| 2.6 : 2.6: Mohammad Nabi to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! First boundary of the game! Flatter, shorter length, on the stumps, Quinton de Kock just pushes it off the back foot, wide of the mid on fielder for a boundary. Superb timing by Quinton de Kock. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Thumped! Short and outside off. Bavuma rocks back on the back foot and cuts it through point for a boundary. |
| 3.5 : 3.5: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Quinton de Kock, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Mujeeb Ur Rahman strikes very early on and it is the big scalp of Quinton de Kock. The hard-hitter has to walk back early. Loopy ball, lack of pace on it, around middle and off. De Kock looks to flick it away but gets the leading edge. The ball floats back to Mujeeb and he cups it safely. He draws the first blood. |
| 4.6 : 4.6: Naveen-ul-Haq to Aiden Markram, FOUR! Aiden Markram gets a boundary off the last ball! Back of a length, around off, Aiden Markram gets deep in his crease and punches it off the back foot through covers for a boundary. |
| 9.6: Gulbadin Naib to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Temba Bavuma ends the over with a boundary! Short ball, on the stumps, Temba Bavuma pulls it towards the fine leg region for a boundary. At the halfway mark, South Africa are 55/1. |
| 10.3 : 10.3: Fareed Ahmad to Aiden Markram, SIX! Aiden Markram connects with this cleanly and over the fence. Back of a length, outside off, Aiden Markram makes room and slaps it over long off for a biggie. |
| 11.2 : 11.2: Mohammad Nabi to Temba Bavuma, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! One skipper gets the better of another. Mohammad Nabi strikes and gets his first wicket. Bavuma has to walk back on 31. Floated, full and outside off. Bavuma comes across and looks to slog-sweep it away but only manages to get an inside edge. Mohammad Shahzad takes a good catch behind the wickets. The slow-mo innings of Temba is over! |
| 13.2: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Aiden Markram, SIX! Aiden Markram is the man! Fuller ball, around off again, Aiden Markram gets across and sweeps it over the backward square leg fence for a biggie. |
| 13.3 : 13.3: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Aiden Markram, FOUR! He does it again! Fuller ball, on off, Aiden Markram gets across and sweeps it over short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 14.6 : 14.6: Naveen-ul-Haq to Aiden Markram, OUT! Aiden Markram departs now! Brilliant over by Naveen-ul-Haq. Back of a length, on off, Aiden Markram pulls it hard, but gets the bottom of his blade. The ball goes in the air and Mujeeb Ur Rahman at deep mid-wicket settles under it and takes a fine catch. |
| 16.2 : 16.2: Fareed Ahmad to Rassie van der Dussen, FOUR! Nicely played! Rassie van der Dussen is on the charge. A length ball, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen comes across and whips it over square leg. The ball ends up in the boundary on a bounce. |
| 16.5 : 16.5: Fareed Ahmad to Heinrich Klaasen, FOUR! Up and over! Klaasen takes the charge now. Good-length ball, outside off. Klaasen hangs back and picks it over covers for a boundary. |
| 17.3 : 17.3: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Rassie van der Dussen, OUT! CAUGHT! Mujeeb Ur Rahman strikes and gets his second wicket. Rassie van der Dussen tries to be cheeky and ends up paying the price. Slower, floated, full and on off. Rassie van der Dussen comes across and scoops it behind the keeper. Karim Janat moves across to his left from short third man and takes a good catch. |
| 17.4 : 17.4: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Heinrich Klaasen, OUT! TIMBER! Mujeeb Ur Rahman gets two wickets in two deliveries. He serves a short ball, on off. Klaasen hangs back and looks to play it through the off side but misses. The ball sneaks through to disturb the furniture behind. The hat-trick ball to follow... |
| 19.2 : 19.2: Gulbadin Naib to David Miller, SIX! BANG! Miller looking to end on a high. Full toss and on off. Miller stays back and smokes it over the square leg fence for a maximum. |
| 19.4 : 19.4: Gulbadin Naib to David Miller, FOUR! Nicely played. Miller gets innovative now. A length ball, on off. Miller comes across and scoops it towards fine leg for a boundary. |
| 0.3 : 0.3: Bjorn Fortuin to Mohammad Shahzad, OUT! Fantastic catch by Temba! Mohammad Shahzad gets out for a duck on his comeback! Fuller, around off, Mohammad Shahzad drives it powerfully through the line. Temba Bavuma is at short cover and he dives full length to his right to take a sharp catch. Big wicket for South Africa straightaway! |
