Pakistan - Sri Lanka: 5th ODI | Watch Free Live Streaming - 27 December

Although Pakistan has won the 5-ODI matches series 3-1, and there is no thrill left in the series, yet it will be a last 'practice match' for Pakistan before the start of the test series, when it meets Sri Lanka at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Friday afternoon today.

However, for the Islanders a win will be a morale booster for its team which has lost the series. This will provide a practice run for its bowlers, who generally failed to contain Pakistan as Lasith Malinga went wicket-less for the second time in the series and Nuwan Kulasekara was uncharacteristically wayward in the Christmas Day match.

Pakistan's Shahid Afridi has flown back to Pakistan early due to personal reasons, but in any case, Pakistan may be tempted to trial young players in the dead rubber. Seam bowler Anwar Ali has been sitting on the sidelines for the whole series, as has left-handed batsman Haris Sohail. They may get a game tomorrow if Pakistan choose to rest key Test players, with the Test series starting on Tuesday.

Probable Opposing Teams:
Pakistan squad
Misbah-ul-Haq*, Abdur Rehman, Ahmed Shehzad, Anwar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Bilawal Bhatti, Haris Sohail, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, Sharjeel Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal†, Umar Gul

Sri Lanka squad
AD Mathews*, LD Chandimal, TM Dilshan, FDM Karunaratne, KMDN Kulasekara, RAS Lakmal, SL Malinga, BAW Mendis, MDKJ Perera†, NLTC Perera, S Prasanna, SMA Priyanjan, KC Sangakkara†, SMSM Senanayake, HDRL Thirimanne, KDK Vithanage

Umpires CB Gaffaney and REJ Martinesz

The match is scheduled for Friday, December 27, 2013 at  Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi at 1500 local (1100 GMT)

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South Africa beats Pakistan in 4th ODI - wins series 3-1

Quinton de Kock's maiden century ensured South Africa's victory

Pakistan's batting line once again crumbled in the crucial 4th ODI at Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi Friday when it was beaten by the South Africa by 28 runs.

South Africa's Dale Steyn took a heavy toll of the leading Pakistani batsmen and perfected his career best record for 5-25.

Batting first, South Africa's Quinton de Kock smashed his maiden century. Left-handed opening batsman de Kock hit 112 to anchor South Africa to series-best total of 266-5.

From Pakistan's side, debutant Sohaib Maqsood kept Pakistan in the hunt with 56 off 54 balls before Steyn’s burst saw Pakistan losing its last five wickets for just 10 runs.

The last match of the series will be played at Sharjah on Monday - a match which is now being dubbed as a dead rubber.

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Pakistan v South Africa: Crucial 4th ODI - Abu Dhabi | Watch Free Live Streaming - 8 Nov

Pakistan meets South Africa the crucial fourth ODI at Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi Friday afternoon today in a must-win match, before the series wraps up in Sharjah on November 11.

While the South Africans have a strong batting line, specially after the return of Hashim Amla, Pakistan suffers from its chronic problem of irresponsible batsmen who crumble like pack of cards whenever a challenge is faced. 

The third ODI was terrible example of poor batting line of Pakistan. Chasing a target of 260, Pakistani top order batsmen could score only 116 for seven. It was only the two bowlers, Wahab Riaz and Sohail Tanvir, who added valuable 61 runs and taking the score to a face saving 191 - but what more can you expect from bowlers. The bowled well but batsmen always failed them.

"It's the same old story," Misbah said. "I think we need to think about our batting if we want to save the series. Our batsmen get starts but are not able to convert them into big scores, and we all have to think that 20s and 30s are not going to win matches for us."

Although Misbah is holding on good and playing well, he seems to have chosen a weak team - as he always does. Afridi is bowling well but his batting is agaion as unpredicatable as ever - coming back to pavilion with a long face.


