| 0.0 : TOSS - The coin goes up and lands in favour of Pakistan. They will BAT first. |
| Pakistan (Playing XI) - Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Babar Azam (C), Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Haris (In for Fakhar Zaman), Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Wasim. |
| South Africa (Playing XI) - Temba Bavuma (C), Quinton de Kock (WK), Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (In for David Miller), Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Tabraiz Shamsi (In for Keshav Maharaj), Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi. |
| Babar Azam, the skipper of Pakistan, is in for a chat. He says that they want to put runs on the board and put pressure on South Africa. Feels that the wicket is decent and might help the spinners later on. Adds that they are going to give their 100% and try to win this game. Shares that him and his boys are confident about tonight's game. Informs that there is one change in their playing XI - Fakhar Zaman is out and he will be replaced by Mohammad Haris. |
| Temba Bavuma, the captain of South Africa says that they would have batted first as well. Adds that the surface seems a bit dry and a bit of shade of green. Further says that since they have to bowl, they will hope to restrict their opponents to a low total and chase it down. mentions that they have a good team and the support is good as well. Ends by saying that David Miller and Keshav Maharaj make way for Heinrich Klaasen and Tabraiz Shamsi respectively. |
| We are moments away from getting underway. Before that, both the teams stride out to the middle for their respective national anthems. It will be South Africa's first, followed by Pakistan's anthem. |
| Right then. We are done with all the pre-match proceedings. The South Africa players now stride out to the middle and take their respective fielding positions. Followed by Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan who walk out to open for Pakistan. It is going to be Wayne Parnell to start with the new ball. |
| 0.1 : Wayne Parnell to Mohammad Rizwan, Wayne Parnell starts with a dot. He bowls it on a length and outside off, Rizwan fends it towards backward point. |
| 0.2 : Wayne Parnell to Mohammad Rizwan, FOUR! Fine shot. Length again, outside off. Rizwan stands firm and cuts it through point for a boundary. He gets off the mark in style! |
| 0.3 : Wayne Parnell to Mohammad Rizwan, Back of a length now, on off. Rizwan eases it towards the point fielder. |
| 0.4 : Wayne Parnell to Mohammad Rizwan, OUT! DRAGGED ON! Wayne Parnell gets rid of the dangerous Rizwan. Slightly shorter and just outside off, it nips back in a touch. Rizwan looks to defend it but gets an inside edge as the ball rattles the off pole. South Africa have an early and much needed breakthrough in the game. Excellent comeback from Wayne Parnell. |
| Mohammad Haris comes in at number 3. |
| 0.5 : Wayne Parnell to Mohammad Haris, This one lands outside off, Mohammad Haris eases it towards point. Dot. |
| 0.6 : Wayne Parnell to Mohammad Haris, Shorter one and down leg, Mohammad Haris looks to pull it but misses and gets a hit on his helmet. It rolls towards the keeper. Excellent over from Wayne Parnell comes to an end! |
| It will be Kagiso Rabada to steam in from the other end. |
| 1.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Babar Azam, Fuller and on off, Babar Azam defends it solidly. |
| 1.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Babar Azam, Goes fuller again, Babar Azam defends it to short covers. Another dot. |
| 1.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Babar Azam, Kagiso Rabada bowls it on leg, fuller again. Babar Azam flicks it to deep mid-wicket for one. He is off the mark. |
| 1.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Mohammad Haris, SIX! Excellent from Mohammad Haris. Keeps it bowling fuller, Mohammad Haris heaves it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum! |
| 1.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Mohammad Haris, SIX! Another one. Mohammad Haris has made up his mind now. This is fuller again, Mohammad Haris uses his wrist and helps it over backward square leg for another maximum! |
| 1.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Mohammad Haris, FOUR! Pulls his length back a bit. This is slightly shorter but gets the same result. Mohammad Haris pulls it through square leg for a boundary! |
| 2.1 : Wayne Parnell to Babar Azam, Good length and on off, Babar Azam punches it but finds the fielder at covers. |
