Fakhr Zaman's century, Babar's 94 runs, Shaheen Afridi's 3 wickets.
Centurion: In the third and decisive ODI match, Pakistan won the series by defeating South Africa by 28 runs. In pursuit of the 321-run target, Jenny Milan started the innings with Aiden Mercrum and both gave their team a good start of 54 runs. Shaheen Shah Afridi gave Pakistan its first victory when 18-run scorer Eden Mercury caught Sarfraz Ahmed behind the wickets.
Usman Qadir, who played the first ODI of his career with a score of 77, led JJ Smith to score 17 runs. Accompanying Milan was captain Temba Bauma, who put on a 50-run stand to take the score to 127. Muhammad Nawaz, playing the first match of the series, bowled Malan (77) and Bauma (20) in the same over.
Nawaz added a few runs to move Klaassen to give Pakistan their fifth victory.
At the moment, Andy Falkayou and Kyle Warren are on the wicket and are busy fighting for the survival of their team by forming a partnership of more than 50 runs. In the last match of the series being played at Centurion, South Africa decided to field after winning the toss. Pakistani openers gave a good start. Fakhr Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq put on a fine partnership of 112 runs. Imam-ul-Haq scored 57 runs. Made and caught out.
After that, the captain Babar Azam came to the crease to accompany Fakhr Zaman and completed 200 runs by advancing the team's score. Fakhr Zaman batted brilliantly and scored a century with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes after which he also returned to the pavilion. Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed for just two runs. Sarfraz Ahmed's innings was limited to 13 runs, he caught the ball of JJ Smith.
In the next over, Faheem Ashraf also made just one run. Captain Babar Azam once again completed his half century by playing a brilliant innings. Hassan Ali and Babar Azam scored 43 runs in the last two overs. Hassan Ali hit four sixes in the 49th over of the innings while Babar hit two sixes and a four in the 50th over on the last ball of the innings. Babar Azam needed 6 runs to complete the century but was caught on the boundary in an attempt to hit a six, Babar scored 94 off 82 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 7 fours while Hassan Ali scored 32 off 11 balls. Innings played.
Pakistan scored 320 for 7 in the allotted overs. Earlier, after winning the toss, South Africa captain Temba Bauma said, "We think there will be a ball swing in the morning which we can take advantage of." Pakistan captain Babar Azam said that the wicket is very good and we will try to give a target of more than 300 runs. He said that today's match is very important for which we have made 4 changes.
The three-match ODI series is tied at 1-1. In the first ODI match played at Centurion, Pakistan won by 3 wickets on the last ball after a thrilling contest. In the second ODI match played in Johannesburg, despite Fakhr Zaman's 193-run innings, the hosts won by 17 runs to level the series. The Pakistani team for the match includes Babar Azam (captain), Sarfraz Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usman Qadir, Fakhr Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Fahim Ashraf, Hassan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf.
The South African team consists of Temba Baomama (captain), Keshu Maharaj, JJ Smits, Bavarian Hendricks, Heinrich Klaassen, Darren Dupaulin, Andile Falcao, Kyle Verine, Aiden Mercrum, Jennyman Milan and Lotho Spamla.
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