Summary

  • South Africa eliminated; Pakistan keep slim semi-final hopes alive with 49-run win

  • Du Plessis top-scores with 63 for SA - no Proteas player has scored more than 70 in tournament

  • Sohail's aggressive 89 off 59 helps Pakistan post 308-7

  • Tahir stars in field for SA - taking 2-41 in 10 overs, including smart return catch off Imam (44)

  • Leg-spinner becomes SA's leading wicket-taker in World Cup cricket (39)

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry, Jack Skelton and Thomas Mallows

  1. These are the shots that had our tweeter down on one knee earlier.

    Majestic.

  2. Pak 54-0

    You earn your own luck, I guess. If Imam had been watchful then the slip wouldn't have been taken out.

  3. Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    A first real mistake from Imam. A perfect length from Chris Morris, not too full. It would've gone to first slip but they've had to put the fielder out on the off side because they keep getting smoked through there.

  4. Pak 54-0

    What's that saying about it raining and pouring?

    Chris Morris finds Imam's edge but the ball goes in the big gap between the wicketkeeper and Hashim Amla who is standing at a wide first slip, effectively where a standard second slip would be.

    Should be a wicket. Instead it's four runs.

  5. Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    A wonderful shot by Imam. When he gets himself going he plays low risk shots for four.

  6. Pak 50-0

    Here comes Chris Morris...

    And there goes Chris Morris. Imam drives him, slightly aerially for four down the ground.

    Morris stomps away with his captain's eyes piercing the back of his head. Too many drives!

  7. Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    I've been hit on the body before and it doesn't hurt as much as you would think because you're all warm, the blood is coursing through your veins and the juices are flowing. If somebody threw a cricket ball at you as you got out of bed, it would hurt though!

    Don't try this at home, kids!

  8. ouch!

    Pak 46-0

    Imam 21, Fakhar 24

    Fakhar Zaman will have a big bruise on his pec to remember this innings by now. He better go on and get a century to make it worth it.

    He inside-edges a pull from Rabada into his body.

    Just two from Rabada's over.

  9. Pak 46-0

    A decent start to the over from Kagiso Rabada but will Pakistan find a boundary off the last couple of balls, as they have done in the last two overs?

  10. An in-form Fakhar Zaman is a whole lot of fun...

  11. Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    He is a great player to watch when he's on form. A perfect bit of timing.

  12. 6 runs

    Pak 44-0

    Imam 20, Fakhar 24

    My word. This is brilliant fun.

    I'd be fuming if I was the bowler but love it if I was a Pakistan fan. Ngidi bowls a good over and ends it with a perfectly decent delivery but a swipe from Fakhar sends the ball into the stands for the first six.

    Andile Phehlukwayo stands motionless with a look that says - how did you do that?

  13. Natalie Germanos
    BBC Test Match Special

    I don't understand why South Africa didn't try something different and let Chris Morris have the new ball.

  14. Pak 38-0

    Where has this Imam-ul-Haq been in the tournament? He plays another stunner of a drive. Finally a bit of relief for South Africa. Everything had found the gaps before that.

  15. Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Everything is just missing the fielder. South Africa are in trouble.

  16. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Pakistan are going like a train.

  17. Pak 35-0

    Pakistan are flying. Fakhar throws his hands at the ball again and once it beats the in-field there's no chance of stopping it. Aiden Markram had thrown himself to his left at backward point and it would have been a spectacular catch. He couldn't get there, however.

  18. Imam is all textbook beauty. Fakhar is a bit more agricultural but it's just as effective.

  19. From the press box

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  20. Pak 29-0

    Imam 16, Fakhar 13

    I hate to tell you Dukkhaboy but this one might be even better!

    The final delivery goes for four too and again it's a drive from Imam that finds the gap. This one wasn't a half-volley.

    You may have gone too early with your proposal. Should have kept your options open.