Matches (6)

IPL (2)

ENG vs WI (1)

PAK vs BAN (1)

Vitality Blast Men (2)

Live • Qualifier 1 • IPL • T20 • New Chandigarh

PBKS

(2.6/20 ov) 27/2

RCB

RCB chose to field.

Schedule Table Videos Series

Live • 1st ODI • Birmingham

ENG

(30.5/50 ov) 221/3

WI

West Indies chose to field.

Schedule Report Series

Pakistan vs South Africa, 26th Match at Chennai, World Cup 2023, Oct 27 2023 - Match MVPs

RESULT

26th Match (D/N), Chennai, October 27, 2023, ICC Cricket World Cup

270

(47.2/50 ov, T:271) 271/9

South Africa won by 1 wicket (with 16 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match

, SA

4/60

Cricinfo's MVP

, SA

160.22 ptsImpact List

Cricinfo’s Most Valuable Players of the Match

Player	Team	TI	Runs	I. Runs	B. Impact	Bowl	I. Wkts	Bo. Impact
Marco Jansen	SA	160.22	20(14)	31.39	34.48	3/43	3.72	125.74
Aiden Markram	SA	148.22	91(93)	112.1	140.27	0/20	0	7.95
Shaheen Shah Afridi	PAK	129.79	2(4)	- 0.02	- 0.08	3/45	4.53	129.87
Mohammad Wasim	PAK	114.37	7(9)	4.99	5.81	2/50	3.7	108.56
Tabraiz Shamsi	SA	103.84	4(6)	6.08	5.03	4/60	3.97	98.81
Usama Mir	PAK	81.02	-	-	-	2/45	3.31	81.02
Gerald Coetzee	SA	79.85	10(13)	14.26	13.64	2/42	2.52	66.21
Saud Shakeel	PAK	67.83	52(52)	58.63	67.83	-	-	-
Haris Rauf	PAK	58.79	0(1)	- 0.99	- 0.52	2/62	2.59	59.31
Shadab Khan	PAK	57.85	43(36)	54.39	57.85	-	-	-
Babar Azam	PAK	48.34	50(65)	51.74	48.34	-	-	-
Mohammad Rizwan	PAK	40.79	31(27)	42.4	40.79	-	-	-
David Miller	SA	37.51	29(33)	34.06	37.51	-	-	-
Quinton de Kock	SA	32.76	24(14)	31.66	32.76	-	-	-
Temba Bavuma	SA	31.94	28(27)	32.32	31.94	-	-	-
Lungi Ngidi	SA	27.91	4(14)	2.21	1.5	1/45	0.61	26.41
Mohammad Nawaz	PAK	26.64	24(24)	23.63	27.61	0/40	0	- 0.97
Iftikhar Ahmed	PAK	18	21(31)	18.78	18.65	0/23	0	- 0.64
Heinrich Klaasen	SA	16.9	12(10)	16.61	16.9	-	-	-
Keshav Maharaj	SA	9.9	7(21)	5.96	4.64	0/56	0	5.26
Imam-ul-Haq	PAK	8.02	12(18)	9.98	8.02	-	-	-
Rassie van der Dussen	SA	5.31	21(39)	16.05	5.31	-	-	-
Abdullah Shafique	PAK	2.25	9(17)	4.42	2.25	-	-	-

Language

English

Win Probability

SA 100%

PAKSA

100%50%100%

Over 48 • SA 271/9

South Africa won by 1 wicket (with 16 balls remaining)

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ODI World Cup digest: South Africa hold their nerve in first thriller; plenty at stake for Trans-Tasman rivals

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Instant answers to T20 questions

Videos

All Match Videos

Bavuma: 'The chase could have been more clinical'

Bavuma: 'The chase could have been more clinical'

Arthur: 'Unfair to start a witch-hunt on Babar'

Arthur: 'Unfair to start a witch-hunt on Babar'

South Africa Innings

Player Name		R	B
T Bavuma	caught	28	27
Q de Kock	caught	24	14
HE van der Dussen	lbw	21	39
AK Markram	caught	91	93
H Klaasen	caught	12	10
DA Miller	caught	29	33
M Jansen	caught	20	14
G Coetzee	caught	10	13
KA Maharaj	not out	7	21
L Ngidi	caught	4	14
T Shamsi	not out	4	6
Extras	(b 1, lb 5, w 15)
Total	271(9 wkts; 47.2 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	34	Temba Bavuma	Quinton de Kock
2nd	33	Rassie van der Dussen	Temba Bavuma
3rd	54	Rassie van der Dussen	Aiden Markram
4th	15	Heinrich Klaasen	Aiden Markram
5th	70	David Miller	Aiden Markram
6th	29	Aiden Markram	Marco Jansen
7th	15	Gerald Coetzee	Aiden Markram
8th	0	Keshav Maharaj	Gerald Coetzee
9th	10	Keshav Maharaj	Lungi Ngidi
10th	11	Keshav Maharaj	Tabraiz Shamsi

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ICC Cricket World Cup

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
IND	9	9	0	18	2.570
SA	9	7	2	14	1.261
AUS	9	7	2	14	0.841
NZ	9	5	4	10	0.743
PAK	9	4	5	8	-0.199
AFG	9	4	5	8	-0.336
ENG	9	3	6	6	-0.572
BAN	9	2	7	4	-1.087
SL	9	2	7	4	-1.419
NED	9	2	7	4	-1.825