Pakistan crumble to big loss again

Nov 11, 2013

South Africa, choosing to bat, got off to a poor start when Mohammad Irfan trapped Hashim Amla lbw in the fifth ball of the innings. But replays showed the ball had pitched outside leg stump•AFP

De Kock departed for 34, but du Plessis laid down the anchor, with a patient 46 •AFP

But once again, de Villiers counterattacked by adding 83 runs for the sixth wicket with Ryan McLaren. •AFP

Vernon Philander, playing his first ODI since January 2012, bowled accurately at the start of Pakistan's innings and was rewarded with the wickets of Mohammad Hafeez and Umar Amin •Associated Press

Wayne Parnell took a return catch to dismiss Shahid Afridi for 9 and Pakistan went on to lose two more wickets in two successive overs to stumble to 131 for 8•AFP

Quinton de Kock, fresh from his match-winning ton in Abu Dhabi, held fort, adding 50 for the second wicket with Faf du Plessis•Associated Press

AB de Villiers helped him build a solid foundation as South Africa crossed their hundred in the 28th over•AFP

En route to his 15th ODI ton, he became the fastest South African to reach 6000 ODI runs, and helped his side plunder 114 runs in the last 10 overs to finish at 268 for 7•AFP

Coming in to bat at a shaky 17 for 3, Misbah-ul-Haq set about consolidating the innings with Sohaib Maqsod•AFP

Ryan McLaren dismissed Sohail Tanvir for 15, sealing a 117-run win for South Africa that was fashioned by AB de Villiers and the side's pace-bowling attack. South Africa won the five-match series 4-1•AFP

Du Plessis was dismissed in the 32nd over, and soon after, Saeed Ajmal caught David Miller off his own bowling to leave South Africa at 150 for 5 in the 39th over•Associated Press

Ahmed Shehzad, who has been in form recently, was the first one to fall to South Africa's pacers. He was dismissed by Lonwabo Tsotsobe for 2•Associated Press

Playing his second ODI, Maqsood held the Pakistan innings together with a well-compiled 53 off 65 balls. However, Pakistan kept losing regular wickets•AFP