6th Match, South Africa v Pakistan,CocaCola Cup, Statistical Highlights

It was the 1582nd ODI in cricket history

31-Mar-2000

It was the 1582nd ODI in cricket history.

It was the 24th match between these two sides.The record now reads: Pakistan 8, South Africa 16.

Charl Willoughby (LHB,LFM) was making his ODI debut.He became 60th player to represent South Africa in shorter version of the game at highest level.

The victory was Pakistan's first over South Africa since Durban match on 17-12-1994 which Pakistan won by 8 wickets. Since then South Africa has beaten Pakistan in 14 consecutive matches before this defeat came.

The defeat ended South Africa's streak of eight consecutive wins at this venue.

South Africa's total (101) is its second lowest against all opponents. The alltime lowest,however, still remains as 69 in 28 overs against Australia at Sydney on 14-12-1993. South Africa's previous lowest against Pakistan was 162 in 30.1 overs at East London on 15-02-1993.

The target of 169 runs is the lowest that South Africa failed to achieve. The previous lowest target that South Africa could not chase successfully was 172 also against Pakistan at East London on 15-02-1993 (Pakistan had made 214 for six in allotted 50 overs,but the target for South Africa was revised to 172 in 31 overs as the rain intervened. South Africa was eventually bundled out for 162 in 30.1 overs).

Herschelle Gibbs carried his bat through South Africa's innings. He became third South African (on fifth occasion) after Gary Kirsten and Dave Callaghan to do so. The details :

Batsman            Score/Total  Opponents       Venue           Date
Gary Kirsten       112*/230-5   v Australia     Melbourne  21-01-1994
Dave Callaghan     169*/314-7   v NewZealand    Centurion  11-12-1994
Gary Kirsten       188*/321-2   v UAE           Rawalpindi 16-02-1996
Gary Kirsten       115*/287-5   v India         Sharjah    19-04-1996
Herschelle Gibbs    59*/101     v Pakistan      Sharjah    28-03-2000

South Africa's total (101) is the lowest in which a batsman carried his bat.The previous lowest was 110 (Ridley Jacobs- 49*) for WestIndies against Australia at Manchester on 30-05- 1999.

The scorecard of South African innings showed five zeroes. This provided only the sixth instance of five or more ducks in an innings. The details:

Ducks 
6       Pakistan v England      Birmingham      25-05-1987
6       Pakistan v WestIndies   CapeTown        25-02-1993
6       England v Zimbabwe      Harare          03-01-1997
5       England v WestIndies    Lord's       23-06-1979
5       WestIndies v Pakistan   Sydney          20-01-1997
5       South Africa v Pakistan Sharjah         28-03-2000

The seven ducks in the match (two for Pakistan and five for South Africa) provided the fifth instance of seven ducks in a match. The details:

Ducks 
8       WestIndies (3) v England (5)    Lord's          23-06-1979
7       Australia  (4) v England (3)    Sydney          14-01-1980
7       WestIndies (1) v Pakistan (6)   CapeTown        25-02-1993
7       Pakistan (2) v WestIndies (5)   Sydney          20-01-1997
7       Pakistan (2) v South Africa (5) Sharjah         28-03-2000

Shoaib Akhtar captured three wickets in his fourth over (17th of South African innings).The sequence: w 0 0 w 0 w.

Shoaib Akhtar has now taken 64 wickets in 40 matches which includes 22 Bowled and 8 LBW dismissals which means he has taken a whopping 46.87 % of his wickets without any assistance from any of his teammate. Also Shoaib`s tally includes 56 wickets of batsmen from position one to six and only eight from seven to eleven.

Waqar Younis completed his 300 wickets in ODIs when he had Neil McKenzie plumb lbw.He became only second bowler to reach this milestone after fellow teammate Wasim Akram. Wasim reached this milestone in his 208th match, aged 30 years 149 days and in 11 years 342 days time while Waqar took only 186 matches at the age of 28 years 133 days and in 10 years 166 days time.

Shoaib Akhtar won Man of the Match award for the second time in his career. His other award came in the World Cup match against New Zealand at Manchester on 16-06-1999.

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