Pakistan end tour on a high with convincing T20 final win
PAKISTAN beat South Africa by 27 runs in the final T20 International match at SuperSport Park, in Centurion, last night.
The result had no effect on the outcome of the series which the Proteas took by a 2-1 margin.
As always, the Pakistan bowlers did a good job, defending a target of 162 with Mohammed Amir, Shadab Khan and Faheem Ashraf sharing seven wickets between them. But it was the miserly bowling of Imad Wasim and Shaheen Afridi up front that did the real damage.
The Proteas top order never got going in spite of an innings of 41 (35 balls, two fours and two sixes) from the reliable Rassie van der Dussen.
Chris Morris backed up his two wickets with a maiden half-century (55 not out off 29 balls, five fours and three sixes), but he was left with too much to do and the match was effectively settled with an over to spare when the Proteas needed an impossible 40 runs off the last six balls.
The other statistical highlight for the Proteas came from Beuran Hendricks who returned career-best figures of 4/14.
Shadab Khan was named Man of the Match for his two wickets as well as his batting in the last over of Pakistan’s innings when he hit 21 runs that turned out to be critical, with only the No 11 batsman to partner him.
The Man of the Series award went to Proteas captain David Miller.
| African News Agency (ANA)