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20-Jan-2019 06:40:00 GMT
SA v Pak - 1st ODI, Port Elizabeth

Imam, Hafeez seals thriller as Pakistan claim 1-0 lead

Pakistan 267 for 5 (Imam 86, Hafeez 71*) beat South Africa 266 for 2 (Amla 108*, van der Dussen 93) by five wickets

Port Elizabeth: Pakistan got one back on South Africa by winning the first one-day international by five wickets on Saturday.

The vacationers were whitewashed 3-0 in the Tests however found the change to restricted overs cricket to their enjoying as they took an early preferred standpoint in the five-coordinate arrangement.

Experienced batsman Mohammad Hafeez, acquired for the ODIs, anchored triumph with 71 not out as his side completed on 267-5 to win with five balls to save.

Prior, Hashim Amla made 108 not out and Rassie van der Dussen hit 93 on his ODI make a big appearance as South Africa set an objective of 266-2. In spite of their 155-run association for the second wicket, South Africa didn't push on to the enormous score that appeared to be attainable.

South Africa was 160-1 after 35 overs yet neglected to underwrite and included only 76 keeps running in the last 10 overs in spite of having wickets close by. Amla made his 27th ODI hundred while van der Dussen was gotten at mid-off pursuing brisk keeps running toward the end.

The house group's endeavor at quickening came past the point of no return.

Pakistan's pursuit was agreeable until opener Imam-ul-Haq was rejected for 86, the first of three snappy wickets close as far as possible. The 38-year-old Hafeez saw his side home with his 35th ODI 50 years.

He hit eight fours and two sixes. The initial six off quick bowler Duanne Olivier arrived on the top of one of the stands and skiped out of the St. George's Park arena.

Olivier was Pakistan's main destroyer in the Test arrangement however couldn't convey his frame to the short organization on his ODI make a big appearance, with the travelers getting a charge out of the moderate Port Elizabeth pitch.

Bowlers Shadab Khan and Hasan Ali took the wickets yet essentially held the South Africans in line with economy rates of under five an over. Imam and Babar Azam (49) at that point established the framework for the fruitful pursue with a 94-run represent the second wicket and Hafeez completed it off.


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