South Africa 169 for 4 (Brits 45, Goodall 36, Kapp 29*, de Klerk 24*, Iqbal 2-32) beat Pakistan 168 (Sana 69, Riaz 53, de Klerk 4-32, Klaas 3-14, Khaka 2-21) by six wickets
However de Klerk stood out. She picked up the primary three Pakistan wickets to fall, inside her first two overs. The medium pacer struck together with her first two deliveries, within the eighth over, getting each Muneeba Ali and Sadaf Shamas caught behind by wicketkeeper Sinalo Jafta. First ball of her subsequent over, she discovered a means via Sidra Ameen’s defences to hit the stumps.
Pakistan had been 20 for 3 in 9.1 overs at that stage, and Klaas and Khaka obtained their first wickets not lengthy after, decreasing Pakistan to 49 for six within the 18th over.
There was a fightback.
However, once more, as soon as they had been separated, the top got here early, with de Klerk, who had returned 3 for 23 within the first recreation, choosing up her fourth wicket when she despatched again Umm-e-Hani.
It did not appear to be plenty of runs. Virtually precisely what Pakistan had scored within the first recreation (165) when responding to South Africa’s 292 for 4, and South Africa put up a equally sturdy efficiency with the bat of their chase on this event.
The third recreation can be performed in Karachi, the identical as the primary two, on Thursday.
