Pakistan prevent series whitewash, win third T20 against South Africa
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Pakistan managed to secure a consolation victory on Wednesday in the third Twenty20 international against South Africa at SuperSport Park.
The green shirts defeated South Africa by 27 runs, thereby denying them the chance of clean sweeping the series.
South Africa were given a target of 169 against which they only managed to score 141.
Mohammad Amir took three wickets whereas Shadab Khan and Faheem Ashraf took two each.
In the first innings, left-arm opening bowler Beuran Hendricks took a career-best four for 14 as South Africa restricted Pakistan to 168 for nine.
Seven Pakistan batsmen reached double figures but the highest score was 26 by Mohammad Rizwan.
Seeking a consolation win after losing the first two matches in the series, Pakistan made a fast start but were unable to put together any significant partnerships.
A mid-innings collapse when three wickets fell for five runs in nine balls reduced Pakistan to 94 for five, with Rizwan, captain Shoaib Malik and Hussain Talat falling in quick succession. Malik was run out for 18 after a mix-up with Talat.
Shadab Khan hit three sixes in the final over from Andile Phehlukwayo to finish with 22 not out off eight balls. The last over cost 21 runs.
Babar Azam again gave Pakistan a good start, striking 23 off 11 balls before he was caught at cover off Chris Morris in the third over. Morris finished with two for 27.
Lineups
Teams
South Africa: 1 Reeza Hendricks, 2 Janneman Malan, 3 Rassie van der Dussen, 4 David Miller (capt), 5 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 6 Chris Morris, 7 Andile Phehlukwayo, 8 Junior Dala, 9 Lutho Sipamla, 10 Beuran Hendricks, 11 Tabraiz Shamsi
Pakistan: 1 Babar Azam, 2 Fakhar Zaman, 3 Hussain Talat, 4 Asif Ali, 5 Shoaib Malik (capt), 6 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 7 Imad Wasim, 8 Shadab Khan, 9 Faheem Ashraf, 10 Mohammad Amir, 11 Shaheen Shah Afridi
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Feb 06, 2019 09:02pm
Let’s seek where Worlds top rank T20 team stands!
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Feb 06, 2019 09:35pm
Go men in green, go!
Giordon D. Walker
Canada
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Feb 06, 2019 09:42pm
Openers depart in powerplay.!!!! ????
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Feb 06, 2019 09:51pm
Come on captain don't stop. Its time to hit hit n hit to put a huge total
Play like babar not rizwan
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Feb 06, 2019 09:55pm
Should Africa Team C would feature in this match
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Feb 06, 2019 10:03pm
PAK 94/4 (11.5 Ovs)
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Feb 06, 2019 10:07pm
97/5 Going bad to worse for Pakistan.
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Feb 06, 2019 10:10pm
This is a perfect batting wicket, anything less than 200 is not safe. After a good start Pakistan are 95-5
in 12 overs. Another whitewash coming up pretty soon.
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Feb 06, 2019 10:25pm
Why Pakistan can’t have a commentator other than ramiz raja
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Feb 06, 2019 10:32pm
Pak is going well. 143 for 6 in 17.4 overs. 165 is a defendable total. SA does not have good hitters after No. 5
R.S. Menon, Bangalore
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Feb 06, 2019 10:39pm
Shocking batting, no brains and no leadership, that sums up this disastrous tour of SA! I guess it can’t get worse...I can’t see this side winning ire than 3 games in WC.
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Feb 06, 2019 10:41pm
No batsman wants to lead! The captains body la gauge is very suspect. Full of embarrassing players. Against Australia the results will also be poor.
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Feb 07, 2019 12:59am
Excellent result! Men in green win gold next time around...
Gordon D. Walker
Canada
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Feb 07, 2019 01:08am
Pakistan is still # 1 in T-20 ICC ranking.
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Feb 07, 2019 01:28am
This shows Afridi should open bowling. It also shows amir is a t20 bowler at best.
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Feb 07, 2019 02:25am
Finally some good news, I think the team is performing better under the new captain.
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Feb 07, 2019 03:10am
Pakistan has a good T20 team.
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Feb 07, 2019 03:41am
Rizwan is no good for this level. Bring back Umar Akmal in limited overs side please.
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Feb 07, 2019 04:13am
Some Conclusions:1- Asif Ali needs to prove he deserves to be in the national Team, how many chances are too many. 2-Fakher is not reliable, same goes for him.3-Players prefer Malik to Sarfraz, Batsmen scored much higher than under earlier scores under Sarfraz. 4-Shoaib Malik has more respect and communication skills. 5-Amir made the difference, his presence is good for the team, he can rise to higher level and performs better against big teams.6-Amad wasim is under rated as run scorer and bowler. 7-Why forget about Rahat Ali, Sohail Khan, Junaid, Wahab Riaz, Fawad Allam?
