Ably supported by the dogged Mr Smith, he hit three consecutive leg-side boundaries to the crowd in the grandstand.
It was another Umar, the seam bowler Gul, who provided the necessary impetus, striking Jacques Kallis for consecutive leg-side sixes in the 16th over.
The Italians continued to extend their lead, slowly but surely, on every consecutive leg, upping their margin at the following turning marks and opening up a 66-second gap with one leg to go.
Ahmed Shehzad, having struck his first ball to the cover boundary, was bowled, having a swing; then Willey propelled three consecutive leg-side wides, which were followed by yet another hare-brained run-out.
He won a competitive first set to break Scheffer's throw, and though he missed three darts at double 20 to checkout in the second, he recovered to secure a sixth consecutive leg, and with it, progress to the competition's first round.
Wright then beat Miller with three consecutive leg breaks, before the batsman struck back against Bedser with consecutive boundaries for four.
Wright beat Miller with three consecutive leg breaks, but Miller survived and struck consecutive boundaries on the way to reaching the target.
As many predicted, and as proven by its second consecutive individual leg triumph, Illbruck is the boat to beat.
They began with 20 consecutive maximal leg extensions and flexions on a Cybex II isokinetic dynamometer (Lumex).
