In the home series of Pakistan at Dubai, Pakistan has lost the decider match of 5 match series against South Africa by 57 runs. South Africa batted first after winning the toss and they scored 317 runs in their 50 over. South Africans were in attacking mood since the start of the match. HM Amla scored another half century and provided great start to the visitors.

JH Kallis, AB de Villiers and JP Duminy also scored half centuries. JP Duminy played lovely inning of 59 runs on 41 balls at the end of the inning. Kallis score 83 runs and laid a foundation for the big score. Shoaib Akhtar was the most expensive bowler for Pakistan as he went for 77 runs in his 7 over and pick up 1 wicket.

Pakistan team looked confused since after they found their wicketkeeper batsman Zulkarnain Haider missing. They started the inning well and openers provided them with 82 runs start. Pakistan’s batting collapse in the middle order and experienced batsmen Younis Khan and Muhammad Yousaf could not do much in batting.

Umar Akmal played a sensible inning and scored 60 runs. Abdul Razzak was the last hope for Pakistan but he went out after scoring 39 runs. Pakistan team got all out after scoring 260 runs in 45th over. They lost the decider by 57 runs.

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Tags: AB de Villiers, JH Kallis, JP Duminy, Umar Akmal