Pakistan vs South Africa, 1st T20I - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Linde to Saim Ayub, out Caught by Ferreira!! Soft dismissal. It's tossed up full and wide outside off, Saim Ayub gets forward to drive, is not to the pitch of the ball, so spoons it to extra-cover for a simple catch. Good comeback by Linde after all the harsh treatment meted out to him. Saim Ayub c Ferreira b Linde 37(28) [4s-1 6s-4]

Linde to Saim Ayub, wide, wide outside off, length delivery and it's wide of the tramline on the off-side, Saim Ayub cuts and misses

Linde to Saim Ayub, SIX, horribly dragged down and Saim Ayub smashes the pull over deep square-leg, he goes on the back foot and picks the bones out of it, goes 76m

Nandre Burger to Saim Ayub, no run, wow! No wonder Nandre Burger has a big smile on his face. It's a ripper, short of length and angling in, opening up Saim Ayub on off-stump and then flying past the outside-edge on the defence, it gave de Kock trouble too as it moved away, but de Kock gloved it well, seriously too good for Ayub. Clocked at 141.4kph

Nandre Burger to Saim Ayub, wide, another wide, this time it's a high bouncer outside off, left alone

Nandre Burger to Saim Ayub, wide, short and down leg, left alone and wide taken

Nandre Burger to Saim Ayub, leg byes, 1 run, short of length and nips back in to the thigh pad, Saim Ayub looks to whip it away, misses, they take a legbye

Nandre Burger to Saim Ayub, FOUR, length delivery outside off, Saim Ayub slashes hard and the thick outside-edge flies away to the third man fence, the pace of Nandre Burger helping the batter there

Nandre Burger to Saim Ayub, 1 run, low full-toss on middle, Saim Ayub gets forward to drive to mid-on

Linde to Saim Ayub, 1 run, dragged down on off, Saim Ayub goes on the back foot and pulls to long-on

Linde to Saim Ayub, SIX, this time over deep mid-wicket and it goes further. It's full around off, in the slot, Saim Ayub goes low and slogsweeps it miles

Linde to Saim Ayub, SIX, tossed up full outside off, Saim Ayub gets forward and lofts, lots of height and the distance too, long-on just watches it sail over

Corbin Bosch to Saim Ayub, no run, Corbin Bosch is bowling with serious heat. The speedgun shows it at 138.6kph, but it looked much quicker. Length and zips across Saim Ayub outside off, as he tries to run it down, flies to de Kock

Corbin Bosch to Saim Ayub, no run, short of length just outside off, Saim Ayub goes on the back foot and taps it back to Corbin Bosch

Williams to Saim Ayub, no run, length delivery outside off, Saim Ayub drives hard and straight to backward point

Williams to Saim Ayub, 1 run, short of length on leg-stump, Saim Ayub flicks nicely to deep backward square-leg

Williams to Saim Ayub, SIX, that should help Saim Ayub. A short of length delivery just outside off, he goes on the back foot and pulls with force, easily clears deep mid-wicket

Williams to Saim Ayub, no run, full and angles away from off, Saim Ayub gets forward to drive and the late movement beats the outside-edge

Corbin Bosch to Saim Ayub, 1 run, back of a length outside off, Saim Ayub goes on the back foot and cuts it hard but finds deep point

Corbin Bosch to Saim Ayub, no run, short of length and angling away from Saim Ayub who looks to pull and misses, he really is struggling out here

Williams to Saim Ayub, 1 run, short of length and tight on off, Saim Ayub opens the face of the bat and dabs it to deep point

Williams to Saim Ayub, no run, good length outside off, skids through and keeps low, Saim Ayub tries to swipe across the line and misses

Ngidi to Saim Ayub, 2 runs, good length outside off, Saim Ayub swings it over mid-wicket, did not time it, Brevis chases and pulls it back with a dive, keeps it to two

Ngidi to Saim Ayub, no run, beaten again. On a back of a length outside off, zippy delivery and Saim Ayub tries to run it down, misses

Ngidi to Saim Ayub, no run, full and wide outside off, angling away, Saim Ayub gets forward to loft over extra-cover and misses

Ngidi to Saim Ayub, no run, Saim Ayub was trying to go big on the leg-side to that one, closes the face of the bat too early as the length ball pitches and angles away from off, beaten

Nandre Burger to Saim Ayub, no run, short of length outside off, Saim Ayub goes on the back foot and turns it to mid-wicket

Nandre Burger to Saim Ayub, 1 run, short of length outside off, Saim Ayub goes on the back foot and cuts to deep point

Nandre Burger to Saim Ayub, no run, short of length and rising outside off, movement away, Saim Ayub goes on the back foot and looks to punch, flies over the outside-edge

Nandre Burger to Saim Ayub, 1 run, dropped by Breetzke at sweeper cover. Saim Ayub gets off the mark. It's short and wide outside off, he carves it and Breetzke comes forward, tries to take it with two hands and misses it, was not a tough chance either, a life for Ayub

Nandre Burger to Saim Ayub, no run, lovely delivery, full and shapes away, Saim Ayub lifts one leg up and tries to whip it away, it moves away to beat the bat