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Zulqarnain Haider and Wahab Riaz pulled off a sensational one wicket win for their team


DUBAI: Pakistan tail end batsman Zulqarnain Haider and Wahab Riaz pulled off a sensational one wicket win for their team over South Africa in the 4th one day match after Younis Khan's 73 runs here on 05/11/2010.
Younis's sedate 73 runs built Pakistan's run chase but they owed it to their tail enders Haider (19 not out) and Wahab Riaz (18 runs) as they put on 28 runs for the 9th wicket to help their team chase down a challenging 275 run target.
Fit again Graeme Smith played a captain's knock of 92 runs to steer South Africa to a challenging 274-6 but once again his team choked in the final moments despite having grabbed all top wickets.
Pakistan still needed 31 runs when they lost Abdul Razzaq (33 runs) whose robust 72-ball 109 not out which shocked South Africa by one wicket in the second match in Abu Dhabi, but Haider and Riaz held their nerves.
Even when Riaz was run out with 3 runs needed off as many deliveries, Haider kept his cool, scoring two off paceman Wayne Parnell and then pulled the penultimate delivery for a single, much to the delight of a 25,000 capacity crowd.
The win helped Pakistan level the series at 2-2 and set up an intriguing fifth and final match here on 8/11/2010.

It was Younis whose 115-ball half cenury with only one boundary that put Pakistan on course for a tight run-chase, adding 58 for the second wicket with Mohammad Hafeez (42 runs ) and 56 with Asad Shafiq (36 runs).

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