South Africa vs U.A.E., 36th Match, Pool B at Wellington, Mar 12 2015 - Match Result

And that is the end of it all from today. Barring any washouts or upsets they are going to Sydney to face Sri Lanka in the quarter-final. South Africa are done with their league stages, and have finished second. They have beaten only West Indies among the big four of their group. However, in the last World Cup the team that beat only West Indies among the big four and finished second in their group went on to win the World Cup. Cheers

"We bowled well until 44-45 overs," says Mohammad Tauqir. "In batting it was a good knock by Swapnil Patil. We batted almost 50 overs so it is a big positive. It has given us a lot of confidence. They have got some amazing bowlers. We are not used to playing this kind of bowlers. A lot of confidence almost playing out 50 overs."

"Very happy about today," says AB de Villiers, also the Man of the Match. "It was hard work. They made it difficult for us. I was happy with the way we fought throughout. I won't say it is simple, but I try to keep it simple. Not always easy to play against a team not as good as you usually play. Was important for me to stick to my gameplans. Never a given that you will make the quarter-final so a big moment for us. We are representing our country in a knockout match in a World Cup. I think in Sydney. I'll wait for the crunch time in the knockout to bowl my overs. It was an opportunity to give some of the part-timer bowlers a run so we took it. Not a given that we will play five bowlers in the quarterfinal."

And they are shaking hands at nine down because Alhashmi is injured. This brings to an end arguably the most underwhelming match of the tournament so far. Right from the toss, UAE made no attempt to win. Their only endeavour was to spend as much time out in the middle as possible, which can be the only explanation for their decision to bowl first. Everybody knew the only way to beat South Africa for an Associate team was to put them under the pressure of the chase. UAE didn't want to do that. Owing to a slow pitch South Africa couldn't score yet another 400, and UAE never wanted to go for the chase. They just wanted to bat out the 50 overs, which they nearly did. You can get too critical of South Africa's bowling, but on a slow pitch when the batsmen are showing zero intent it can be hard to create penetration. The most boring match of this World Cup for dragging on for so long without a semblance of a contest

Philander comes back

Kamran Shahzad is the last man in. Alhasmi won't bat. Patil on strike

Alhashmi is in the hospital so South Africa need just two more wickets, but they haven't looked like getting wickets. This has been a very underwhelming match right from the moment UAE made the strange decision to bowl first

Zander: "SA's bowling to the tail has been very poor this tournament. No one is attacking the stumps like Starc or Southee. This stems from the SA culture. We rather want to be feared by bowling short balls than take wickets and end the game. That, unfortunately, will not win you the CWC"

Morkel goes round the wicket