Summary

  • SA win by 146 runs and qualify for quarter-finals

  • SA 341-6; De Villiers 99, Behardien 64 not out

  • UAE 195 all out; Patil 57 not out

  • UAE were already eliminated before the game

  1. UAE 130-6 (De Villiers 3-0-15-2)published at 07:38 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Mohammad Naveed is the new batsman but it's Patil on strike - and even De Villiers can't help being smacked through the leg side for four when he sends one down too short. Will he bowl himself in a powerplay?

  2. Drinks breakpublished at 07:36 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Players take an impromptu drinks break.

  3. Postpublished at 07:36 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Shaun Pollock
    Ex-South Africa captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "Another short delivery from AB and he picks up another wicket. Javed decided to go after it and it was a juggling act by Wayne Parnell before finally he had it under control."

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  4. WICKETpublished at 07:34 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Wayne Parnell takes his juggling catchImage source, AFP

    Javed is the next man to fall - top-edging De Villiers into the night sky and it's juggled a couple of times and eventually caught by Wayne Parnell at wide mid-on. ABDV now has 2-10 - nothing wrong with buying a wicket, your honour.

    Scorecard

  5. UAE 121-5 (target 342)published at 07:32 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Javed manages to pick Tahir's googly to work a single off his legs. Patil is holding up his end well, he has 20 from 54 balls.

  6. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 07:32 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Jay: I bet ABDV can bowl a swinging yorker, reverse sweep that for six and then scramble to take a stunning catch in the stands.

    I've found it unwise to predict what ABDV can and cannot do.

  7. UAE 119-5published at 07:29 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Amjad Javed, who's got some long levers on him, is the new batsman. Patil helps himself to a single, and Javed defends his first ball off the back foot. ABDV has 1-6 from two overs.

  8. Postpublished at 07:29 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Shaun Pollock
    Ex-South Africa captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "It was a wonderful catch, a lot of ground covered by Roussouw. It was in the air for a period of time but he had to cover a lot of ground and put the dive in, then hang on when his elbows hit the ground. I think AB will want to check to see where he is on the list of wicket-takers in this tournament now!"

  9. WICKETpublished at 07:27 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    ABDV gives himself a second over - and he's the man with the golden arm as Haider skies one high over mid-wicket and it's the second stunning catch of the day by the diving Rossouw, who really is leading the life of Rilee today.

    Scorecard

    RossouwImage source, Getty Images
  10. UAE 115-4 (Patil 17*, Haider 6*)published at 07:25 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Left-hander Haider unleashes an early reverse sweep against Tahir which disappears for four. The target - for those of you prone to wild optimism - is another 227 runs from 18 overs, with the required rate shooting above 12 and a half.

  11. UAE 110-4 (target 342)published at 07:22 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Bringing yourself on to bowl just after a wicket's fallen is the perk of captains in all forms of cricket - and that's what AB de Villiers has done, to send down an over of gentle medium pace. Despite his skills as a near-superhuman batsman and fielder (and occasional wicketkeeper), AB has proved himself a half-decent part-time bowler in recent times, and only concedes two singles from the over - so may grant himself another. New batsman Saqlain Haider is off the mark.

  12. Scorecard updatepublished at 07:20 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    UAE 108-4 (30 overs)

    Batsmen: Patil 16*, Haider 0*

    Fall of wicket: 29-1 (Berenger 5), 45-2 (Amjad 21), 45-3 (Khurram 12) 108-4 (Anwar 39)

    Bowling figures: Steyn 5-0-18-0, Philander 6-1-26-0, Morkel 7-2-12-2, Duminy 3-1-12-1, Behardien 4-1-11-0, Tahir 5-0-19-1

    South Africa 341-6 (50 overs); De Villiers 99, Behardien 64 not out, Naveed 3-63

    UAE won toss

    Full scorecard

  13. Postpublished at 07:20 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Charles Dagnall
    BBC Test Match Special

    "I just wonder if he picked the right length to hit, Tahir just offering slightly shy of the perfect length to hit. It's a sad end for Anwar, he was softened up in the previous over by Morkel but he's been a pleasure to watch and I wouldn't bet against him scoring big runs against the West Indies."

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  14. WICKETpublished at 07:17 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    But it's not Anwar's day as he slog-sweeps Tahir into the deep and picks out the man at deep mid-wicket.

    The UAE are four down - but if you weren't with us earlier, it could be effectively five as seamer Fahad Alhashmi, down at number 10 on the card, left the field on an injury cart and with runners no longer permitted in international cricket, he must be at least a doubt to come out and bat.

    Anwar wicketImage source, Getty Images
  15. How's stat?published at 07:17 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "Most runs by an Associate player at a World Cup: Shaiman Anwar 308 (when he reached 38*) 2015, ahead of Ryan ten Doeschate's 307 in 2011."

  16. Ouch!published at 07:15 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    A seagull circles the Wellington "Cake Tin" as a single means Anwar moves ahead of Amla on 308 runs four the tournament - his next target is India's Shikhar Dhawan, in fourth place on 333. His partner Patil is more watchful against Morkel, who oversteps for a no-ball which Patil knocks for a single - that earns Anwar a free hit. But the free hit ball smacks Anwar on the hip, that's got to hurt...

  17. Postpublished at 07:15 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Pommie Mbangwa
    Ex-Zimbabwe seamer on BBC Test Match Special

    "I think the World Cup should inspire more small teams to think 'hey the UAE are there, we could get there'. The ICC should be trying to grow the game even if it means losing a little money, or a lot of money."

  18. UAE 102-3 (Anwar 37*, Patil 13*)published at 07:10 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    With the UAE needing a mere 245 from 23 overs, captain De Villiers rotates his bowlers in search of a fourth wicket. Anwar sweeps him for four to take his side into three figures. Tahir has 0-16 from four.

  19. Postpublished at 07:10 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Pommie Mbangwa
    Ex-Zimbabwe seamer on BBC Test Match Special

    "Anwar has looked comfortable against the fast bowlers, the challenge always is to try to figure out how he gets to put them away because he doesn't get many bad balls. You learn to do that the more you face these bowlers."

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  20. UAE 97-3 (target 342)published at 07:07 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Anwar, briefly the tournament's leading run-scorer earlier in the group stage if I remember rightly, is moving up the charts again, now six runs behind fifth-placed Hashim Amla who has 307 runs from six innings. South Africa want a wicket so turn back to Morne Morkel who gave the Emirati a bit of chin music earlier. He fires in a bouncer which hits the seam and sails over the keeper's head for four byes which bring up the fifty stand. Anwar edges his score to 32 with a single.