CENTURION: Pakistan, that opted to bowl first after winning the toss, successfully chased the 145-run target set by South African team to clinch the 4-T20I series 3-1 today (16th of April) here at SuperSport Park.
Brief scores:
South Africa: 144 in 19.3 overs (H. van der Dussen 52, J. Malan 33; Faheem Ashraf 3-17).
Pakistan: 149-7 in 19.5 overs (Fakhar Zaman 60; S. Magala 2-33).
Result: Pakistan won by three wickets.
Teams:
South Africa: Heinrich Klaasen (captain, wkt), Aiden Markram, Janneman Malan, Rassie van der Dussen, George Linde, Andile Phehlukwayo, Wiaan Mulder, Sisanda Magala, Bjorn Fortuin, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi
Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (wkt), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Haider Ali, Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf
Umpires: Shaun George, Adrian Holdstock (both RSA);
Television umpire: Allahudien Paleker (RSA);
Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)
PCB has congratulated the Green Shirts for winning both the ODI and T20I series in South Africa. Former skipper Shahid Afridi, while felicitating the team, urged that despite the victory, there was a need for the squad to review its middle-order performances: “Despite the victory, we need to review the middle-order performances where we seem to be struggling for a long time…I think Shoaib Malik must be considered again, especially since it’s a T20 World Cup this year.”
3rd T20I: It may be recalled that the Green Shirts with the support of their Skipper Babar Azam’s 122 runs won the third T20I at SuperSport Park on Wednesday, 14th of April. Pakistan was chasing down a target of 204 runs set by South Africans. Babar Azam not only won the Player of the Match award, he also took the top slot from Indian cricketer Viral Kohli as the world’s top batsman in one-day cricket.
2nd T20I: Final scores in the second Twenty20 International between South Africa and Pakistan at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Monday.
Pakistan
Mohammad Rizwan c Markram b Linde 0
Sharjeel Khan c Markram b Linde 8
Babar Azam b Magala 50
Mohammad Hafeez c Klaasen b Linde 32
Haider Ali c Linde b Shamsi 12
Faheem Ashraf c Linde b Williams 5
Hasan Ali c Linde b Williams 12
Mohammad Nawaz c Klaasen b Williams 2
Shaheen Afridi not out 7
Usman Qadir run out (Magala) 4
Mohammad Hasnain
Extras (lb1, nb3, w4) 8
Total (9 wkts, 20 overs) 140
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Rizwan), 2-10 (Sharjeel), 3-68 (Hafeez), 4-92 (Haider), 5-111 (Faheem), 6-124 (Hasan), 7-128 (Babar), 8-128 (Nawaz), 9-139 (Qadir)
Bowling: Linde 4-0-23-3 (1w), Hendricks 4-0-27-0, Shamsi 4-0-22-1, Williams 4-0-35-3, Magala 4-0-32-1 (3nb, 3w)
South Africa
J. Malan c Shaheen Afridi b Hasan Ali 15
A. Markram c Faheem Ashraf b Usman Qadir 54
W. Lubbe c Babar Azam b Mohammad Hasnain 12
H. Klaasen not out 36
P. van Biljon c Mohammad Rizwan b Usman Qadir 2
G. Linde not out 20
Extras (lb1, w1) 2
Total (4 wkts, 14 overs) 141
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Malan), 2-58 (Lubbe), 3-88 (Markram), 4-92 (Van Biljon)
Bowling: Shaheen Afridi 3-0-30-0, Mohammad Nawaz 3-0-29-0, Mohammad Hasnain 2-0-25-1, Hasan Ali 2-0-16-1 (1w), Usman Qadir 3-0-26-2, Faheem Ashraf 1-0-14-0
Did not bat: A. Phehlukwayo, S. Magala, B. Hendricks, L. Williams, T. Shamsi
Result: South Africa won by six wickets
1st T20I: was played on 10th of April at the Wanderers Stadium: South Africa opted to bat first after winning the toss. South African opener Aiden Markram scored 51 runs off 32 balls. Skipper Heinrich Klaasen scored half a century facing 28 balls. In the last four overs after South Africa had been well-placed at 159 for three after 16 overs.
Heinrich Klaasen was captaining South Africa in the absence of the injured Temba Bavuma, while Aiden Markram was a late inclusion in a side hit by a spate of injuries. The South African team was also sans five players whose contracts with their Indian Premier League (IPL) teams took precedence. South Africa named three new caps in all-rounder Wihan Lubbe and fast bowlers Sisanda Magala and Lizaad Williams.
Left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz took two for 21, bowling three of his four overs in the opening power play, while fast bowler Hasan Ali took two for 28. It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan had included two players, Haider Ali and veteran Mohammad Hafeez, who were not part of their winning one-day international team in a series which ended on Wednesday (7th of April).
From Pakistan side, as mentioned earlier, Mohammad Nawaz and Hasan Ali sent two batsmen each back to pavilion, whereas, Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf took one wicket each. Man of the match Mohammad Rizwan scored 74-runs enabling the Green Shirts chase the target down. Skipper Babar Azam scored 14 off 14 deliveries.
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