Proteas win a Wanderers thriller
Pakistan falter to a seven-run defeat after David Miller’s late onslaught
Babar Azam was a picture of beautifully measured batting violence but his teammates somehow contrived to lose a game that should have been easily won. They faltered to a seven-run defeat that only Pakistan can muster after David Miller’s late onslaught helped SA to post 188/3. The Proteas’ designated ice-man Andile Phehlukwayo (3/36) not only defended 15 off the final over but took two wickets in two balls to kill off Pakistan’s T20 series hopes. The manner in which Pakistan handled the back end of the chase was a disgrace to Babar’s magnificent 58-ball 90 that contained 13 fours and one six. Their last 10 overs only produced 80 runs, as compared to the power-packed first 10 produced 101 runs. When he held court, he was the Floyd Mayweather that countered Miller’s Manny Pacquiao knock. Babar cared less about what his partners did and drilled boundary after boundary. There were nine of them when he crossed 50 in only 34 balls and batted with an ease that drove the errant South Africa...
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