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Pakistan vs South Africa LIVE SCORE, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Match Updates: And that’s it! Pakistan keep their World Cup hopes alive with a 49-run win over South Africa! The Proteas see their World Cup hopes crumble and their wait for an elusive World Cup win extend by another four years. Sarfaraz Ahmed and Co survive to live another day in England. Preview: When Pakistan and South Africa meet in Match 30 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, it is going to be a must-win game for both teams. Both teams have extremely slim chances of making the semi-finals and only a massive collapse by the other teams can help them into the next round. In the points table, South Africa are eighth with Pakistan ninth with only net run rate separating the two teams. South Africa have played six matches and won just once (against the bottom of the table side Afghanistan) with four defeats and a match getting washed out. Pakistan, on the other hand, have played one match less with one win (against England), three defeats and a washout as well. South Africa’s bowlers have delivered thus far in the World Cup but it is the batsmen who have failed at their job. They’ve been unable to chase down totals against England and Bangladesh and then been unable to defend totals against India and New Zealand. Against the Kiwis on 19 June, Kane Williamson’s century denied them in a close finish. Bar a decent showing against England, Pakistan have been disappointing too. They started off miserably with a collapse to lose to West Indies and since were unable to chase down totals against Australia and most recently against India. In the rain-curtailed encounter at Old Trafford a week back, Pakistan did a decent job of curtailing India’s batting. But made a right mess of the chase to see a massive task ahead of them as heavens opened up again. With the D/L method applied, Pakistan were well short and eventually lost by 89 runs. Full team squads: Pakistan: Imam-ul-Haq , Fakhar Zaman , Babar Azam , Mohammad Hafeez , Shoaib Malik , Sarfaraz Ahmed (w/c), Imad Wasim , Shadab Khan , Hasan Ali , Mohammad Amir , Wahab Riaz , Haris Sohail , Asif Ali , Shaheen Afridi , Mohammad Hasnain . South Africa: Faf du Plessis (capt), Quinton de Kock , Imran Tahir , David Miller , JP Duminy , Lungi Ngidi , Kagiso Rabada , Aiden Markram , Chris Morris , Andile Phehlukwayo , Tabraiz Shamsi , Dale Steyn , Dwaine Pretprius , Rassie van der Dussen , Hashim Amla . For all the latest news, opinions and analysis from ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, click here
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Pakistan vs South Africa LIVE SCORE, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Match Updates: And that’s it! Pakistan keep their World Cup hopes alive with a 49-run win over South Africa! The Proteas see their World Cup hopes crumble and their wait for an elusive World Cup win extend by another four years. Sarfaraz Ahmed and Co survive to live another day in England.
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South Africa captain Faf du Plessis speaks: We are not playing great cricket. We haven’t been during this tournament. We were poor with the ball today but we still thought we could chase a target of 300+.
We are not struggling against spinners but I’d say it is a matter of timing. We lost wickets at crucial timings right throughout the tournament. We were also struggling with our confidence and we are low on it right now.
Imran Tahir has been very good for us. He is an amazing bowler but we didn’t have many players standing up like Imran.
The biggest disappointment for us was that we couldn’t perform to our levels despite the talent we have sitting in the dressing room.
Not done yet!
South Africa in each ODI WC:
1992 – Semi Final
1996 – Quarter Final
1999 – Semi Final
2003 – Group Stage
2007 – Semi Final
2011 – Quarter Final
2015 – Semi Final
2019 – Group Stage
Haris Sohail is the Man of the Match for his wonderful knock of 89!
Sohail: It’s difficult when you sit out and wait for your chance. But when the chance is given to me, I will perform for Pakistan. When I went inside, I was told to forge a partnership with Babar, but things weren’t easy. Backed myself, and it produced the results.
Knock out punch!
South Africa become the second team to get eliminated from ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 after Afghanistan.
A disappointing and one-sided match for the crowd today after yesterday’s two brilliant and closely-fought matches.Pakistani fans won’t care though that the entertainment value has not been high – all they will care about is the 2 points and the fact that they are still in this World Cup and still with a chance of qualifying for the semi-finals.
Not the perfect performance by any means by Pakistan, but Haris Sohail’s explosive innings was the main difference between the teams. Amir getting rid of Amla so early will have damaged South Africa’s confidence too and the rest of their batting was a struggle.
South Africa crash out of the World Cup while Pakistan live to fight another day.
Pakistan beat South Africa to stay alive in the World Cup!
And that’s it! Pakistan keep their World Cup hopes alive with a 49-run win over South Africa! The Proteas see their World Cup hopes crumble and their wait for an elusive World Cup win extend by another four years. Sarfaraz Ahmed and Co survive to live another day in England.