| 2.2 : Wayne Parnell to Babar Azam, Play and a miss. Touch fuller, outside off. Babar Azam looks to loft it but misses. |
| 2.3 : Wayne Parnell to Babar Azam, Three dots now. On a length angling it into the batter. Babar Azam defends it to backward point. |
| 2.4 : Wayne Parnell to Babar Azam, Bowls it outside off again, Babar Azam guides it to deep backward point for one. |
| 2.5 : Wayne Parnell to Mohammad Haris, FOUR! Mohammad Haris is on fire. Shorter one on off, Mohammad Haris plays an upper cut over the keeper for a boundary! |
| 2.6 : Wayne Parnell to Mohammad Haris, Shorter one again, Mohammad Haris pulls it but doesn't connect well. It goes up in the air and lands safely at square leg. They collect one. |
| 3.1 : Lungi Ngidi to Mohammad Haris, Fuller one, on off. Mohammad Haris works it to mid-wicket for one. |
| 3.2 : Lungi Ngidi to Babar Azam, On a length and outside off, Babar Azam eases it to the point fielder. |
| 3.4 : Lungi Ngidi to Babar Azam, Full and outside off, Babar Azam looks to loft it but mistimes it to third man. The fielder fumbles a bit which allows the batters to take two. |
| 3.3 : Lungi Ngidi to Babar Azam, Swing and a miss. Goes fuller swinging it away, Babar Azam looks to heave it but misses. Close! |
| 3.5 : Lungi Ngidi to Babar Azam, Good length outside off, Babar Azam looks to play at it but misses. |
| 3.6 : Lungi Ngidi to Babar Azam, Slower one this time and outside off, Babar Azam drills it to long off for one. Good over from Lungi Ngidi. |
| 4.1 : Anrich Nortje to Babar Azam, Fuller and on off, Babar Azam knocks it to the left of the bowler. Anrich Nortje puts his hands to stop it but it deflects towards mid off. They collect one. |
| 4.2 : Anrich Nortje to Mohammad Haris, On a length and on off, Mohammad Haris defends it to mid off. |
| 4.3 : Anrich Nortje to Mohammad Haris, SIX! Excellent timing. Fuller one from Mohammad Haris, down leg. Mohammad Haris shuffles across and scoops it over fine leg for a maximum! |
| 4.4 : Anrich Nortje to Mohammad Haris, OUT! LBW! Mohammad Haris cameo comes to an end. On a length and on middle, Mohammad Haris looks to flick it but misses as the ball hits his pads. A loud shout and the finger goes up. Pakistan goes for a review. UltraEdge shows no spike. The Ball Tracking shows three reds and the decision stands. Pakistan are two down now inside five overs! |
| 4.5 : Anrich Nortje to Shan Masood, On a length and on off, Shan Masood defends it solidly. |
| 4.6 : Anrich Nortje to Shan Masood, Slightly shorter and on middle, Shan Masood pulls it towards backward square leg for a brace. This is good running between the wickets. |
| 4.4 : Shan Masood is the new man in. |
| 5.1 : Lungi Ngidi to Babar Azam, Good-length delivery outside off, Babar Azam makes room looking to go through the off side and gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 5.2 : Iftikhar Ahmed comes in at number 5. |
| 5.3 : Lungi Ngidi to Iftikhar Ahmed, Short and outside off, Iftikhar Ahmed punches it off the backfoot to point. |
| 5.2 : Lungi Ngidi to Babar Azam, OUT! CAUGHT! Cutter outside off, Babar Azam gets deceived by the slowness of the delivery. Looks to slog this one down the ground, doesn't get a decent connection and skies this one towards mid-on. Rabada runs backwards and does the rest. |
| 5.4 : Lungi Ngidi to Iftikhar Ahmed, Slower outside off, Iftikhar Ahmed works this one to Tristan Stubbs at point and sets off for a quick single. Iftikhar Ahmed was gone had Stubbs hit the stumps at non-striker's end. |
| 5.5 : Lungi Ngidi to Shan Masood, WIDE! Full and angling into the batter, just too wide down the legside. Shan Masood lets it go through to the keeper. |
| Lungi Ngidi to Shan Masood, Short on middle, Shan Masood defends this one to mid-wicket. |
| 5.6 : Lungi Ngidi to Shan Masood, Another cutter on middle, Shan Masood gets a leading edge as he tried to work it on the leg side. The ball lobs up safely on the off side. |
| 6.1 : Anrich Nortje to Iftikhar Ahmed, Back of a length delivery on off, Iftikhar Ahmed pushes this one off the backfoot to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 6.2 : Anrich Nortje to Shan Masood, Full on the pads, the ball brushes off the pads on the leg side as Shan Masood tried to help it behind square. |
| 6.3 : Anrich Nortje to Shan Masood, OUT! CAUGHT! Another one bites the dust. Knuckle ball outside off, Shan Masood plays this one way too early. Ends up chipping it to Temba Bavuma at mid off. Anrich Nortje has his second wicket now. |
| 6.4 : Anrich Nortje to Mohammad Nawaz, Full on off, Mohammad Nawaz drives this one with a straight bat to Temba Bavuma at mid off. |
