PAK Historic Win Against SA In 3rd T20I By 9 Wickets - Babar's Maiden Century - BlogsByHuzaifa

 

PAK Historic Win Against SA In 3rd T20I:

Pakistan beat South Africa in the 3rd T20I by 9 wickets with 12 balls left and lead the series by 2-1. The match was played at SuperSport Park Cricket Stadium, SA.

Summary:

Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl first. While batting first South African batsmen gave a great start to their team as they scored 108 runs in 10.4 overs with the Run Rate of almost 10.5. After that Muhammad Nawaz gave a breakthrough and bowled out Aiden Markram on 63 runs. He played a vital role in the SA innings as he scored 63 off 31 with 6 boundaries and 4 sixes as well. His partner Janneman Malan also played fine innings and rotate runs towards 200. He scored 55 runs off 40 balls. 

Van der Dussen scored 34 off 20 balls, the captain himself scored 15 runs and could score 203 runs by giving 5 wickets in 20 overs.

Nawaz took 2 wickets but a little bit expensive last night as he conceded 38 runs in his 4 overs spell. Hasan Ali and Haris Rauf also too much expensive last night as they gave runs with an economy of almost 11 runs each in their 4 overs. Shaheen Afridi, Faheem Ashraf, and Hasan Ali took 1 wicket each as well.

While chasing the target of 204 runs in 20 overs, Pakistani openers gave an extraordinary start and they both took away Pakistan to reach the total. Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan started the innings from the Pakistani side and they smashed the bowling line-up of the South African team as they both made a career-best partnership of 197 runs, Babar Azam scored his maiden T20I Century on just 49 balls. He scored 122 runs which is also his career-best innings in T20Is with 15 boundaries and 4 big sixes as well. 

Rizwan, on the other hand also played a crucial role in this partnership as he scored 73 runs off 47 balls with 5 boundaries and two sixes as well. At the stage of 197 for no loss, Babar Azam lost his wicket and their astonishing partnership came to an end. And Pakistan chased the target in just 18 overs. 

Lizard Williams was the only bowler who took 1 wicket. Otherwise, everybody was so expensive last night. 

Squads:

South Africa:
 
Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, George Linde, Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen (c)(wk), Andile Phehlukwayo, Pite van Biljon, Sisanda Magala, Beuran Hendricks, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi 

Pakistan:
 
Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Haider Ali, Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf.

Scorecard:

SOUTH AFRICA INNINGS
BATSMEN	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Janneman Malan	55	40	5	2	137.5
c Faheem Ashraf b Mohammad Nawaz
Aiden Markram	63	31	6	4	203.22
b Mohammad Nawaz
George Linde	22	11	1	2	200
b Faheem Ashraf
Rassie van der Dussen	34	20	1	2	170
not out
Heinrich Klaasen (c)†	15	10	2	0	150
b Hasan Ali
Andile Phehlukwayo	11	8	1	0	137.5
lbw b Shaheen Shah Afridi
Extras	3	(lb 2, w 1)
TOTAL	203/5	(20 Ov, RR: 10.15)
Did not bat: Pite van Biljon, Sisanda Magala, Beuran Hendricks, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi
Fall of wickets: 1-108 (Aiden Markram, 10.4 ov), 2-141 (George Linde, 13.2 ov), 3-143 (Janneman Malan, 14.1 ov), 4-164 (Heinrich Klaasen, 16.4 ov), 5-203 (Andile Phehlukwayo, 19.6 ov)
BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Shaheen Shah Afridi	4	0	39	1	9.75	1	0
Mohammad Nawaz	4	0	38	2	9.5	0	0
Hasan Ali	4	0	47	1	11.75	0	0
Haris Rauf	4	0	40	0	10	0	0
Faheem Ashraf	4	0	37	1	9.25	0	0
PAKISTAN INNINGS
BATSMEN	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Rizwan †	73	47	5	2	155.31
not out
Babar Azam (c)	122	59	15	4	206.77
c †Klaasen b Williams
Fakhar Zaman	8	2	2	0	400
not out
Extras	2	(lb 1, w 1)
TOTAL	205/1	(18 Ov, RR: 11.38)
Did not bat: Mohammad Hafeez, Haider Ali, Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf
Fall of wickets: 1-197 (Babar Azam, 17.4 ov)
BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
George Linde	4	0	38	0	9.5	0	0
Beuran Hendricks	4	0	55	0	13.75	0	0
Lizaad Williams	4	0	34	1	8.5	0	0
Tabraiz Shamsi	3	0	39	0	13	1	0
Sisanda Magala	3	0	38	0	12.66	0	0