Right, Salman Butt and Imran Nazir walk out. John Blain has the new ball. ON ON!

Toss Ryan Watson has won the toss and Scotland will bowl first.

Teams : Pakistan 1 Salman Butt, 2 Imran Nazir, 3 Mohammad Hafeez, 4 Younis Khan, 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Shahid Afridi, 7 Misbah-ul-Haq, 8 Kamran Akmal, 9 Mohammad Asif, 10 Umar Gul, 11 Yasir Arafat

Scotland: 1 Ryan Watson, 2 Fraser Watts, 3 Navdeep Poonia, 4 Gavin Hamilton, 5 Neil McCallum, 6 Dougie Brown, 7 CJO Smith, 8 Majid Haq, 9 Craig Wright, 10 John Blain, 11 Dewald Nel

Pakistan have gone in with three specialist seamers. Malik said at the toss that he too would have bowled first.

Hello and welcome to Cricinfo's live coverage of the third match of the ICC World Twenty20, between Pakistan and Scotland at Kingsmead. This is Kanishkaa Balachandran and I will take you through the first half of the innings. George Binoy will take over later.

This is the second match of the double-header in Durban after New Zealand dealt with Kenya before the crowd could settle down in their seats. The first game was so one-sided, it reminded us of the World Cup. It will be upto Scotland to make Pakistan sweat it out or we could be in for another mismatch.

Pakistan are overwhelming favourites, but, cast your minds back to a cloudy March 17 in Kingston, Jamaica when Ireland created one of the biggest upsets of the World Cup. Memories of that game will still rankle Pakistan, so expect them to go on an all-out attack today. The batsmen have clicked in the warm-ups so if you're contemplating heading to the ground, heads up!

S Rajesh, our man at the ground, is keeping an eye on them. This is what he says," Pakistan are doing catching practice with a cordon of four slips - indicates just how they expect the match to go." Looks like they may go in with a pacy-heavy attack like New Zealand did.

Rajesh also informs us that only 20% of the seats are occupied. Play is set to get underway at 2 PM local time so there's still time.

Here's a fact for you - Scotland are the 12th international team to join the Twenty20 parade.

0.1

Blain to Salman Butt, no run, gentle away swinger to begin with, Butt plays it safe and lets it go

0.2

Blain to Salman Butt, no run, full in length outside off and Butt just lets it go, that one slipped out of the hand and just misses the wide call

0.3

Blain to Salman Butt, FOUR, thick outside edge and the ball races away to the third-man boundary, Butt is underway and so is pakistan

0.4

Blain to Salman Butt, 1 run, short of a length, Butt shapes to pull but comes onto it a little too early, gets a single

0.5

Blain to Imran Nazir, FOUR, and Nazir goes ballistic from the word GO, goes for the hook and the ball goes to fine-leg, unconvincing but good enough

0.6

Blain to Imran Nazir, no run, drifting on the pads, tries to flick it away, clips the pads

1.1

Nel to Salman Butt, no run, low full toss, swings in to the left hander a little late, Butt gets some bat on it

1.2

Nel to Salman Butt, no run, good length on off stump, Butt lets it go watchfully

1.3

Nel to Salman Butt, no run, drifting on the leg, Butt flicks it off his wrists, finds the fielder at square leg

1.4

Nel to Salman Butt, no run, pacy delivery on middle stump, Butt rocks on the back foot and defends

1.5

Nel to Salman Butt, no run, Nel drifts closer to leg stump, Butt shuffles to work it to the on side, hits him on the thigh, contemplates a single, turned down

1.6

Nel to Salman Butt, no run, on leg, worked away to the on side, Nel keeps him quiet, and that's a maiden, a rarity!

