South Africa vs Pakistan, 3rd ODI at Dubai, , Nov 02 2010 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Rusty you beauty! Delivers the near-perfect yorker on off stump and Shoaib can't do much with that. It went off the edge, for a single to AB. Not enough. Johan Botha roars. Alam is heart-broken. South Africa have completed one of their narrowest wins by runs in ODIs.

Ajmal is gone! Rusty hits the castle. Dubai goes quiet. It was back of a length outside off and Ajmal looked to tap it to the off side for one. He missed and it nipped the off bail out of the groove.

Full outside off, Theron finally lands it on the money and Alam can't do much except squeeze it past the bowler to long on for one.

another short ball, Alam stays in the crease and looks to pull. He doesn't time the cross-batted swat, but manages to elude the infield and pick a couple to deep midwicket

They are dropping everything! Alam looks to loft over extra cover and ends up scooping it straight up. Three fielders could have taken it, Albie running across from deep point settled under it and then let it go down. Two more taken. What a finish!

manages to land this one and Alam looks to slog him across the line towards the leg side. He misses. Dot!

starts with a very high full toss well wide outside off, and it is called no-ball for height! Alam keeps his wits about him and cross bats it away to deep extra cover for 2. 3 runs in all and the ball has to be rebowled! Come on Rusty!

and again, that one short really hurt Pakistan there! Alam was the culprit for the one short which ensured Ajmal had strike for the 5th ball, and this one. He swishes twice outside off and it is two dots.

Ajmal looks to swing a length ball outside off and misses

Alam goes aerial and Amla puts it down! That was in the slot for the slog and Alam looks to clear midwicket. He hits it far too high for his liking, and as it transpired, for Amla's too. He came running in as it swirled under the ring of fire and he grassed it. Fitting that the batsmen ran one short as they tried to take three

well bowled Lonwabo. Alam backs away to the leg side, Lonwabo sees him and fires it at his legs and it goes through Alam down the leg side to the keeper

Ajmal looks to cart him over extra cover and will be thankful about the lack of timing. It landed a few yards in front of Amla running in from the sweeper cover. Alam has strike now

Lonwabo! What have you done! Wide down the leg. Not the time for an extra

well, what was that? Ajmal tries to do a Tillakaratne Dilshan to a ball angling across and well wide of off as he tries to paddle sweep. He misses and it is a dot

Alam has an almighty swoosh at a ball wide outside off and misses. Only 4 off that over.

Asjaml looks to pull and has no clue where that went. It went behind point and they steal a leg bye

both teams attempt suicide there! Pakistan survive. Ajmal works it off the pads straight to Ingram at midwicket and takes off. No single in that. Ingram collects and then throws it very wide of AB, who is forced to shy at thre stumps after collecting the throw. And he misses. That was a horror throw from Ingram

slow off cutter at 112 kph and Alam chips out and adjusts to the change of pace. He chips it down the ground for a single and brings up a spunky little fifty. He has gutsed it out in tough conditions.

sensible. Ajmal waits for a length ball outside off and is almost on the run as he taps it into the covers. Single taken.

full on off stump and Alam can only drill a single down to long off. They don't need any risks from here, especially so with just 2 wickets in hand.