PAK VS RSA - 3rd T20I, South Africa tour of Pakistan, 2021

Pakistan vs South Africa

Pakistan won by 4 wkts

PAK -169/6 (18.4)

RSA -164/8 (19.6)

PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Mohammad Nawaz

Batter

R
B
4s
6s
SR
20
7
1
2
285.71
18
11
2
1
163.64

Bowler

O
M
R
W
ECO
2.4
0
37
0
13.88

That is a wrap from South Africa's tour of Pakistan, with the hosts emerging victorious in both the Tests and T20Is. Players are posing with the trophy now. There's more cricket lined up for these Pakistan players with the PSL starting shortly in around five days time. We'll bring all the action from there for you. For now, it's goodnight and goodbye!

Azam | Pakistan captain: Talking about the start, bowling was really good. Credit to Miller for his outstanding innings. Focus was on partnerships and take the game deep. Players coming through from domestic cricket. Our youngsters and those making a comeback are giving 100 percent. Plan was to utilise powerplay by promoting Haider Ali. Want to thank the crowd for backing us. Want to thank South Africa as well for coming here.

Rizwan | Player of the Series: Never believed in form. I believe you get rewarded for your hard work. Before this, when I came lower down the order it was difficult for me.

Nawaz | Player of the Match: Had a good domestic season, although it wasn't easy coming back into the team. Last two innings, the conditions were tougher than today. With the bat, the idea was to bat through and take the team home.

Heinrich Klaasen | South Africa captain: Bitter pill to swallow. Started with my dismissal, I take full responsibility for that collapse. Not ideal, at least we fought back. Miller batted outstandingly and Shamsi was outstanding with four wickets. Good fightback with the bowling as well, at the end, not enough. It's (dew) not an excuse, we have trained. No excuse for the slippery ball. We have got all the equipment to make it dry. (Positives from the series) We are looking for a specific way of playing cricket. We got it right in the second game, bits and pieces in the first and this game. At least, we are going in the right direction. We just need to keep fine tuning the way that we are playing and just keep the right mindset. In sub-continent conditions, good learning for the boys. Looking forward to see how these guys step up in the domestic competition. They (Pakistan) have been incredible, friendly people, the security was top-notch. It was pleasant to be around.

Hasan Ali: My comeback match, very happy with my performance. I picked two crucial wickets with the ball. We were under pressure while chasing, happy with my performance. He (David Miller) is a very good player, he plays T20 leagues all around the world. He can hurt you anytime. We picked early wickets and hence they couldn't post a big total. I really want to appreciate the way Miller played. The plan was simple, we wanted to score two boundaries as the target wasn't too big. It wasn't too tough to bat, we got those two boundaries and we finished the match with an over to spare.

21:39 Local Time, 16:39 GMT, 22:09 IST: Celebrations in the Pakistan dugout. Not only have they beaten South Africa in a T20 series for the first time, this is also their 100th T20I win, becoming the first team to do so. Could have been a lot simpler today without Miller's stunning assault that seemed to have turned this into a competitive game. There were definitely moments in the chase where you thought that Pakistan are making this way harder than it ought to be. But Rizwan and Azam's knocks had taken them well abreast with the rate. So despite South Africa striking back through Shamsi's superb spell, Pakistan were only a few hits away from killing it off. Those hits came right at the end from Hasan Ali. Dew played its part as well.

18.4

6

Phehlukwayo to Hasan Ali, SIX, and he finishes in style, depositing the full toss over midwicket. Poor over from Phehlukwayo, missing his lengths badly. It means that Pakistan have got home with eight balls to spare

18.3

4

Phehlukwayo to Hasan Ali, FOUR, full and wide outside off, Ali swings hard holding nothing back. It loops up off the toe-end and goes over short third man, running away for four

18.2

Phehlukwayo to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 run, short and wide, Nawaz slashes it to deep point

18.2

Phehlukwayo to Mohammad Nawaz, wide, another attempted slower one that goes terribly wrong. Way too wide outside off

18.1

Phehlukwayo to Hasan Ali, 1 run, driven down to long-off

18.1

6

Phehlukwayo to Hasan Ali, no ball, SIX, that is just the most crushing outcome at the start of the over. Beamer over waist height that's been swung away for six. Probably slipped out of the hand with the dew being a factor here. Or maybe just the execution goes wrong with the slower ball. Whatever the reason, this is what probably seals this

Andile Phehlukwayo [2.0-0-17-0] is back into the attack

South Africa taking their time to get the right fielders in the right positions. Fielders running all across the field.

END OF OVER 18

12 Runs

PAK: 149 - 6

0 Wd 2 1 4 0 4

Mohammad Nawaz

17 (10)

Hasan Ali

3 (3)

Dwaine Pretorius

3-0-33-1

17.6

Pretorius to Mohammad Nawaz, FOUR, boundary to finish the over that has proved costly for South Africa. 12 off it. Too much width on offer outside off and Nawaz flays it over backward point. Just 16 needed off the final two overs now

17.5

Pretorius to Mohammad Nawaz, no run, slower one outside off, flirting with the wide marker again. This time the umpire rules in favour of the bowler

17.4

4

Pretorius to Mohammad Nawaz, FOUR, and more misfortune for Pretorius who nails the yorker on off stump but it runs away fine off the toe-edge. Beats short third man comfortably

17.3

Pretorius to Hasan Ali, 1 run, slower and fuller around off, Ali mistimes the lofted drive on the bounce to long-on

17.2

Pretorius to Hasan Ali, 2 runs, full and wide, Ali reaches out and drills it through extra cover. They get back for two as the sweeper scrambles across