Recently, during the fifth ODI between South Africa and Pakistan, the visiting opener Fakhar Zaman was caught swearing on the stump microphone. Tensions were running high with both the teams in desperate need of a win in the series-decider at Newlands to boost their confidence ahead of the World Cup.
And amidst all this, Fakhar ended up speaking some abused words that are bound to paint him in the bad light. During the course of the match, the visitors were well placed at 62 for 1 in the twelfth over bowled by Kagiso Rabada. The South Africa pacer came up with an excellent delivery to finish the over. It was a bit short and slow which managed to deceive Fakhar. Zaman wanted to pull the ball but misjudged the line. Consequently, the ball hit him on the ribcage before being deflected to the wicketkeeper’s left side.
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Seeing his partner getting a nasty blow, Babar Azam walked up to him before Fakhar said, “Slow ho gya. Yaar wo 140 hai, behen***d slow aa rha hai. (It got slow. He is 140 mate, beh*n***d it is coming slow).”
Here is the clip of the incident:
https://www.facebook.com/cricout/videos/2215996371983858/
However, the series was clinched by the hosts as they defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets to take the five-match series 3-2. Wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock starred with the bat, scoring 83 off 58 balls to help South Africa chase down a target of 241 with seven wickets and ten overs to spare.
Batting first, Pakistan got the support of Fakhar’s 70 to post a modest 240 for 8. He had taken the visitors to 128 for 3 in the 25th over before Andile Phehlukwayo got him dismissed. His dismissal helped the hosts strengthen their grip on the game as the tourists could collect only 49 runs from the next 15 overs. Imad Wasim (47* off 31) managed to hit some big shots in the slog overs to help Pakistan collect 63 in the last 10 overs.
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But it did not make any difference as the half-centuries from De Kock, Faf du Plessis (50*) and Van der Dussen (50*) took the Proteas over the line without breaking a sweat.
