South Africa 210 for 3 (Hendrix 117, Van der Dussen 66*, Jehandad 2-40) beat Pakistan 206 for 5 (Ayub 98*, Azam 31, Irfan 30, Galeem 2-21) by five wickets
Pakistan were guilty of over-reliance on the slower ball, which they dispatched liberally, but this may have been where they lost the game. Although he passed 200, he could have had many more. Their score after 11 overs was 103 runs for 1 wicket and after 16 overs their score was 136 runs for 4 wickets.
It was not enough for Hendricks and Van der Dussen, two old hands, who took South Africa home.
Dayan’s dream (and nightmare) debut
Galim was planning to attend the match, but was not playing in it. He had hospitality suite tickets and was going to enjoy the start of the December holidays by sitting with his home teammates over a few drinks, but on his way home from the gym this week, he got a call he never expected. Was done. Enrique Nortje suffered a broken left toe and Galim was called up to the national team. He was given his debut on his home ground and then the new ball was handed over.
Only three runs were scored in his first over. Klaasen has to answer why he did not bowl the second ball in the powerplay, but in that period he dismissed Ayub for 3 runs, which proved costly. He was brought back in in the seventh over and made a mistake once with a short, wide ball but was out again. In his third spell, Galeem got his first international wicket when Usman Khan had him caught at deep third by Kwena Mafaka but his second wicket came in his final over. This was his second consecutive ball and Tayyab Tahir took the lead and Galeem took a sharp catch. This doesn’t make up for his previous misses, but it gives him good figures of 2 for 21 with 12 dot balls in four overs in his first international outing. But that was not the end of Galeem. He was at long-on when Ayub hit Donovan Ferreira straight to him. Galim got into an awkward position and the ball slipped out of his hand.
Sensational Sam but he might want two more
Pakistan continued to experiment with their opening combination, leaving out Rizbar and Ayub making a case for continuing in the role. He scored three runs in the first eight balls and then sent Ferreira’s ball to debutant Galim at point, who could not take advantage of the opportunity. Ayub faced the next ball, hitting a six over deep midwicket at the beginning of Mafaka’s brilliant takedown. Two consecutive fours were hit off the next two balls, before three dot balls ended the most expensive over of the powerplay. The slog sweep proved to be Ayub’s favorite shot as he gave full support to Babar.
Ayub’s career-best and his first half-century in this format came off 33 balls in the 11th over, so he had time and opportunity to double it. After Babar’s dismissal, Ayub played more classic strokes like the square drive. He continued to attack Mafaka and hit three sixes in his final over to leave the score on 90 with three overs remaining. In a cruel twist, Ayub faced only six balls in the last three overs, and none in the final over, and remained unbeaten on 98.
double blow of jahandad
Jahandad Khan, who was brought into the team in place of wrist spinner Sufiyan Muqeem, showed what he could do almost immediately. His second ball went away from left-hander Ryan Rickelton, who could not help but play on it with minimal foot movement and edged it to Rizwan to end the opening partnership at 6. In his next over, Jehandad played with his length and pace, bowling a slower ball and then finishing with a short ball which Matthew Britzke attempted to pull but could only reach mid-on. Shaheen Shah Afridi took an easy catch which reduced South Africa’s score to 28 runs for two wickets after four overs.
century for hendriks
A day after being left out of the ODI squad to play against Pakistan next week and with questions raised over his continued presence in the national teams, Hendricks silenced his critics by showing that he still has the potential to play this season. Should be at level. He handled a run-a-ball, facing the first 14 balls and then lofted a short ball from Haris Rauf over fine leg for six, followed by a slower ball over deep square for six. And put in the stand for. With the third six, South Africa ended the powerplay at 52 for 2, seven runs ahead and one wicket more than Pakistan’s 45 for 1 at the same level.
He hit two more sixes, including one off Abbas Afridi, who brought up his half-century in 29 balls at the halfway stage. South Africa’s score was 94 runs for 2 wickets; At the same time Pakistan’s score was 90 runs for 1 wicket. Hendricks hit boundaries and reached the nineties with three more sixes and two fours, before he hit Rauf to midwicket, reaching the triple figure. His century came off 54 balls, and he scored 117 runs off 63 balls, which included seven fours and 10 sixes, and left South Africa on the brink of victory. When Hendricks was out, he needed 21 runs from 14 balls and he was out after scoring 11 runs.
Firdoz Munda is ESPNcricinfo’s South Africa and women’s cricket correspondent
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