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South Africa register comfortable 9-wicket win against Pakistan in 1st T20

South Africa rode to a comfortable nine-wicket win over Pakistan in the first T20 encounter at Dubai on Wednesday.

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Quinton de Kock continued his good run of form with a XX in the first T20I © AFP (File Photo)

Nov 13, 2013

South Africa rode to a comfortable nine-wicket win over Pakistan in the first T20 encounter at Dubai on Wednesday.

The visitors won with 33 balls in hand after Quinton de Kock and Faf du Plessis put on an unbeaten stand of 83 runs for the second wicket.

Pakistan were earlier restricted to 98 for nine in their 20 overs after Dale Steyn struck thrice in his four overs. However, their chase received an earlt jolt as opener Hashim Amla was bowled by Sohail Tanvir for 13.

Earlier, electing to bat first, Pakistan made a horrendous start to their campaign, losing two wickets with only four runs on the board as South African pacers created lot of trouble for their batsmen.

It was due to lower order batsman Umar Akmal that Pakistan was able to inch close to the 100-run mark. Umar scored runs from balls with the help of four boundaries and a six in a bid to bail his side out of trouble.

For South Africa, pace spearhead Dale Steyn and Lonwabo Tsotsobe produced a stunning spells of to put their side on top.

Steyn returned with the figures of 4-0-15-3, whereas Tsotsobe claimed two wickets for just nine runs off his four overs.

Early in the innings, Pakistan lost their opener Ahmed Shehzad on the fifth ball of the first over off Tsotsobe, and in the second over, Steyn got Sohaib Maqsood caught behind the wickets for four.

Pakistan slipped further when their captain Mohammad Hafeez was caught behind one ball later after Maqsood’s dismissal for a duck.

The hosts could never recover from the early blows as the middle order failed to put up a strong fight against the South African pacers.
 
Brief scores: 

Pakistan 98 for 9 in 20 overs (Umar Akmal 49; Dale Steyn 3 for 15, Lonwabo Tsotsobe 2 for 9, Imran Tahir 2 for 17) lost to South Africa 99 for 1 in 14.3 overs (Quinton de Kock XX, Faf du Plessis XX) by 9 wickets.

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