Sticking to the same tactic successfully adopted by Ricky Ponting a few hours earlier, Graeme Smith opted to bat in Nottingham. Australia piled up a score in excess of 200 against Bangladesh, but South Africa's batsmen will be up against a far more disciplined and experienced Pakistan attack.
Both sides went in with their likely XIs for when the proper tournament kicks off.
Teams
South Africa: 1 Graeme Smith (capt), 2 Herschelle Gibbs, 3 Jacques Kallis, 4 AB de Villiers, 5 JP Duminy, 6 Roelof van der Merwe, 7 Mark Boucher (wk), 8 Albie Morkel, 9 Johan Botha, 10 Wayne Parnell, 11 Dale Steyn.
Pakistan: 1 Salman Butt, 2 Ahmed Shehzad, 3 Younis Khan (capt), 4 Misbah-ul-Haq, 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Kamran Akmal (wk), 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Sohail Tanvir, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Rao Iftikhar Anjum.
Both sides went in with their likely XIs for when the proper tournament kicks off.
Teams
South Africa: 1 Graeme Smith (capt), 2 Herschelle Gibbs, 3 Jacques Kallis, 4 AB de Villiers, 5 JP Duminy, 6 Roelof van der Merwe, 7 Mark Boucher (wk), 8 Albie Morkel, 9 Johan Botha, 10 Wayne Parnell, 11 Dale Steyn.
Pakistan: 1 Salman Butt, 2 Ahmed Shehzad, 3 Younis Khan (capt), 4 Misbah-ul-Haq, 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Kamran Akmal (wk), 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Sohail Tanvir, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Rao Iftikhar Anjum.
South Africa 104/1 (12.1/20 ov)
Pakistan
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first
- South Africa RR 8.54
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| Batsmen | Runs | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||||||||||||
| *Herschelle Gibbs (rhb) | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 175.00 | striker | ||||||||||||
| Graeme Smith (lhb) | 60 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 133.33 | non-striker | ||||||||||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||||||||||||
| *Umar Gul (rfm) | 1.1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7.71 | (0nb, 0w) | ||||||||||||
| Shoaib Malik (ob) | 1.0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 | (0nb, 0w) | ||||||||||||
Recent overs 4 W . 1 1 1 | 1 4 2 . 1 . | 1 1 1 4 1 4 | 1
Current partnership 24 runs, 2.5 overs, RR: 8.47
Last Bat JH Kallis c Sohail Tanvir b Saeed Ajmal 26 (22b 4x4 0x6) SR: 118.18
Fow: 80/1 (9.2 ov); Partnership: 80 runs, 9.2 overs, RR: 8.57
