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South Africa vs Afghanistan

Venue: Johannesburg Lions Arena

Round: 8 • Result: Chasing team won by 4 wickets • Winner: South Africa

Man of the Match
Diego Mendez
Batting: 78 (41) • SR 190.24 • 4s 9 • 6s 3 | Bowling: 2/55 • 3.0 ov | Team: South Africa

Innings

Innings 1 — Afghanistan
Score: 205/8 • Overs: 20.0
Bowling: South Africa
Batting
Batter R B SR 4s 6s Dismissal
Arman Vohra 30 16 187.50 3 1 b Jai Suryan
Faisal Rahman 17 9 188.89 4 0 c Imtiaz Ali b Jai Suryan
Kaito Moriyama 19 15 126.67 2 0 run out (Eli Bishop)
Kunal Bhatia 70 39 179.49 5 4 c Ben Callaghan b Ethan Park
Imtiaz Ali 0 1 0.00 0 0 b Eli Bishop
Zain Malik 7 5 140.00 0 1 lbw b Ben Callaghan
Haris Mahmood 24 18 133.33 2 1 not out
Rahul Deshpande 26 12 216.67 3 1 c Eli Bishop b Diego Mendez
Shubham Jaiswal 4 3 133.33 1 0 b Diego Mendez
Vikram Sood 8 2 400.00 2 0 not out
Fall of Wickets: 30/1, 47/2, 66/3, 136/4, 136/5, 143/6, 169/7, 173/8
Bowling
Bowler Overs Runs Wkts Econ
Jai Suryan 4.0 36 2 9.00
Diego Mendez 3.0 55 2 18.33
Ben Callaghan 4.0 20 1 5.00
Ethan Park 2.0 23 1 11.50
Eli Bishop 3.0 23 1 7.67
Aiden Rowley 4.0 48 0 12.00
Innings 2 — South Africa
Score: 210/6 • Overs: 19.0
Bowling: Afghanistan
Batting
Batter R B SR 4s 6s Dismissal
Diego Mendez 78 41 190.24 9 3 c Rahul Deshpande b Arman Vohra
Ethan Park 0 1 0.00 0 0 run out (Shubham Jaiswal)
Marcus Leong 57 39 146.15 7 1 run out (Imtiaz Ali)
Tariq Nasser 0 1 0.00 0 0 c Faisal Rahman b Shubham Jaiswal
Imtiaz Ali 3 5 60.00 0 0 run out (Shubham Jaiswal)
Jai Suryan 27 10 270.00 3 1 not out
Aiden Rowley 2 3 66.67 0 0 b Arman Vohra
Ben Callaghan 43 14 307.14 6 3 not out
Fall of Wickets: 78/1, 78/2, 135/3, 135/4, 138/5, 140/6
Bowling
Bowler Overs Runs Wkts Econ
Arman Vohra 2.0 30 2 15.00
Shubham Jaiswal 3.0 20 1 6.67
Rahul Deshpande 4.0 28 0 7.00
Faisal Rahman 2.0 37 0 18.50
Zain Malik 4.0 44 0 11.00
Haris Mahmood 4.0 51 0 12.75