| 6.3 : Mohammad Nawaz is the new batter in. |
| 6.5 : Anrich Nortje to Mohammad Nawaz, Banged in short by Anrich Nortje, Mohammad Nawaz ducks under this one and lets it go through to the keeper. |
| 6.6 : Anrich Nortje to Mohammad Nawaz, Good-length delivery on off, Mohammad Nawaz defends this one off the backfoot on the off side. |
| 7.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Iftikhar Ahmed, Short and angling into the batter, Iftikhar Ahmed gets cramped for room as he tried to work it fine. The ball lobs off his gloves to the right of Quinton de Kock who fails to hang onto it. |
| 7.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Mohammad Nawaz, Good-length on off, Mohammad Nawaz fends it on the off side for a dot. |
| 7.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Mohammad Nawaz, FOUR! Streaky boundary. Banged in short by Rabada, Nawaz tries to defend and gets an outside edge. The ball flies quickly off the outside edge to the left of third man. |
| 7.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Mohammad Nawaz, Full on off, Mohammad Nawaz knocks it on the off side and sets off for a quick single. |
| 7.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Iftikhar Ahmed, Short of a length delivery outside off, Iftikhar Ahmed punches it off the backfoot to point for a single. |
| 7.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Mohammad Nawaz, Back of a length outside off, Mohammad Nawaz defends this one towards backward point. |
| 8.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Iftikhar Ahmed, Flighted delivery on off, Iftikhar Ahmed knocks it back to the bowler. |
| 8.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Iftikhar Ahmed, Short and at the batter, Iftikhar Ahmed rocks back and pulls it deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 8.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Mohammad Nawaz, Tossed up outside off, Mohammad Nawaz gets on his knees and sweeps it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 8.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Iftikhar Ahmed, Flighted on leg, Iftikhar Ahmed paddle sweeps it to short fine leg where Kagiso Rabada dives to his right and keeps it to one. |
| 8.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Mohammad Nawaz, Tossed up on off, Mohammad Nawaz slog sweeps it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 8.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Iftikhar Ahmed, Short outside off, Iftikhar Ahmed punches it off the backfoot to deep cover for a run. |
| 9.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Iftikhar Ahmed, FOUR! Short and a bit wide outside off, Iftikhar Ahmed gets on top of the bounce and cuts it to the left of backward point for a much-needed boundary. |
| 9.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Iftikhar Ahmed, Short of a length outside off, Iftikhar Ahmed pulls this one between mid-wicket and mid on for a couple of runs. |
| 9.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Iftikhar Ahmed, FOUR! Full and outside off, Iftikhar Ahmed slogs this one down the ground and over mid off for the second boundary of the over. Iftikhar Ahmed is starting to get a move on here. |
| 9.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Iftikhar Ahmed, Good-length delivery on off, Iftikhar Ahmed punches it to extra cover and takes a single. |
| 9.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Mohammad Nawaz, Leg bye! Fullish delivery on off, Mohammad Nawaz shuffles across and gets rapped on the pads. The ball rolls on the leg side and the batters cross for a single. |
| 9.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Iftikhar Ahmed, Short of a length delivery outside off, Iftikhar Ahmed opens the bat face and guides this one to third man for a single. An expensive over by Kagiso Rabada comes to an end. |
| Drinks! Pakistan looks in a bit of trouble at the halfway stage. They lost Rizwan in the very first over and were 4 down in the seventh over. Iftikhar and Nawaz look good now and they need to brew some good stand. South Africa bowlers are doing good so far and they will hope to break this stand as well. The scoreboard reads 68/4 at the halfway stage. |
| 10.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Iftikhar Ahmed, Tabraiz Shamsi drags his length ball, down leg. Iftikhar Ahmed swivels and pulls it to deep square leg for just one. |
