Pakistan vs South Africa HIGHLIGHTS 2nd T20I: Dominant PAK beat SA by 9 wickets; level series 1-1
For the hosts, Mohammad Nawaz was the lone bright spot with an all-round performance, taking three wickets and top-scoring with 36.
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Saim Ayub
Pakistan bounced back in emphatic fashion to level the five-match T20I series, cruising to a nine-wicket win over South Africa in the second game at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, on Friday. The hosts dominated from start to finish, first skittling the visitors for a mere 110 runs, before chasing down the target in just 13.1 overs.
The tone was set early by Salman Mirza, who replaced Shaheen Afridi and delivered a sensational new-ball spell. Mirza removed Reeza Hendricks, Tony de Zorzi, and Matthew Breetzke inside the powerplay to leave South Africa reeling at 23 for 4. His fiery pace and movement kept the batters guessing. Faheem Ashraf then took charge in the middle overs, picking up four wickets, while Abrar Ahmed cleaned up the tail to complete a clinical bowling performance. South Africa struggled throughout, with only Dewald Brevis (19) showing brief resistance as the visitors were bundled out for 110 in 19.3 overs.
In response, Pakistan’s openers Saim Ayub and Fakhar Farhan ensured there were no hiccups. Ayub came out aggressively, finding boundaries with ease, while Farhan—after surviving an early scare—played himself in before shifting gears. The pair added a 50-plus opening stand, effectively sealing the match inside the powerplay. Corbin Bosch finally broke the stand, dismissing Farhan, but Babar Azam arrived to a loud cheer and calmly guided the chase alongside Ayub.
Ayub remained unbeaten, showcasing flair and control as Pakistan reached 111 for 1 in 13.1 overs, securing a dominant win. With this commanding all-round performance, Pakistan levelled the series 1-1, heading into the third T20I with renewed confidence and momentum.
PAK 2nd innings scorecard:
SA 1st innings scorecard:
| Pakistan Inning112-1 (13.1 ov) CRR:8.51 | ||||||||||||||||
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||||||||||
| Sahibzada Farhan | lbw b C Bosch | 28 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 121.74 | ||||||||||
| Saim Ayub | Not out | 71 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 186.84 | ||||||||||
| Babar Azam | Not out | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 61.11 | ||||||||||
| Extras | 2 (b 0, Ib 0, w 2, nb 0, p 0) | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 112 (1 wkts, 13.1 Ov) | |||||||||||||||
| Yet to Bat | Agha Salman,Usman Khan,Hasan Nawaz,Mohammad Nawaz,Faheem Ashraf,Naseem Shah,Salman Mirza,Abrar Ahmed | |||||||||||||||
| Fall of Wickets | ||||||||||||||||
| 54-1(Sahibzada Farhan 6.4) | ||||||||||||||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | ECO | |||||||||
| Nandre Burger | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| Lungisani Ngidi | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| Corbin Bosch | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | |||||||||
| Ottniel Baartman | 2 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |||||||||
| Donovan Ferreira | 3.1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.95 | |||||||||
| George Linde | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | |||||||||
| South Africa Inning110-10 (19.2 ov) CRR:5.69 | ||||||||||||||||
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||||||||||
| Reeza Hendricks | b S Mirza | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Quinton De Kock (WK) | c A Salman b N Shah | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 116.67 | ||||||||||
| Tony de Zorzi | c A Ahmed b S Mirza | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Dewald Brevis | c M Nawaz b F Ashraf | 25 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 156.25 | ||||||||||
| Matthew Breetzke | b S Mirza | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100 | ||||||||||
| Donovan Ferreira (C) | b F Ashraf | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 100 | ||||||||||
| George Linde | b F Ashraf | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 69.23 | ||||||||||
| Corbin Bosch | c U Khan b N Shah | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 91.67 | ||||||||||
| Nandre Burger | b A Ahmed | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 56.25 | ||||||||||
| Ottniel Baartman | b F Ashraf | 12 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 63.16 | ||||||||||
| Lungisani Ngidi | Not out | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 233.33 | ||||||||||
| Extras | 3 (b 0, Ib 0, w 2, nb 1, p 0) | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 110 (10 wkts, 19.2 Ov) | |||||||||||||||
| Fall of Wickets | ||||||||||||||||
| 0-1(Reeza Hendricks 0.2),12-2(Quinton De Kock 1.6),15-3(Tony de Zorzi 2.6),23-4(Matthew Breetzke 4.4),49-5(Dewald Brevis 7.3),66-6(Donovan Ferreira 9.6),73-7(George Linde 11.5),83-8(Corbin Bosch 13.4),102-9(Nandre Burger 18.2),110-10(Ottniel Baartman 19.2) | ||||||||||||||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | ECO | |||||||||
| Salman Mirza | 4 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | |||||||||
| Naseem Shah | 4 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| Mohammad Nawaz | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.75 | |||||||||
| Abrar Ahmed | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | |||||||||
| Faheem Ashraf | 3.2 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | |||||||||
Pakistan vs South Africa 2nd T20: Playing 11
South Africa Playing 11: Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock(w), Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Matthew Breetzke, Donovan Ferreira(c), George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Nandre Burger, Ottneil Baartman, Lungi Ngidi
Pakistan Playing 11: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Babar Azam, Salman Agha(c), Usman Khan(w), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Naseem Shah, Salman Mirza, Abrar Ahmed
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11:19 PM
Pakistan vs South Africa LIVE SCORE UPDATES 2nd T20I: PAK beat SA by 9 wickets!
