Pakistan's Umar Gul is congratulated after trapping South Africa's Graeme Smith lbw with the second ball of the game Pakistan's Rao Iftikhar Anjum celebrates after having Boeta Dippenaar caught behind by Kamran Akmal for 13 Anjum softens up Jacques Kallis with a body blow before taking his wicket for 17 and reducing South Africa to 36-4 AB de Villiers trudges back to the pavilion after being caught behind by Akmal off Yasir Arafat for 10 After a shaky start, Boucher and Kemp give South Africa a credible score to defend with a 131-run partnership Set a target of 213, Pakistan's run chase gets off to a bad start when Makhaya Ntini accounts for Mohammad Hafeez With the score on nine Imran Farhat is the second wicket to fall as Ntini proves too much for Pakistan on a lively track Shaun Pollock joins the party with a ball thats nips back into Mohammad Yousuf's stumps, leaving the score at 17-3 Charl Langeveldt makes no mistake catching Younis Khan for Ntini's third wicket as Pakistan slump to 21-4 Pakistan have no answer to Ntini's speed and bounce and the paceman works his way to final figures of 5-21 Langeveldt chips in with three wickets to wrap up the tail and seal a thumping 124-run win for South Africa Ntini celebrates his match-winning performance as South Africa look forward to a place in the semi-finals
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