Pollock heroics fail to pull South Africa out of hole

"It was far too exciting for poor old Kyle, he's still shaking a bit in the changing room," said Fleming.

Smith said his bowlers were disappointing.

"We should have only been chasing 220 and we need to look at our bowling again," said Smith. "Shaun [Pollock] is always capable of that fantastic hitting but we should never have been chasing 250."