Video of Pakistan vs South Africa Match Highlights : Pakistan lose by 6 wickets
South Africa 190 for 4 (van der Dussen 101*, Bavuma 46, Wasim 2-19, Afridi 2-30) beat Pakistan 186 for 6 (Fakhar 52, Asif 32, Rabada 3-28) by six wickets
A visibly exhausted Rassie van der Dussen pushed his limits and pulled off a stunning last-over win for South Africa in their warm-up game against Pakistan. South Africa needed 19 to win in the last over, bowled by Hasan Ali, and van der Dussen started the over off with a six, before returning to strike and hitting the last two balls for four to complete a win as well as complete a 51-ball century. At the other end was David Miller, who also hit a six in the last over as Hasan gave away 22.
The First Inning
Earlier in the evening, after winning the toss, South Africa opened the bowling with Keshav Maharaj and Kagiso Rabada, who kept the scoring down in the powerplay. Rabada managed to get Babar Azam out at a low score with a yorker, while Anrich Nortje closed the powerplay off with Mohammad Rizwan’s wicket.
But that was the only phase of the bowling innings that South Africa would manage to control, as Fakhar Zaman showed off the six-hitting ability that lifted him from the reserves into the main squad last week. Fakhar hit five sixes and two fours on his way to 52 off 28 balls before retiring out as Pakistan managed to score 120 off their last ten overs.
The Second Inning
van der Dussen was in as early as the third over, when Imad Wasim got wickets of both openers and the chase looked hard. But on a good batting surface, he kept South Africa’s scoring rate healthy as he put together a 107-run partnership for the third wicket with captain Temba Bavuma, who struggled for rhythm during a 42-ball 46.
But that partnership came only off 12 overs, despite Pakistan managing to bowl plenty of dot balls in the middle overs. That was down to van der Dussen’s ability to find and clear the boundaries at regular intervals – in all, he hit ten fours and four sixes – and that eventually left South Africa enough wickets to slog at the end. They needed 74 from the last six overs, and Heinrich Klaasen played a cameo with an eight-ball 14 from No. 5.
Pakistan had the lead, with South Africa needing 47 off the last three, but 18 and 22-run overs on either side of Shaheen Afridi’s ten-run 19th over proved costly.
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