South Africa defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets in the second T20 match. With this, the team took a 2-0 lead in the 3-game series. South Africa won the first match by 11 points. The third match will be played today in Johannesburg.
Pakistan won the toss on Friday and scored 206 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs at the SuperSport Park cricket stadium in Centurion. In response, South Africa achieved the target of 3 wickets in 19.3 overs. South African opener Reeza Hendricks scored a century and was voted Player of the Match.
Ayub scored an unbeaten 98 runs, hit 5 sixes. Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan had won the toss in the second T20 and decided to bat first. Opener Saim Ayub returned unbeaten after scoring 98 runs. He hit 11 fours and five sixes during his innings. Babar Azam scored 31 runs, Irfan Khan scored 30 runs. Dayan Gelim and Otniel Bartman took 2-2 wickets for South Africa. George Linde took 1 wicket.
Hendricks’ century, Africa chase target of 207 runs While chasing the target of 207 runs, Reeza Hendricks completed his century in 54 balls. Reeza batted with a strike rate of 185 and scored 117 runs off 63 balls. He hit 10 sixes and 7 fours during his innings. Apart from this, Rassie van der Dussen also played an unbeaten innings of 66 runs. Jahandad Khan took 2 wickets for Pakistan. Abbas Afridi got 1 wicket.
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Third India-Australia Test, Australian team 28/0 till lunch
The third Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia is being played in Brisbane. The Indian team won the toss and opted to play at the Gabba Stadium on Saturday. By now the rain had returned to Brisbane and play was stopped again. Shortly after, the lunch break was announced. Australia scored 28 runs without any loss in the first session. Nathan McSweeney and Usman Khawaja are undefeated. …