusener captured five wickets in a match
against Pakistan. He had taken five for 25 at Cape Town on
23-04-1998. He became only third bowler after WestIndian Ian Bishop
and Australian Glenn McGrath to capture five wicket hauls on two
occasions against Pakistan.Klusener has now taken 18 wickets in just seven matches against
Pakistan most for South Africa. Previously Fanie deVilliers had a
tally of 18 wickets from 15 matches.Jacques Kallis,on 14,completed his 3000 runs in ODIs in his 90th
match (87th innings). He became fifth South African after Hansie
Cronje, Gary Kirsten, Jonty Rhodes and Daryll Cullinan and 61st
batsman overall to do so. Kallis also became second fastest to
complete 3000 runs for South Africa after Gary Kirsten who took 72
matches (and as many innings) for his 3000 runs.Pakistan has now not won a match against South Africa in last 14
matches. Pakistan's last win over South Africa came at Durban on 17-
12-1994.The defeat was Pakistan's seventh in a row. Only twice before
Pakistan has lost 7 or more consecutive matches.It had lost 10 matches
at a trot from 30-10-1987 to 30-03-1988.It also lost 7 consecutive
matches from 14-01-1984 to 04-02-1984.Lance Klusener won Man of the Match award for the 16th time in his
career. Now he is only two short of Hansie Cronje's record tally of
MoM awards for South Africa. 