Pakistan won the first ODI against South Africa after a thrilling contest by the slim margin of two wickets. Pakistan made a heavy weather of the chase as they were in the driver's seat and well placed when they needed 20 runs off 20 balls with 6 wickets in hand. They collapsed to needing 10 runs off 7 balls with 3 wickets remaining until Nawaz struck that six off Ferriera's bowling to make the equation easy for Pakistan.
This was a good start to Shaheen Afridi's captaincy as he ensured South Africa didnt get to a match winning total of 300 runs which would have been beyond Pakistan's reach. Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed bowled well to take three wickets apiece and Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Muhammad Rizwan and Salman Ali Agha made major contributions with the bat.
In the end what I would like to say is that Pakistan cricket team have been in horrible ODI form of late and they will do well if they win the ODI series against South Africa.
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