Pakistan cricket staff’s fielding has been criticised closely through the ongoing Cricket World Cup 2023 and so they as soon as once more suffered a comedy of errors through the match towards South Africa on Friday. Temba Bavuma performed the ball softly in direction of mid-on and went for a fast single. The fielder Agha Salman collected the ball however Mohammad Rizwan’s name for him to throw it resulted in a wayward throw in direction of the bowler’s finish. The throw was far-off from the stumps and it ended up hitting the bowler Mohammad Nawaz who seemed in ache because the commentators had been left in splits following the incident.

Left-arm spinner Tabraiz Shamsi grabbed 4 wickets as South Africa bowled out Pakistan for 270.

The 33-year-old completed with figures of 4-60 whereas paceman Marco Jansen took 3-43 after Pakistan received the toss and batted, in search of a win to revive their World Cup hopes.

Pakistan have misplaced three of their 5 matches whereas South Africa have 4 wins and one loss.

Middle-order batter Saud Shakeel scored a preventing run-a-ball 52 and skipper Babar Azam a strong 65-ball 50 whereas Shadab Khan chipped in with an aggressive 36-ball 43.

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Pakistan can take coronary heart from the truth that South Africa collapsed to an upset defeat towards the Netherlands whereas chasing 246 in Dharamsala final week.

Pakistan would have scored fewer runs had Shakeel and Shadab not lifted them with an 84-run stand for the sixth wicket off 71 balls following Azam’s dismissal at 141.

Shadab hit two sixes and three boundaries whereas Shakeel’s second fifty within the match had seven hits to the rope.

It was Jansen who hit Pakistan early with the wickets of openers Abdullah Shafique (9) and Imam-ul-Haq (12) within the first seven overs.

Azam added 48 runs for the third wicket with Mohammad Rizwan who made 31 with a six and 4 boundaries.

The skipper added one other 43 for the following wicket with Iftikhar Ahmed who scored 21 with a six and a boundary.

Shamsi dismissed Iftikhar caught at long-on and Azam behind the wicket sweeping to derail the innings till Shakeel and Shadab rebuilt.

Fast bowler Gerald Coetzee broke the stand by dismissing Shadab within the fortieth over whereas Shamsi despatched again Shakeel and Shaheen Shah Afridi (two).

(With AFP inputs)