Pakistan beat the Proteas by 9-wickets to level the series 1-1 on the night.
11:12 PM
Pakistan vs South Africa LIVE SCORE UPDATES 2nd T20I: 3 runs from the over!
Over Summary 1 1 0 0 0 1; PAK 98/1 after 12 overs; Babar Azam 10 (16) Saim Ayub 58 (33)
PAK need 13 runs to win
Ferreira continues the attack for South Africa and concedes 3 runs from the over
11:09 PM
Pakistan vs South Africa LIVE SCORE UPDATES 2nd T20I: 3 runs from the over!
Over Summary 0 1 1 0 1 0; PAK 95/1 after 11 overs; Babar Azam 8 (11) Saim Ayub 57 (32)
PAK need 16 runs to win
Linde into the attack for South Africa and concedes 3 runs from the over
11:02 PM
Pakistan vs South Africa LIVE SCORE UPDATES 2nd T20I: 50 for Saim!
Over Summary 0 0 2 1 1 6; PAK 92/1 after 10 overs; Babar Azam 6 (7) Saim Ayub 56 (30)
Ferreira continues the attack for South Africa and concedes 10 runs from the over
10:59 PM
Pakistan vs South Africa LIVE SCORE UPDATES 2nd T20I: Saim hits big!
Over Summary 4 6 0 4 6 1; PAK 82/1 after 9 overs; Babar Azam 5 (6) Saim Ayub 47 (25)
Baartman continues the attack for South Africa and concedes 21 runs from the over
10:54 PM
Pakistan vs South Africa LIVE SCORE UPDATES 2nd T20I: 2 runs from the over!
Over Summary 1 0 0 0 1 1; PAK 61/1 after 8 overs; Babar Azam 5 (6) Saim Ayub 26 (19)
Ferreira into the attack for South Africa and concedes 3 runs from the over
10:51 PM
Pakistan vs South Africa LIVE SCORE UPDATES 2nd T20I: 9 runs from the over!
Over Summary 4 0 1 W 4 0; PAK 58/1 after 7 overs; Babar Azam 4 (2) Saim Ayub 24 (17)
Bosch continues the attack for South Africa and concedes 9 runs from the over
10:50 PM
Pakistan vs South Africa LIVE SCORE UPDATES 2nd T20I: Farhan departs!
The crowd cheers as Farhan is dismissed because of the arrival of Babar Azam at the crease
10:45 PM
Pakistan vs South Africa LIVE SCORE UPDATES 2nd T20I: PAK 49/0 after the powerplay!
Over Summary 2 4 0 1 0 6; PAK 49/0 after 6 overs; Farhan 28 (22) Saim Ayub 19 (14)
Baartman into the attack for South Africa and concedes 13 runs from the over
10:41 PM
Pakistan vs South Africa LIVE SCORE UPDATES 2nd T20I: 8 runs from the over!
Over Summary 6 0 0 0 0 2; PAK 36/0 after 5 overs; Farhan 22 (20) Saim Ayub 12 (10)
Bosch into the attack for South Africa and concedes 8 runs from the over
10:37 PM
Pakistan vs South Africa LIVE SCORE UPDATES 2nd T20I: 9 runs from the over!
Over Summary 1 0 1 6 0 1; PAK 28/0 after 4 overs; Farhan 14 (14) Saim Ayub 12 (10)
Ngidi continues the attack for South Africa and concedes 9 runs from the over
10:31 PM
Pakistan vs South Africa LIVE SCORE UPDATES 2nd T20I: 9 runs from the over!
Over Summary 4 1 2 1 0 wd 0; PAK 19/0 after 3 overs; Farhan 6 (10) Saim Ayub 11 (8)
Burger continues the attack for South Africa and concedes 9 runs from the over
10:26 PM
Pakistan vs South Africa LIVE SCORE UPDATES 2nd T20I: 5 runs from the over!
Over Summary 1 wd 1 0 1 0 1; PAK 10/0 after 2 overs; Farhan 2 (6) Saim Ayub 4 (2)
Ngidi into the attack for South Africa and concedes 5 runs from the over
10:21 PM
Pakistan vs South Africa LIVE SCORE UPDATES 2nd T20I: 5 runs from the over!
Over Summary 0 0 0 0 1 4; PAK 5/0 after 1 over; Farhan 1 (5) Saim Ayub 4 (1)
Burger begins the attack for South Africa and concedes 5 runs from the over
10:18 PM
Pakistan vs South Africa LIVE SCORE UPDATES 2nd T20I: 2nd innings begins!
The 2nd innings begins in Lahore with Farhan and Saim in the middle for the hosts to chase down a paltry total.
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First Published: Oct 31 2025 | 7:29 PM IST