In an amusement that had a considerable amount of force shifts, Imam-ul-Haq (86) and Mohammad Hafeez (71*) played indispensable hands to guide Pakistan past the end goal by five wickets against South Africa in the first ODI in Port Elizabeth. The guests pursued down the objective of 267 in 49.1 overs.
At 185 for 2, with Imam Hafeez still at the wrinkle, Pakistan looked on course to post their first win against South Africa on the present visit. At that organize, Imam avoided down the track and broke one towards cover where Reeza Hendricks got a sharp catch. The wicket of Imam gave South Africa little lucky opening to make a rebound.
Hafeez, however, kept on playing with positive expectation. He smacked Duanne Olivier for a six and after that pursued the track to hang Imran Tahir for another six. Be that as it may, there was another curve in the story when Shoaib Malik, the veteran batsman, edged one onto the stumps off Andile Phehlukwayo while Sarfraz Ahmed was prised out LBW by Imran Tahir. The Pakistan skipper took the audit however without much of any result.
Pakistan required somebody to assume the liability and guide them past the last obstacle. It was Hafeez who played with a quiet head on his shoulders and in organization of Shadab Khan took the guests home. Hafeez’s self-restraint in the trudge overs can be capsulised by how he paddled and lobbed Olivier for several fours in the 47th over.
Imam, the opener, additionally merits an extensive offer of the credit for Pakistan’s triumph. He and Fakhar Zaman (25) gave Pakistan a windy begin. The pair was helped by Kagiso Rabada and Olivier’s interested strategies of hitting it short into what was a moderate track. Once Fakhar was rejected, Imam found a capable partner in Babar Azam (49). The match squeezed singles and twos and furthermore split the infrequent limit to keep the required rate beneath six.
In the 28th over, against the keep running of play, Reeza Hendricks represented Azam’s wicket. Notwithstanding, by at that point, the combine had set the stage for Pakistan’s triumph.
Prior, Rassie van der Dussen (93) and Hashim Amla (108*) sewed an enormous remain of 155 for the second wicket as the pair impelled South Africa to a battling absolute. In the wake of choosing to bat, South Africa made a somewhat mindful begin. It was Hendricks, who attempted to raise the stakes with flicks and the intermittent drive. In the tenth over, Amla participated in the demonstration by expertly bisecting the holes to punch and direct it to the limit sheets.
Looking for wickets, Pakistan even took a urgent audit for a LBW against Amla in the eighteenth over just for replays to affirm that the ball pitched outside the line of leg stump. Notwithstanding, in the equivalent over, Shadab Khan prised out Hendricks by enticing him to play the trudge clear just for the opener to squeeze out a best edge to the square leg defender.
At that crossroads, van der Dussen, on his ODI make a big appearance, united with Amla to string together a considerable organization. The match needed to bargain in an eating regimen of singles and twos. It was just in the trudge overs that van der Dussen chose to press the quickening agent pedal by tonking Usman Khan for a four and a six. Shockingly, he couldn’t achieve the pined for three-figure stamp on his ODI make a big appearance as he was removed by Hasan Ali in the 47th over.
Amla, in any case, could achieve the achievement in the 48th over with a six off Mohammad Hafeez. Pakistan were extremely taught in recognizable climes. Shadab gave away only 41 keeps running in his quantity of 10 overs while Hasan discovered turn around swing with the old ball. Therefore, South Africa could gather only 76 keeps running off the last 10.
The home side attempted to adjust to the overall conditions. South Africa were additionally around 20 runs shy of a decent aggregate. For the guests, Port Elizabeth kept on being a glad chasing ground as they posted their fourth ODI win against South Africa at the ground.
Brief scores: South Africa 266/2 of every 50 overs (Hashim Amla 108*, Rassie van der Dussen 93; Shadab Khan 1-41) lost to Pakistan 267/5 in 49.1 overs (Imam-ul-Haq 86, Mohammad Hafeez 71*; Duanne Olivier 2-73) by five wickets
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