In a match interrupted by rain, South Africa [ Images ] were eventually required to get 160 in 35 overs.
The Rediff.com expert reckoned that the strong South African batting line-up could even get 200. South Africa therefore opened with a pressure index (PI) of 50.
The idea probably was to get A B de Villiers and Graeme Smith [ Images ] to knock these runs off in double quick time. But de Villiers fell in the very first over (PI rose to 64) and although Smith tried to get a move on it's never easy to gallop with Jacques Kallis [ Images ] at the other end.
Smith fell for 41 and with Herschelle Gibbs [ Images ] having forgotten how to hit even one six within a few weeks of his six 6's record, the PI went into the mid-60's.
Gibbs was soon out for 6, and that brought in Ashwell Prince [ Images ] to partner Kallis.
With these two a win was certain; but it was just as certain that the NRR would drop.

Sunil T and Sunil Patil of Cranes Software helped create this pressure map based on the details retrieved from the Rediff scorer
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