that's it! Pakistan win two valuable Super Eight points, Vaas pulls the last ball, a slower one from Gul, to midwicket
Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, 16th Match, Group F at Johannesburg, Sep 17 2007 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Pakistan have won by 33 runs, a sizable margin that will boost their net run-rate as well. They have a net run-rate of 1.65 and are in second place after Australia.
Younis Khan is the Man of the Match for his extremely well-paced 51 after Sri Lanka had rocked the Pakistan top order. That's it from us at Cricinfo today, this is George Binoy signing off, Cheers.
Gul bowls a yorker-length full toss on off stump, driven to cover
short ball outside off stump, Malinga backs away and tries to hit it with a flat bat down the ground, he lofts it towards long-off where Younis runs in and takes a well-judged catch
Vaas tries to pull a length ball but bottom-edges it next to the stumps, Malinga calls for the single, Akmal runs in and throws the ball at the bowler's end but misses the stumps
full ball angled into the right-hander, Malinga tries to make room but Gul followed him, pushed towards mid-on for a single
good length ball on off stump, Vaas pulls straight past the bowler for a single
full ball down leg side, Vaas tries to move across his stumps and flick but misses
Sri Lanka need 39 off the last over which will be bowled by Gul.
driven to long-on for a single
caught! Dilshan tries to hit the fourth six of the over but this time he doesn't get the elevation, Younis sprints to his right, slides and takes an excellent catch on the run
dropped and six! Younis Khan drops the slog sweep on the boundary and the ball bounces off his hands and goes over the ropes
Dilshan tries to reverse sweep but misses, Hafeez strays down leg side and a wide is given
Dilshan gets down on one knee and slog sweeps another one over deep bckward square leg
full toss on middle stump, Dilshan swings and swings hard, he connects finally and sends the ball flying over deep square leg, that's the 150th six of the tournament
full toss outside off stump from Hafeez, driven through covers for another single
short ball outside off stump, Vaas pulls to Malik at midwicket and runs the single, had Malik hit at the bowler's end, Vaas was a goner
full ball on middle stump, Dilshan tries to swing it away through midwicket but gets an inside edge to long leg
a short of a length slower ball outside off stump, Dilshan backs away and tries to cut but gets beaten by the lack of pace
Gul digs the bouncer in and Vaas manages to pull it over midwicket for a single
sliced off the back foot to deep point where Tanvir picks up and sends it a rocket-like throw
Gul fires in the yorker but it ends up as a low full toss which Vaas drives through midwicket, 31 balls since Sri Lanka hit their last boundary
Sri Lanka need a whopping 65 from 18. The game's nearly up.