South Africa cricketer David Miller plays a shot during the ICC World Twenty20 tournament's warm up cricket match between Pakistan and South Africa at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah. PHOTO: AFP
FATAULLAH: South Africa defeated Pakistan by eight wickets in their ICC World Twenty20 warm up match on Wednesday at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah, espncricinfo reported.
Chasing a small target of 72 runs, South Africa never looked uncomfortable, achieving their target with 36 balls remaining.
Hashim Amla scored 24 runs off 20 balls before he was trapped leg before wicket by Umar Gul in the sixth over.
Shahid Afridi, who had missed the first warm up match against New Zealand, took one wicket as well.
Earlier, Pakistan were skittled out for 71 runs after choosing to bat first. But they got off to a disastrous start when JP Duminy trapped opener Ahmad Shehzad leg before wicket in only the third over. After that Pakistan could not keep a stable partnership for long.
The only notable contributions of the innings came from Umar Akmal and Sohaib Maqsood, who made 17 and 15 runs respectively.
South African pacers Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Beuran Hendricks and Wayne Parnell took two wickets each.
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It is really a good wake-up call for Pakistan. As unlike other teams Pakistan always perform well when they have a disastrous start.
In 1992 World cup we had very bad start but we won. In 1999 World cup we had very good start and strong team but we lost in the final. In 2009 T20 World cup we had a bad start and we won.Blessing in disguise for future matches. Cricket is not about one time fluke. For others boundaries are short too. Play like a team and do not depend on undependable.
Shoaib malik should be thrown out of the team once and for all!!, atleast I cant understand why he is selected in T20 as he do not even have enough power to hit a single good looking boundary.
As long as the Govt. is in the business of running sports and other businesses, things cannot improve. Disband the PCB and let a private organization or a body run sports in this country.
Styen didn't even played. A good wake up call before main tournament.
we Shoaib Malik out of team ASAP and replace with other teamate!