full outside off and Faf drives it down the ground to long-off to seal the chase
Pakistan vs South Africa, 1st T20I at Dubai, , Nov 13 2013 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
1st T20I (N), Dubai (DICS), November 13, 2013, South Africa tour of United Arab Emirates
98/9
(14.3/20 ov, T:99) 99/1
South Africa won by 9 wickets (with 33 balls remaining)
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10.40pm Pakistan still don't have answers for the questions thrown at them by South Africa. They are still clueless against Steyn, couldn't handle the short balls and apart from Umar Akmal, no batsman survived for too long. Only 98 were posted on the board and even though the bowlers can't be blamed on this pitch, Pakistan's fielding could have been much better to give some fight. So South Africa go up 1-0 in the T20 series with another convincing win as de Kock carries his form into this format.
Taha Munir: "What was the use of 8 bowlers. Match over inside 15 overs when they could have bowled 32 combined. No specialist batsman around?"
Time for the presentation:
Mohammad Hafeez: I personally feel that we couldn't setup the total we wanted to, the early wickets did the damage and the South Africa bowlers really bowled to their plans. Our batsmen are not taking the responsibility which individuals have to in a team. We have the talent but we need to work harder for the team. One person can't do this, it's not magic and as a batsman you have to look for runs and partnerships. We have the talent, it just needs application.
Dale Steyn is the Man of the Match: I enjoying bowling in general and the shorter formats are a lot of fun. I try and land the ball in one area and pretend it's going somewhere else, it's a lot of fun. I'm landing the ball in the right area and especially if the ball is swinging, Lopsy got a couple of wickets and you have a chance of finding the edge. I didn't know what to count on any more for dismissing Hafeez, it's a nice challenge against him and I'm fortunate to have the better of him.
Faf du Plessis: It was a pretty good game and that's how you want to start the series by breaking their back initially. The wicket was quite dry and our bowlers have been putting their batsmen under pressure. I wasn't too surprised by their selection but seeing Afridi at No. 3 was a surprise against the new ball. De Kock is playing beautifully, it's a nice purple patch for him and hopefully he'll keep going fir us. We're looking forward to the World Cup and try and get to the number 1 or 2 spot till then. We want to beat Pakistan here and then back in SA.
That's all we have for you tonight, join us again for the second T20 on Friday which will end this tour before Pakistan head to South Africa for a few more of these. Goodbye till then, it's Vishal Dikshit signing off!
14.3
1
Afridi to du Plessis, 1 run
14.2
1
Afridi to de Kock, 1 run
slower outside off, slapped to long-on
14.1
4
Afridi to de Kock, FOUR runs
short of length outside off, de Kock goes back and cuts it late past short third man for four
end of over 147 runs
SA: 93/1CRR: 6.64 • RRR: 1.00
Faf du Plessis36 (39b 4x4 1x6)
Quinton de Kock43 (36b 2x4 2x6)
Saeed Ajmal 4-0-12-0
Mohammad Hafeez 3-0-24-0
13.6
•
Ajmal to du Plessis, no run
on length on off, Faf defends it on leg with the turn
13.5
1
Ajmal to de Kock, 1 run
short of length on leg, steered to deep midwicket
13.4
4
Ajmal to de Kock, FOUR runs
flighted on off, de Kock made room and swept it from the middle of the bat to the wide long on boundary for four along the ground
13.3
•
Ajmal to de Kock, no run
flat ball coming into the batsman who defends
13.2
1
Ajmal to du Plessis, 1 run
full and turning into leg, tucked on the leg side for a quick one
13.1
1
Ajmal to de Kock, 1 run
length ball on off, pushed towards cover with soft hands
Ajmal is back
end of over 1311 runs
SA: 86/1CRR: 6.61 • RRR: 1.85
Quinton de Kock37 (32b 1x4 2x6)
Faf du Plessis35 (37b 4x4 1x6)
Mohammad Hafeez 3-0-24-0
Abdur Rehman 1-0-18-0
12.6
1
Hafeez to de Kock, 1 run
full outside off, driven down to long-off for one
12.5
•
Hafeez to de Kock, no run
flat and full on leg, de Kock makes room but gets a bottom edge
12.4
1
Hafeez to du Plessis, 1 run
short of length on off, worked to deep midwicket for one
12.3
1
Hafeez to de Kock, 1 run
slogs again on the leg side and this one falls short of long-on
12.2
6
Hafeez to de Kock, SIX runs
he's middling them very well. This wasn't too full but de Kock went down on one knee and slog-swept it over the midwicket fielder for six more
12.1
2
Hafeez to de Kock, 2 runs
short of length on middle, de Kock stays back and whips it to the wide long-on boundary for two
end of over 1218 runs
SA: 75/1CRR: 6.25 • RRR: 3.00
Faf du Plessis34 (36b 4x4 1x6)
Quinton de Kock27 (27b 1x4 1x6)
Abdur Rehman 1-0-18-0
Mohammad Hafeez 2-0-13-0
18 runs from Rehman's first over
11.6
6
Abdur to du Plessis, SIX runs
now Faf goes all the way! It was flighted on off, Faf made room and launched this full delivery straight down the ground for maximum
11.5
1
Abdur to de Kock, 1 run
short of length around off, pulled to deep midwicket for one
11.4
6
Abdur to de Kock, SIX runs
dances down the ground and he's smoked it! It was on length but de Kock converted it to a full delivery and smacked it with the turn to the deep midwicket boundary
11.3
•
Abdur to de Kock, no run
length ball on off, defends it back to the bowler
11.2
1
Abdur to du Plessis, 1 run
takes a step own and whips it to deep midwicket
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