2.1

Blain to Imran Nazir, OUT, first blood to Scotland, full outside off, Nazir goes for an expansive scoop over point, the ball goes high up towards deep point and Hamilton goes forward and takes it inches off the ground

Imran Nazir c Hamilton b Blain 4 (8m 3b 1x4 0x6) SR: 133.33

Hafeez walks in

2.2

Blain to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 run, outside the off stump, Hafeez opens the face of the bat and glides it down to third man

2.3

Blain to Salman Butt, no run, worked to the off side, Butt tries to find the gap

2.4

Blain to Salman Butt, no run, Butt backs away, Blain follows him and lands the ball short on leg stump, Butt has no room to swing, the ball rolls to the on side

2.5

Blain to Salman Butt, no run, short of a length and no room to swing across the line again, worked to square leg

2.6

Blain to Salman Butt, 1 run, good length outside off, Butt gets an opening and works it just wide of point

Quiet start for Pakistan. Dewald Nel is the only bowler so far to have bowled a maiden in his first over on Twenty20 debut

3.1

Nel to Salman Butt, 1 run

3.2

Nel to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 run, Nel lands it on a good length outside off, Hafeez gets forward and glances it down to third man

3.3

Nel to Salman Butt, no run, no room to cut, drive or pull, Butt just flicks it to the on side, finds the fielder

3.4

Nel to Salman Butt, no run, and again, default mode! turned to the on side and a fielder gets across and cuts it off

3.5

Nel to Salman Butt, no run, once more, this time its a touch fuller, Butt flicks it with his wrists and the square leg fielder throws himself to his right and cuts it off

3.6

Nel to Salman Butt, 1 run, outside off and Butt works it in the gap between mid-off and cover, cover dives and stops it

4.1

Blain to Salman Butt, no run, Butt steps down the track and misses it altogether, the urgency is kicking up

4.2

Blain to Salman Butt, FOUR, bad line, down leg, Butt works it fine and places it well since the fine leg is up in the circle, releif for Butt

4.3

Blain to Salman Butt, 1 run

4.4

Blain to Mohammad Hafeez, FOUR, short of a length, Hafeez waits on it and pulls it with force over square leg, one bounce and four

Deep square leg in

4.5

Blain to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 run, Blain brings the length a little fuller, Hafeez rocks backwards and flicks off his hips

4.6

Blain to Salman Butt, OUT, Butt falls for the trap! drifting on the hips, Butt tries to flick it past short fine leg but ends up spooning it straight to him, easy catch for Poonia

Salman Butt c Haq b Blain 13 (19m 23b 2x4 0x6) SR: 56.52

Younis Khan walks in

5.1

Brown to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 wide, wide outside off, attempts to hit it but lets it go

5.1

Brown to Mohammad Hafeez, FOUR, wide outside off again and Hafeez sticks his bat out at it, outside edge goes to the right of short third man, controlled shot in the end

5.2

Brown to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 run, on middle, worked to the on side

5.3

Brown to Younis Khan, no run, drifts outside off again, Younis goes for the square drive but just holds his bat back in the last second

5.4

Brown to Younis Khan, 2 wides, wide again, Brown struggles with his radar, Younis goes for the cut, misses the bat, the ball clips the gloves of the keeper and deflects to third man, single taken

5.4

Brown to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 bye, wide outside off again, not wide enough to be called, clips the keeper's gloves, rolls away to the off side and they scamper through for a bye

5.5

Brown to Younis Khan, 1 run, glanced down to third man

5.6

Brown to Mohammad Hafeez, FOUR, full on off stump, Hafeez gets down and scoops that off the meat of the bat to fine leg, good innovation and it pays off as no fielder gets close to it

Haq, the off spinner, comes on

6.1

Haq to Younis Khan, 1 run, tossed on middle and leg, steps down and works it to long-on

6.2

Haq to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 run, steps down the track, full in length, drives to long-off

6.3

Haq to Younis Khan, SIX, flighted on middle, Younis steps down, lofts and lauches that over the long-on boundary

6.4

Haq to Younis Khan, no run

6.5

Haq to Younis Khan, no run, defended to the on side

6.6

Haq to Younis Khan, 1 run, worked to the off side, esy single taken

Craig Wright comes on with his medium pacers

7.1

Wright to Younis Khan, 1 run, short of a length on middle, Younis moves back and across and glances that to third man, the ball nearly catches him on the pad, exciting the fielders in the circle