After 49 overs,South Africa 248/9 ( Andile Phehlukwayo 35 , Imran Tahir 1)
Wahab Riaz comes around the wicket to Ngidi and shatters his stumps on the second ball. Tahir looks for a suicidal single on his first ball and would have been run out by a mile had there been a direct hit at the non-striker’s end. Phehlukwayo gets a single before Tahir plays out the over. South Africa need 61 runs off the last over.
After 48 overs,South Africa 246/8 ( Andile Phehlukwayo 34 , Lungi Ngidi 1)
Amir starts with a wide before conceeding a boundary thanks to a misfield from Shaheen Afridi at deep backward point. Lungi Ngidi tries to smack the ball away for a six but gets air. He finally connects bat with ball but can only edge it to third-man for a single.
After 47 overs,South Africa 240/8 ( Andile Phehlukwayo 29 , Lungi Ngidi 0)
Rabada and Phehlukwayo exchange singles before Riaz cleans up Rabada with an inswinging full toss to the stumps. The ball whsitles past Lungi Ngidi’s bat on the last delivery. Another brilliant over from Wahab Riaz.
After 46 overs,South Africa 237/7 ( Andile Phehlukwayo 28 , Kagiso Rabada 2)
Amir back into the attack. Phehlukwayo swings at the first ball and gets an inside edge for a single at third-man. Phehlukwayo pulls the third ball and is denied a four by a diving Imam-ul-Haq. But he ends Amir’s over with two back to back boundaries.
After 45 overs,South Africa 225/7 ( Andile Phehlukwayo 17 , Kagiso Rabada 1)
Wicket and four runs off that excellent Wahab Riaz over. Pakistan cruising towards a morale-boosting win now.
After 44 overs,South Africa 221/6 ( Andile Phehlukwayo 15 , Chris Morris 16)
Shadab Khan finishes his quota of 10 overs by leaking eight runs including a boundary. But that won’t tarnish his day! He got 3 big wickets, bowled one maiden over and conceded just 50 runs. Player of the match contender for sure.
After 43 overs,South Africa 213/6 ( Andile Phehlukwayo 9 , Chris Morris 14)
An expensive over from Afridi there. 16 off it. He nearly got his second wicket after Morris mistimes his drive but Babar Azam just couldn’t get to it at mid-off.
Proteas nearly out of the World Cup now
After 42 overs,South Africa 197/6 ( Andile Phehlukwayo 4 , Chris Morris 3)
Shadab Khan continues. Another tidy over from him as he gives away only four. He has been the pick of the Pakistani bowlers today.
After 41 overs,South Africa 193/6 ( Andile Phehlukwayo 2 , Chris Morris 1)
Four runs conceded but the important wicket of David Miller in that Shaheen Afridi over.
South Africa are hanging in there aided by some ridiculously poor catching attempts by Pakistan. It wasn’t that long ago that the world was praising the improvement in Pakistan’s fielding, but of late that improvement seems like a distant memory. Catch after catch has been put down and if those chances had been taken, the match could have been over by now.
Net run-rate could be a factor at the end of the group stage and Pakistan may rue these dropped chances against South Africa.
Shadab Khan deserves a mention today. His form has been questioned of late, but today he has looked back to his best which is a huge boost for Pakistan.
After 40 overs,South Africa 189/5 ( David Miller 30 , Andile Phehlukwayo 0)
Shadab Khan comes back into the attack. Miller tries to play Shadab but nearly ends up looping a catch back to Shadab but it’s too high for him. VDD throws away his wicket trying to attack Shadab. Miller is fooled by a googly and tries to play the sweep but misses the ball completely and the ball hits him on the thigh pad. Joel Wilson raises the finger and Miller reviews immediately. There is a spike on snicko as the ball goes past Miller’s bat and he survives. Still a very good over for Pakistan.
After 39 overs,South Africa 186/4 ( Rassie van der Dussen 35 , David Miller 29)
Riaz continues and it is an eventful over. He starts by whacking VDD on his grille off anb edge. On the third ball, he decieves VDD with a slower delivery which hits him on the solar plexus. Van der Dussen shrugs it off to get a single. Miller looks to cut the next ball but nearly edges it behind. Frustrated, he looks to smack the ball away on the next two balls but misses horribly each time. Brilliant over from Riaz. Only four off it.
After 38 overs,South Africa 182/4 ( Rassie van der Dussen 33 , David Miller 28)
Miller and Van der Dussen target Afridi and smack him for a four and six respectively. Afridi almost had the last laugh but Miller’s flick narrowly flew past Amir at mid-on. 13 off that over.
Catches win matches, as they say