Pakistan got shattered to the eight-wicket defeat to the Proteas in their second and final war-up match in 2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament on Wednesday. They could score only 71 in 17.3 overs and just three batsmen could score more than 10 runs, whereas three Proteas pacers Wayne Parnell, Lonwabo Tsotsobe and Beuran had got two wickets apiece.
South Africa needed only 14 overs to go the required mark and became the triumph, losing two wickets only at the Khan Sahib Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah.
Pakistan had confirmed a six wicket victory over New Zealand in their first warm-up match. Kamran Akmal and skipper Mohammad Hafeez had built a strong opening partnership and scored 83. However, there was a lack of such resembling partnership in the next match and that makes them to get defeated.
They got the chance to bat first, but they could not be able to build a big score. They began slowly and lost the first wicket of Ahmed Shehzad within three overs. He did only 12 for 13 balls and got dismissed by JP Duminy. The successive dismiss of Sharjeel Khan (2) and Shoaib Malik (1) has reached them at 28 for 3.
The incorporation of the 22 runs of the partnership of Umar Akmal and Sohaib Maqsood has turned out to be their largest partnership. But that is for short period, they could not be able to hit boundaries and over-boundaries most of the time during this period. The only over boundary that has been hit was Maqsood. Shehzad and Umar did the other two boundaries.
Later, Umar (17) got out by Parnell and after him Kamran got a run out for a golden duck two balls. Pakistan was seemed to be in a deep soup when Maqsood got the same run out, that made them to reach at 58 for 6.
In South Africa’s case, Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock ate into more than half the required runs with a 39-run stand for the opening wicket, giving their side the perfect beginning.
The heavy-hitting Shahid Afridi (6) couldn’t bail Pakistan out and Hafeez (7) failed to recover the form he displayed against New Zealand. The stern had been left with too much to do, and decayed.
The two were thrown out in quick sequence, but with the target being as low as it was, that didn’t seriously hamper South Africa. The maiden to go was ample, trapped in front by Umar Gul for a 20-ball 24. De Kock (15) followed suit when he had his stumps disturbed by Afridi.
The wickets proved to be a mere blip, as David Miller (12) and AB de Villiers (20) put on an unbroken 33 runs to guide South Africa to an easy triumph.
