Nazir, Afridi set the pace as Pakistan make 263 for 6

SHARJAH, MARCH 31: Openers Imran Nazir and Shahid Afridi set a blistering pace with a century partnership as Pakistan raised a solid 263 f...

SHARJAH, MARCH 31: Openers Imran Nazir and Shahid Afridi set a blistering pace with a century partnership as Pakistan raised a solid 263 for six wickets against South Africa in the final of the One-day cricket triseries on Friday.

The 18-year-old Nazir (90b, 7×4, 2×6) mixed elegant stroke-play with sheer power as he and Afridi (52 — 48b, 5×4, 1×6) left the usually brilliant South African bowling and fielding ragged as Pakistan looked set to touch the 300-run mark.

But South Africa fought back by removing both the openers in quick succession to stem the flow of runs before Haq (82b, 3×4) and Yousuf Youhana build up the innings with a 65-run fourth wicket stand to set South Africa a demanding asking rate of 5.28 to win the tournament.

Lance Klusener applied brakes on the racing innings by striking with his very first delivery when Jacques Kallis took a breathtaking running catch at deep mid-off to dismiss Afridi before off-spinner Derek Crookes had Nazir stumped by Mark Boucher with clever bowling 11 runs later to make it 134 to two after 24 overs.

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