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22 February, England v Pakistan, Cape Town

Inzamam ul-Haq (Pakistan)

A single from Saeed Anwar brings Inzy on strike. James Anderson gets one to lift, Inzy can't keep it down, simple for Nick Knight. One ball - hardly worth the walk.
DD rating - 2 lilypads

Yousuf Youhana (Pakistan)

A superb delivery from James Anderson dislodges Youhana almost before he has begun - first ball. He'd have been out if he had just been defending a single stump. With 3 to aim at, the bowler gave him no chance. Beaten by pace, swing and just plain yorked.
DD rating - 7 lilypads

Rashid Latif (Pakistan)

Another Anderson victim - the bowler is fast becoming one of DDs players of the tournament. Latif lasted 4 balls - frankly, it was a relief when he did manage to edge one having been powerless to lay bat on ball for the first 3 deliveries he faced. An awesome duck just for persistence.
DD rating - 8 lilypads and joint second place.

Breadcrumb moment - Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan)
100.2 miles per hour - the fastest recorded ball in history - say no more! Just a shame that the rest of his bowling was rubbish today.

Breadcrumb moment - Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan)
Shoaib with the bat was on fire - so much so that Craig White was trying to give him a single just to get him to the other end. He managed it too - a little too late to save his bowling figures from the mincer. 4-6-0-4-6-1 - even pinched the bowling. A mammoth 21 from the over. Shoaib had already gone into the history books with the fastest ball in an ODI (and arguably in history) - now could we look forward to the fastest fifty, certainly by a Pakistani, possibly by anyone? Alas, it was not to be, but a valiant failure nevertheless. In the meantime, Shoaib should be satisfied with a record two breadcrumb moments in the same match.