LAHORE MIRROR (Monitoring Desk)– South Africa’s impressive batting helped them defeat Pakistan by six wickets in a thrilling warm-up match for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup on Wednesday.
The Pakistani bowlers were able to dismiss Proteas’ openers quickly, but later, they failed to restrict the South African team as Rassie van der Dussen took charge and smashed 101 runs.
Temba Bavuma also played a good knock as he hit 46 off 42 balls.
All-rounder Hassan Ali, who was sent to bowl the last over, failed to restrict boundaries, as he conceded 22 runs, which helped pave way for Proteas’ victory.
Right-arm pacer Haris Rauf gave away 33 runs from his three overs and failed to pick up a wicket, while Shaheen Afridi managed to take two scalps as well but gave away 30 runs from his four overs.
Afridi took the wickets of Bavuma and Heinrich Klaasen (14).