| 10.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Mohammad Nawaz, A googly this time, on a shorter length. Nawaz looks to cut it away on his back foot but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 10.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Mohammad Nawaz, Floated and full this time, on off. Nawaz sweeps it behind square for a single. |
| 10.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Iftikhar Ahmed, Flatter and on off. Ahmed goes back and blocks it into covers. |
| 10.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Iftikhar Ahmed, An appeal for caught behind but the umpire is unmoved. It is pushed through down leg. Ahmed fails to flick it away. It brushes his pads on the way to the keeper hence the appeal. |
| 10.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Iftikhar Ahmed, Fuller and on off. Ahmed shuffles and tucks it towards mid on. One run taken. A tidy over from Shamsi comes to an end. |
| 11.1 : Lungi Ngidi to Iftikhar Ahmed, Back of a length, on fifth stump. Iftikhar Ahmed hangs back and dabs it past backward point for a single. |
| 11.2 : Lungi Ngidi to Mohammad Nawaz, Good-length ball, angled into the batter from 'round the wicket. Nawaz stays back and strokes it towards point. |
| 11.3 : Lungi Ngidi to Mohammad Nawaz, Swing and a miss! Mohammad Nawaz shimmies down the track hoping to send the ball out of the park. Lungi Ngidi sees the movement and serves it sharp bouncer on off. Nawas fails to dispatch it. |
| 11.4 : Lungi Ngidi to Mohammad Nawaz, In the air...safe! Fraction short, on off. Nawaz goes back and lofts it over the infielde on the off side. The connection is not a clean one but Nawaz is safe. They take a couple. |
| 11.5 : Lungi Ngidi to Mohammad Nawaz, MISFIELD AND FOUR! A length ball, in the channel. Nawaz plays it late down to third man. Tabraiz Shamsi in the deep fumbles and the ball eventually reaches the fence. |
| 11.6 : Lungi Ngidi to Mohammad Nawaz, FOUR! Consecutive boundaries to end the over! Pakistan are getting back in this game with this stand here. A slower ball now, on off. Nawaz lofts it towards long off. A couple of bounces over the ropes. |
| 12.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Iftikhar Ahmed, WIDE! Tabraiz Shamsi spills this one down leg. Ahmed is unable to tickle it away. Wided. |
| Tabraiz Shamsi to Iftikhar Ahmed, Flatter and on off. Ahmed pushes it to cover for one. |
| 12.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Mohammad Nawaz, Loops it up, outside off, turning away. Nawaz tries to sweep it away with immense power but gets nowhere near it. |
| 12.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Mohammad Nawaz, FOUR! Up and over! It is tossed up, full and wide of off. Mohammad Nawaz throws his blade at it. It goes up in the air and towards long off. Aiden Markram charges in from the deep but in the end, the ball goes over him. The ball races away over the ropes. How costly will this misjudgement prove to be? |
| 12.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Mohammad Nawaz, WIDE! Slower one, outside off. Nawaz lets it be. The umpire signals a wide. |
| Tabraiz Shamsi to Mohammad Nawaz, A googly this time, outside off. Nawaz misses his sweep. |
| 12.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Mohammad Nawaz, SIX! Flat and hard! Mohammad Nawaz is doing the talking with his blade here. It is tossed up, full and on off. Mohammad Nawaz gets low and slogs it over the mid-wicket fence. |
| 12.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Mohammad Nawaz, OUT! LBW! Tabraiz Shamsi has the last laugh here. He breaks a crucial stand here which had started to hurt them. Shamse goes much fuller this time, attacking the stumps. Nawaz once again goes for the sweep but fails to find any connection this time. He gets rapped on his pads and Shamsi goes for the appeal. The umpire wastes no time in raising his finger. Mohammad Nawaz decides to opt against the review and walks back to the pavilion. Mohammad Nawaz cou |
| Shadab Khan walks in. |
| 13.1 : Wayne Parnell to Iftikhar Ahmed, SIX! High and handsome! Iftikhar Ahmed taking the matter in his own hands now. It is pitched up, on off. Iftikhar Ahmed stands tall and smokes it over the bowler's head for a biggie. |
| 13.2 : Wayne Parnell to Iftikhar Ahmed, A length ball, attacking the stumps. Iftikhar Ahmed pushes it gently towards point and they take one. |
| 13.3 : Wayne Parnell to Shadab Khan, This is driven into covers for another single. Khan is off the mark. |
| 13.4 : Wayne Parnell to Iftikhar Ahmed, Length ball, on off. Ahmed drives it through cover-point and crosses for a single. |
