South Africa 207 for 5 (Van der Dussen 80*, Phehlukwayo 69*, Shaheen 3-44, Shadab 2-46) beat Pakistan 203 (Hasan 59, Sarfraz 41, Phehlukwayo 4-22, Shamsi 3-56) by five wickets
Durban: South Africa beat Pakistan by five wickets on Tuesday to level the one-day series at 1-1 as Andile Phehlukwayo gave a compelling argument to be the Proteas’ allrounder at this year’s Cricket World Cup.
Phehlukwayo took vocation best figures of 4-22 with the ball as far as possible Pakistan to 203 full scale. He at that point hit a profession best 69 not out with the bat to lead South Africa to 207-5 out of 42 overs and triumph after the home group was in a bad position at 80-5 in its pursuit.
Phehlukwayo shared an unbeaten organization under strain of 127 with Rassie van der Dussen, who was guaranteed for his 80 not out to proceed with his splendid begin to his one-day vocation. Van der Dussen made 93 in the first ODI, his presentation, in spite of the fact that Pakistan won the arrangement opener.
South Africa ought to have won Tuesday's second amusement all the more serenely after Pakistan was 112-8 having been placed in to bat at Kingsmead.
Pakistan rescued a sensibly focused score on account of No. 10 Hasan Ali's counterattack of 59 off 45 balls. The tailender crushed five fours and three sixes and was supported up by skipper Sarfraz Ahmed's 41. They were the last two Pakistan batsmen out, both tumbling to Phehlukwayo in the wake of putting on 90 for the ninth wicket.
Shielding a pitiful aggregate, Pakistan thundered once more into the diversion when 18-year-old quick bowler Shaheen Afridi evacuated Hashim Amla, Reeza Hendricks and commander Faf du Plessis rapidly to have South Africa battling at 29-3 in the initial six overs.
Afridi rocked the bowling alley Amla with a quick inswinger and beat Hendricks and du Plessis to have them gotten behind.
Phehlukwayo's situation in the group has been far from being obviously true yet he ensured it was his best execution for his nation with a match-winning 50 years.
The 22-year-old allrounder lived hazardously, enduring several edges and close misses. Yet, regardless he played with experience, hitting reverse breadths routinely off spinner Shadab Khan and propelling two major sixes down the ground to run with his seven fours.