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CENTURION: After the Proteas failed to reach the 321-run target, Pakistan beat South Africa by 28 runs and won the ODI series at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Wednesday, it is Pakistan’s first victory against a top-seven ODI team since 2013.
All team of the host country was removed by Shaheens at 292 runs with a thrilling performance by Mohammad Nawaz and Shaheen Shah Afridi as both took three wickets each.
A third wicket for Mohammad Nawaz!
South Africa: 140-5 (27.3 ov)#SAvPAK | #HarHaalMainCricket | #BackTheBoysInGreen pic.twitter.com/426hOftw0H
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) April 7, 2021
Fakhar Zaman hit his second successive century and captain Babar Azam scored 94 as Pakistan made 320 for seven in the series-deciding third and final one-day international.
Fakhar again scored rapidly, although he fell short of repeating the carnage he inflicted on the South African bowlers in the second match in Johannesburg on Sunday, falling for 101 off 104 balls.
Innings Break
Pakistan set South Africa a target of 321 runs.
Scorecard: https://t.co/tFtjG0X22P#SAvPAK | #HarHaalMainCricket | #BackTheBoysInGreen pic.twitter.com/8vqHFEjOFz
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) April 7, 2021
It took a late assault by Babar and tailender Hasan Ali to take Pakistan’s total beyond Babar’s pre-match target of 300. The pair added 63 off the last four overs before Babar was caught on the deep point boundary to fall six runs short of his second century of the series.
Babar faced 82 balls, while Hasan thrashed an unbeaten 32 off 11 balls, hitting four sixes off left-arm spinner Jon-Jon Smuts in the 49th over.
Fakhar and Imam-ul-Haq (57) laid a solid foundation with an opening partnership of 112 after Pakistan were sent in on a cloudy day.
Fakhar’s 99-ball century was eight balls slower than his effort in a losing cause in Johannesburg, where he unleashed a furious assault, needing only another 48 balls to take his score to 193.
However, he added only one more run on Wednesday before an attempted lap shot against left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj looped off his arm and provided a simple catch to wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen. He hit nine fours and three sixes. Maharaj, one of seven changes in the South African team, took three for 45 in his 10 overs.s summer.
Earlier, South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first against visiting team of Pakistan in the third ODI match with both teams making key changes in their squads.
Teams
Pakistan: Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Mohammed Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Qadir, Haris Rauf.
South Africa: Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, Jon-Jon Smuts, Temba Bavuma, Kyle Verreynne, Heinrich Klaasen, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Daryn Dupavillon, Beuran Hendricks, Lutho Sipamla