Spinner George Linde took four wickets, also scored 48 runs off 24 balls with the bat, to lead South Africa to an 11-run win over Pakistan within the to begin with of their Twenty20 internationals at Kingsmead on Tuesday.
Linde guaranteed South Africa, who won the hurl and chose to bat to begin with, set an intense target as they made 183-9 off their 20 overs.
Pakistan were 172-8 in answer, falling brief of the target.
David Mill operator beat scored for South Africa with 82 off 40 balls in a swashbuckling innings that included four sixes and eight fours.
Linde at that point took 4-21 in four overs, but was denied a hat-trick when his final ball was at first pronounced to have caught Haris Rauf leg some time recently wicket.
The choice was upset on audit when the ball tracker said the ball would have missed the leg stump.
Pakistan were continuously struggling to keep up the specified run rate in spite of captain Mohamed Rizwan batting through to the final over some time recently being rejected for 74.
The two teams meet another in Pretoria on Friday and after that once more on Saturday at the Drifters in Johannesburg.
Next week the two nations will meet in a three-match One Day Universal series.
Scoreboard
SOUTH AFRICA:
- R. Hendricks b Abrar8
- R. van der Dussen b Shaheen0
- M. Breetzke c Saim b Abrar8
- D. Mill operator 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. Dwindle lbw b Shaheen3
- K. Maphaka not out12
- EXTRAS (W-2)2
- TOTAL (for nine wickets, 20 overs)18
- 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 (Mill operator), 7-136 (Simelane), 8-141 (Dwindle), 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 Dwindle b Maphaka 74
- 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), Diminish 4-0-29-0 (2w), Linde 4-0-21-4 (2w)
