August 19  
South Africa knock out Pakistan, meet Sri Lanka in final 

TANGIERS: Veteran paceman Allan Donald grabbed 4-43 as South Africa scored a dramatic eight-run win over Pakistan on Sunday to qualify for the Morocco Cup final against Sri Lanka. 

Restricted to a paltry 196-8 from 50 overs after electing to bat, the South Africans hit back to bowl out Pakistan for 188 in a thrilling finish at the Tangier cricket stadium. 

Donald, who removed top-scorer Shahid Afridi for 62 in his first spell, claimed three of the last four wickets in his second stint to lift South Africa into Wednesday's final against Sri Lanka. 

The finalists meet in the inconsequential last league match on Monday as Pakistan bowed out of the 250,000-dollar event with three defeats in four games. 

Pakistan appeared to be cruising at the start when a typically aggressive 62 off 40 balls from Afridi lifted them to 92-2 in 18 overs. 

But Afridi's dismissal at that stage triggered a dramatic middle-order collapse in which four wickets crashed for 27 runs, three in the space of seven balls for one run. 

Luck deserted Pakistan when Inzamam-ul Haq, who made 41, swung Justin Ontong for six but dislodged the stumps with his left leg and was given out hit-wicket. 

Pakistan's defeat with nine deliveries still left came when captain Waqar Younis lofted Donald to long-on where Graeme Smith took the catch gleefully. 

Afridi, who came in after Imran Nazir was bowled by Shaun Pollock off the fifth ball of the innings, slammed Jacques Kallis for three of his four sixes. 

He fell to Donald in the 19th over, edging a slash outside the off-stump to wicket-keeper Mark Boucher. Inzamam and Yousuf Youhana carried the score to 118-3 in the 28th over when Pakistan were floored by three quick setbacks. 

Lance Klusener had Youhana caught on at deep mid-wicket for 22 and then trapped Younis Khan leg-before off the next delivery. 

Abdul Razzaq survived the hat-trick ball, but fell in the next over when he stepped aside to cut left-arm spinner Nicky Boje, missed the line and was bowled. 

Rashid Latif made 22 in a seventh-wicket stand of 36 with Inzamam before he played on to Donald to make Pakistan 155-7. 

Earlier, ageing fast bowlers Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis rolled back the years to restrict South Africa to 196-8 in the first session. 

The pair produced devastating opening spells to reduce the South Africans to 49-5 by the 15th over before battling half-centuries from Boeta Dippenaar and Boucher boosted the total. 

Dippenaar hit 55 and Boucher made 57 in a 78-run stand for the sixth wicket. Klusener chipped in with an unbeaten 28. 

Akram, who had Herschelle Gibbbs caught behind with the first ball of the match, finished with three for 31. 

Waqar claimed 2-48, while Azhar Mahmood was the other successful bowler with 2-33 from nine overs.