Player of the Match
Player of the Match
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    9.5 That's out! Don't think he should review, that just darted onto pad. There was a longish chat but no review. 93ks length ball on middle, angled in instead of spinning, picked up pace off the pitch and beat de Zorzi as he tried to flick it from deep in the crease, his head went outside off. Hit just over of the knee-roll, back leg. That just looked plumb. All reds confirms Hawk-Eye 70/1
    11.1 Chopped on, off stump out the ground! 86ks length ball with a lot of flight, drifting in and Rickelton tried to cut square from deep in the crease. He played for the spin but that length ball went straight on, didn't bounce as much as he wanted and smashed the wicket into the ground 73/2
    13.1 Spin's turned from pup to monster on this pitch. Natural variation has beaten the bat a few times, this time vdD plays for spin but the bat's in front of middle and the ball's hit off. 82ks if I saw the ticker right, zippy length ball landed around fourth and skidded through. vdD played that from the crease, feet jammed, bat well in front of the body searching for the ball. 86/3
    31.3 That remained in the air for an eternity; it was slightly short and outside leg stump, Markram wanted to break the shackles and went back, swiveled to the leg side and wanted to smash it over midwicket with full force but didn't catch the middle and the ball skied up, Kamran Ghulam tracked it from the bat, into the air and takes a gem at midwicket, tumbled over but kept control, brilliant running catch. Pakistan get reward for constant pressure and finally eke out another wicket. Ayub gets reward for his disciplined bowling 161/5
    13.4 And another! That is so very good from Salman! Hits off again! Lots of revs, decent flight, lands on a length on off; Stubbs is waiting in the crease, seeming unsure about its direction, he tried to cover the line but closed the face a touch. Got beaten all ends up. Salman has his career-best figures, twice taking out off stump - this included 88/4
    44.3 Incision! What a tremendous riposte! Shaheen gets the prized scalp and wrecks the middle-stump! That was a top-delivery, attacking the stumps from a fuller-length and he played down the wrong line, huge gap between bat and pad, didn't expect it to come back that much. What an amazing sight for Shaheen; these are the moments fast bowlers crave for. Now then, it's all down to tailenders to take it to 250 at-least 218/8
    41.4 Lured him with the bait and he bites it, tossed up outside off, timely wicket for Pakistan! Given width and he launched the ball straight into the hands of Shaheen Afridi at long-on, he got a reprieve earlier when Haris Rauf dropped him but he throws his wicket away without inflicting substantial damage, decided it was time to tee off. Not much batting to come now so all the heavy-lifting will be up-to Klaasen now 211/6
    43.1 Around the wicket, floating like a petal and coming back extravagantly towards him, goes back and tries to play with spin up and over midwicket but finds Saim Ayub at short midwicket who makes no mistake, takes a few steps to his left and plucks it out of thin air; Phehlukwayo departs after just adding one to the total. Klaasen running out of partners 214/7
    49.6 lands between three fielders at midwicket region; hung in the air for a long while. Cleared his front leg and went as hard as he could on a ball that was coming back in at him sharply from a hard length; tries to squeeze in another run and ends up getting run-out, sharp throw to Rizwan who removes the bails in a jiffy. Rabada is short of his crease 239/9
    not out
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    62.50
    Extras
    8 (b 4, w 4)
    TOTAL
    239/9 (50 Overs, RR: 4.78)
    Did not bat: T Shamsi
    Fall of wickets: 1-70 (Tony de Zorzi, 9.5 ov), 2-73 (Ryan Rickelton, 11.1 ov), 3-86 (Rassie van der Dussen, 13.1 ov), 4-88 (Tristan Stubbs, 13.4 ov), 5-161 (Aiden Markram, 31.3 ov), 6-211 (Marco Jansen, 41.4 ov), 7-214 (Andile Phehlukwayo, 43.1 ov), 8-218 (Heinrich Klaasen, 44.3 ov), 9-239 (Kagiso Rabada, 49.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Shaheen Shah Afridi1014614.60417040
    Naseem Shah604006.66166000
    Agha Salman803244.00325000
    Abrar Ahmed1013223.20362000
    Haris Rauf704206.00143000
    Saim Ayub703414.85190200
    Kamran Ghulam20904.5040000
  • BATSMEN
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    41.2 Deep fine leg's there and Saim can't clear him this time! He's is complemented his partner but Saim himself kicks his pad. Was a short ball around shoulder height that he swivel pulled. Like the six was earlier, but this seemed to have bounced more than he expected 201/5
    1.4 This is perfection, poetry from Jansen's hands. Corrected his length, pitched it a touch fuller and got it to swerve back, Abdullah was searching for the line, left a gap and the ball sneaks through rattling the stumps. That's exactly what the doctor prescribed for South Africa, got the early wicket; hit the top of off 2/1
    14.3 Throws it away; length on middle, attacks the stumps, he lunges forward and chips it straight to Stubbs at short cover, after all the hard work he perishes and looks distraught, got the leading edge, caught up in two minds and South Africa get a timely scalp and a big one! 46/2
    16.1 Knocked him over! Over the wicket, ruffled him with a nip-backer and Rizwan plays all over it, making a mess of his stumps. Absolute crackerjack! Hard length and seaming in sharply at leg, he tries to get behind the line and gets beaten by the sharp inward movement off the deck, looked very uncomfortable while trying to negotiate that one. Think we are in for a thriller. Pakistan find themselves in a pickle 52/3
    19.1 Barbecued. Yes from the striker, halfway down, and Ayub went out a couple of steps and froze. Ghulam looks at his partner in disbelief, but not sure there was a single there as it went a few feet to the right of the fielder at cover. Was a flattish full ball that he pushed with a vertical bat and ran like it was a regulation single. The sun was hitting Klaasen directly but he managed to collect it and whip off the bails 60/4
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    41.6 Two in the over and SA are well back. Fullish ball at the stumps, Irfan wanted to clip it leg side, got a leading edge that popped at an easy pace towards Rabada's chest 203/6
    44.3 A 'why did you do that' shot from Shaheen and his off stump rattles. He went for the slog sweep with Good flight and revs 209/7
    not out
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    52.94
    Extras
    13 (lb 1, w 12)
    TOTAL
    242/7 (49.3 Overs, RR: 4.88)
    Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Abdullah Shafique, 1.4 ov), 2-46 (Babar Azam, 14.3 ov), 3-52 (Mohammad Rizwan, 16.1 ov), 4-60 (Kamran Ghulam, 19.1 ov), 5-201 (Saim Ayub, 41.2 ov), 6-203 (Irfan Khan, 41.6 ov), 7-209 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 44.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    K Rabada1004824.80373120
    M Jansen9.304514.73366010
    OEG Baartman723725.28222210
    AK Markram1014204.20323030
    T Shamsi1005415.40272210
    AL Phehlukwayo301505.0091000

Match Details

Toss

South Africa , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Pakistan led the 3-match series 1-0

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

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

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Match Notes

Pakistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st2Abdullah ShafiqueSaim Ayub
2nd44Babar AzamSaim Ayub
3rd6Mohammad RizwanSaim Ayub
4th8Kamran GhulamSaim Ayub
5th141Agha SalmanSaim Ayub
6th2Agha SalmanIrfan Khan
7th6Agha SalmanShaheen Shah Afridi
8th33Agha SalmanNaseem Shah