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Feb 07, 2019 05:07am
First two T20s went right down to the wire amd third one was a comprehensive victory, not taking anything away from SA performance, but the 2-1 result is perhaps not as bad as it looks for Pakistan.
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Feb 07, 2019 05:31am
@Aaron, still no. 1. While india got bashed by NZ by 80 runs in a T20I yesterday.
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Feb 07, 2019 05:32am
@LOUDSPEAKER, wrong!
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Feb 07, 2019 05:33am
@Shakil - Kansas, USA, Pakistan still won, you are an anti-Pakistan troll. no comments on indias bashing by NZ yesterday?!
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Feb 07, 2019 05:35am
@Sriniwas, without Kohli, INDIA got bashed yesterday by NZ by 80 runs. a one person team?
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Feb 07, 2019 05:35am
@Shakil - Kansas, USA, still ended well, you troll.
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Feb 07, 2019 05:47am
Don't worry Pakistan fan and all the cricket lovers, we will bounce back, just focus on rooting our corruption from every part of our lives and it won't be long before you lift the world cup yet again.
My love, my heart, my everything. Pakistan is my identity!
Pakistan Zindabad!
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Feb 07, 2019 07:44am
Great Win ! Pak Team is still T20 Champions . All World teams fear to play our T20 Squad which are deadly and give humiliating defeats
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Feb 07, 2019 07:46am
"Pakistan prevent series whitewash, win third T20 against South Africa"
Congratulations!!!!!
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Feb 07, 2019 08:22am
@fairplay - Actually India played the T20 game against NZ without almost half their regular players - Kohli, Bumrah, Shami, Rayudu & Jadhav were rested. BCCI is clearly not taking this T20 series seriously and is more interested in getting ready for the world cup. BTW, since last year India has won T20 series is South Africa, England & Australia. They have nothing to prove to anyone.
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Feb 07, 2019 08:26am
Pak team won bec. of SA's mistakes, otherwise PAK batting line up was not in the mood of winning. Shadab's three sixes helped secure victory.
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Feb 07, 2019 09:14am
@fairplay, *"still no. 1. While india got bashed by NZ by 80 runs in a T20I yesterday."*
India still has 2 more games to go. We'll come back surely. Like we did in the 5th ODI. And what's the point of being no. 1 when you lost the series??
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Feb 07, 2019 09:46am
@Imtiaz Ali Khan, totally argue, we criticise becuase we love Pakistan, and we know we could do lot lot better
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Feb 07, 2019 09:50am
We have the players it is matter of right combination, and right leadership. With this regard, Rizwan is a good bat but I suspect better suited for test matches. Sarfaz as a leader and player better suited for ODI and t20. Amir is also suitable for shorter version and when playing UK. Imam can also be slotted in t20, Imad amd Shadab are good short form players. Imad could also be a good option for captain, he is a competitor and did captain u19 well.
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Feb 07, 2019 09:51am
@Sriniwas, let’s wait and see, I will be glib when you guys get knocked out in the semis in WC, peaked too early.
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Feb 07, 2019 10:15am
If Pakistan has 10 bowlers and a wicket keeper in ODIs, I can put my money on them for WC. For T20, this current outfit is fine with Sarfraz as skipper.
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Feb 07, 2019 12:51pm
@Veer Singh, That is not a good excuse and seems to be an excuse they use often. Anytime India cricket management selects a team they represent India and they lost fair and square to New Zealand, I don't expect to be good at every format. Well played New Zealand!!! On back to the topic of this article - Pakistan played well and it was a good game!! Congratulations South Africa on winning the series.
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Feb 07, 2019 02:55pm
Congratulations Pakistan for excellent win.
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Feb 07, 2019 03:20pm
They also serve who stand and wait.
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Feb 07, 2019 06:22pm
@justice, Pakistan lost their first T20 after 11 series and you are saying that they are performing better?? Can you please explain logically.
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Feb 07, 2019 10:30pm
@JACKJONES - People like you said that India won in Australia because two key Australian players were missing. Now the same logic doesn't work for India with 6 of its regular players missing? Losing without 1 or 2 key players could be an excuse but losing without 6 of your regular playing 11 is not. BCCI is clearly in experimentation mode before the world cup. That's not an excuse, its a fact.
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Feb 08, 2019 07:24am
@JACKJONES, India won 8 games out of 10 in South Africa- Pakistan won 2 games out of 10-
i rest my case
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Feb 08, 2019 05:40pm
@Veer Singh, Sounds like an excuse for losing. Learn to acknowledge and appreciate when a team plays well. Resting and experimentation is part and parcel of a good process for team selection, making excuses for losing is NOT good sportsmanship. Thank you.
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Feb 08, 2019 10:04pm
@JACKJONES - Learn to differentiate between an excuse and a legitimate reason. Thank you.
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