Pakistani Peace Battery is on attack against South African Batting Line Up. South African Captain Ab de Villiers won the toss and put Pakistan to bat first. Men in Green were all out in 29th match of ICC Cricket World 2015. Team management introduced Sarfraz Ahmed for the first time in World Cup and he has performed well with both bat and with gloves.
Pakistani Peace Battery is on attack against South African Batting Line Up. South African Captain Ab de Villiers won the toss and put Pakistan to bat first. Men in Green were all out in 29th match of ICC Cricket World 2015. Team management introduced Sarfraz Ahmed for the first time in World Cup and he has performed well with both bat and with gloves.
The opening pair added 30 runs, Sarfraz Ahmed scored 49 runs, while Ahmed Shahzed returned to pavilion on 18. Younis Khan also looked good but was picked up by de Villiers on 37. Maqsood (8) failed to do something special with bat, Umar Akmal (13), Shahid Afridi (22), Wahab Riaz (0), and Captain Misbah scored 56 runs. At the end, Pakistani Team was bowled out by South African bowlers on 222 in 46.4 overs. The match was limited to 47 overs due to rain interruption in match.
In response, Muhammad Irfan picked up de Kock on 2nd ball of opening over, Hashim Amal and Fuf du Plessis added 67 runs for 2nd wicket, however Rahat Ali picked up dangerous looking du Plessis behind the wicket. Hashim Amal was dealing Pakistani bowlers with boundaries, however Wahab Riaz picked him behind the wicket. He scored 38 runs on 27 balls including 9 boundaries.
Wahab Riaz also picked up Rossouw who went for a pull shot, but caught by Sohail Khan near boundary line. South Africa lost Miller on 77 when Rahat Ali picked up his wicket for receding ball on pad. Fall of five wickets haven’t any affect on South African run rate, they are playing their strokes freely. Now Ab de Villiers and JP Duminy or batting and has added 12 runs for 6th wicket.
Till last updates, South Africa require another 143 runs in 30 overs with 5 wickets in hand.
Pakistan has to bowl out Proteas in order to claim victory over them, else it will be a mission impossible for Pakistani Bowlers to stop them from chasing target.