· 1st T20 Match
CompletedSouth Africa
183/9 (20.0)
Pakistan
172/8 (20.0)
South Africa won by 11 runs
Ball by Ball Commentary
- 19.61
Kwena Maphaka to Haris Rauf
8:03 PMOne Run. South Africa win by 11 runs!!! Good length ball outside off, slaps it towards cover for a single
- 19.51
Kwena Maphaka to Sufiyan Muqeem
8:03 PMOne Run. Length ball on off, pulls it to deep mid wicket for a single
- 19.42
Kwena Maphaka to Sufiyan Muqeem
8:01 PMTwo Runs. Fuller and slower on middle, lofts it wide of mid off for a couple of runs, 14 runs needed off final 2 balls but this should be enough for South Africa!
- 19.32
Kwena Maphaka to Sufiyan Muqeem
8:00 PMTwo Runs. Length ball outside off, slices the cut over backward point for a couple of runs, 16 runs left from 3 balls!
- 19.2W
Kwena Maphaka to Mohammad Rizwan
7:59 PMWicket! Caught By Nqabayomzi Peter. No Run. Maphaka gets Rizwan and this should be game, set and match for South Africa!!! Was a back of length slower ball outside off, looks to pull it away but top edges it high up in air towards third man where Peter takes a good safe catch.
- 19.11
Kwena Maphaka to Haris Rauf
7:58 PMOne Run. Full ball on middle, lofts it down to long on for a single, 18 runs left from 5 balls!
- 18.64
Ottneil Baartman to Mohammad Rizwan
7:57 PMFour. Back of length ball on off, pulls it away to the left of deep mid wicket for a boundary, what a great turnaround this has been for Rizwan!
- 18.54
Ottneil Baartman to Mohammad Rizwan
7:56 PMFour. Full ball on off, smashes it straight down the ground to the left of long on for a boundary, a precious boundary!
- 18.40
Ottneil Baartman to Mohammad Rizwan
7:56 PMNo Run. Full ball outside off, smashes it down to long off but it is another dot
- 18.34
Ottneil Baartman to Mohammad Rizwan
7:55 PMFour. Back of length ball around off, pulls it uppishly to the right of long on for a one bounce boundary
- 18.20
Ottneil Baartman to Mohammad Rizwan
7:54 PMNo Run. Full ball outside off, drives it to long off but does not take the run
- 18.10
Ottneil Baartman to Mohammad Rizwan
7:54 PMNo Run. Full ball on off, drives it towards cover
- 17.60
George Linde to Haris Rauf
7:53 PMNo Run. Pakistan retain the review! Linde's celebrations are brought to a halt as the ball tracking shows that the ball was going down leg, great spell though by Linde!
- 17.5W
George Linde to Abbas Afridi
7:50 PMLBW!. No Run. Was a quicker arm ball on middle, looks to play it off the back foot but gets late on the ball, ball wraps his back pad and it was an easy decision for the umpire to give it as Out, Linde is on a hat-trick now!
- 17.4W
George Linde to Irfan Khan Niazi
7:47 PMWicket! Caught By Matthew Breetzke. No Run. Was a flighted ball on middle, steps out and looks to go big down the ground but toe ends it high up in air, Breetzke at long off runs in and takes a good catch under pressure.