South Africa vs Pakistan, 15th Match, Group 2 at Colombo, Sep 28 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary

outside edge settles it! Umar Akmal was off the blocks even before Morkel landed it on the pitch, Ajmal decided not to go for any wild slog and settled on edging it past the keeper, there was no slip and the ball raced to third man, smart choice of shot by Ajmal

squeezes out a yorker outside off and he gambles by giving Ajmal the strike

that siphons six off the required runs! What a time to bowl a full toss, Akmal's eyes lit up and he smashed that flat and hard over deep midwicket

under pressure and Morkel slips in the yorker outside off and Akmal fails to dig it out

is there another twist here? The South Africans will be relieved to see the back of Gul, it was full outside off and he got underneath the bounce and tried to carve that over sweeper cover, the ball dipped and Peterson comfortably took it in front of the rope

reaches forward and drives in the air down to sweeper cover

Steyn loses complete control of that one and slips it wide of the off stump, impossible for the batsman to chase that

pulled flat and straight to midwicket and he declines the single

just drops short of third man! Gul goes for the straight hit and ends up getting a top edge that swirls towards third man, Amla runs forward but the ball drops short of him

a touch too short and he makes room and thumps that to sweeper cover

ouch! Steyn's in pain here, Akmal bashes it back to the bowler and his heel comes in the way, the ball deflects to long-on, the throw was wide and they take a couple

fullish outside off and he squirts it out to point

fires that full and wide outside off and he reaches out and squirts it out wide of third man

another wide one outside off, he chases that and the bat hits the ground, two dot balls

close to being a wide there, it was wide outside off and Gul chased that one

Umar Gul's the man of the moment! Morkel errs by bowling a low full toss on the pads, Gul effortlessly works his wrists and flicks it with ease to deep square leg

fires that full on the stumps and he drills it down to long-off, beats the bowler

another free swing to deep midwicket and they hurry the second

the equation is narrowing fast! Poor stuff from Morkel, slower delivery outside off and he carves that high over backward point and the ball nearly carries all the way over the rope

Gul showing he cannot be underestimated as a batsman! Another whack over the on side, picks a length delivery and swings across the line, lands a few rows behind deep midwicket