Winning the toss the Pakistan Captain Shoaib Malik decided to field first in a batting centric wicket. The inform Reeza Hendricks and T20 specialist Janneman Malan opened the inning for the South African team. Both the batsmen played a steady innings without any wrong shorts to take the score past 50 runs in the 8th over of the match. Malan was the first wicket for the visiting Pakistan side, scoring 33 runs off 31 deliveries with 3 fours and 2 huge sixers. Imad was the bowler who picked the wicket for the team. Then another inform batsman for the African team R van der Dussen came to bat with the score at 58/1 in 8.4 overs. The second wicket of Reeza Hendricks 28(27 balls 3*4) fell at the score of 90 runs in the 13th over. David Miller took the initiative to hit the ball around the ground and succeeded with a quick fire 65 runs off 29 deliveries. The attraction of the innings was the boundaries hit by the captain of South Africa. He hit 4 fours and 5 sixers to help the team reach 188 runs in 20 overs losing only 3 wickets.
A target of 189 runs was a good score and with the African
bowling line up it was a tough task. The In-form Babar Azam and F Zaman opened
the innings for the visiting team with a big score to chase. First wicket fell
at the score of 45 runs from 4 overs. B Hendricks picked the wicket of the
opener for just 14 runs from 9 deliveries with 2 fours. Partnership of 102 runs
between Hussain Tulat and the opener Babar Azam took the team closer to
victory. But, after the wicket of both the inform batsmen wickets started to
fall. The target in the final over was 14 runs with the captain handing the
bowling to Phehlukwayo.
It was a dramatic match that finished in a winning note for the hosts by
a margin of 8 runs. Phehlukwayo gave away only 7 runs to carve the series 2-0
with one more match to some in the series.
Man of the Match: David Warner for his
65 runs off just 29 balls with 4 fours and 5 sixers.
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