Paarl (South Africa) (AFP) – Saim Ayub hit an eminent 109 and Salman Agha featured with bat and ball as Pakistan beat South Africa by three wickets in the first day worldwide at Boland Park on Tuesday.
Saim Ayub made 109 as Pakistan beat South Africa by three wickets in the first ODI in Paarl
The left-given Ayub and Salman (82 not out) shared a fifth-wicket organization 141, safeguarding Pakistan from 60 for four.
Salman, who had previously had the best professional bowling figures of four for 32 as South Africa was confined to 239 for nine, was named man of the match; however, he gave the prize to Ayub.
“Without Ayub, we could not have possibly dominated the match,” said Salman. “He was there with the new ball and he set up the game.”
There were still snapshots of tension for the vacationers after Kagiso Rabada had Ayub gotten at fine leg with 38 runs required.
Two additional wickets fell before Salman hit the triumphant limit with three balls in excess.
Heinrich Klaasen made 86 off 97 balls in South Africa’s all-out of 239 for nine yet had to play more safely than expected after the innings slowed down against Salman’s off-turn.
South Africa quickly began with Tony de Zorzi (33) and Ryan Rickelton (36) putting on 70 for the primary wicket inside the 10-over strategic maneuver.
Be that as it may, Salman, who had taken just 10 wickets at an expense of 50 runs each in 27 past one-day internationals, took the initial four wickets in about 12 balls as South Africa drooped to 88 for four.
Turn bowling overwhelmed, with slow bowlers sending down a joined 27 overs and taking seven wickets for 107 runs.
Ayub, 22, followed up an unbeaten 98 in a terrible reason in a Twenty20 global in Centurion last Friday with an innings of expertise and development,
Ayub and Salman balanced out the innings before consistently expanding their scoring rate.
The match swung decisively in support of Pakistan when Ottneil Baartman got back to the dumbfounding assault in the 35th. Baartman had taken two for nine out of five overs in his most memorable spell yet Ayub snared his initial two balls for six in an over which yielded 22 runs.
South Africa experienced a blow during the warm-up when Keshav Maharaj, their head turn bowler, experienced a crotch strain and needed to pull out.
Brief scores:
South Africa 239-9 out of 50 overs (T. de Zorzi 33, R. Rickelton 36, A. Markram 35, H. Klaasen 86; Salman Agha 4-32, Abrar Ahmed 2-32)
Pakistan 242-7 in 49.3 overs (Saim Ayub 109, Salman Agha 82 not out; K. Rabada 2-48, O. Baartman 2-37)
Result: Pakistan won by three wickets
Series: Pakistan leads the three-match series 1-0
Throw: South Africa
Remaining matches:
December 19, Cape Town
December 22, Johannesburg