7.2

Wright to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 run, more controlled dab to third man

7.3

Wright to Younis Khan, 1 run, worked to the on side and another easy single taken

7.4

Wright to Mohammad Hafeez, OUT, smart reflexes from Wright, low full toss, Hafeez gets forward and lobs it to Wright who fumbles with it, takes the rebound comfortably with his right hand, made it look so easy in the end

Mohammad Hafeez c & b Wright 18 (23m 11b 3x4 0x6) SR: 163.63

7.5

Wright to Shoaib Malik, no run, turned to the off side

7.6

Wright to Shoaib Malik, no run, Wright slips in a yorker and gets it to swing, Malik just manages to get some bat on it and dig it out

8.1

Haq to Younis Khan, 1 run, tossed on middle and leg, driven to long-on

8.2

Haq to Shoaib Malik, no run, good length on off stump, no turn, played back to Haq

8.3

Haq to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, tossed on middle and off, Malik swings across the line and finds the midwicket boundary

8.4

Haq to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, turned to the on side for a single

8.5

Haq to Younis Khan, 2 runs, tossed on off and middle, Malik steps forward and works it to the off side

8.6

Haq to Younis Khan, 1 run, short and pulled hard, deep square leg picks it up

9.1

Wright to Younis Khan, no run, caught on the pads, swinging in, Wright appeals confidently, the ball would have slipped down leg

9.2

Wright to Younis Khan, no run, good length on off stump, defended back to the bowler

9.3

Wright to Younis Khan, FOUR, good length on off stump, Younis innovates, gets on his knees and sweeps that from across the stumps to long leg, one bounce and four

9.4

Wright to Younis Khan, 2 runs, short outside off, Younis flat bats that up in the air down to deep extra cover, streaky but safe

9.5

Wright to Younis Khan, 1 run, driven to the off side

9.6

Wright to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, full outside off and driven

It's over to George now

Cheers Kanishkaa. Dougie Brown replaces Haq.

10.1

Brown to Shoaib Malik, no run, good length ball pitches outside off stump and holds its line, Malik tries to run it down to third man but gets beaten

10.2

Brown to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, good length on off stump once again, pushed off the front foot into the vacant cover point region for a single

10.3

Brown to Younis Khan, 1 run, the slower ball bowled on a full length on middle stump, Younis leans forward and drives to long on

10.4

Brown to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, Malik backs away and lofts the ball towards deep point, that was more of an outside edge rather than the middle of the bat

10.5

Brown to Younis Khan, 1 run, good length but a fraction too wide which allows Younis to free his arms and cut to the fielder to the sweeper boundary

10.6

Brown to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, Malik drives on the front foot to John Blain at long off, just the single

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Pakistan will want to accelerate soon. Afridi waits in the wings.

11.1

Nel to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, full ball on off stump, driven hard into the ground and the ball bounces over Nel's outstretched hand

11.2

Nel to Younis Khan, no run, Younis tries to cut a ball that's much too close to him down to third man, he gets beaten

11.3

Nel to Younis Khan, SIX, full-length delivery on middle stump, Younis gets under it and lofts it straight back over long-on's head, Akon's Smack that begins to play

11.4

Nel to Younis Khan, 1 run, played with an open face down to third man for a single

11.5

Nel to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, Malik pulls it away to the leg side for one more

11.6

Nel to Younis Khan, no run, an excellent short delivery to end the over, Younis shaped up to play the pull but bailed out of the shot

12.1

Haq to Shoaib Malik, OUT, stumped him! Malik gives Haq the charge and tries to hit him into orbit, he doesn't get to the pitch of the ball and his wild heave doesn't make contact, Smith whips off the bails with Malik well short of his crease

Shoaib Malik st †Smith b Haq 11 (16m 13b 1x4 0x6) SR: 84.61

Shahid Afrridi is the new batsman.

