Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    34.6 gloved to the keeper! Ayub gets Bosched! Dug in from round the wicket and he scoops it up tamely to Klaasen looking to help it up and away to fine leg. Fine knock, though, and he gets an ovation as he walks off. Maiden international wicket for the debutant 208/3
    0.2 edged to a tumbling second slip! Abdullah Shafique has another duck! Lovely line, angling in at the top of off, taking the splice of an uncertain poke, Markram falls across first slip to scoop up the early offering! 1/1
    22.3 short, and slapped to short midwicket! The blow to the fingers may have unsettled him, but that's a fine follow-up from Maphaka, short and rushing into his bat as he swings across the line. The end of a fine knock... 115/2
    37.6 top-edged and taken! The extra ball in the over buys Fortuin a wicket. Rizwan goes, the big one for SA. Aimed the slog-sweep but this skidded on outside off, went almost straight up, Rabada jogging around from short third to take the catch 223/5
    35.3 charges down, Ghulam goes first ball! He played a match-shaping cameo the other night, but doesn't come off here on the Highveld. On the run, heaving to leg, sliced high but without any distance to be caught in the covers. One brings two for SA 209/4
    45.5 goes for the same ball, and Salman holes out! Wide line and he tries to get it up and over, not a clean connection and there's a man out there waiting for a simple catch. Some decent tonking from the No. 6, though 297/6
    46.1 swatted back, Jansen plucks it above his head! Big offcutter and Tayyab couldn't get any timing. Still, it would have cleared most bowlers in their follow through, but not 6ft 8in Marco Jansen, who sticks up his paws and grabs it, easy as you like 298/8
    45.6 slogged straight to the same fielder! A booming hoick across the line, goes high but not far enough. Van der Dussen settles under it for a replica take. First-baller for Afridi, Rabada strikes again at the death 297/7
    not out
    5
    2
    6
    1
    0
    250.00
    46.3 another one goes, slapped to deep midwicket! Hard length and he hauls it high into the leg side but again doesn't have the connection. That's four wickets in five legitimate balls 302/9
    not out
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    1
    2
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    0.00
    Extras
    17 (b 1, lb 1, w 15)
    TOTAL
    308/9 (47 Overs, RR: 6.55)
    Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Abdullah Shafique, 0.2 ov), 2-115 (Babar Azam, 22.3 ov), 3-208 (Saim Ayub, 34.6 ov), 4-209 (Kamran Ghulam, 35.3 ov), 5-223 (Mohammad Rizwan, 37.6 ov), 6-297 (Salman Agha, 45.5 ov), 7-297 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 45.6 ov), 8-298 (Tayyab Tahir, 46.1 ov), 9-302 (Mohammad Hasnain, 46.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    K Rabada1005635.60369010
    M Jansen905826.44307130
    KT Maphaka615018.33196150
    C Bosch906917.66214350
    BC Fortuin1005625.60264110
    AK Markram301705.6672000
  • BATSMEN
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    6.3 vicious bouncer! That's brutal from Afridi! Over the wicket, angled into the ribs, lifting sharply, cramping the batter for room, he flung his hands up in a reflexive defensive prod, and the bowler was on hand to gallop through and complete the take! 44/2
    3.2 in the air, straight to backward point! Bavuma wasn't quite to the pitch as Naseem found good shape on his outswinger, he opened the face as the ball arrived and Ayub was in the game once more! 25/1
    19.5 pinned dead in front! Rassie was looking to work that through fine leg, and that is where the ball ends up, but not before the umpire's finger goes up! He was walking across to off, no bat involved... this is indeed curtains! Right on his toes 120/4
    15.1 dragged down, hauled straight to deep midwicket! Filth gets wickets! That's the sort of pie your part-timer legspinner will serve up in a club game... with the same result! Markram's eyes lit up, he threw everything at it, but it came off the toe... whoops, Sufiyan strikes with his first ball! 80/3
    28.4 goes again... but has to go! Doesn't catch this one and it sails down the throat of deep square leg. Klaasen knew the odds were against him but kept going for his shots, trying to make Pakistan crack. Instead it is Afridi who silences the home crowd 194/6
    20.5 Rizwan pre-meditates the lap-sweep! That's just brilliant from the keeper, he hopped into a leg-slip position as soon as Miller shaped to sweep, it was a firm connection but gathered with a juggle in front of the grille! Brilliance, and Pakistan are closing in on 3-0 now 123/5
    31.6 drilled to mid-off, Muqeem bags another! Jansen slumps on his bat after giving his wicket away. Solid connection but he couldn't get enough leverage on the shot and it was well held by Ayub, cushioning a catch into his midriff 212/7
    not out
    40
    44
    59
    5
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    90.90
    38.2 slapped in the air - and brilliantly held! Shafique, who's had a series to forget with the bat, races in from the cover boundary and dives full length to take the catch that might well ensure a series sweep for his side. Fortuin slopes off, but Bosch is still out there to carry SA hopes 250/8
    41.5 thumped full on the front pad - given! Rabada reviews but this only has to be clipping, and it didn't have far to go. Pitching on leg, straightening a touch, hit on the shin. No inside edge involved: clattering leg stump! Nitin Menon's finger goes up again and Rabada is a goner 271/9
    41.6 bowled 'im! The perfect delivery to the No. 11 and Muqeem has sealed the deal on 3-0 for Pakistan! Fired full on off, it dipped under Maphaka's tentative prod and rattled off stump. Muqeem finishes with four-for on debut, as Pakistan win by 36 runs on DLS 271/10
    Extras
    11 (lb 4, nb 1, w 6)
    TOTAL
    271 all out (42 Overs, RR: 6.45)
    Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Temba Bavuma, 3.2 ov), 2-44 (Tony de Zorzi, 6.3 ov), 3-80 (Aiden Markram, 15.1 ov), 4-120 (Rassie van der Dussen, 19.5 ov), 5-123 (David Miller, 20.5 ov), 6-194 (Heinrich Klaasen, 28.4 ov), 7-212 (Marco Jansen, 31.6 ov), 8-250 (Bjorn Fortuin, 38.2 ov), 9-271 (Kagiso Rabada, 41.5 ov), 10-271 (Kwena Maphaka, 41.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Shaheen Shah Afridi7170210.00248530
    Naseem Shah906327.00268110
    Mohammad Hasnain714115.85216010
    Saim Ayub1013413.40371110
    Sufiyan Muqeem815246.50268101
    Agha Salman10707.0040100

Match Details

Toss

South Africa , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

Pakistan won the 3-match series 3-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.00 start, First Session 14.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-18.10, Second Session 18.10-21.40

Match days

22 December 2024 - day/night match (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Match Notes

South Africa 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st25T BavumaT de Zorzi
2nd19HE van der DussenT de Zorzi
3rd36HE van der DussenAK Markram
4th40HE van der DussenH Klaasen
5th3DA MillerH Klaasen
6th71H KlaasenM Jansen
7th18C BoschM Jansen
8th38BC FortuinC Bosch
9th21K RabadaC Bosch
10th0C BoschKT Maphaka