Dippenaar leads the way as Proteas clinch series

Boeta Dippenaar hit a patient 74 to set the foundation for South Africa’s seven wicket-win over Pakistan on Sunday to clinch the fifth ...

Boeta Dippenaar hit a patient 74 to set the foundation for South Africa’s seven wicket-win over Pakistan on Sunday to clinch the fifth and final one-day international and take the series 3-2.

It was South Africa’s third win in a row and came in the absence of skipper Graeme Smith and Andrew Hall, both suspended for breaching the ICC’s code of conduct in the second match at Lahore.

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Pakistan
Yasir Hameed c Kallis b Nel 28, Mohammad Hafeez b Nel 0, Yousuf Youhana lbw Pollock 0, Younis Khan b Peterson 24, Inzamam-ul Haq run out 17, Shoaib Malik c Nel b Peterson 20, Abdul Razzaq c Boucher b Ntini 38. Rashid Latif b Pollock 25, Mohammad Sami c Kallis b Ntini 22, Shoaib Akhtar c sub (Van Wyk) b Pollock 6, Danish Kaneria not out 1
Extras: (b-1, lb-4, w-6) 11
Total: (All out, in 49.3 overs) 192
Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-16, 3-35, 4-75, 5-80, 6-116, 7-152, 8-180, 9-186
Bowling: Pollock 9.3-0-33-3, Nel 8-0-36-2, Dawson 7-0-26-0, Ntini 9-1-38-2, Kallis 6-0-22-0, Peterson 10-0-32-2

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South Africa
B Dippenaar lbw Mohammad Sami 74, H Gibbs st Rashid Latif b Danish Kaneria 34, J Kallis b Mohammad Sami 40, J Rudolph not out 13, N McKenzie not out 9
Extras: (b-1, lb-4, w-11, nb-7) 23
Total: (For 3 wkts, in 45.5 overs) 193
Fall of wickets: 1-75, 2-168, 3-170
Bowling: Shoaib Akhtar 8-0-33-0, Mohammad Sami 10-0-47-2, Abdul Razzaq 10-0-33-0, Mohammad Hafeez 3.5-0-18-0, Danish Kaneria 10-1-37-1, Shoaib Malik 4-0-20-0

Chasing 193 to win after a disciplined bowling performance, Dippenaar, whose runs came from 125 balls, shared in two half-century stands with Herschelle Gibbs (34) and Jacques Kallis (40). He added 75 with Gibbs, who was smartly stumped by Rashid Latif off leg spinner Danish Kaneria, then another 93 from 125 balls with Kallis.

Stand-in South Africa skipper Mark Boucher, leading the side for the first time in a one-day international, did a good job of marshalling his bowlers as Pakistan lost their first five wickets for 80 runs. Shaun Pollock took three for 33 and there were two wickets apiece for Robin Peterson and Andre Nel.

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