Shaun Pollock produced a stirring performance with bat and ball to lead South Africa to an easy 132-run win over a lacklustre Pakistan in the first ODI on Sunday. South Africa scored 272 for seven and then skittled Pakistan out for 140 in 42.5 overs. SCOREBOARD South Africa: G.Smith b Wasim Akram 56; H.Gibbs c Rashid Latif b Wasim Akram 0; N.McKenzie c Yousuf Youhana b Muhammad Sami 11; N.Boje c Waqar Younis b Muhammad Sami 20; J.Kallis c Muhammad Sami b Abdur Razzaq 6; J.Rhodes c Rashid Latif b Waqar Younis 98; M.Boucher b Wasim Akram 0; S.Pollock not out 57; L.Klusener not out 4.; Extras (lb5, nb9, w6): 20 Total (for 7 wkts, 50 overs): 272 Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-33, 3-63, 4-86, 5-151, 6-151, 7-250 Bowling: Akram 10-1-19-3, Waqar 10-1-59-1, Sami 10-0-71-2, Razzaq 10-0-77-1, Mushtaq 10-0-41-0 Pakistan: T Umar b Ntini 7, S Elahi c Kallis b Ntini 31, Y Youhana c Pollock b Donald 8, Inzamam-ul-Haq b Kallis 11, Y Khan c Smith b Boje 17, A Razzaq c Donald b Boje 15, R Latif c Boucher b Pollock 12, W Akram c McKenzie b Pollock 14, S Mushtaq c Pollock b Boje 1, W Younis not out 0, Muhammad Sami c McKenzie b Pollock 2; Extras (b-3 lb-2, nb-1, w-16) 22; Total: (all out, 42.5 overs) 140 Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-36, 3-55, 4-78, 5-100, 6-116, 7-134, 8-136, 9-13; Bowling: Pollock 9.5-1-12-3, Ntini 8-0-35-2, Kallis 6-0-16-1, Donald 6-0-20-1, Klusener 6-0-23-0, Boje 7-1-29-3 Pollock batted aggressively at the end of the South Africa innings to score 57 off 51 balls before taking three for 12 from 9.5 economical overs. Jonty Rhodes had top scored for the hosts with a gritty 98, while Nicky Boje matched Pollock by taking three wickets to peg back the tourists. Pakistan batted without urgency and were never in the huntfor victory. Salim Elahi’s 31 was the best effort in an innings in which 23 was the highest partnership. Wasim Akram, by far the pick of Pakistan’s bowlers with 3-19, drew first blood in the third over when Herschelle Gibbs was caught behind without scoring. Six overs later Neil McKenzie mistimed a pull shot off Muhammad Sami and was caught by Yousuf Youhana at square leg for 11. Boje and Jacques Kallis fell to similar strokes, Boje to Muhammad Sami for 20 and Kallis to medium pacer Abdur Razzaq for six. (Reuters)