| 0.5 : 0.5: Bjorn Fortuin to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! First boundary of the innings! Fuller, on off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz takes a step or two forward and drives it straight past the bowler for a boundary. |
| 1.2 : 1.2: Lungi Ngidi to Hazratullah Zazai, OUT! DRAGGED ON! Both the openers are back in the hut now! Lungi Ngidi strikes and gets his first wicket. Length ball, around off, Hazratullah Zazai looks to push it towards the off side but gets an inside edge onto the stumps. South Africa are off to a flying start. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: Dwaine Pretorius to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, SIX! Beautiful shot! Well judged by Gurbaz! It was the slower one, following Rahmanullah Gurbaz as he moved leg side and Gurbaz picks this one off his pads and whips it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: Lungi Ngidi to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! Smashed! Full ball, on off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz gets under it and smashes it wide of mid on for a boundary. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Keshav Maharaj to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, OUT! Keshav Maharaj strikes in his first over! Tossed up, on off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz dances down the track and looks to go big over the leg side. He fails to get the right connection and Heinrich Klaasen in the deep mid-wicket region does well to catch it, staring at the sun. |
| 9.4 : 9.4: Dwaine Pretorius to Asghar Afghan, OUT! TAKEN! That's a simple take and Asghar Afghan ends his innings here. He never looked settled and has ended up giving a dolly to the fielder. This is bowled on a length, served outside off, Asghar Afghan just chips this one towards point, where the Saffa skipper, Temba Bavuma does not move an inch to pouch this. 106 needed to win in 62 balls. |
| 10.1 : 10.1: Tabraiz Shamsi to Karim Janat, OUT! Tabraiz Shamsi strikes with his first ball! Full ball, on off, Karim Janat looks to sweep it away but gets hit on the pads, Tabraiz Shamsi appeals and the umpire raises his finger! Karim Janat is not happy with the decision as he shows his bat to the umpire. Nevertheless, another wicket for South Africa and Afghanistan are in real trouble now. |
| 12.3 : 12.3: Tabraiz Shamsi to Najibullah Zadran, OUT! LBW! That was DEAD PLUMB! Tabraiz Shamsi gets his second and Afghanistan are slipping further down as they lose their sixth. Shamsi floats this one up, lands it fuller around middle and off, Najibullah Zadran lines up to play the sweep shot but misses and gets pinged on the pad. An appeal and the umpire agrees by raising his finger in a jiffy. 95 more needed in 45 balls. |
| 16.4 : 16.4: Dwaine Pretorius to Mohammad Nabi, DROPPED AND SIX! A good effort but it was not enough. On a length, around off, Mohammad Nabi stays back and slams this one towards the long off region. David Miller leaps high, gets his fingertips on the ball, but does not hold on and the ball ricochets past the ropes for a biggie. |
| 17.1 : 17.1: Lungi Ngidi to Mohammad Nabi, SIX! Nicely struck by Nabi! In the arc around off, on a length, Mohammad Nabi whacks this one over the long off fence for a biggie. |
| 17.4 : 17.4: Lungi Ngidi to Gulbadin Naib, SIX! Afghanistan are getting some boundaries now! But, it seems like it's too late! A juicy full toss, around off, Gulbadin Naib gets low and hammers this one well over deep mid-wicket. |
| 18.1 : 18.1: Tabraiz Shamsi to Mohammad Nabi, SIX! Biggie! Tossed up, on off, Mohammad Nabi makes room and goes inside-out over covers for a maximum. Mohammad Nabi is getting some much-needed boundaries for his confidence. 46 needed off 11 balls. |
| 18.4 : 18.4: Tabraiz Shamsi to Gulbadin Naib, OUT! Gulbadin Naib is gone now! Full ball, on off, Gulbadin Naib looks to get under it and go big downtown. But gets the bottom part of his blade as the ball goes high in the air towards extra cover. He comes ahead from long off and takes a fine catch in the end. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: Lungi Ngidi to Rashid Khan, OUT! TAKEN! Rashid Khan departs now! Short this time, around off, Rashid Khan lines up and plays a flat-batted shot towards the deep mid-wicket region, where Wiaan Mulder gulps this down. |
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