🏏Champions Trophy 2025: Afghanistan vs South Africa, Match-3, Group B - Page 18

End of over 50

14 runs

SA: 315/6

CRR: 6.30

Wiaan Mulder

12 (6b 1x4 1x6)

Aiden Markram

52 (36b 6x4 1x6)

Fazalhaq Farooqi

8-0-59-1

Azmatullah Omarzai

6-0-39-1

SA scored 14 runs in the last over. 315/6 (50)

It is a difficult task to reach. Let us see.

I'm ready to collect eggs

Afg not going to win this

Cutie Miller ka form nahi hai

But it's okay

Aus se badla lo for Semi final 2023 CWC

6:17 pm

For Afghanistan, they have themselves to blame. Too many boundary balls and freebies have not helped them and also the fielding was questionable. They look like such a good team but they failed to show character on the field. They have easily given away 15-20 runs in the field. In the bowling department, apart from Nabi, everyone had a hard day at the office. Even Rashid Khan didn't look at his best. Now, Afghanistan have to show some character with the bat. It won't be easy as they are coming up against Kagiso Rabada and Co. Will it be easy? Don't think so.

6:14 pm

That final two overs were going nicely for Afghanistan before it got ruined in the last two balls but overall it has been South Africa through and through. They chose to bat first and have done exceedingly well. Tony de Zorzi fell early on but the skipper along with Ryan Rickelton built up a fantastic partnership of 129 runs which laid the foundation for a big finish. Ryan Rickelton scored his maiden ton while the skipper fell after a fine fifty. Rassie van der Dussen hung around to score a fifty too but it was Markram's knock which made the difference in the slog overs. His innings is proving to be the pivotal point right now as it helped South Africa get over 310 mark.

LSA - 315 /6 - not a bad score. Afghanistan have a tough game ahead!
Run rate: 6.3

Rassie van der Dussen: We set it up nicely. Top three and guys coming in put bowlers under pressure by matching the intensity. Happy with how it played it. (On the pitch) The bounce was up and down, reminded me of a day-three wicket in the Wanderers. There's grass but there's also cracks. So, one or two balls reacted a bit. Will be interesting to see how it plays in the last 50. I think there is enough to work with for bowlers. Test lengths should work for the bowlers. The ball hits the grassy patches, it skids on. Happy to get the fifty.

Johann: "In the days of T20 cricket, a team that gets to 180/3 (max) chasing 300 by the 30th over, can just treat the chase as a T20 chasing 120. That has to be Afghanistan's aim. T20 has transformed not just test cricket but even more radically ODIs. " The conditions change more in ODIs, which needs to be factored in. But as Navin says, dew can be of help.

Hello, hello. Afghanistan have their work cut out for the in Karachi. They have only once scored this many batting second in an ODI - and on that occasion, they still lost. On the positive side, their highest successful chase, 283 against Pakistan in Chennai, came at the 2023 World Cup. So they know all about rising to the occasion...

300-plus totals for SA in Champions Trophy

316/5 vs KEN, Colombo RPS, 2002

315/6 vs AFG, Karachi, 2025

305 vs IND, Cardiff, 2013

301/9 vs ENG, Centurion, 2009

Four (or more) 50-plus scores in an innings in CT

4 - IND vs PAK, Edgbatson, 2017

4 - SA vs AFG, Karachi, 2025

Fastest 50s for SA in Champions Trophy (by balls faced)

33 - Aiden Markram vs AFG, Karachi, 2025

40 - Graeme Smith vs SL, Centurion, 2009

40 - Ryan McLaren vs IND, Cardiff, 2013

6:40 pm...THE CHASE...

Begins now