| 13.5 : Wayne Parnell to Shadab Khan, Shadab Khan blocks this length ball back to the bowler. |
| 13.6 : Wayne Parnell to Shadab Khan, Wayne Parnell goes full, on leg. Shadab Khan stays back and flicks it to mid-wicket. They take one more run. |
| 14.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shadab Khan, FOUR! A boundary to start the over with. Shadab Khan is making his intentions clear here. It is full and down leg. Shadab Khan moves back and slog-sweeps it to deep mid-wicket for four runs. |
| 14.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shadab Khan, Floated and full, around off. Shadab Khan eases it down the ground but Iftikhar Ahmed gets hit in the process and restricts the single here. |
| 14.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shadab Khan, Good running! It is darted on the pads. Khan goes back and flicks it into the free pocket at mid on. He calls for two and gets two. |
| 14.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shadab Khan, SIX! What a shot! Shadab Khan is on a roll here. It is pitched up, outside off. Shadab Khan gets under it and smokes it over the extra cover fence. |
| 14.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shadab Khan, Full and outside off. Khan chips it to long off for a single. |
| 14.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Iftikhar Ahmed, A couple to end the over! It is pushed through quicker, on middle. Ahmed clips it through the gap at mid-wicket for two. So, 15 runs come off it and Tabraiz Shamsi ends his spell of 4 overs with a wicket under his belly. |
| 15.1 : Lungi Ngidi to Shadab Khan, On a length and outside off, Shadab Khan cuts it through point for a brace. |
| 15.2 : Lungi Ngidi to Shadab Khan, Back of a length, tad slower. Shadab Khan looks to pull it but mistimes it to long on. They collect one. |
| 15.3 : Lungi Ngidi to Iftikhar Ahmed, Shorter one this time, on off. Iftikhar Ahmed leaves it alone. |
| 15.4 : Lungi Ngidi to Iftikhar Ahmed, SIX! Up and over. Bangs a shorter one on off,  Iftikhar Ahmed hoicks the pull over the deep mid-wicket region for a six. This is a 106 m. Huge! |
| 15.5 : Lungi Ngidi to Iftikhar Ahmed, Wide! This one lands wide outside off, Iftikhar Ahmed lets it go. |
| Lungi Ngidi to Iftikhar Ahmed, On a length and on off, Iftikhar Ahmed taps it to covers for one. |
| 15.6 : Lungi Ngidi to Shadab Khan, FOUR! Fine shot. Slightly shorter and on off, Shadab Khan moves across and pulls it over square leg for a boundary! |
| 16.1 : Anrich Nortje to Iftikhar Ahmed, A low full toss on off, Iftikhar Ahmed knocks it to long on for one. |
| 16.2 : Anrich Nortje to Shadab Khan, Slightly shorter with some extra bounce, Shadab Khan looks to cut it but misses. |
| 16.3 : Anrich Nortje to Shadab Khan, FOUR! Good length and on off, Shadab Khan moves forward and smashes it past mid off for a boundary! |
| 16.4 : Anrich Nortje to Shadab Khan, SIX! Shadab Khan is on fire and this brings up 50 run partnership between these two. Shorter and on off, Shadab Khan thumps it over backward point for a maximum. |
| 16.5 : Anrich Nortje to Shadab Khan, A yorker and on leg, Shadab Khan digs it to point for one. |
| 16.6 : Anrich Nortje to Iftikhar Ahmed, Another yorker, down leg. Iftikhar Ahmed flicks it to deep square leg for one. |
| 17.1 : Wayne Parnell to Iftikhar Ahmed, FOUR! Fuller and outside off, Iftikhar Ahmed looks to loft it but gets an outside edge as the ball races away the third man fence for a boundary. Not the shot he intended to play, but he will take it. |
| 17.2 : Wayne Parnell to Iftikhar Ahmed, Fuller and on off, Iftikhar Ahmed drills it to long off for one. Shadab Khan on strike now. |
| 17.3 : Wayne Parnell to Shadab Khan, Outside off, fuller in length. Shadab Khan drives it to extra covers. The fielder fumbles a bit which allows the batters to take two runs. |
| 17.4 : Wayne Parnell to Shadab Khan, Outside off again, Shadab Khan looks to slog it but misses. |
| 17.5 : Wayne Parnell to Shadab Khan, Touch fuller, on off. Shadab Khan lofts it over mid off. The fielder does well to stop it at the boundary line diving to his left. They collect three. |
| 17.6 : Wayne Parnell to Iftikhar Ahmed, A low full toss, on off. Iftikhar Ahmed taps it to the left of the bowler and scampers for a quick single. |
| 18.1 : Anrich Nortje to Iftikhar Ahmed, Fifty up for Iftikhar Ahmed. What a knock and it was right when his team needed it. A yorker and on off, Iftikhar Ahmed flicks it to mid-wicket for a brace. |
| 18.2 : Anrich Nortje to Iftikhar Ahmed, Fuller again, on middle. Iftikhar Ahmed works it to mid-wicket for one. |
