CENTURION (South Africa): Pakistan beat South Africa by three wickets with one ball to spare in the fourth and final Twenty20 international South Africa on Friday.
A belligerent batting display from Fakhar Zaman and three wickets each from Faheem Ashraf and Hasan Ali guided Pakistan to a tense win to clinch the series 3-1.
This was Pakistan’s second T20I series win in South Africa following their 1-0 win in the two-match 2013 series.
Pakistan seemed to be cruising when they reached 92 for one in the 10th over after bowling out South Africa for 144 on what is usually a high-scoring ground.
But six wickets fell for 27 runs after Fakhar Zaman was out for a hard-hit 60 off 34 balls before Mohammad Nawaz sealed the win with a six off the penultimate ball.
Pakistan’s 3-1 series win completed a clean sweep of four successful series against South Africa during the season.
They won Test and T20 series in Pakistan and a one-day and T20 series in South Africa.
Pakistan team will now travel to Harare, Zimbabwe on April 17, where they will feature in a three-match T20I and two Test-match series starting from April 21.
Brief scores:
South Africa 144 in 19.3 overs (H. van der Dussen 52, J. Malan 33; Faheem Ashraf 3-17) vs Pakistan 149-7 in 19.5 overs (Fakhar Zaman 60; S. Magala 2-33).
Result: Pakistan won by three wickets
Series: Pakistan won the four-match series 3-1
