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       DURBAN: Spinner George Linde took four wickets, plus scored 48 runs off 24 balls with the bat, to lead South Africa to an 11-run win over Pakistan in the first of their Twenty20 internationals at Kingsmead on Tuesday.

       Linde ensured South Africa, who won the toss and chose to bat first, set a tough target as they made 183-9 off their 20 overs.

       Pakistan were 172-8 in reply, falling short of the target.

       David Miller top scored for South Africa with 82 off 40 balls in a swashbuckling innings that included four sixes and eight fours.

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       Linde then took 4-21 in four overs, but was denied a hat-trick when his last ball was initially adjudged to have trapped Haris Rauf leg before wicket.

       The decision was overturned on review when the ball tracker said the ball would have missed the leg stump.

       Pakistan were always struggling to keep up the required run rate despite captain Mohamed Rizwan batting through to the last over before being dismissed for 74.

       The two teams meet next in Pretoria on Friday and then again on Saturday at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.

       Next week the two countries will meet in a three-match One Day International series.

       Scoreboard

       SOUTH AFRICA:

       R. Hendricks b Abrar8

       R. van der Dussen b Shaheen0

       M. Breetzke c Saim b Abrar8

       D. Miller c Irfan b Shaheen82

       H. Klaasen c Irfan b Abbas12

       D. Ferreira c Sufiyan b Abbas7

       G. Linde c Irfan b Sufiyan48

       A. Simelane st Rizwan b Abrar1

       N. Peter lbw b Shaheen3

       K. Maphaka not out12

       EXTRAS (W-2)2

       TOTAL (for nine wickets, 20 overs)183

       DID NOT BAT: O. Baartman

       FALL OF WICKETS: 1-1 (van der Dussen), 2-10 (Breetzke), 3-28 (Hendricks), 4-71 (Klaasen), 5-104 (Ferreira), 6-135 (Miller), 7-136 (Simelane), 8-141 (Peter), 9-183 (Linde)

       BOWLING: Shaheen 4-0-22-3, Abrar 4-0-37-3 (1w), Haris 4-0-41-0 (1w), Abbas 4-0-30-2, Sufiyan 4-0-53-1

       PAKISTAN:

       Mohammad Rizwan c Peter b Maphaka74

       Babar Azam c Simelane b Maphaka0

       Saim Ayub c Breetzke b Simelane31

       Usman Khan c Hendricks b Linde9

       Tayyab Tahir c Ferreira b Baartman18

       Shaheen Shah Afridi st Klaasen b Linde9

       Irfan Khan c Breetzke b Linde1

       Abbas Afridi lbw b Linde0

       Haris Rauf not out2

       Sufiyan Muqeem not out5

       EXTRAS (B-4, LB-9, NB-2, W-8)23

       TOTAL (for eight wickets, 20 overs)172

       DID NOT BAT: Abrar Ahmed

       FALL OF WICKETS: 1-16 (Babar), 2-56 (Saim), 3-75 (Usman), 4-109 (Tayyab), 5-151 (Shaheen), 6-153 (Irfan), 7-153 (Abbas), 8-166 (Rizwan)

       BOWLING: Maphaka 4-0-39-2 (1w, 1nb), Baartman 4-0-26-1 (1w), Simelane 4-0-44-1 (1w, 1nb), Peter 4-0-29-0 (2w), Linde 4-0-21-4 (2w)

       RESULT: South Africa won by 11 runs

       Published in Dawn, December 11th, 2024