4th T20I: Pakistan win by 3 wickets, clinch T20I series 3-1

Pakistan have defeated South Africa by three wickets in the 4th T20I at SuperSports Park in Centurion. Live score and commentary for the match appear in this thread. The page does not refresh automatically.

Story of the match: Both teams suffered middle-order collapses of their own. South Africa went from 109-2 to 144 all-out, and Pakistan, in response, went from 92-1 to 129-7. Mohammad Nawaz kept his cool in the end and was also aided by some poor death bowling by the hosts as the tourists capped the tour with a 3-1 T20I series win to go with the ODI triumph earlier this month.

149-7 after 19.5 overs: Nawaz hits a six off the penultimate ball to get the job done.

139-7 after 19 overs: A couple of ill-timed no-balls hand the control back to Pakistan.

129-6 after 18 overs: A four off the first ball eases the pressure before Faheem perishes.

Faheem Ashraf 7 (9) Mohammad Nawaz 9 (15) 

120-6 after 17 overs: Both Faheem Ashraf and Mohammad Nawaz struggling for runs.

117-6 after 16 overs: Excellent over by Shamsi. Just two off it.

115-6 after 15 overs: Asif Ali (5 off 9), not for the first time, out when the team needed him. 

112-5 after 14 overs: Mohammad Hafeez (10) caught at long-on as Pakistan once again threaten to make a match out of nothing.

109-4 after 13 overs:

106-4 after 12 overs: Haider Ali (3 off 6) throws away wicket yet again. Asif Ali is in.

Mohammad Hafeez 9 (7) Asif Ali 1 (2)

103-3 after 11 overs:

99-3 after 10 overs: Big over for South Africa as both Fakhar (60) and Babar (24) are dismissed. 

92-1 after 9 overs: Fakhar Zaman 60 (32) Babar Azam 24 (22)

80-1 after 8 overs: Babar Azam 23 (21) Fakhar Zaman 50 (27)

75-1 after 7 overs:

57-1 after 6 overs:

43-1 after 5 overs: Fakhar Zaman goes after Fortuine and finds consecutive sixes. The shellacking mars the spinner's work done in the first two overs.

27-1 after 4 overs: Babar Azam 10 (11) Fakhar Zaman 14 (12)

19-1 after 3 overs:

13-1 after 2 overs:

4-1 after 1 overs: Mohammad Rizwan stumped out for a duck. He chased a wide ball down the leg side, lost his footing and was caught outside the crease. Bjorn Fortuin with the wicket.

Story at the break: South Africa were 109-2 in the 13th over and were all-out for 144 by the final over. They suffered a meltdown and lost eight wickets for 35 runs as Pakistan pacers finally came alive in the series, claiming nine wickets, with spinner Mohammad Nawaz taking just one wicket.

Rassie Van de Dussen top score with 52 and Janneman Malan contributed 33 but the rest of middle and lower order did absolutely nothing.

144 all-out after 19.3 overs: End of innings

143-9 after 19 overs: 

141-8 after 18 overs: 

130-7 after 17 overs:

123-7 after 16 overs: Two wickets fall in the over. Wiaan Mulder out for six and Andile Phehlukwayo for 1. 

119-5 after 15 overs: Another over, another wicket. George Linde (3) nicks one back to the keeper and walks off.

114-4 after 14 overs: Rauf strikes ad Van der Dussen vanishes for a well-made 52 off 36. 

110-3 after 13 overs: Klaasen (9) deposits a catch straight into the hands of Shaheen. 

100-2 after 12 overs: 100 up for South Africa. 

87-2 after 11 overs: Heinrich Klaasen 4 (8) Rassie van der Dussen 38 (26)

85-2 after 10 overs:

75-2 after 9 overs: Malan vanishes for 33 as Faheem Ashraf strikes in his first over.

71-1 after 8 overs: Janneman Malan 32 (26) Rassie van der Dussen 27 (18)

64-1 after 7 overs: Back-to-back boundaries to end the over with.

53-1 after 6 overs: Big over for South Africa. Seventeen off it. 

36-1 after 5 overs: Quiet first over by Haris Rauf. Just six off it, although he did concede a boundary.

30-1 after 4 overs: Rassie van der Dussen 1 (4) Janneman Malan 18 (15)

23-1 after 3 overs: A glorious cover-driven four off of Shaheen's over. 

16-1 after 2 overs: Markram hits a six and a four to Nawaz but is trapped lbw on the final ball. 

4-0 after 1 over: Accurate first over ruined by a last-ball four.

0-0 after 0 overs: Aiden Markram and Janneman Malan to open the innings, and Shaheen Afridi to bowl the first over.

5:10pm Line-ups

Pakistan: 1 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 2 Babar Azam (capt), 3 Fakhar Zaman, 4 Mohammad Hafeez, 5 Haider Ali, 6 Asif Ali, 7 Mohammad Nawaz, 8 Faheem Ashraf, 9 Hasan Ali, 10 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 11 Haris Rauf.

South Africa: 1 Aiden Markram, 2 Janneman Malan, 3 Rassie van der Dussen, 4 Heinrich Klaasen (capt, wk), 5 George Linde, 6 Andile Phehlukwayo, 7 Wiaan Mulder, 8 Sisanda Magala, 9 Bjorn Fortuin, 10 Lizaad Williams, 11 Tabraiz Shamsi.

5:00pm Pakistan have won the toss and opted to field first.

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