12.2

Haq to Shahid Afridi, SIX, and what a start! He gets down on one knee and slog-sweeps the offbreak out of the ground, amazing stuff

12.3

Haq to Shahid Afridi, FOUR, Afridi waits on the back foot for a short ball and swats it away behind square leg, the fielder in the deep didn't spot it and the ball reaches the boundary

12.4

Haq to Shahid Afridi, SIX, another one, Afridi gets underneath it and lofts it high towards long-on, the fielder on the boundary thinks he has a chance but the ball flies just over his head

12.5

Haq to Shahid Afridi, 3 runs, he attempts to heave it out of the ground again but the outside edge runs down to third man

12.6

Haq to Younis Khan, FOUR, Younis gets into the act with a powerful pull in front of midwicket, 23 runs of the over

13.1

Wright to Shahid Afridi, 2 runs, full ball outside off stump, driven on the front foot towards wide long-off

13.2

Wright to Shahid Afridi, 1 run, excellent delivery in the blockhole, Afridi can't do much but dig it out towards the off side for a single

13.3

Wright to Younis Khan, 1 run, another one nearly in the blockhole, Younis drives to long-on for a single

13.4

Wright to Shahid Afridi, OUT, caught! Afridi decided to attempt a cheeky stroke rather than use power, he moved across his stumps to a full toss and played a paddle sweep straight to Haq at short fine leg, it's an easy catch, massive wicket for Scotland

Shahid Afridi c Haq b Wright 22 (5m 7b 1x4 2x6) SR: 314.28

Misbah-ul-Haq is the new batsman.

13.5

Wright to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, full delivery driven to long off for a single

13.6

Wright to Younis Khan, 1 wide, sprayed wide outside off stump, wide called

13.6

Wright to Younis Khan, FOUR, good length delivery on off stump, Younis lofts straight back over the bowler's head, he hasn't hit it hard but the placement is perfect

14.1

Blain to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, good length ball on off stump, Misbah gets on to the front foot and drives to cover

14.2

Blain to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, excellent yorker from Blain, Misbah digs it out back to the bowler

14.3

Blain to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, full ball outside the off stump, Misbah leans into an elegant cover drive but his placement is poor, he finds the only fielder in the circle in front of square

14.4

Blain to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, full length once again and slightly straighter on middle stump, Misbah flicks off his pads through midwicket for a single

14.5

Blain to Younis Khan, no run, banged in short, Younis tries to pull but misses the ball

14.6

Blain to Younis Khan, 1 run, full toss on middle stump, Younis drives off the front foot to long-on, he missed out on that one

15.1

Haq to Younis Khan, OUT, caught in the deep! Younis tries to clear the boundary at cow corner but doesn;t time it well enough, he ends up lofting it straight to Watts at wide long-on, he was the well-set batsman for Pakistan

Younis Khan c Watts b Haq 41 (42m 29b 3x4 2x6) SR: 141.37

Kamran Akmal is the new batsman.

15.2

Haq to Kamran Akmal, no run, tossed up outside the off stump, Akmal tries to drive through cover but gets beaten outside the off stump, Smith whips off the bails but Akmal is safe

15.3

Haq to Kamran Akmal, 1 run, played through midwicket for a single

15.4

Haq to Misbah-ul-Haq, FOUR, Misbah plays a pre-meditated reverse sweep but executes it superbly, he picks it up from off stump and places it fine enough to beat short third man

15.5

Haq to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run

15.6

Haq to Kamran Akmal, 2 runs, the outside edge on at attempted cover drive runs down towards third man

16.1

Brown to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 wide, poor line, strays far down leg side and a wide is called

16.1

Brown to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, superb ball, fired into the blockhole on off and middle stump, Misbah defends towards cover

16.2

Brown to Misbah-ul-Haq, FOUR, that's poor, a short ball that is angled down leg side, Misbah moves across his stumps and pulls it over short fine leg for four more

16.3

Brown to Misbah-ul-Haq, FOUR, too full once again, Misbah takes advantage of the room outside off stump and plays a textbook cover-drive for another boundary

