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

Saim Ayub to Breetzke, no run, sharp turn off a good length, Breetzke tries to adjust on the cut but chops it off a thick under-edge to slip

Saim Ayub to Qeshile, 1 run, flat and slightly short outside off, slapped to sweeper cover

Saim Ayub to Breetzke, 1 run, whipped off the back foot down to long-on

Saim Ayub to Breetzke, no run, defended forward

Saim Ayub to Qeshile, 1 run, overpitched, driven to the right of short extra cover who dives across, gets a hand but fails to cut it off

Saim Ayub to Breetzke, 1 run, makes room and cuts to deep point

Saim Ayub to Breetzke, no run, oh look at that goooo! Pitches on a good length around middle and leg and rips past the outside edge as Breetzke gets forward to defend

Saim Ayub to Qeshile, 1 run, overpitched on off, Qeshile knocks it to long-off

Saim Ayub to de Zorzi, out Caught&Bowled!! Not a great shot on a pitch where the ball is starting to rag! Goes back in the crease looking to whip it through the on-side, there's sharp turn off a good length and the leading edge is found. It loops back to Ayub who hops in the air and takes it comfortably. Wickets in successive overs for Pakistan who's clawing their way back. de Zorzi c and b Saim Ayub 18(20) [4s-1 6s-1]

Saim Ayub to de Zorzi, FOUR, dragged down short outside off, loosener and de Zorzi jumps all over it. Rocks back in the crease and pulls hard through midwicket

Saim Ayub to Breetzke, 1 run, hops back to this length ball and punches wide of cover

Saim Ayub to Breetzke, no run, tossed up on middle, turning away, Breetzke pushes at it and gets a thick edge rolling to backward point

Saim Ayub to de Zorzi, no run, tossed up outside off, driven firmly but straight to extra cover

Saim Ayub to de Zorzi, no run, sharp turn after being fired in on a good length. de Zorzi goes back to punch it away, miscues it in the air and it goes on the bounce to extra cover

Saim Ayub to de Kock, 1 run, full and wide, de Kock swings hard and drags it off the inside half to long-on

Saim Ayub to de Kock, no run, big shout for LBW as de Kock misses the sweep shot! Where's the impact? Might be outside off and the umpire says not out - a decision that Pakistan decide not to challenge

Saim Ayub to de Zorzi, 1 run, drifting in on middle, full ball, de Zorzi drives to long-on

Saim Ayub to de Zorzi, no run, tries a reverse-sweep but the ball is quite wide outside off and he misses

Saim Ayub to de Kock, 2 runs, no one at short fine leg and de Kock gets with the top-edge! Went for a big sweep, couldn't get on top of it and it took a thick edge behind square. Would've been a dolly had a fielder been there

Saim Ayub to de Kock, no run, fired in full outside off, de Kock knocks it to extra cover

Saim Ayub to de Zorzi, 1 run, makes some room and cuts it to sweeper cover

Saim Ayub to de Zorzi, no run, saw de Kock picking out short third with the reverse-sweep in the previous over, and now de Zorzi does the same

Saim Ayub to de Zorzi, 2 runs, reaches out in front of the body for the drive, not in control, goes in the air but in the gap through extra cover

Saim Ayub to de Kock, 1 run, floated up just outside off, de Kock gets forward to defend but the ball turns and takes a thick edge past the keeper

Saim Ayub to de Zorzi, no run, defended

Saim Ayub to de Kock, 1 run, taps it into the off-side for a quick single

Saim Ayub to de Kock, FOUR, a much better return to the ODI format for de Kock than it has been in T2OIs! Playing his first ODI in two years, he brings up fifty! Drifting in on middle, he gets low and sweeps it behind square

Saim Ayub to de Kock, no run, full at the stumps, pushed back to the bowler

Saim Ayub to de Kock, no run, pretty full just outside off, driven to short extra cover

Saim Ayub to de Kock, no run, 87kph, good length ball on off, defended forward

Saim Ayub to de Zorzi, 2 wides, short and wide, grips sharply off the surface and ends up well beyond the wide marker

Saim Ayub to de Kock, no run, sharp turn after landing on a fuller length outside off. de Kock is lured into the drive by the flight and length but gets beaten on the edge

Saim Ayub to de Kock, no run, fired into the blockhole wide of off, squeezed to extra cover

Saim Ayub to de Kock, no run, good length just outside off, defended into the off-side

Saim Ayub to de Zorzi, 1 run, nearly dragged on! Flat length ball outside off, he tries a cross-batted drive through the off-side and gets an under-edge past off stump

Saim Ayub to de Kock, 1 run, good length on off, hangs back and tucks it through midwicket

Saim Ayub to de Kock, FOUR, slow, loopy full toss and it's whipped wide of long-on. Freebie for de Kock who puts it away

Saim Ayub to Lhuan-dre Pretorius, out Caught by Nawaz!! Pakistan get the much-needed breakthrough! Saim Ayub is quickly gaining the reputation of the man with the golden arm in the Pakistan side. Slow through the air and on a length outside off, stops on the surface and turns and grips sharply, Lhuan-dre Pretorius is caught in the crease as he chops at it half-heartedly and gets it off the outer half towards backward point. It's dropping on Nawaz but he does well to run in front and dives to take it inches above the ground. A brilliant knock from Pretorius on debut nonetheless. Lhuan-dre Pretorius c Nawaz b Saim Ayub 57(60) [4s-7 6s-1]

Saim Ayub to de Kock, 1 run, straightening a touch from a back of a length on middle and off, de Kock camps back and works it to deep mid-wicket

Saim Ayub to Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 1 run, flighted delivery outside off, Lhuan-dre Pretorius smashes it to long-off. Just a single

Saim Ayub to de Kock, 1 run, full delivery outside off, de Kock drives it hard to long-on

Saim Ayub to de Kock, no run, slower through the air outside off, pushed towards soft hands towards covers

Saim Ayub to Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 1 run, short delivery outside off, Lhuan-dre Pretorius flat-bats it to long-on

Saim Ayub to Lhuan-dre Pretorius, no run, 82kph back of a length delivery outside off, Lhuan-dre Pretorius flat-bats it to the right of short mid-off who dives to stop it

Saim Ayub to de Kock, 1 run, on the shorter side outside off, cut with the spin to sweeper cover

Saim Ayub to de Kock, no run, flighted delivery wide outside off, de Kock sweeps it off the inner half towards backward square leg

Saim Ayub to Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 1 run, floated delivery well outside off, Lhuan-dre Pretorius goes for the big sweep but gets a bottom-edge towards short third

Saim Ayub to de Kock, 1 run, full delivery drifting down leg, de Kock nudges it round the corner

Saim Ayub to Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 1 run, full delivery drifting towards leg-stump, driven down to long-off