he's done it! Short and wide outside off, a swished upper-cut down to third man, and they scamper back for two
South Africa vs West Indies, 5th ODI at Johannesburg, Feb 03 2008 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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5th ODI, Johannesburg, February 03, 2008, West Indies tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa
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(28.5/31 ov, T:211) 211/2
South Africa won by 8 wickets (with 13 balls remaining) (D/L method)
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Huge celebrations in the crowd, all the West Indians come up to congratulate him, the commentators fall over themselves to deliver the ultimate eulogy, and Pollock takes off his helmet and gloves, and heads off to the boundary's edge where his team-mates have gathered to pat him on the back.
And now Pollock is hoisted on the shoulders of his team-mates, even the injured Andre Nel, to be paraded round the ground. "Shaun Pollock. Giving ginger kids street cred since 1995". The banner says it all.
"It's been a wonderful journey for 13 years," says Pollock. "I feel emotionally drained but the atmosphere at each and every ground has carried me. I can't think of a better venue than the Wanderers to finish." He's starting to well up now, having kept his composure throughout the match, and indeed the series - which, incidentally, has ended as a 5-0 whitewash.
For Dwayne Bravo, West Indies' beaten captain, it's a disappointing end to the series, but he believes his side has learned a lot, and will return home to the Caribbean with pride.
The Man of the Match is Herschelle Gibbs, for his blistering century, and the Man of the Series has been awarded jointly to JP Duminy for his 226 runs, and that man Pollock, for bowing out in the manner that he has performed throughout his career. That pretty much wraps it up from here. Congratulations to South Africa and to Pollock. We've been Andrew Miller and Will Luke.
28.5
2
Rampaul to Pollock, 2 runs
28.4
4
Rampaul to Pollock, FOUR runs
what a roar from the Bullring! Rampaul was too full, and Pollock slotted that through the covers. Two balls left in this over, two to win ...
28.3
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Rampaul to Pollock, no run
full length, pushed out to cover
28.2
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Rampaul to Pollock, no run
ooh, good delivery. Pollock half-thought about a swing, but ended up being beaten outside off
28.2
1w
Rampaul to Pollock, 1 wide
no foot movement from Pollock as he wafted outside off, but now he can win it in one shot, should he so wish
That's broken the back of the chase
28.1
5
Rampaul to Kallis, 5 runs
now that's unfortunate, Kallis drives into the covers, makes his ground, the ball hits the base of the stumps and ricochets all the way for five overthrows
Twelve runs needed, 18 balls left. This one's in the bag - it's all about Pollock now ...
end of over 284 runs
SA: 199/2CRR: 7.10 • RRR: 4.00
Jacques Kallis69 (69b 7x4)
Shaun Pollock4 (7b)
Dwayne Bravo 5-0-52-0
Ravi Rampaul 5-1-27-0
27.6
1
Dwayne Bravo to Kallis, 1 run
change of pace, pushed into the deep
27.5
1
Dwayne Bravo to Pollock, 1 run
clunked back past the flailing bowler. Pollock is content to take the slow route to victory. Maybe he's savouring every last ball
27.4
1
Dwayne Bravo to Kallis, 1 run
slower ball, in the blockhole again, squeezed down the ground for a single
27.3
1
Dwayne Bravo to Pollock, 1 run
clipped firmly down to long-on. Kallis thinks about a second, but only for a second ...
27.2
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Dwayne Bravo to Pollock, no run
Pollock advances, but ends up yorking himself. Bravo fields in his followthrough
27.1
•
Dwayne Bravo to Pollock, no run
opens the face for an attempted glide to third man, but point swoops round to field
end of over 278 runs
SA: 195/2CRR: 7.22 • RRR: 4.00
Jacques Kallis67 (67b 7x4)
Shaun Pollock2 (3b)
Ravi Rampaul 5-1-27-0
Daren Powell 7-0-39-2
26.6
4
Rampaul to Kallis, FOUR runs
stand and deliver! Utterly flogged on the up, through the covers, beating fielders diving left and right
26.5
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Rampaul to Kallis, no run
picked up in the covers
26.4
1
Rampaul to Pollock, 1 run
firmly driven to deep cover, and each run is greeted like a member of Boyzone entering a Smash Hits party
26.3
1
Rampaul to Kallis, 1 run
smeared down to third man off a thick edge. Pollock's back on strike to the crowd's intense approval
26.2
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Rampaul to Kallis, no run
down the track and defended back to the bowler
26.1
2
Rampaul to Kallis, 2 runs
elegant drive, finds the gap at short cover, but swept up on the boundary's edge
end of over 263 runs • 1 wicket
SA: 187/2CRR: 7.19 • RRR: 4.80
Shaun Pollock1 (2b)
Jacques Kallis60 (62b 6x4)
Daren Powell 7-0-39-2
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 4-0-19-0
25.6
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Powell to Pollock, no run
defended off the back foot, and that's the end of the over
Incidentally, Kallis and Pollock both debuted in the same series against England in 1995-96. They've seen a bit of action in the interim
25.5
1
Powell to Kallis, 1 run
short and swung away to deep square leg
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