New Zealand 308 for 4 (Williamson 133 *, Conway 97) Beat South Africa 304 for 6 (Breetzke 150, Mulder 64) by six counters
New Zealand has qualified for the final of Pakistan Tri-nation in the series after finishing the third the highest prosecution in Lahore to beat a South Africa under-fire by six counters. The result means that the next match, between Pakistan and South Africa in Karachi on Wednesday, is a KO.
South Africa has now lost five ODI ODI in a row, their longest sequence of defeats in 20 years, but has played all their matches without force full. Although they have little chance of having too many positive points to withdraw from this defeat, they can console themselves by knowing that Rachin Ravi will ravished apart, New Zealand was at full power and played like that.
After choosing to do the Bowl first in the only day match in the series, New Zealand struck early when Will O’Rourke rebounded Tempa Bavuma when he had struck a traction. Bavuma looked confident for its 23-ball 20, but the coherent and aggressive approach to the New Zealand O’Rourke with the short ball has paid off.
Breetzke and Jason Smith combined for a stand in the second window of 93, but their rating rate of 5.31 takes place towards the end testified to the pressure of New Zealand. South Africa only struck two and three in the 17 letters between the dismissal of Bavuma and the Run-out of Smith, while they were trying to take Mitchell Santner but were largely silent. Meanwhile, Breetzke spoke of fifty 68 bullets.
When Smith was turned, New Zealand had the opportunity to embark on an inexperienced intermediate order and they took it. Kyle Verreynne tried to retreat the fourth ball he faced, missed and was turned upside down by Michael Bracewell. Another calm period followed, in which South Africa has only reached one border in 11 Overs, while the combination of Ben Sears, Bracewell and Matt Henry stood in their disciplines.
South Africa was 196 for 3 entering the last 10 Overs and 280 seemed to distance. Breetzke himself took to bring them there. He sent O’Rourke through the third deep to raise his century of 128 bullets in the 41st, then set foot. His next fifty points came out of 19 bullets when he came out all his scope. His 150 came in an end where he struck Sears for 20.
Just as it seemed that Breetzke could watch a double, he misunderstood a slower ball Henry and was caught in the middle. Wiaan Mulder, who had largely operated as a spectator at this point, was responsible for finishing the sleeves but was lucky to have a net inside for four before creating a check. He reached his second Odi Fifty with a cracking blanket off Henry, off the 54th ball he faced, and took South Africa more than 300 with a fine of four to a short fine in the penultimate. South Africa only obtained four points from their last eight bullets.
It was not enough. New Zealand was built slowly, but has taken ahead of the required execution rate just after the half of their sleeves and was fully controlled from there. They had lost only Will Young at that time, for 19 years, although he should have been released in the third. Smith dropped Young to Backward Point in Ngidi, but the Miss was not too expensive.
His dismissal gathered Conway and Williamson and there was a nervous moment, when Williamson, junior inside, Dala after Verreynne, but he quickly moved into a rhythm and presented a masterful demonstration of score, all around of the counter. Its wagon wheel was almost entirely symmetrical, with 67 points on the extinguished side and 66 on the side of the legs and the reflections included four strong shots and a creative ramp on Verreynne while it leaned to a delivery of Ngidi.
Likewise, Williamson’s rhythm of his sleeves was perfect. He gave himself time to enter, while scoring a race race, then took the most dominant role in Conway, which arrived at the first fifty. The half-century of Conway came out of 64 bullets, before Williamson reaches his, 44 bullets, with a huge six on the middle of Shamsi. It was also the fourth score of Williamson, more successive and and more, in Pakistan. He took a liking to Mpongwana and Ngidi’s short-elevates while Conway faced Shamsi and South Africa had no response.
Williamson arrived in his century at the 34th with only one off Dala. Conway was not far behind and eager to get there but, when he was on 97, he tried to cut Dala after the point and found Muthusamy, who moved to his left and took the problem.
Muthusamy was the choice of sisters from South Africa and rejected Daryl Mitchell, thanks to an astonishing capture from Mulder in Long-on, and Tim Latham, but Glenn Philipps joined Williamson at the end. Williamson struck the winning points in the 49th, to give the victory of New Zealand with eight balls to lose.