16.4

Brown to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, slightly shorter in length but the line is wide outside off stump, Misbah tries to cut but gets beaten

16.5

Brown to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, Misbah waits for the ball to come to him and opens the face late to play it behind square on the off side

16.6

Brown to Kamran Akmal, FOUR, Brown bowls another ball on leg stump, Akmal moves across towards the off side and swings the ball towards the deep backward square leg boundary

17.1

Wright to Misbah-ul-Haq, 2 runs, full toss on middle stump, Misbah waits for it and flicks the ball behind square for two more

17.2

Wright to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, full toss on off stump this time, Misbah waits on the back foot and jabs down at it and plays the ball towards backward point

17.3

Wright to Kamran Akmal, no run, he's getting a bit too cheeky, Akmal moves across towards the off side and tries to paddle it fine, he doesn't make contact

17.4

Wright to Kamran Akmal, 1 run, Akmal makes room by backing away towards leg and tries to drive through the off side, he mis-hits it to long on

17.5

Wright to Misbah-ul-Haq, FOUR, he backs away to make room and guides the ball past short third man with an open face, he's timed it well enough to reach the boundary

17.6

Wright to Misbah-ul-Haq, OUT, bowled him! Misbah tries to play another fine late cut but this time he misses and has his stumps rattled by a quicker delivery

Misbah-ul-Haq b Wright 23 (18m 16b 4x4 0x6) SR: 143.75

18.1

Brown to Kamran Akmal, 1 run, full ball on off stump, driven off the front foot towards cover

18.2

Brown to Yasir Arafat, 2 runs, full ball on off and middle stump, Arafat drives the ball firmly towards long-on where an excellent diving effort saves the boundary

18.3

Brown to Yasir Arafat, 1 run, driven hard off the front foot to cover for a quick single

18.4

Brown to Kamran Akmal, 1 run, Akmal charges down the pitch and hits the ball down to long on, he was aiming for the stands but couldn't get under the ball

18.5

Brown to Yasir Arafat, 1 run, driven towards cover for another single, this is excellent bowling, giving the batsman no room to work with

18.6

Brown to Kamran Akmal, SIX, full toss on off stump, Akmal backs away and throws his bat hard at it, aiming for the cover bouundary, the outside edge flies high and far over the point boundary

19.1

Nel to Yasir Arafat, 1 run, Nel bowls a low full toss on off and middle stump, Arafat gets a thick inside edge on to his pad as he tries to smash it through midwicket

19.2

Nel to Kamran Akmal, OUT, caught in the deep! Good length ball on off and middle stump, Akmal tries to slog it over the midwicket boundary but lofts a simple catch to Watts at wide long-on, he takes a well-judged catch

Kamran Akmal c Watts b Nel 16 (18m 10b 1x4 1x6) SR: 160.00

19.3

Nel to Yasir Arafat, 2 runs

19.4

Nel to Yasir Arafat, FOUR, superbly placed, although completely unintentional, Arafat gives Nel the charge and tries to hit him through the leg side, the inside edge flies past leg stump, beats the wicketkeeper and runs down to the boundary

19.5

Nel to Yasir Arafat, SIX, Arafat's heaves powerfully and gets a top-edge that flies high in the air down to Hamilton on the square leg boundary, Hamilton steps over the boundary while getting into position for the catch and his foot was over the line as he dived forward to complete the catch, so that's six

19.6

Nel to Yasir Arafat, OUT, bowled him! Nel bowls a low full toss that Arafat tries to hit through the leg side, he misses and Nel hits off and middle stump

Yasir Arafat b Nel 17 (8m 8b 1x4 1x6) SR: 212.50

Scotland have done superbly to restrict Pakistan's powerful batting line-up to 171. If they bat sensibly they have an excellent chance of pulling this off. The pitch, however, has plenty to offer for Mohammad Asif and Co. Kanishkaa will be back in ten minutes for Scotland's chase.