ICC World Twenty20 Super Eights - South Africa v West Indies, New Zealand v Pakistan @ The Oval (Sa)

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The Oval, London
10:30pm AEST Saturday June 13

The winner is virtually guaranteed of a semi final spot as the West Indies back up from winning the late game last night. Both sides stick with their winning teams.

South Africa XV:
*Graeme Smith
Herschelle Gibbs
Jacques Kallis
AB de Villiers
JP Duminy
Albie Morkel
+Mark Boucher
Roelof van der Merwe
Justin Ontong
Johan Botha
Morne Morkel
Robin Peterson
Dale Steyn
Wayne Parnell
Yusuf Abdulla
]b]Substitutes:[/b]
Justin Ontong
Morne Morkel
Robin Peterson
Yusuf Abdulla

West Indies XV:
*Chris Gayle
Andre Fletcher
Lendl Simmons
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Dwayne Bravo
Dave Bernard (T20I debut)
Kieron Pollard
+Denesh Ramdin
Darren Sammy
Jerome Taylor
Suliemann Benn
Fidel Edwards
Lionel Baker
Substitutes:
Xavier Marshall
Dave Bernard
Darren Sammy
Lionel Baker

Umpires:
Mark Benson (England)
Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Rod Tucker (3rd, Australia)

Weather:
Partly cloudy, 21-22 degrees

Coverage:
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The Oval, London
2:30am AEST Sunday June 14

And these two teams lost their first games, you really need things to go your way to get back from losing two so the loser can plan to be home next weekend. Vettori a chance to be fit for the last game before the English weather hits, but he's doubtful, as is Ross Taylor. Probably Broom is first out if either one is fit.

Razzaq tipped to make his return, whether that's to support or replace the out of sorts Sohail Tanvir. The pressure remains on Salman Butt who can't field and added a duck to his tally in the game against Sri Lanka. On paper it's New Zealand's game to lose.

New Zealand XV:
Brendon McCullum
Aaron Redmond
Martin Guptill
Ross Taylor
Neil Broom
Scott Styris
Jacob Oram
+Peter McGlashan
Nathan McCullum
Brendon Diamanti
James Franklin
*Daniel Vettori
Kyle Mills
Ian Butler
Iain O'Brien
In:
Ross Taylor
Brendon Diamanti
Daniel Vettori
Iain O'Brien

Pakistan XV:
+Kamran Akmal
Salman Butt
Ahmed Shehzad
Shoaib Malik
*Younis Khan
Misbah-ul-Haq
Shahid Afridi
Fawad Alam
Shahzaib Hasan (international debut)
Abdul Razzaq
Umar Gul
Sohail Tanvir
Saeed Ajmal
Mohammed Aamer
Iftikhar Anjum
In:
Ahmed Shehzad
Shahzaib Hasan
Abdul Razzaq
Iftikhar Anjum

Umpires:
Mark Benson (England)
Rod Tucker (Australia)
Rudi Koertzen (3rd, South Africa)

Weather:
Partly cloudy, 21-22 degrees

Coverage:
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[Zarrix]

It seems nine decided to put a movie on at the last minute instead of showing the game... Poor form imo.

[Invigoration]

Corey Worthington got a gig for the Windies

[Showbag]

Kallis has been in a very good paddock, but their uniforms do him and Graeme Smith no favours! Morkel pie machine is on!

[DoubleO7]

It was a brilliant performance from the SA side. They got Gayle early on and even though Simmons played quite magnificently there was no one to support him. Parnell bowled brilliantly throughout and he finished it off well in the end when WI were threatening to snatch an unlikely win.

South Africa 183/7 (20/20 ov)
HH Gibbs 55 (35)
JH Kallis 45 (31)
JE Taylor 3-30

West Indies 163/9 (20/20 ov)
LMP Simmons 77 (50)
WD Parnell 4-13
RE van der Merwe 2-17

Wayne Parnell is the Man of the Match for his incredible figures of 4/13.


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It was a clinical performance by the Pakistanis. They bowled exceedingly well and literally bowled the Kiwis out of the contest in the first half itself. An impressive performance at the top by young Shahzaib Hasan ensured that the Pakistani dug out doesn't get into any sort of scare. A brisk 29 from Afridi sealed the game in the end. The Super Eights stage is pretty open now and every passing game will add to the excitement.

New Zealand 99 (18.3/20 ov)
SB Styris 22 (29)
AJ Redmond 15 (14)
U Gul 5-6

Pakistan 100/4 (13.1/20 ov)
MS Hasan 35 (28)
SMS Afridi 29 (18)
DL Vettori 2-20

Umar Gul is the Man of the Match for his stupendous bowling figures of 5/6.

[Special Agent Utah]

First man ever to get 5 for in International 20/20's?