South Africa vs Pakistan, 1st T20I at Durban, SA vs PAK, Dec 10 2024 - Match Result

Lands it on a length outside off, makes room and jabs it away to extra cover for a run and South Africa go one up in the three-match T20I series but what a fascinating game of cricket we witnessed, so many twists, turns but in the end, South Africa prevail and stayed calm in the big moments

Pushed fuller and angled into leg-stump, whisked away to midwicket for a run

Follows him as he backs away and keeps it full, he belts it down the ground and it won't carry to the rope

Slaps it away over backward point and scampers back for a brace, was a full delivery outside off

That hung in the air for a while, short on an irksome line outside off, was lining for a pull and ended up swatting it in the air, Peter snaffled that inside the ring at backward point and with his wicket, the hopes for clinching a thriller go up in smoke as well

Over the wicket, good length on leg, following him, slams it down to long-on and brings the captain on strike

Hold on a second, don't leave your seats. The game is not over yet. Slow short ball wobbling wide of off, stands tall and uses brute power in his wrists to crack it through midwicket

Lashes it downtown and beats Ferreria's full-length dive, got low, behind the line and clobbered it downtown

Punched in the air and towards wide long-off, denies the run

Pace-off, short of a length with room outside off, targets his favorite region, or maybe second favorite region and whacks it with gusto and it nearly carried over the rope, clean strike

Keeping it tight at the stumps, plinked out to mid-off, denies the run

Slung down full and outside off, swatted away to cover as Rizwan remained stranded on the other end watching mahem at the striker's end

Oh my word, has he got the hattrick? He is running all over and punches the air in elation but needs a final confirmation as Haris has asked for another opinion. Tossed it fuller and got it to swerve in, Haris was guessing which way the ball will turn and was trying to get behind. Oh, you got to feel for Linde, he was done with celebration and the ball tracker says the ball would have missed the leg-stump, tracker says it would have just gone on straight with the angle

Traps him lbw? This over keeps getting better and better for South Africa. On a length and straightens at middle and leg, he goes back to defend and plays down the wrong line. Immediately referred upstairs. No bat involved confirms ultra-edge. Ball tracking says pitching outside off, impact in line and hitting leg stump and that's that. Three reds on the screen and Linde is on a hattrick! Wow, the emotion, the pride, Linde really gives his all

thrashes merrily through the line and it didn't come off as he intended. Took a step forward and thumped downtown but didn't get enough distance; fantastic over from Linde; he has turned the game on its head

Cramps him for room, he was backing away and he followed him, deflected off the pads to third man

Good length, drifting into middle and leg, squeezed out into the covers for a run

Around the wicket, brilliantly bowled, pushed him out of the crease by tossing it full and wide of off, Shaheen loses his balance and Klaasen whipped off the bails in a flash, he looks in trouble. Waiting for the third umpire confirmation. Actually, it's a lot closer than what I thought, he might have got his toe touching the line. Even if he gets out it doesn't really make much difference as Irfan can probably connect a few off the middle, being a proper batter, so this wicket could be a blessing in disguise. Yes, so the bails were removed, and the foot was not grounded so he has to go

Slower in the air, length at middle, nuzzles it to the leg side and hurtles to the other end

Around the wicket, quicker and fuller outside leg stump, wide signaled