| 18.3 : Anrich Nortje to Shadab Khan, NO BALL AND SIX! A high full toss and on middle, Shadab Khan pulls it over backward square leg for a maximum. No ball called for height. Free hit coming up. |
| Anrich Nortje to Shadab Khan, SIX! Shadab Khan makes the maximum use of the free hit. Fuller and on off, Shadab Khan lofts it over long on for a maximum. Fifty up for Shadab Khan now. |
| 18.4 : Anrich Nortje to Shadab Khan, DROPPED! South Africa are looking sloppy here. Aiden Markram is having a bad day in the field. Slower one and fuller, Shadab Khan looks to loft it but miscues it in the air, and the man at long on drops it as the rain droplets on his hand might have made him slip this one. |
| It continues to drizzle and it is making it tough for the bowlers to work with the slippery ball. This pair of Shadab Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed are certainly making the most of the conditions here. |
| 18.5 : Anrich Nortje to Shadab Khan, OUT! TAKEN! On a length and on off, Shadab Khan looks to pull it but doesn't connect well. The ball goes up in the air and towards deep mid-wicket. Tristan Stubbs settles under it and takes it safely. |
| 18.6 : Anrich Nortje to Mohammad Wasim, OUT! TAKEN! Another one bites the dust. Mohammad Wasim walks out for a golden duck. A shorter one on off, Mohammad Wasim looks to go big but mistimes it to mid off. Temba Bavuma takes a good catch and Mohammad Wasim makes his way back into the hut. |
| 18.5 : Mohammad Wasim is the new man in. |
| 19.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Iftikhar Ahmed, OUT! CAUGHT! A team Hat-Trick this time. South Africa have managed to get some switch in momentum now. It is a short ball, on off. Iftikhar Ahmed stays back and whips it across the line. The ball takes the outside edge and flies down to long on. Rilee Rossouw in the deep takes a blinder in such tough conditions. He leaps near the ropes, and grabs the ball with both hands falling backwards. Haris Rauf is the new batter in. |
| 19.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Haris Rauf, A low full toss, on off. Rauf smashes it to point for a single. |
| 19.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Naseem Shah, Short ball, on off. Shah gets it towards mid-wicket off the outside edge. The batters take a couple. |
| 19.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Naseem Shah, Short ball, on off. Shah looks to go after it but misses. |
| 19.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Naseem Shah, Full length, on off. Shah lofts it high in the air towards point. Tabraiz Shamsi gives it a chase but spills it in the end. They take three runs. |
| 19.6 : So, after 20 overs, Pakistan ends up with 185 on the board. They scored 117 in the last ten overs and certainly have the momentum at the halfway mark. Opting to bat first, Pakistan were dealt an early blow when they lost Mohammad Rizwan on the fourth ball of the innings. Playing in his first T20 World Cup, Mohammad Haris came out with the intent of taking on the South African bowlers. Once he was dismissed, Pakistan were reduced to 43-4. However, with contributions from Nawaz, Iftikhar, and Sha |
| South African new bowlers were exceptional in the Powerplay picking three wickets. Having been in a commanding position halfway through the innings, South Africa let it slip courtesy of some average bowling that allowed Pakistan to make a comeback into the game. South Africa were sloppy in the field too and Temba Bavuma will hope that it does not come back to haunt them. |
| Kagiso Rabada to Haris Rauf, OUT! RUN OUT! Brilliant effort from Temba Bavuma gives away just two runs on the final delivery. It is a short ball, on off. Haris Rauf goes for the pull but gets a top edge. Lungi Ngidi tries to chase it but is unable to get under it in time. The batters try to run three meanwhile. The thorws comes in from the deep at the non-striker's end. The bowler is just ball-watching. Temba Bavuma, who is backing up the bowler, is very alert. He gathers the ball quick |
| South Africa will be hopeful of chasing this down and booking their berth in the semi-finals while Pakistan need to defend this total to stay alive in the tournament. Chase coming up in a bit⦠|
| ... The Run Chase ... |
| Anrich Nortje is in for a quick chat. He says they are obviously happy with the start but in the end, giving away too many boundaries in the end. Adds that it was a good test for the team to see where they are and hope they can get over the line here. |
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