Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    6.4 Two in two! Has to be! Topspinner traps him on the crease. Given not out! But after 12 seconds of discussion they go for the review! I thought live this was out. He was hit very deep in the crease in front of middle and leg. Replays show no bat on it and ball-tracking indeed shows three reds ripping out leg stump. Malan got in trouble playing back when he should've been on the front foot for the length this was bowled. Not sure why there was so much reluctance initially to use the review. That was stone dead! 46/5
    1.5 ripping turn! Slowed up his pace a touch at 90 kph slanting this outside leg stump, Hendricks tries to flick this through midwicket but is through the shot early as it straightens sharply. It may have missed leg stump but caromed off the back thigh back onto the stumps. 10/1
    3.6 more early turn produces a wicket! Once again a South African batsman is punished for trying to hit against the turn. Nawaz flights this up on a fullish length on middle at 94 kph, but not nearly full enough to go for a slog, it spins sharply to produce a leading skied edge over extra cover. Babar backpedals from the ring to take a simple catch five yards outside the circle. 24/2
    5.6 slower ball offcutter and Hasan gets his revenge! Just as Hasan Ali released all the pressure with a trio of boundaries, he bounces back with a gem. van Biljon was getting carried away and instead of giving it a front foot defense that it deserved, tried to whip this through midwicket but is beaten by a big gap between bat and pad as the cutter deviates back to pierce leg stump. 41/3
    6.3 another wicket falls playing against the turn! South Africa not learning their lessons. Zahid flights this up full on fourth stump, may have been a googly with the extra air. But Klaasen goes to sweep first ball and the extra bounce produces a chance. Short fine leg is perfectly positioned for the top edge. He shuffles left and takes a sliding catch. 46/4
    not out
    85
    45
    73
    5
    7
    188.88
    7.2 wretched shot for the situation. Phehlukwayo slog sweeps to deep midwicket. This was flighted full but on about eighth stump. Phehlukwayo had to reach out a very long way to drag this back to the leg side and tries to muscle this over the man at cow corner but doesn't get the elevation and a simple catch is taken six yards in at head height. Considering the carnage of the last over by Zahid, that is not going to be something Phehlukwayo will be rushing to share on his Instagram stories. 48/6
    10.4 honk! That's a slo-mo splatting from Pretorius. Opening his stance, winding into a monstrous yahoo across the line, gentle turn from Zahid, and time almost stood still as the bat and ball passed one another like ships in the night, before the middle stump was thumped three-quarters of the way up. Whoops 65/7
    15.1 145kph comet from Hasan! Good luck keeping that out! Fortuin is not so fortuinate this time, a pearling inswinging yorker crashes into middle right at the base of the stumps. And that's exposed the folly of South Africa's earlier batting. You can't legislate for those ... 106/8
    not out
    8
    10
    26
    1
    0
    80.00
    Extras
    6 (lb 4, w 2)
    TOTAL
    164/8 (20 Overs, RR: 8.2)
    Did not bat: T Shamsi
    Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Reeza Hendricks, 1.5 ov), 2-24 (JJ Smuts, 3.6 ov), 3-41 (Pite van Biljon, 5.6 ov), 4-46 (Heinrich Klaasen, 6.3 ov), 5-46 (Janneman Malan, 6.4 ov), 6-48 (Andile Phehlukwayo, 7.2 ov), 7-65 (Dwaine Pretorius, 10.4 ov), 8-106 (Bjorn Fortuin, 15.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Shaheen Shah Afridi402807.00104000
    Mohammad Nawaz(3)201326.5071100
    Faheem Ashraf3038012.6672410
    Hasan Ali402927.25113100
    Zahid Mahmood4040310.0082310
    Usman Qadir301214.00122000
  • BATSMEN
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    8.6 oh dear. For as good as Rizwan has been this series, that was a positively dreadful sweep shot, and now an even worse decision to ask for a review. As plumb as it gets. It was a very full delivery on middle, practically a full toss as he tries to sweep a yorker length ball pitched too full for the sweep shot from Shamsi. He plays late and over the top of this, struck on the bottom of the pad just above the boot tongue in front of middle stump. Ball-tracking shows it was ripping out leg stump with a full red. Pakistan lose a review. 73/2
    15
    13
    27
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    115.38
    6.1 Yikes! You can drive a double-decker through that bat-pad gap! Beautiful flight from Shamsi landing this on a fullish length on fourth stump, the length encourages a drive but it spins sharply back past the bat to clatter into middle stump. Lovely bowling from Shamsi but exposes Haider's technique badly. 51/1
    13.6 bowled him! Perfection from Pretorius, so full and crucially it tails in late, cramping Babar as he plays across the line and finds the ball is always ahead of his bat! A priceless strike at a crucial juncture. A decent return to form for Babar, but has he left too much for his team-mates? 112/4
    10.5 too full, too straight, too tricksy off the pitch, and Talat has wafted all around it! Played for the spin, this one zipped through, walloping the off stump and leaving a bigger dent in Pakistan's chase. It might be Babar or bust at this rate ... 84/3
    14.4 slotted straight to Miller at long-on! Four for Shamsi, and that was like lollipop-stealing! Tossed up, dipping on the toes, confounding an ambitious tonk through the line, never got proper hold of the shot, and a non-starter of an innings has ended... 117/5
    16.6 slogged straight to long-on! Fortuin snags a priceless wicket with the final ball of his spell, sliding across the left-hander, forcing him to over-reach in his bid for a power-hit, and he can't connect properly! Straight down the throat, as this chase see-saws once more! 137/6
    not out
    18
    11
    27
    2
    1
    163.63
    not out
    20
    7
    13
    1
    2
    285.71
    Extras
    8 (b 1, nb 1, w 6)
    TOTAL
    169/6 (18.4 Overs, RR: 9.05)
    Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Haider Ali, 6.1 ov), 2-73 (Mohammad Rizwan, 8.6 ov), 3-84 (Hussain Talat, 10.5 ov), 4-112 (Babar Azam, 13.6 ov), 5-117 (Asif Ali, 14.4 ov), 6-137 (Faheem Ashraf, 16.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    BC Fortuin403017.5082110
    D Pretorius3033111.0066010
    JT Smuts302006.6661100
    AL Phehlukwayo2.4037013.8771421
    L Sipamla2023011.5033100
    T Shamsi402546.25111120

Match Details

Toss

Pakistan , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

Pakistan won the 3-match series 2-1

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50-21.20

Match days

14 February 2021 - night match (20-over match)

T20I debut

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Match Notes

Pakistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st51Mohammad RizwanHaider Ali
2nd22Mohammad RizwanBabar Azam
3rd11Babar AzamHussain Talat
4th28Babar AzamAsif Ali
5th5Asif AliFaheem Ashraf
6th20Mohammad Nawaz (3)Faheem Ashraf
7th32Mohammad Nawaz (3)Hasan Ali