Pakistan beat South Afric ain 2nd T20 Cricket Match at Cape Town
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA: Pakistan won the second T20 to draw the 2 match series 1-1, Espncricinfo reported.
Chasing the target of 177, South Africa fall six runs short of target. Hashim Amla and JP Duminy were the highest scorer from South Africa, they mad 48 and 47 respectively.
Shahid Afridi was the pick of the bowler from Pakistan, he took 3 wickets for 28 runs. Saeed Ajmal also took one wicket.
After winning the toss electing to bat first, Pakistani batsmen Mohammad Hafeez and Umar Akmal put up stellar performances to help their team reach 176 at the end of the innings in the final Twenty20 international against South Africa in Cape Town on Friday, ESPNCricinfo reported.
Pakistan lost Ahmed Shehzad early on, and Nasir Jamshed continued the tradition fidgeting around on the pitch to manage a few unconvincing boundaries before eventually getting out after an innings thoroughly devoid of feet movement, having scored only 19 runs.
But skipper Mohammad Hafeez and batsman Umar Akmal steadied the ship put on a 102 run partnership to get Pakistan into a strong position.
Hafeez hit 63 with the help of three sixes while Akmal scored 64 with the help of five fours and four sixes.
After Hafeez fell to Steyn, again, Shahid Afridi was brought in ahead of Sohaib Maqsood.
Although Afridi kept swinging at deliveries, he rarely connected with the ball and could only score 13 from 14 deliveries. Pakistan brought back spin maestro Saeed Ajmal in place of seamer Anwar Ali in the only change to the side that lost the first match in Johannesburg on Wednesday. From the Proteas side, Lonwabo Tsotsobe made way for Aaron Phangiso.
Pakistan are trailing the two-match series by 0-1, after a rain-affected first match saw Pakistan lose by four runs according to the D/L formula.
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