South Africa Vs Pakistan First ODI @ Port Elizabeth Saturday Jan 19,2019 - Pakistan beat South Africa by 5 wickets

Pakistan beat South Africa by 5 wickets

Scorecard
South Africa 266/2 in 50 Overs
Pakistan       267/5 in 49.1 Overs
Match Result - Pakistan won by 5 wickets
MOM Mohammad Hafeez(Pakistan)for his 71*(63 Balls 4x8 and 6x2)

For Pakistan Imam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Hafeez set up a five-wicket win for Pakistan in the first one-day international against South Africa at St George’s Park on Saturday Jan 19,2019

The left-handed Imam made a cultured 86 off 101 balls and Hafeez hit an unbeaten 71 off 63 deliveries as Pakistan chased down a target of 267 with five balls to spare.

South Africa's Opener Hashim Amla scored a brilliant ton in the first ODI against Pakistan but it went vain as the visitors won the match by five-wickets at St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth on Saturday Jan 19,2019

 Sarfraz Ahmed’s troops have now taken a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

Hasim Amla struck a magnificent 108* off 120 deliveries which included seven fours and one huge maximum. This was Amla’s 27th ODI ton and he has become the fastest to reach that milestone. 

Hasim Amla broke the record of India skipper Virat Kohli who slammed his 27th ODI ton in his 169th innings. Amla took two innings less to reach this milestone.

Fastest to 27 ODI tons (in terms of innings) -

167: Hashim Amla (SA)

169: Virat Kohli (IND)

254: Sachin Tendulkar (IND)

308: Ricky Ponting (AUS)

404: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)

Hasim Amla also became only the fifth cricketer in the history of the format to score 27 centuries. Only Tendulkar (49), Kohli (39), Ponting (30) and Jayasuriya (28) are ahead of Amla in this illustrious list

South Africa Squad

Playing XI

Reeza Hendricks, Hashim Amla, Rassie van der Dussen, Faf du Plessis (c), David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Dwaine Pretorius, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir, Duanne Olivier

Bench

Aiden Markram, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dane Paterson

Pakistan Squad

Playing XI

Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Sarfaraz Ahmed (c & wk), Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Usman Khan

Bench

Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Amir, Shan Masood, Hussain Talat, Shaheen Afridi