Unless Pakistan's batting line performs, it is more than likely that the opposing camp will be able to dominate the series. Like Saeed Ajmal, they will have to be beware of Imran Tahir, whose 4-53 dismantled their ace batsmen.

Squads:
Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq*, Abdur Rehman, Ahmed Shehzad, Asad Shafiq, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Nasir Jamshed, Saeed Ajmal, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Shahid Afridi, Sohaib Maqsood, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal†, Umar Amin, Wahab Riaz

South Africa: AB de Villiers*†, HM Amla, H Davids, Q de Kock†, JP Duminy, F du Plessis, Imran Tahir, R McLaren, DA Miller, M Morkel, WD Parnell, RJ Peterson, VD Philander, DW Steyn, LL Tsotsobe

Umpires Ahsan Raza and SJ Davis

The match is scheduled for November 6 at  Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 15:00 local time (11:00 GMT)

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Pakistan vs South Africa: A tit for tat 3rd ODI win for South Africa

South Africa's Imran Tahir celebrates his wicket with Villiers

Having levelled the five ODI series 1-1, Pakistan met South Africa Wednesday for the third ODI at Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi and met a charged Imran Tahir who wrecked their batting line to bring victory to South Africa. 

Batting first, South Africa gave a tall target of 260 to Pakistan to chase. And as is usual with Pakistan cricket team, their batting line performed miserably to chase the target.  Jean-Paul Duminy and Faf du Plessis scored half centuries to take the target to 260.

When it came to Pakistan to bat, South African leg spinner Imran Tahir took a heavy toll of the Pakistani batsmen and took four wickets for 53 to dismantle the opposing camp. Pakistan was all out for 191 in 44.3 and lost the match by 68 runs.

It was rather interesting to see tail ender bowlers like Wahab Riaz and Souhail Tanvir standing on the crease and playing more responsibly than the ace batsmen. Wahab Riaz, who top-scored with 33, added 61 for the eighth wicket with Sohail Tanvir (31)- but their stand could not undo the bad spell the batsmen had left behind earlier.

Although Leg-spinner Shahid Afridi (2-40) derailed the innings by dismissing De Kock and Du Plessis in quick succession, both stumped, but he could not bat well and was back in pavilion for mere six runs. Paceman Mohammad Irfan finished with 3-45 in his 10 overs.

The stunning win gives South Africa a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.

Both teams will meet again at the same venue on Friday before the series is rounded off in Sharjah on Monday.

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Pakistan v South Africa: 3rd ODI - Abu Dhabi | Watch Free Live Streaming - 6 Nov

Pakistan meets South Africa for their 3rd ODI at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Wednesday today having levelled the 5-ODI series 1-1.

South Africans get their morale boosted as Hashim Amla joins back after missing the first two ODIs as otherwise its limited-overs batsmen have failed to adapt to the UAE conditions, and look lost against Pakistan's spinners.

Ppakistan's Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi and Mohammad Hafeez all will continue to addcontinuing to cause problems, one of AB de Villiers, JP Duminy or Faf du Plessis need to step up.

Pakistan too is suffering due to faltering in the middle. Umar Amin and Umar Akmal are yet to make meaningful contributions. Likewise, Nasir Jamshed's continual failings at the top may prompt an experimentation with Sohaib Maqsood, while Wahab Riaz's place in the team will also be questioned.

Squads

Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq*, Abdur Rehman, Ahmed Shehzad, Asad Shafiq, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Nasir Jamshed, Saeed Ajmal, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Shahid Afridi, Sohaib Maqsood, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal†, Umar Amin, Wahab Riaz 

South Africa: AB de Villiers*†, HM Amla, Q de Kock†, JP Duminy, F du Plessis, Imran Tahir, R McLaren, DA Miller, M Morkel, WD Parnell, RJ Peterson, VD Philander, GC Smith, DW Steyn, LL Tsotsobe

Umpires Ahsan Raza and RK Illingworth

The match is scheduled for November 6 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 15:00 local time (11:00 GMT)

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