Pakistan vanquished South Africa by 49 rushes to put its World Cup crusade in the groove again.
ICC World Cup: At Lord's here, Haris Sohail's blustery 89 out of 59 balls, trailed by a fine execution by its bowlers, helped Pakistan remain alive in the race for elimination rounds.
After Sohail's quickfire thump guided the group to 308 for seven of every an absolute necessity win installation on Sunday, bowlers — Mohammad Amir (two for 49) and Shadab Khan (three for 50) — went through the center request, limiting the Proteas to 259 for nine. Wahab Riaz, as well, got three wickets at last.
Fightback
South Africa lost Hashim Amla right off the bat in the pursuit, caught leg-before by Amir for only two. Be that as it may, the Proteas fought back with skipper Faf du Plessis (63) and Quinton de Kock (47) including 87 for the second wicket.
Shadab expelled de Kock and Aiden Markram one after another. Returning the weight on South Africa, Amir demonstrated the exit to du Plessis soon.
Despite the fact that David Miller and Rassie van der Dussen manufactured a 53-run stand, it wasn't sufficient for South Africa to go too far.
While it was an appreciated success for Pakistan, the side put up a messy show on the field, dropping six gets however it didn't hurt them at last.
Prior in the day, the 30-year-old Sohail supported Pakistan's batting unit, crushing nine limits and three sixes.
Profiting by a decent begin by openers — Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq — who set up together 81 runs, Haris took things in his walk. He included 81 keeps running for the fourth wicket with Babar Azam (69 off 80). He bested that up with an energetic 71-run remain with Imad Wasim.
Pakistan heaped up 91 keeps running in the last ten overs, with Sohail standing tall to push the aggregate past the 300-mark.
Tahir went past Allan Donald as the most elevated wicket-taker for the Proteas in the World Cup, with 38 wickets. However, that was insufficient for the Proteas on the day.
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