South Africa v U.A.E. (1050)

a9715 o1050 wc125	South Africa v United Arab Emirates
	Wills World Cup 1995/96 (Group B)
Venue	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on 16th February 1996 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	United Arab Emirates won the toss and decided to field
Result	South Africa won by 169 runs
Points	South Africa 2; United Arab Emirates 0
Umpires	SA Bucknor, VK Ramaswamy
Third umpire	A Sarkar
Referee	RS Madugalle
Man of the Match	G Kirsten

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South Africa innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s AC Hudson b Samarasekera 27 33 51 5 - G Kirsten not out 188 159 210 13 4 *WJ Cronje st Imtiaz Abbasi b Sultan Zarawani 57 62 77 1 1 DJ Cullinan not out 41 50 80 2 - JH Kallis did not bat JN Rhodes did not bat BM McMillan did not bat SM Pollock did not bat +SJ Palframan did not bat CR Matthews did not bat AA Donald did not bat Extras (1 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 3 w) 8 Total (2 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) 321 Fall of wickets: 1-60 (Hudson), 2-176 (Cronje) United Arab Emirates bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Samarasekera 9 2 39 1 2 2 Shehzad Altaf 3 0 22 0 1 - Arshad Laeeq 6 0 52 0 - - Dukanwala 10 0 64 0 - - Azhar Saeed 7 0 41 0 - - Sultan Zarawani 10 0 69 1 - - Mazhar Hussain 5 0 32 0 - 1 United Arab Emirates innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s Azhar Saeed c McMillan b Pollock 11 24 25 2 - G Mylvaganam c Palframan b Donald 23 36 49 3 - Mazhar Hussain b Donald 14 42 56 - - V Mehra run out (McMillan) 2 12 13 - - Mohammad Aslam b McMillan 9 5 18 1 - Arshad Laeeq not out 43 79 122 4 - JA Samarasekera c Hudson b Donald 4 12 15 - - *Sultan Zarawani c Cronje b McMillan 0 7 7 - - +Imtiaz Abbasi c Palframan b McMillan 1 7 7 - - SF Dukanwala not out 40 78 81 4 - Shehzad Altaf did not bat Extras (2 nb, 3 w) 5 Total (8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) 152 Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Azhar Saeed), 2-42 (Mylvaganam), 3-46 (Mehra), 4-60 (Mohammad Aslam), 5-62 (Mazhar Hussain), 6-68 (Samarasekera), 7-70 (Sultan Zarawani), 8-72 (Imtiaz Abbasi) South Africa bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Pollock 9 2 28 1 - - Matthews 10 0 39 0 - - Donald 10 0 21 3 - - Cronje 4 0 17 0 - - McMillan 8 1 11 3 - - Kallis 6 0 27 0 - - Kirsten 3 1 9 0 - -

Notes
--> G Kirsten 50 in 51 balls
--> G Kirsten 100 in 105 balls
--> G Kirsten passed his previous highest ListA Matches score of 116
--> G Kirsten passed his previous highest ODIs score of 116
--> G Kirsten 150 in 135 balls
--> G Mylvaganam made his debut in ODIs
--> Mohammad Aslam made his debut in ODIs
--> Arshad Laeeq passed his previous highest ODIs score of 31
--> Arshad Laeeq passed his previous highest ListA Matches score of 39
--> SF Dukanwala made his debut in ODIs
--> SF Dukanwala passed his previous highest ListA Matches score of 13
--> Shehzad Altaf made his debut in ODIs

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Match was delayed from 15th February due to rain and a flooded ground.
Sultan Zarawani was struck on the head, without a helmet, by a Donald bouncer.